Glasses wearing – mask wearing – antisocials may be the only ones left on the planet without Covid – https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2770872

“Question What is the association between the daily wear of eyeglasses and susceptibility to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?

Findings In this cohort of 276 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Suizhou, China, the proportion of daily wearers of eyeglasses was lower than that of the local population (5.8% vs 31.5%).

Meaning These findings suggest that daily wearers of eyeglasses may be less likely to be infected with COVID-19.”

“Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in Suizhou, China, the proportion of inpatients with COVID-19 who wore glasses for extended daily periods (>8 h/d) was smaller than that in the general population, suggesting that daily wearers of eyeglasses may be less susceptible to COVID-19.”

Or could it mean most glasses wearing nearsighted people are people who stare at screens all day (me) therefore don’t socialize much therefore have less chance of getting covid…..people who wear glasses more or less social….those who wear contacts certainly put stuff in their eye – they should have seen if contact wearers had more chances therefore eliminating my first thought and putting the focus back on eye touching….hmmmm?

Israel three week national lockdown….https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-middle-east-54134869

“Israel is to impose a new national lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus – with tough restrictions coming into effect on Jewish new year.

The country’s second lockdown begins on Friday and lasts at least three weeks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measures would "exact a heavy price on us all", but the country faced a surge with 4,000 new daily infections.

A minister has resigned to protest against the restrictions that overlap with important Jewish festivals.”

“Many nations are experiencing second surges of the virus. However most governments are now imposing smaller local lockdowns in affected areas, rather than blanket national ones.”

Note this is the second lockdown – as perhaps the first one did not work to its intended purpose – so perhaps not the best strategy?

Israel’s deaths are climbing. Both the 7 day confirmation and deaths are the highest it has been. Confirmation rates per capita (almost 2%) is extremely high relative to others but they are in a very dense area.

No country above 1K today…India disappeared again in reporting

FL leads the US in deaths at 152

Miami-Dade FL lead all US counties at 32 deaths

Big 4 county reporting – seeing an uptick in confirmations in Harris county – perhaps corresponds with school openngs? – but nonetheless deatsh are still trending down in the county.