I have not seen Anthony Fauci smile like that before. He is different. Empowered.

The Cabinet level scientist is a geneticist. The vaccine from Moderna and Pfizer is the first time mRNA was used to developed it.

The scientific community has peace of mind with a Cabinet level representative. One of the issues that has to be addressed is genetic manipulation of animals that are used for food in the USA diet. The authority for that TECHNOLOGY has been placed in the Agricultural Department under Trump and Perdue. It belongs under HHS.

The alterations made in the American diet MUST be researched by HHS. Experiments on animals to investigate enhancements for profits is not a study that guarantees a safe food supply. We do not need a genetically altered food supply to cause “New Age Prions.”

The University of Montana, Mansfield Ethics is concerned about the well being of the animals, hence, the people that consume them. There are alterations in proteins in these genetically manipulated animals that are then consumed by people. The huge overriding question to all animals being manipulated genetically is the availability of essential nutrients for basic human biological needs such as amino acids. 

I don’t really care if the animals are easier on profitability, do they supply every aspect of nutrition demanded by the human body for its metabolism? The science belongs in HHS.

January 8, 2021

The highest daily toll of new infections from SARS-CoV-2 since this health emergency started a year ago; 300,594 new cases with a running 7 day average of 259,564 new cases. There has been a decline since that day which is significant at 186,235 new cases on January 20, 2021 with a seven day running total of 194,966 new cases. That is called progress. 

Americans need to continue to wear masks, social distance, and practice excellent hand hygiene. We are not out of danger yet.

Yuma County, Arizona is the hottest of hotspots. I believe it is a language barrier. We saw the same kind of issue with HIV. Those speaking Spanish are not getting the “emotional machismo” message that great parents and community leaders practice the same important practices without relenting to peer pressure.

It is naive to believe the same “machismo” that voted for Trump will dissipate because he lost the election. What the Federal Communications Commission should be doing as I write this is check for lies that endanger minority communities. There MUST be public service announcements made by all forms of media to state the facts and bring an understanding of the truth. The arrogance that accompanied Trumpism must be laid to rest to end the viral spread.

Announcements and Speeches by Joe Biden must be broadcast in Spanish with written translations in other languages that exist in the USA. This is a deadly pandemic. If translation is available in all other languages other countries around the globe will use it, too. No one is to assume written translation will end the virus. There is illiteracy in other languages, too. A strong effort must be made for the illiteracy in all languages. There are also hearing impaired. 

Communication and compliance to federal standards to stop the spread is vital. There are social anthropologist and social workers that have the ability to reach the unreachable. It is the First Amendment. People have a right to hear from government to save their own lives.

Lake Michigan looks good today.

Snow squalls, wind, one and a half foot swells but to flooding. There will be beach erosion but there is plenty of time to ready beach renourishment for the tourist season. This is the best I have seen of the lake in more than two years.

There is a fine balance with the Great Lakes. They provide an income to the business community including shipping. But, that must be balanced with commercial interests in real estate and tourism. It would not be the Great Lakes without that balance. I am sure Canada is pleased today

The commercial fishers are giving Governor Whitmer arguments. As if she is the only governor along the Great Lakes. They are complaining they will be going out of business. They will be going out of business anyway because the lakes have been overfished for four years and the fisheries are depleted. I don’t remember the Great Lakes ever depleted of commercial fisheries because they were well managed.

This is what anarchy does to an economy. The Great Lakes have a carrying capacity for fish. That is why commercial fishing has existed for so long, but, when they are overfished it can collapse fresh water fishing for years. Fish can only lay so many eggs each year. That includes the state’s ability to stock rivers. Fishing along Michigan rivers is a much sought after sport and past time.

Commercial fishers need to behave and harken back to when there was sufficient fisheries and not stressed fisheries from overfishing. What often happens when governance of fisheries are lost (deregulation) is an increase number of commercial fishing enterprises. The larger number of fishing enterprises then complains that the government is doing something wrong because their catch is too low and they can’t keep a healthy cash-flow. 

No, that is not it. Somewhere in the magical thinking of supply side economics there is supposed to be an over abundance of fish everyday. The fisheries be they fresh water or ocean have limits. It only makes sense that a limited number of fish divided among more and newer fishing enterprises means there will be less income for ALL the commercial fishers.

Grow up! This is not the magical world of Disney!

Review Leadership at the Pentagon

Yahoo News is reporting even as of January 20th the Pentagon was still refusing to meet with President Biden’s national security team. President Biden needs to demote a few people at the Pentagon, run background checks for Trump sympathizers and put his own people in place.