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Political scientist and economics professor Mark Blyth says simply cutting spending to better service debt could have catastrophic consequences on the economy.
The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 3.6 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 13.3 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 2.6 %
HIGHER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 58,812
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 46,738
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 1,566
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 23.0 % of the population
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases were little changed, hospitalizations little changed, and deaths marginally improved [note: this is a sign of trend reversal - could the new variants be impacting COVID case growth?>
My Turn: Minute (clock) or minute (little) men?
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Published: 3/3/2021 8:46:01 AM
How do you pronounce the name that Massachusetts Patriots gave to themselves and that is now retained as the mascot for the University of Massachusetts Amherst teams? Is it Minutemen as in men who were ready at a minute’s notice to answer the call to defend their independence or is it ‘Mainutemen,’ or little guys who were taking on the mighty British empire?
American students and colleagues always giggle and roll their eyes when I pronounce it as mainute or little guys and occasionally they offer to correct my strange foreign accent. I smile and use it as a teaching moment to explain my different understanding of the name.
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‘The Purpose of Power’ book club: Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza discusses her book “The Purpose of Power.” Hosted by Manny’s. 5 p.m. More information is here.
Eugenics: A discussion on the history of the eugenics movement in the U.S., featuring excerpts from the documentary “A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics, Genetics and the American Dream.” Hosted by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 6:30 p.m. More information is here.