“The internet was designed to move pictures of cats. We are very good at moving pictures of cats. … we didn’t think you’d be moving trillions of dollars onto this." Rip Daniel Kaminsky https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html
President Joe Biden’s opening months in office have been a whirlwind of activity during the pandemic and the start of an economic recovery. He is facing a sharp increase in the number of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border, the tragedy of mass shootings and lingering tensions over racial inequities, the environment and the legacy of his predecessor, Donald Trump.
A look at some defining numbers from his first 100 days in office:
2.67 million – Average number of vaccines administered daily during the past week, up from roughly 1.5 million when Biden was inaugurated.
4,380 – COVID-19 deaths on the day Biden became president, Jan. 20.
677 – COVID-19 daily death average for most recent seven-day period. All told, including before Biden’s presidency, 569,000 Americans have died from the pandemic.
$1.9 trillion – Sum of the debt-financed coronavirus relief package that the administration says will help vaccinate the country and restore the 8.4 million jobs lost to the pandemic.
1.38 million – How many jobs have been added during the Biden presidency through March.
161 million – How many direct checks were sent to people as part of the relief package, nearly as many as previous payments approved during the Trump presidency despite tighter standards for qualifying.
38% – The estimated decline in Black poverty from the relief package, which the Biden administration says would help to close racial gaps on the economy.
1.57% – The interest charged on a 10-year U.S. Treasury note, substantially lower than the 4.6% charged in 2001 when the federal government last ran a budget surplus.
38% – The estimated decline in Black poverty from the relief package, which the Biden administration says would help to close racial gaps on the economy.
ImDaRealAni over 3 years ago
Distancing?
alaskajohn1 over 3 years ago
Old habits die hard.
Sanspareil over 3 years ago
Garfield hated it when there was a new Nermal!
A# 466 over 3 years ago
Because “things tend toward the rotten”. (One of the many ways to express Murphy’s Law.)
William Robbins Premium Member over 3 years ago
“The internet was designed to move pictures of cats. We are very good at moving pictures of cats. … we didn’t think you’d be moving trillions of dollars onto this." Rip Daniel Kaminsky https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html
admiree2 over 3 years ago
Too general, Carmen. There are different “new normals”.
There are productive and fairer ones. Then there are the counter-productive repressive and dangerous Murdoch/Fat Orange Clown ones.
Silly Season over 3 years ago
President Joe Biden’s opening months in office have been a whirlwind of activity during the pandemic and the start of an economic recovery. He is facing a sharp increase in the number of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border, the tragedy of mass shootings and lingering tensions over racial inequities, the environment and the legacy of his predecessor, Donald Trump.
A look at some defining numbers from his first 100 days in office:
2.67 million – Average number of vaccines administered daily during the past week, up from roughly 1.5 million when Biden was inaugurated.
4,380 – COVID-19 deaths on the day Biden became president, Jan. 20.
677 – COVID-19 daily death average for most recent seven-day period. All told, including before Biden’s presidency, 569,000 Americans have died from the pandemic.
$1.9 trillion – Sum of the debt-financed coronavirus relief package that the administration says will help vaccinate the country and restore the 8.4 million jobs lost to the pandemic.
1.38 million – How many jobs have been added during the Biden presidency through March.
161 million – How many direct checks were sent to people as part of the relief package, nearly as many as previous payments approved during the Trump presidency despite tighter standards for qualifying.
38% – The estimated decline in Black poverty from the relief package, which the Biden administration says would help to close racial gaps on the economy.
1.57% – The interest charged on a 10-year U.S. Treasury note, substantially lower than the 4.6% charged in 2001 when the federal government last ran a budget surplus.
38% – The estimated decline in Black poverty from the relief package, which the Biden administration says would help to close racial gaps on the economy.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defining-numbers-from-bidens-early-days-from-jobs-to-virus/2021/04/25/f9faf59e-a5ca-11eb-a8a7-5f45ddcdf364_story.html
ChukLitl Premium Member over 3 years ago
The old normal made turning the R party into the T party seem like a good plan. Whether T as in whosis in ’16 or the earlier T in ’10.
Spacetech over 3 years ago
Where are your damn masks?
theotherther1 over 3 years ago
He’s being eaten by those bath salt zombies! Why aren’t you helping your friend?