When...

The economic pressure on the city’s finances is stark: the Independent Budget Office suggested that the loss in tax revenue may be even worse than the city was predicting.

Because the city’s economy is densely interwoven, reviving it is likely to be a halting process.

Swiftly shutting down the city’s more than 25,000 restaurants and bars was one thing. But getting customers back may not be a matter of simply allowing them to reopen, even with servers in masks and gloves and diners ordering from an app on their phones.

“When are companies going to start hosting events at restaurants and bars again?”  “When are the tourists going to start coming back?”

That is a question that has been haunting Broadway and the rest of the city’s entertainment sector as well.

The Beef...

 

At this time I have more questions than answers about the current Covid-19 Vaccines.

First: The Food and Drug administration authorized the use of these vaccines under Emergency Use Only. In other words, it is not approved just for the use of every one. The benefits should outweigh the risk.  And there is risk here associated with the current practice.

Second: The duration of protection from these vaccines are not identified yet. Pfizer said it protects for more than 6 months.

Third: We don't even have enough information about the elderly who have been vaccinated. How effective the vaccines are, how many vaccinated, who contracted the disease, how many died, what problems are happening from the vaccines, and when would it be the after Six Month start of revaccination for the elderly?

Fourth: I see the marching drums from the politicians on a daily basis standing in front of the Camera and saying ...... I would like one of these Media outlet to end the conference with one reporter asking   "Where Is The Beef"  

We vaccinated millions, the best in the world...  Hurd Immunity, New variants, then Curve and Percent which appears to be a moving target. So far no tangible results to be measured?

Just a thought

Unifier...

 

Signs...

 

These are true signs. 

If you can't see it, better check with your doctor.  Just a thought.

S. Africa...

 

Pfizer's and BioNTech's vaccine has been a phenomenal success story, from the breathtakingly fast development to the jaw-dropping efficacy. And now there's even more good news. Here's why Pfizer's and BioNTech's COVID vaccine could be even better than expected.

A new trial took place in South Africa, where the variant, known as B.1.351, first emerged. Some scientists worry that it might be able to escape existing vaccines.  

In the Pfizer-BioNTech trial, six cases of the variant were observed, none of them in people who had been given the vaccine.

There have been 312 identified cases of the strain in the U.S., according to the latest figures from the CDC.  

Success of the Pfizer Vaccines  against South Africa variant appears to be 100 %.

Keep our fingers crossed. Just a thought.

Ball...

 

Yikes...

 

Covid 20...

 

The Empire Station Complex plan sets out to eventually overhaul the transit hub with revenue generated by a massive real estate deal in the surrounding blocks.

A key hurdle for the project, at least in the short-term, rests in the state budget negotiations as Cuomo tries to ram a $1.3 billion bond deal past some reluctant lawmakers.

The Empire Station proposal would be “generation-changing” not just for Midtown, but for all of Manhattan, said State Sen. Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan), who opposes the project and is working to remove it from this year’s state budget.

“Why do we want Andrew Cuomo to be Robert Moses suddenly?” she told  The City.

Even as he contends with twin investigations over sexual harassment allegations and using his office to cover up nursing home deaths, Cuomo and the state’s Empire State Development Corporation are doggedly pursuing the potentially legacy-making plan.

The Governor is building up for the next Disaster in New York City, Pile up the people and hide the death of humanity for the mighty dollar. Just a thought.

Comp...

 

Egypt wants over $1 billion in compensation after a cargo ship blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, a top canal official has said. 

Lt. Gen. Osama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority on Thursday warned the ship and its cargo will not be allowed leave Egypt if the issue of damages goes to court.

He said in a phone interview with a pro-government TV talk show that the amount takes into account the salvage operation, costs of stalled traffic, and lost transit fees for the week that the Ever Given had blocked the Suez Canal.

The massive cargo ship is currently in one of the canal's holding lakes, where authorities and the ship's managers say an investigation is ongoing.

Lunged...

 

William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force 

 

A U.S. Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a car rammed a security barricade protecting the complex, locking down the building for two hours and reigniting tensions in a city still struggling to return to normalcy after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

According to Capitol Police, a man drove his car into two officers and then crashed into the barricade. The blue sedan appeared to hit a barrier that can be raised while Capitol Police search a vehicle and verify its occupants’ identities. The driver exited the vehicle with a knife, “lunged” at one of the officers and was shot by police, officials said.

The suspect was taken into custody. He and the two seriously injured officers were transported to hospitals, where one officer and the suspect died.

This is a classic terrorist act. Look it up. This happened in France, England... Etc. 

 then, add this to January 6th, 2021.

Call it terror when you like  and mostly peaceful demonstration when it isn't.

 Just a thought.