tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post3394672131689312271..comments2024-03-18T22:54:23.759-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: A COVID UPDATE FROM THE CHIEF Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-41761032525422558152021-07-28T14:39:59.546-04:002021-07-28T14:39:59.546-04:00Forget the BS on Biles. The absolute truth is tha...Forget the BS on Biles. The absolute truth is that she "chocked" at the biggest stage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-20987444962065684252021-07-27T22:01:37.986-04:002021-07-27T22:01:37.986-04:00541 you are so off on your numbers..in the UK abou...541 you are so off on your numbers..in the UK about half the population is vaccinated ..u wrote that for every 60 unvaxxed there are 440 vaxxed..that's absurd and false..u all need to deal with the reality that the vax loses effectiveness after a couple months or so. And if I'm wrong then why are they already grooming the vaxxers for a booster? You know that's coming!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-52251125556962682732021-07-27T17:41:05.363-04:002021-07-27T17:41:05.363-04:00The stats posted by 6:25pm are misleading.
https...The stats posted by 6:25pm are misleading. <br /><br />https://theconversation.com/most-covid-deaths-in-england-now-are-in-the-vaccinated-heres-why-that-shouldnt-alarm-you-163671<br /><br /><br />https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-data-shows-vaccines-reduce-risk-of-hospitalisation-and-death-but-you-need-to-read-it-with-a-clear-head-12365728<br /><br /><br />Hospitalisation figures show vaccine effectiveness<br /><br />Nick Triggle<br />Health Correspondent<br /><br />Reports of vaccinated people ending up in hospital causes alarm.<br /><br />On Monday, chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance revealed that around 60% of hospitalisations were among people who are unvaccinated.<br /><br />So that means for every 60 unvaccinated people hospitalised, about 40 who have been vaccinated are also ending up in hospital. Does that mean the vaccines are not working very well? Absolutely not.<br /><br />That’s because for every 60 unvaccinated people, there are about 440 vaccinated adults in the population.<br /><br />So that means the numbers of vaccinated people in hospital are at least 10 times lower than they would be if the vaccines did not work at all.<br /><br />The 60:40 ratio therefore suggests the vaccines are a little over 90% effective at keeping people out of hospital.<br /><br />But the news is even better than that. The figures are skewed by the fact the people who are most likely to be unvaccinated are the younger age groups - the ones least likely to end up in hospital.<br /><br />If you factor that in the vaccines look to be well above 90% effective at keeping people out of hospital – bang in line with what all the research suggests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-63254879807830581042021-07-26T23:12:56.884-04:002021-07-26T23:12:56.884-04:00This country has a lot of fatties but anti vaxers ...This country has a lot of fatties but anti vaxers are still worse. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-23540611195794470392021-07-26T18:25:37.944-04:002021-07-26T18:25:37.944-04:00In the UK 106 of the 203 most recent covid deaths ...In the UK 106 of the 203 most recent covid deaths were of the double vaccinated..in france between 40 and 60% of the new hospitalizations are vaccinated..within a month those type numbers will be here..and this whole thing about it's all fox news viewers refusing the vax?? Black Americans are by the far the most resistant to the vax of all the demographic groups..are those folks brainwashed by fox also? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-8287756568184703482021-07-26T14:57:44.428-04:002021-07-26T14:57:44.428-04:00While COVID gets worse, the judiciary fights Zoom ...While COVID gets worse, the judiciary fights Zoom hearings for procedural matters, which has worked just fine during the pandemic. If it is not a trial or evidentiary hearing, it should be on Zoom. For now, we have to do stupid things to avoid unnecessary court appearances. For example, a sounding must be in person, but a motion to continue can be heard on Zoom.<br /><br />We read advisories each day about a new person in REG who has Covid and worked in multiple courtrooms. Due to privacy restrictions, the person is unnamed, leaving the rest of us to wonder if we had contact with the person (I am not suggesting the person should be named, only pointing out the result).<br /><br />We hear lots of numbers regarding Covid, but I only care about a single number-the number two. That is how many close friends I have who were fully-vaccinated, but got Covid anyway and are now in the hospital, on a ventilator, struggling to stay alive.<br /><br />My health and my life are more important than how many cases a judge carries and his/her ego. Until Covid is under control, I will not sit next to a prisoner for an any length of time in an unventilated, filthy, old building and try a case. I will search my imagination to find ways to avoid entering the justice building.<br /><br />Judicial resistance to Zoom is about judge's fear that they will not be able to move their calendars and their caseloads will rise, making them look bad. I do not give a shit about judge's calendars. Pre-Covid, most talked a big game about trying cases, but few did. On any given afternoon, the hallways were as quiet as a mausoleum. It was all a big show to pressure people to plead guilty, and judges got the side benefit of feeling important. <br /><br /> Judges have no problems taking pleas by Zoom because that reduces their case stats. Why is a plea by Zoom just fine, but a sounding must be in person? Soundings are important to judges because they have the opportunity to pressure defendants to take a plea. Once a defendant has missed work a few times, driven to court, paid for parking, he says to hell with it and takes the plea. <br /><br />Perhaps Judge Sayfie should go over to federal court and see the structural changes that were built into the trial courtrooms. They make a difference. Plastic barriers separate everyone. Few people are in attendance. Hearings are held one at a time. I know, they do not have the case numbers we have, but at least they have tried. The justice building looks exactly the same. What has the year-long "Working Group" done to improve our safety? It doesn't look like much. The only thing worked on was how to move the cases along, not how to mandate the use of technology to make us all safer. What an abject lack of leadership for the Chief Judge not to REQUIRE judges to hold all procedural hearings by Zoom.<br /><br />In the meantime, I issue an open challenge to judges who will not allow the use of Zoom for routine matters. Write back, anonymously if you want, and explain why. Show me that I am wrong. Lawyers are fed up and angry. We know who you are. The next step is to publish names and humiliate you for your self-centeredness, arrogance and utter disregard for the well-being of the people who you work with on a daily basis.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-65175496031460467952021-07-26T12:54:26.070-04:002021-07-26T12:54:26.070-04:00For Miami, the civil trial was relatively routine:...For Miami, the civil trial was relatively routine: an insurance dispute over building damage caused by Hurricane Irma. It was also one of the first lengthy jury trials to be held in person as Miami-Dade courts began opening up after a long pandemic closure.<br /><br />The trial ended in early July. But then, several lawyers and the judges who had taken part in the two-and-a-half week trial tested positive for COVID-19.<br /><br />One of the attorneys, Brittany Quintana Martí, who is pregnant, fell ill enough that she spent five days in the hospital. “She had shortness of breath and fatigue. Really horrible fatigue. Her oxygen levels dropped,” said her husband, fellow Miami lawyer Jose Martí.<br /><br />While Quintana was masked — she was waiting to get the vaccine because of her pregnancy — others were not. Her husband believes the coronavirus spread through numerous sidebars, the private meetings held between lawyers and the judge, away from jurors.<br /><br />“That would make the most sense. That’s when everyone is as close as possible,” said Jose Martí, who added that he is upset because he believes the courts have not done enough to publicize outbreaks.<br /><br />Nearly one month after Miami-Dade courts reopened to the public, Quintana’s story underscores that COVID-19 remains a risk within the justice system, especially as the delta variant of the highly contagious virus is causing a sharp rise in cases across Florida.<br /><br />https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article252958488.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-48557089259773858982021-07-26T12:43:46.791-04:002021-07-26T12:43:46.791-04:00Little update from the Herald.
"COVID-19 cas...Little update from the Herald.<br /><br />"COVID-19 cases in Miami courts cause dread as delta variant spreads across Florida"<br /><br />https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article252958488.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-49104623433631787952021-07-26T11:56:32.743-04:002021-07-26T11:56:32.743-04:00Israel, as Rumpole surely knows, was first-on-the-...Israel, as Rumpole surely knows, was first-on-the-planet in widespread distribution of the vax and still is among the leaders in percentage of its adults fully vaxxed.<br /><br />Here's the ominous news: Israelis' vaccination protection is waning. As everyone from Fauci to Tucker has acknowledged, there is a high likelihood that vax protection will be fleeting, especially as the virus mutates.<br /><br />We will be seeing soon what they are seeing in Israel now -- fully vaxxed people getting sick and hospitalized.<br /><br />The new focus needs to be on general health. Rumpole should treat the OBESE as disdainfully as he now treats the unvaxed. After all, the obese are making life decisions which put them at severe risk and will cost all of us when they are hospitalized and intubated for a month. The OBESE are basically choosing to be in the crosshairs of this virus.<br /><br />So... will Rump mock them for their pro-death decisions? Hmmm.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-47447240363000462062021-07-26T11:38:50.920-04:002021-07-26T11:38:50.920-04:00Zoom should be the norm for all non evidentiary ma...Zoom should be the norm for all non evidentiary matters! Period-end of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com