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Justin Fox: How we got COVID’s risk right but the response wrong

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

Early in March 2020, I decided to write about the risks posed by COVID-19. I have no background in epidemiology or even health journalism, but I can multiply, divide and make charts and was frustrated with the lack of quantification in most reporting and public-health messaging on what was soon to be declared a pandemic.In the resulting column I took what seemed to be the most authoritative estimate of COVID’s per-infection fatality rate, 1%, and noted that this was about 10 times the 0.1% fatality rate of seasonal influenza, then conservatively multiplied a CDC estimate of 61,099 influenza-associated deaths in the U.S. in the pretty bad flu season of 2017-2018 by five and 10 to get a range of “300,000 to 600,000 deaths.”Over the 12 months that followed, about 550,000 Americans died of COVID according to according to the CDC’s provisional estimates and 490,000 according to its tallies of the “underlying cause of death” listed on death certificates...

Conley’s Corner with Timberwolves guard Mike Conley: chasing an NBA championship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

EDITOR’S NOTE: Mike Conley is one of the best sources of information in the NBA. Entering his 17th NBA season, the 36-year-old Timberwolves point guard has seen it all, and has the knowledge and willingness to explain what’s taken place and what’s to come with the media and, thus, the fans. That breadth of insight and analysis extends from the on-court Xs and Os to team dynamics and development. Conley is just as good at explaining why two teammates came to blows in the middle of a timeout as he is on what the team needs to do to decode a switch-heavy defense.So who better to sit down with twice a month to tackle different topics ranging from the Timberwolves to the league at large to, well, Mike Conley, than Conley himself.This is the second installment of Conley’s Corner.CHASING A CHAMPIONSHIPIt determines his diet. It’s the reason he uses spare moments around his house to stretch. It’s why he’s constantly thinking of ways to improve his game and better prepare himself for the nex...

Dane Mizutani: Forget USC quarterback Caleb Williams, Vikings shouldn’t be sellers at trade deadline

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

You can kiss USC quarterback Caleb Williams goodbye.That much the Vikings essentially guaranteed with an upset win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night. All of a sudden, the Vikings are 3-4 and right back in talk of the playoffs. They are seemingly in decent position to chase down the Detroit Lions in the NFC North.That should make the decision pretty easy for Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah in the short term. After nearly a month of various reports indicating that the Vikings might be willing to go into tank mode, it’s now safe to assume they won’t be sellers at the trade deadline.As a result, it’s no longer worth fantasizing about who the next franchise quarterback is going to be, and what it’s going to take to get him to Minnesota.You can stop living and dying with how each win or loss is going to impact the chances of the Vikings garnering a high draft pick. Truthfully, they were never going to be bad enough to be in contention for Will...

Woman owned business in Menands celebrates 75 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

MENANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An Albany County electrical company is not only celebrating 75 years but being a certified woman owned business in a male dominated industry. MORE NEWS from NEWS 10 Contracting, electrical work, construction… These are all fields of work that you associate with men, but this business in Menands, owned by a woman, is celebrated for having lasted 3 quarters of a century in a male dominated industry.Becky Kasselman is the President and CEO of Kasselman Electric. It’s a 135 employee company that handles everything industrial from contracting to construction. Its customers include several local governments — and that's why so many of them came out to give her official proclamations today. Kasselman says when she took over the business from her father-in-law and husband 10 years ago, she had difficulties maintaining clientele, being an industry outlier.SOT, Becky Kasselman“I will not lie. It was a struggle for quite a few years because it's a woman owned business”...

Local leaders talk loitering enforcement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Local leaders talked about the new loitering ordinance that was passed by the Albany Common Council last week and how the police department plans to enforce the new rules. The main reason for passing a new loitering ordinance was to expand what police can use as probable cause and improve public safety, said Mayor Kathy Sheehan.“The way that the city of Albany had drafted this ordinance years ago, was to narrow what was probable cause this expands it to include video or a statement from a witness,” said Sheehan.The loitering law is meant to improve the quality of life for Albany residents, said Mayor Sheehan. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Police Chief Eric Hawkins said he is aware the police cannot arrest their way out of the issue.“We want to make sure that this is a tool and that this is not a primary way of dealing with these but certainly we can use this to help to address those issues,” said Hawki...

Former CVPA student reaches out to mother dealing with unimaginable loss

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It's been one year since the tragic shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Classes were canceled there, so students could focus on healing. FOX 2's Laura Simon met with a spokesperson for the mother of one of the victims to learn how she's been dealing with this unimaginable loss.Most people in the St. Louis community will never forget Oct. 24, 2022. A former Central Visual and Performing Arts High School student shot his way into the building, taking the lives of Alexzandria Bell, 15, and beloved teacher Jean Kuzcka."It's a tough day for everybody," George Sells with St. Louis Public Schools said.Jay Mitchell graduated from CVPA in 2010. He has fond memories of Ms. Kuzcka.The PE, health and finance teacher worked at CVPA for 14 years. She was a wife, mom, and grandmother.Mitchell never met Bell personally but decided to reach out to her mom, Keisha Acres, to help her through an unimaginable loss."She's had her days," Mitchell said. "It's always an u...

Long Beach mayor calls for more drug, mental health resources after sex assault by homeless man

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

The mayor of Long Beach took to social media on Tuesday to address the disturbing sexual assault of a woman by a transient that was captured on camera.“This incident is absolutely unacceptable,” said Mayor Rex Richardson in a video update streamed on X, formerly known as Twitter. “Every resident deserves to feel safe as they walk through our community.”The attack occurred on the afternoon of Oct. 20 in the 140 block of Linden Avenue, in front of Village Market.Surveillance video shows the victim walking alone when her attacker, who was sitting on the sidewalk, stands up, exposes himself, and grabs her from behind. She falls to the ground as the man pulls up her skirt and thrusts himself against her.Surveillance video shows the victim walking alone when her attacker, who was sitting on the sidewalk, stands up, exposes himself, and grabs the woman from behind. Oct. 20, 2023. Surveillance video shows the victim walking alone when her attacker, who was sitting on the sidewalk, stands up...

Pizza Hut unveils new value menu

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

Pizza Hut unveiled a new value menu that includes pizza, pasta, melts, breadsticks, desserts, and more, all for $7.Known as the $7 Deal Lover’s Menu, the new offering has 17 different food options, which cost $7 each when customers order two or more items. McDonald’s to phase out self-serve soft drink fountains Three new menu items, the Roasted Garlic Cheese Sticks, Bacon Cheddar Cheese Sticks and Chocolate Donut Bites, will also be available on the new menu.Pizza Hut unveiled a new value menu that includes pizza, pastas, Pizza Hut Melts, breadsticks, desserts, and more, all for $7. (Pizza Hut) Other menu items includeMedium OneTopping PizzaMeat Lover's MeltPepperoni Lover's MeltChicken Bacon Parm MeltBuffalo Chicken MeltBoneless WingsBreadsticksCheese SticksPastasCinnabon Mini RollsPepsi 4-Pack“Pizza Hut believes that you shouldn't have to choose between a great taste and a good value, and our new $7 Deal Lovers is exactly that,” Lindsay Morgan, chief marketing officer at Pizza H...

Armando G Modales Jr. Dead after Multi-Vehicle Accident on Interstate 80 [Richmond, CA]

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

Fatal Multi-Vehicle Collision Near Cutting Boulevard Left Three InjuredRICHMOND, CA (October 24, 2023) – Early Sunday morning, Armando G Modales Jr. was fatally injured following a chain-reaction collision on Interstate 80.CHP officers responded to the incident around 5:55 a.m. along the eastbound lanes of the freeway, near Cutting Boulevard.Upon arrival, they discovered at least six vehicles in the wreckage. Investigators claimed that a green 2015 Mitsubishi box truck failed to stop while traveling at unsafe speeds under the roadway conditions.As a result, the box truck collided with a Toyota Sienna and ended up causing a chain reaction involving several other vehicles.Tragically, the Sienna driver, 47-year-old Armando G Modales Jr. from San Pablo, suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene. Paramedics transported three other people to area hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.Meanwhile, the box truck driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with the investigators.Th...

Rodeo man told cops he and his girlfriend beat her 2-year-old son to death for grabbing vape pen and eating Doritos, police say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:47:09 GMT

RODEO — In the hours after 2-year-old King Kemp died from internal injuries suffered during multiple prolonged beatings, his 21-year-old mother’s boyfriend allegedly described to police how he and King’s mother would “discipline” her toddler boy and baby girl in tandem — he would hold them down and she would punch.Police say that the confession by 21-year-old Tyshawn Haywood painted a picture of rampant physical abuse inside the Rodeo apartment where Haywood lived with his girlfriend, 22-year-old Destiny Deboe, and Deboe’s two children, King, and a 10-month-old girl whose name is being protected by the pseudonym Jane Doe. By the end of the police investigation, Haywood and Deboe had been charged with murder, child abuse, and torture, and investigators learned that Deboe had recently moved to the Bay Area from Ohio shortly after police there opened a child abuse investigation against her, according to authorities.Medical records showed evidence of ...