The Coronavirus

[Eric the Green]

(07-05-2021, 10:59 AM)beechnut79 Wrote:

(07-05-2021, 03:11 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Santa Clara County vaccinations

Total, one dose 81.8%
Completed vaccination 75.1%

By ethnicity:
White 65.92%
Black 61.11%
Asian 97.85%
Hispanic 60.72%
Native American 67.05%
Multi-race 49.83%

By generation:
Silent/War Baby 81.65%
Core Boomer 84.93%
Young Boomer through Core Xer 84.08%
Young Xer 80.58%
Older Millennial 92.38%
Young Millennial 79.54%
Teenage Gen Z, 60.56%

https://covid19.sccgov.org/dashboard-vaccinations
right-click on charts to see figures ("table")

Eric, you keep telling us that this 4T will likely last until the end of this young decade. Could it be that we may still not know for several more years whether the Coronavirus will turn out to be the crux of this turning? What about the proposed 28th amendment which would get big money out of the political system. Think it has a chance of ratification before decade’s end?

We don't know for sure how much of a problem covid will remain during the rest of the 4T, but likely it will be a simmering problem rather than front and center, thanks to our vaccines. The unvaccinated and the extremely immune-system compromised will still be vulnerable, but this won't close up the economy again.

Unless the Democrats get a much larger victory than anyone anticipates, I don't think big money will be eliminated from the system, nor the electoral college, through an amendment. It will take several Democratic presidents to shift the supreme court, and then a reduced or eliminated filibuster to pass restrictions on big money in the system through the congress. It's possible by the end of the 4T in the late 2020s that this could occur, but it may take longer.