Reasons for the sudden uptick in COVID cases .....

...besides the fact that COVID-19 never went away in the first place.  It's been still lingering around here and there.

I think the biggest factor is simply population density, the fact that one has to converge onto a lot of the same areas as everyone else:  shopping at the same stores, riding the same buses and commuter trains along designated routes, dining at a lot of the same restaurants, just all-around being given only so many choices of where to go to conduct certain types of business.

For example, getting a new drivers license or state I.D..  There are only so many branches of the motor vehicle department, hence whichever one you go to you'll still find yourself standing in a long line behind others.

Personally, I think even more so than whether or not one wears a face mask or has been fully vaccinated this "default" interpersonal congestive bottlenecking is probably what's most responsible for increasing exposure to this (or any other) virus.

That said, I still contend shutting down again is not going to help any.  Because, sooner or later, we'll need to reopen once more (you know, to keep our social and financial ecosystem from totally collapsing).  Then all this will continue happening all over again until this COVID-19 virus finally wanes a bit.

Ultimately, COVID-19 will just have to run its full gamut, no matter what we try to do about it.

 "Your rights end where the other person's rights begin.  And right now that 'other person' wishes to expand his personal space another 40 acres, so you'll just have to pack up and move somewhere else."

                                           Musing For Today

Any time there's a conflict of any kind 99 out of a hundred times two elements are always present among all the others:  lack of transparency and a low-to-nonexistent atmosphere of trust

                                       Adage For Today

  Any time you change your address or phone number you make yourself hard to find

                                          Musing For Today

You know, ambulances don't exist anymore.  They haven't existed for at least the past 30 years or so.  They've since been known as "paramedics".

....which means injury law firms haven't been "ambulance chasers" for quite some time.  They're "paramedic chasers"

...hence, instead of "Amber, Lance, and Chase" they should be titled "Perry, Maddie, and Chase"

 The ousting of New York Governor Cuomo over allegations of "sexual harassment" is a lot like when Al Capone finally got nailed----for "tax evasion"

Remember 24-hour restaurants and the weekend "bar rush" from late evening till the early A.M.?

When I was hitchhiking around the country back in the 1980s I'd be at a Waffle House or Denny's late at night, especially on a Friday or Saturday, and one crowd after another would stroll on in, "flooding" the place and practically "taking over" the establishment with their obnoxious personalities and loud mouths.

If the establishment wasn't very friendly they'd often tell me I "had to leave" in order to make room for these fraternal "butt fucker" crowds.  Which makes sense----who do the managers and servers stand to make the most money off of, some lone vagrant nursing a cup of coffee for two hours or a bunch of affluent drunks with wallets full of bills or multiple credit cards, coupled with a guarantee of huge tips galore?

And the folks in these crowds would always order something to eat, never be able to finish their food, throw up half of their late-night meal in the parking lot, but still they dutifully paid their tab just the same.

And the police would always be "taking their break" at the same time in that establishment as well, no doubt observing who was taking off staggering and stumbling out to their car and calling in the description of that person's vehicle to a colleague waiting up the road.

These days I don't think any place stays open past 10:00 or 11:00 P.M..  Anymore, even the bars themselves close early.  The concept of the "all night cafe", "24-hour restaurant", and "24-hour convenience store" has become quite an anachronism overnight.

                         Hey, check out a blog site titled "Living Stingy" on Blogspot.com

 Have you ever noticed .....

...that mass shootings are usually directed toward upper-middle-class environments?

It's true!  Most take place at concerts, or in shopping malls, or restaurants, or in swanky clique bars, or suburban schools, or grocery stores, or large outdoor gatherings, or on university/college campuses.

The primary targets seem to be mainly privileged "trophy" type people.

As for the average inner-city or "trailer park" rabble, those types are more likely to end up being victims of local street violence.  Whenever those "lesser" types get shot or stabbed it's usually by another individual or small group from the same neighborhood or general area.