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Thu Apr 9 06:00:01 EDT 2020 ======================================== Slept from eleven to seven without waking. First good night sleep in a few days. Breezy. Much cooler. Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the morning, then rain showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 40s. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. Chance of showers 60 percent. Work ---------------------------------------- - Order a thin client for LH, and another for Glens Done. - Someone should send Entrata migration validation reports soon? Added to ticket. - Review invoices Done. - Call Sarah Muhich about thin client delivery, VPN Done. - 3 PM Entrata AP call Done. - Create Entrata account for Becky No. - Review smarthost logs (are we seeing coronavirus spam?) No. - Order Ethernet 25ft. cord for Sarah Glens Done. Twenty-five-minute walk at lunch. A roller coaster of weather and emotions. Brief weak sun, then rain, then torrential rain, then big wet snowflakes, then gorgeous sun. Felt euphoric when the sun came out but it turned to teary grief at the falseness of the relief. Home ---------------------------------------- - Play with D&D stuff? Not much. Vacuumed. Changed toilet paper roll. Got a hello email from Jake. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/fxr408/what_is_something_about_your_country_youre/fmwtkh4/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War > Meredith's official report noted that his men had suffered no casualties. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/white-house-coronavirus-task-force-briefing > SON-IN-LAW: We have plenty of ventilators. They’re stored in a hollowed-out mountain and they don’t work. And you can’t have them. > ESPER: Just to build on that — no one is making ventilators. We tried to order some, but the online form asked for a password, which I totally knew, and then it asked my favorite animal, which is lemur, but it said it wasn’t lemur. So I took a break. > PENCE: Our friends from Russia have just agreed to send us eleven ventilators. Our path to re-election is now clear. > REPORTER: Who will get these eleven Russian ventilators? > PENCE: Okay, we have a system. Two at a time, state governors will enter a dome made of steel tubing. Once inside the dome, the governors will be attached to rubber harnesses that allow them to spring around the dome with great speed. Using these harnesses, they will have access to a variety of weaponry and— > REPORTER: Are you describing the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome? > (PENCE steps aside. He has not seen this film or any films.) Michigan extended the stay-at-home order through April 30. Long, pleasant chat with Mom in the evening. Pale pink and blue sunset. https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america/michigan According to this model, this week and next week will be the worst, but things will get much better in the fourth week of April. And today might have been the peak in deaths, with new daily deaths decreasing after today. Michigan COVID-19 cases: 1,158 new; 21,504 total Deaths: 117 new, 1076 total Total MI tests: they didn't publish test numbers again (4/7 was 43.5K tests) Michigan's rate of increase: 128% → 127% → 118% → 118% → 117% → 123% → 115% → 118% → 112% → 110% → 110% → 110% → 107% → 106% (today) MI recovered (4/3/2020): 56 Oakland country: 4,247 cases; 246 deaths Oakland country ranked #21 (#20 yesterday) globally. Oakland county new cases: 180 → 164 → 113 → 285 → 309 → 327 → 214 → 281 → 276 → 191 → 345 → 356 → 271 → 240 (today) So, Michigan's case fatality rate is 5.0% and Oakland county's is 5.8%. Ouch. Globally, it stands at 6.0%. US recovered: 25,410 Servings: grains 4/6, fruit 1/4, vegetables 2/4, dairy 2/2, meat 2/3, nuts 1/0.5 Brunch: egg and cheese wrap, cucumber, banana, coffee Lunch: pita, hummus, carrots Dinner: lasagna -26 123/69

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