#third and fourth: ap history and gym with the World's Worst Gym Teacher

[avocado-frog]

Ok I've got my schedule for this year. If someone could kindly explain to me how I'm supposed to get from C130 (left-hand side, first floor) to B303 (left-hand side, third floor) in FIVE minutes every day?? thank u

[covid19updater]

COVID19 Updates: 08/12/2021

Arizona:  Three Arizona police officers pass away due to COVID in one week LINK

US:  Rand Paul discloses 16 MONTHS LATE that his wife bought stock in company behind coronavirus treatment. LINK

Japan:  Japan reports 18,822 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record - NHK

Louisiana:  Fully vaccinated man released from ICU after battle with COVID-19 says vaccine saved his life LINK

US:  "in this fourth wave, it's become a lot harder to recruit nurses." Hospitals struggle with staff shortages in #COVID19 hot spots LINK

World:  Randomized Trial of a Third Dose of mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Transplant Recipients LINK

Australia:  Another school student in Dubbo has tested positive for COVID-19. Dubbo College South Campus will be closed on Friday to allow for deep cleaning. LINK

Australia:  Australia’s capital city to enforce snap lockdown after one new COVID-19 case - Fox News LINK

Colorado:  It ain't over, folks. Colorado COVID-19 Outbreaks Increase, Three Tragic Deaths Revealed LINK

Australia:  Here we go... Of Thursday's 345 COVID-19 cases in NSW, children and teenagers accounted for 114 of the infections. There were 44 cases in the 0 to 9 age bracket and 70 cases in the 10 to 19 age group. LINK

World:  COVID-19 infection linked to problems in thinking, attention: Study LINK

Singapore:  All children, staff members at Superland Pre-school in Chinatown to be swabbed after COVID-19 cluster detected LINK

World: Nurse:  I’m in covid ccu these days and wallahi this variant is no joke. 22, 25, 30 yrs old patients are expiring in a day or two with sudden drop of oxygen saturation . No co-morbids, no history of respiratory infection BUT THEY ARE DYING.  But this variant has nothing to do with the vaccination available here. Numerous people who are done with their vaccine are still getting either Covid-19 variant or the new variant.

US:  'I'm going to miss my friend': Southwest Airlines flight attendant, 36, dies from COVID-19 LINK

Iowa:  "An estimated 600 patrons a day will make their way to the #Iowa State Fair carrying coronavirus" Epidemiologist Dr. Meghan Schaeffer "estimates hundreds will be infected with the virus at the fair, and each person could infect two to four others"

UK:  Even youths with *mild or asymptomatic* initial #COVID19 infections may experience #LongCovid—affecting schooling, sleep: 11-15% of infected youths might “end up with this long-term consequence—pretty devastating for school performance” says NIH chief LINK

World:  U.S. officials estimate about 40% of people who died with #COVID19 also had #diabetes. But those numbers don’t reflect the full devastation the pandemic inflicted on diabetes patients LINK

World:  A lab study showed that antibodies triggered by Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine declined below a key threshold from around six months after a second dose for most recipients

New Zealand:  New Zealand will open its borders in early 2022 to some vaccinated travelers, says PM Jacinda Ardern. Its borders have been shut for 18 months, with strict #COVID19 lockdowns. It has reported just 2,913 cases and 26 deaths, with 0 current community cases.

US:  Fauci says it is likely everybody will eventually need a Covid vaccine booster short LINK

Texas:  Straight to the Oh Shit file: Texas Hospitals Are Already Overloaded. Doctors Are ‘Frightened by What Is Coming.’ LINK

US:  BREAKING: Stanford will require weekly COVID-19 testing beginning Aug. 15, regardless of vaccination status. The University is potentially the first in the country to mandate testing for fully vaccinated individuals. Story to come.

World:  Covid Patient Zero may have been a Wuhan lab worker after all, WHO chief admits LINK

World:  CDC: Vaccinated people spread COVID-19 Delta variant as easily as unvaccinated LINK

China:  China's Ningbo airport has suspended flights to and from Beijing due to 'public health incident' LINK

Israel:  Israel, with a nearly entirely vaccinated adult population, now expects this coronavirus wave to be the worst yet - up to 2,500 serious cases compared to 1,200 in January. Note: the article doesn’t mention vaccines once. It’s like they never even happened. LINK

US:  A majority of Americans in highly vaccinated counties now live in covid hot spots LINK

UK:  UK government Scientific Adviser Prof Dan Altmann says he is “strongly in favour” of mixing jabs. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today: “Delta variant and other variants really stress test our vaccines to the max”;

UK:  Fully  people in England no longer be legally required to self-isolate upon contact w/positive Covid case from Monday, and will instead be advised to take a PCR test – in a marked shift from rules that have led to more than 14m instructions to stay at home;

Israel:  Israel to require covid tests from next week for children as young as 3 to enter schools, swimming pools, hotels or gyms, as cases rise despite extensive adult .  already required children aged 12 & over to show a green pass, after they were re-introduced late last month;

Texas:  Coronavirus: Texas has surpassed 10 thousand COVID hospitalizations for the third time during the pandemic. LINK

Israel: Israel Defense Force:  The IDF has announced that there are 1,088 service members sick with coronavirus. There were none in March.

Tennessee:  27% of new daily COVID-19 cases in Tennessee among youth, nearly 7,000 school-aged LINK

China:  All inbound & outbound container services at Meishan terminal in Ningbo-Zhoushan port have been halted. This is the world's third-busiest port and a sign that Covid's resurgence in Asia will likely add to supply chain headaches for the rest of the world. LINK

North Korea:  The starvation deaths of three ethnic Chinese residents of North Korea, who were cut off from their economic lifeline to China by a border closure to fight the coronavirus pandemic, has shocked North Koreans by showing that the economy is failing even privileged groups, sources in the country told RFA. LINK

Iran:  IRAN:  CATASTROPHE. “Chairman of the society of Emergency Medicine in Iran: "The health system already imploded - even private hospitals - and the officials know it. Patients with 50% O2 level in ward beds, waiting for ICU patients to die. There is nothing we can do."  Patients admitted but lying on the floor. CPR on the floor. Not just no beds. Run out of coffins and morgue vehicles. And Iran turned down American and U.K. vaccine DONATIONS. Yet just 4% vaccinated

California:  BREAKING: San Francisco will require proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for a number of indoor activities including visiting restaurants, bars and gyms. The mandate will be more stringent than the requirement announced for New York City last week. LINK

World:  Children may be at risk in COVID-19 fourth wave, Niagara infectious disease specialist warns LINK

US:  U.S. health secretary mandates COVID-19 shots for health care staff LINK

Florida:  Florida COVID-19 Update for August 12, 2021 Total Confirmed Hospitalizations: 15,358

Florida:  DeSantis unveils monoclonal antibody centers in Florida COVID-19 battle LINK

US:  Immigrant Detention and COVID-19: How a Pandemic Exploited and Spread through the US Immigrant Detention System LINK

Washington:  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — An outbreak of COVID-19 cases that started in June at a facility for detained immigrants in Tacoma, Washington, has continued to worsen. LINK

Texas:  There are now NO staffed pediatric ICU beds available in the DFW area, according to the DFW Hospital Council. It reports 73 COVID-19 pediatric patients now being hospitalized in the area, the highest number local hospitals have ever treated at one time. @cbsdfw-blog-blog

US:  JUST IN - YouTube deletes a press conference video of U.S. Congress member @NMalliotakis announcing a lawsuit against @NYCMayor's vaccine passport. (typical)

Australia:  JUST IN - Australian capital #Canberra enters "hard" lockdown. Melbourne extends lockdown as Sydney introduces "no jab, no job" policy.

US:  #BREAKING  The Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will require fans to show proof of vaccination in order to attend, festival organizers have announced. LINK

Texas:  NEW: Our Harris County Local Health Authority has issued a Health Order requiring masks in schools and childcare centers.   Pediatric COVID19 cases are at all- time highs in Texas, and most schools haven’t even started yet. We have no choice.

Mississippi:  BREAKING: After one week, Pearl River Central High School has quarantined 40% of its entire student body. When classes began, the school board made masks optional for a more "normal" school year. Now, the entire school district is going virtual.

Florida:  4 Broward County Florida Educators die from COVID in 24 hours. “Within a 24-hour span, we had an ASSISTANT TEACHER pass away, a TEACHER at her school pass away, an ELEMENTARY TEACHER pass away and another TEACHER at a high school.” LINK

Nevada:  More than 80 students were potentially exposed to Covid-19 in Reno, Nevada, on Monday after a parent sent their child to school, despite both the parent and child receiving a positive Covid-19 test just two days earlier, school district officials said. LINK

Tennessee:  BREAKING FROM TENNESSEE: "There are no beds. In Middle Tennessee right now it is impossible to find an empty, staffed ICU, ER, or med/surg bed," says chief medical officer for Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. #COVID19

Australia:  NSW recorded 390 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.