February 2, 2021

Two FBI agents killed and three agents injured in shootout in Sunrise, Florida

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/02/us/fbi-sunrise-florida-shooting/index.html

Two FBI agents were fatally shot and three agents were wounded in a shootout as they executed a search warrant in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday morning, the FBI said.

The subject of the warrant is dead, the FBI said in a statement.

The shooting occurred at about 6 a.m. as a team of law enforcement officers executed a federal court-ordered search warrant as part of a violent crimes against children case, according to a statement from FBI Miami Special Agent Michael D. Leverock and spokesman Jim Marshall.

Two of the injured FBI agents were taken to the hospital and are in stable condition, while the third injured agent was not hospitalized, officials said.

February 2, 2021

Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/theater/hal-holbrook-dead.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces&block=trending_recirc&fellback=false&imp_id=316465156&impression_id=52328970-6543-11eb-b3d9-c3624e1c9d63&index=6&pgtype=Article®ion=footer&req_id=129180064&surface=most-popular-story&variant=0_bandit-all-surfaces

Hal Holbrook, Actor Who Channeled Mark Twain, Is Dead at 95
He carved out a substantial career in television and film but achieved the widest acclaim with his one-man stage show, playing Twain for more than six decades.

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Hal Holbrook on stage as Mark Twain in 2005. Mr. Holbrook was 29 when he started playing Twain at 70; as he grew older, he found he needed less and less makeup to look elderly.Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

February 2, 2021

Schizophrenia is 2nd highest risk factor for dying of COVID-19, after age

https://www.livescience.com/schizophrenia-covid-19-death-risk-factor.html

Schizophrenia may be one of the highest risk factors for dying from COVID-19, second only to age, according to a new study.

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In the new study, researchers looked at health records from 260 outpatient clinics and four hospitals across New York City, based on data published by the New York University electronic health record; Of 26,540 patients tested (around 4,500 patients were excluded for various reasons), 7,348 adults tested positive COVID-19 between March 3 and May 31.

They then divided the patients with a reported psychiatric disorder into one of three categories — schizophrenia spectrum, mood disorder or anxiety disorder — and compared them with COVID-19 patients who weren't diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder. They adjusted their findings for sex, age, race and known risk factors for COVID-19: high blood pressure, diabetes, heart conditions, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, smoking and cancer.

Of the more than 7,000 adults who tested positive for the coronavirus during that time, 75 patients had a history of schizophrenia; 564 had a history of a mood disorder; and 360 had a history of an anxiety disorder. Overall, 864 of the COVID-19 patients died or were discharged to hospice within 45 days of their diagnosis.

The researchers did not find an association between anxiety or mood disorders and death from COVID-19. But they found that people with schizophrenia were about 2.7 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than people without that mental disorder — the second-highest risk factor after age.

February 2, 2021

Tweet of the minute

https://twitter.com/donwinslow/status/1356137567431782401?s=19

February 1, 2021

Prez Joe doesnt know how the game is played

https://twitter.com/itsJeffTiedrich/status/1355893377900937219?s=19