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    Fearful of the pandemic and threats from riders, Detroit's bus drivers refuse to work

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    https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/10/02/ddot-detroit-bus-shutdown-drivers-service-work-stoppage/5892655002/

    The bus drivers are paid $12 per hour to be spat on by anti maskers and when they get sick they don’t even have health insurance?

    Its gonna get worse. Imagine trying to social distance during snow. Wanna pack in or wait 45 mins for the next bus?

    Here's the latest case/death charts for Michigan, with running 7-day averages:

    https://www.statmap.org/?LOCALE=Michigan#data

    7-day average cases trending up, deaths remain flattened.

    Currently Michigan is at 70.98 deaths per 100k population. That ranks them 10th among states in per capita deaths:

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    Chilean police throw boy, 16, off bridge during protests

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    Covid-19 + France

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    France reports 16,972 new coronavirus cases, biggest one-day increase on record

    • 49 new deaths at 2PM
    • Positivity at 7,9% in the last 7 days.
    • Number of positive people declared in 24 hours: 12,623
    • Number of people tested declared in 24 hours: 141,230
    • Number of tests carried out over the last 7 days: 1,192,614
    • Number of SOS Médecins acts for suspected COVID-19 in 24 hours: 550
    • Number of emergency room visits for suspected COVID-19 in 24 hours: 560
    • Incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants over the last 7 days: 102.6
    • Number of people currently hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis: 6,740
    • Number of new people hospitalized with a COVID-19 diagnosis declared in 24 hours: 721
    • Number of people currently in intensive care or intensive care with a COVID-19 diagnosis: 1,289
    • Number of new intensive care admissions with COVID-19 diagnosis declared in 24 hours: 120
    • Number of people who have died from COVID-19 in the hospital since March 1, 2020: 21,393
    • Number of people returned home after a COVID-19 diagnosis since March 1, 2020: 98,199

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    World's fastest delivery drones are saving lives. Here's how

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    The world’s largest company by revenue is getting serious about drones.

    Today, Walmart said it would launch a drone delivery pilot in Bentonville, AR, with unicorn Zipline. Last week, Walmart announced a similar pilot program in Fayetteville, NC, using cloud-connected quadcopters from Israeli startup Flytrex. 

    • A Grand Forks, ND, Walmart supercenter is already delivering food packs with Flytrex drones. 

    Back to Bentonville...then to Africa

    Bentonville = Walmart HQ. The flights in Walmart’s backyard are slated to begin early next year, with deliveries of “select health and wellness products.” Walmart will expand to general merchandise if pilots are successful. 

    Zipline, which officially launched in the U.S. in May, is familiar with scaling drone logistics. It serves virtually all of Rwanda and millions of people in Ghana. Zipline’s drones are reusable, electric, autonomous, and capable of servicing a 50-mile radius. In Africa, they drop vaccines, blood, and medication in boxes with parachutes. 

    Sky high: Delivery volumes and operational tempo are experiencing hockey-stick-like growth during the pandemic. It took Zipline 3.5 years to reach 100,000 deliveries, then just 3.5 months for 200,000 (announced last week).  

    Takeaways

    1) Don’t sleep on Zipline.
    2) Drone delivery will take flight in rural, exurban, and suburban places, in that order. Population-dense cities can have sidewalk delivery bots, as a treat. 
    3) Healthcare-oriented deliveries get the right of way.
    4) Drones still face technical and regulatory hurdles that have so far precluded commercial delivery services. 

    Even after drilling flashcards all weekend with takeaway #4, I have to say it: Walmart could be laying the foundation for a powerful new logistics play. Its superstores are conveniently located in places conducive to drone delivery. And the retailer sells plenty of health products that pair well with on-demand delivery.

    Zoom out and up: Walmart doesn’t want to cede the airspace to Amazon, or Alphabet’s Wing, or UPS, or Wayne Enterprises, or the many others tinkering with drone deliveries.

    https://www.morningbrew.com/emerging-tech/stories/2020/09/14/walmart-zipline-launching-drone-delivery-pilot-program

    50 Dollars

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    Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and
    every year Morris would say, "Esther, I'd like to ride in that
    helicopter". 
     
    Esther always replied, "I know Morris, but that
    helicopter ride is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dollars". 
     
    One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, "Esther, I'm 85
    years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another
    chance." 
     
    Esther replied, "Morris that helicopter is 50 dollars and 50
    dollars is 50 dollars".
     
    The pilot overheard the couple and said, "Folks I'll make you a deal.
    I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the
    entire ride and not say a word I won't charge you! But if you say one
    word, it's 50 dollars."
     
    Morris and Esther agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of
    fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks
    over and over again, but still not a word. When they landed, the pilot
     
    turned to Morris and said, "By golly, I did everything I could to get
    you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!"
     
    Morris replied, "Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something
    when Esther fell out, but you know -- 50 dollars is 50 dollars".

     

    Naomi Osaka reacts to her US Open victory over Serena Williams

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    "The quarantine gave me a chance to think a lot about things, what I want to accomplish, what I want people to remember me by"—Tennis star Naomi Osaka after winning the U.S. Open. Osaka, the world's highest-paid female athlete, used her platform during the tournament to draw attention to the Black Lives Matter movement. 

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-meaningful-summer-of-naomi-osaka-11600002023

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