At the risk of being a killljoy, I suppose barns were commonly painted red for the same reason railway cars were painted red--the cheapest paint was red lead paint.
The Brave New Post-COVID Vaccine World [Click] It now wouldn’t take much to prepare and have ready for use vaccines for the 50 or 100 viruses likely to jump from animals to humans.
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At the risk of being a killljoy, I suppose barns were commonly painted red for the same reason railway cars were painted red--the cheapest paint was red lead paint.
ReplyDeleteI'm just referring to how they catch the eye and are so pleasing to see.
DeleteStand back! Lotsa stuff this morning.
ReplyDeleteWhy Don’t Republicans Attack Kamala Harris? [Click] Definitely a dog not barking story.
U.S. Military Warns of China Move on Taiwan [Click]
Biden’s Plan to Cement a Governing Majority [with his Build Back Better plan] [Click] Fingers crossed. . .
Democrats’ Control of the House Is Increasingly Fragile [Click] All the more reason to move as fast as they can; with luck it might start a virtuous political cycle.
Senate Democrats Could Move 6 Bills Using Reconciliation [Click]
Feinstein Backs Bypassing Filibuster for Voting Rights [Click] Schumer says the voting rights bill must pass, one way or another. Feinstein agrees and defers to leadership on the method.
Fact check: Republicans falsely equate Georgia and Colorado election laws [Click]
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Nearly Half of New [coronavirus] Infections In Just 5 States [Click]
The Brave New Post-COVID Vaccine World [Click] It now wouldn’t take much to prepare and have ready for use vaccines for the 50 or 100 viruses likely to jump from animals to humans.
Ursula von der Leyen snubbed in chair gaffe at EU-Erdoğan talks [Click]
Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical [trichloroethylene] may be to blame [Click]
CDC's New Findings on How COVID Is Actually Transmitted [Click] Almost completely from sneezes, not from surfaces.
ReplyDeleteVT cases:20,443-20,373 = 70
ReplyDeleteActive cases: 3418
Deaths: 230(+1)
Recovered:16,795(82.2%)
Hospital: 26(+1) ICU:6(+1)
Tests: 362,117(+823)
Bill, It sounds like you had a highly productive day yesterday!
ReplyDeleteHow are you and Penny faring today? The second day after the second shot is usually the hardest. Take care.
Arm sore. I may have slept a bit longer and more soundly than usual this morning, but that has largely passed. Penny is still sleeping.
DeleteI've actually ended up sleeping most of the day. That's probably the most common side effect. Likely head back to bed before long.
DeleteWhy animals don't get lost (navigational skills)...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnn.com/2021/04/07/world/coronavirus-newsletter-intl-04-07-21/index.html
Is this link the one intended?
DeleteGenetic sequencing dating back 45,000 years shows intermixing with Neanderthals more common than previously thought [Click] Not only more hanky-panky, but more migrations than previously suspected.
ReplyDeleteI'm busting my buttons! A quiz of mine "The Dog's Breakfast," that went online March 11, has been selected to be part of a new mini challenge, "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" Come on over to Fun Trivia and give it a try. Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? - Click
ReplyDeleteYou probably won't have to create an ID to play a few quizzes but, if you do, don't worry. It's free.
Very good!
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