Banksy’s hit and run graffiti carries a useful message – as usual. 99% of all graffiti sucks AFAIC. Management of the London Underground has a policy of removing 100%. So, this effort is already history. But, the video is still pretty cool.
Banksy’s hit and run graffiti carries a useful message – as usual. 99% of all graffiti sucks AFAIC. Management of the London Underground has a policy of removing 100%. So, this effort is already history. But, the video is still pretty cool.
“Face masks in shops to be compulsory in England, as experts warn of 120,000 winter deaths” https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/uk/uk-masks-shops-winter-predictions-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
“A new model from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is forecasting 224,089 deaths due to COVID-19 by Nov. 1, which is nearly 100,000 more than the current confirmed deaths in the United States.” https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/new-ihme-model-projects-nearly-225000-deaths-in-us-by-november-1
If everyone in the U.S. wore a mask, the coronavirus pandemic could be “under control” within four to eight weeks, Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention director Robert Redfield said in a discussion led by medical journal JAMA on Tuesday. https://www.axios.com/cdc-director-masking-coronavirus-dba00f19-4167-43a0-b021-9a9e66974517.html
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an editorial on Tuesday co-authored by Redfield that points to research papers showing that the positivity rate of confirmed cases can decrease in populations with masking.
See “Universal Masking to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission—The Time Is Now” https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768532
SEATTLE, July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In its first projections of COVID-19 deaths out to November 1, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting more than 200,000 deaths in the United States.
The forecast shows 208,255 deaths (with a range of 186,087 to 244,541). Those numbers drop to 162,808 (157,217 to 171,193), if at least 95% of people wear masks in public.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-ihme-forecasts-show-more-than-200-000-us-deaths-by-november-1–301089558.html (includes anticipated numbers of deaths per state)
As of 20 July, all U.S. Walmarts will require customers to be wearing masks if they want access to shopping in the stores.
“Banksy’s face mask artwork worth £7.5 million scrubbed from London Underground train : Cleaning staff apparently did not realise the significance of the spray-paint before cleaning it away ‘like any other graffiti’” https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/banksy-s-face-mask-artwork-worth-7-5-million-scrubbed-from-london-underground-train-1.1049750
Banksy painting expected to fetch more than $6m at UK auction : ‘Show Me the Monet’ is a satirical take on Claude Monet’s ‘The Water-Lily Pond’. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/21/banksy-painting-expected-to-fetch-5-million-pounds-at-auction
https://images.complex.com/complex/images/c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,q_90,w_1400/fl_lossy,pg_1/drty9pgudm4z8upcqb44/banksy-show-me-the-monet-painting-sothebys-october-2020-auction-info-1
“Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp forbids cities, counties from requiring masks as coronavirus surges in the state” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/16/kemp-georgia-mask-mandates/
“It is officially official. Governor Kemp does not give a damn about us. Every man and woman for himself/herself. Ignore the science and survive the best you can.” Savannah Mayor Van Johnson. https://twitter.com/MayorJohnsonSAV/status/1283580794129219584
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