Last night I was surprised by Blue Ash City Council. During the "Hearings from Citizens" part of the meeting, I spoke up once again, encouraging the city council to start video recording and broadcasting public meetings. At the end of the meeting, a surprise motion was made to instruct the city manager to initiate video record meetings for public viewing. All council members voted aye, even those that had opposed it beforehand.
Congratulations to Blue Ash for joining the rest of the nearby cities here in Hamilton county for taking this positive step. Realistically, there will not be a surge in viewing nor a decrease in public attendance; both are light. What it will do is to increase transparency in government and decrease mistrust in government. Both are needed at this level and higher levels of government.

Here is an interesting article that reflects my thoughts on the election results initially. A semi divided House and Senate with opposite parties (so far) in control of the other chamber plus a new President equals better government.

Please see a portion of the New York Times article below.

Post Georgia runoff election NOTE: But now we will have all three branches with Democrats in control.  Hopefully, both parties will work together rather than promoting division.

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One Group Is Unreservedly Happy About the Election Results: Libertarians are pleased to have likely dodged the bullet of one-party government control.

By Liz Mair

Ms. Mair is a Republican strategist.

Nov. 8, 2020

Lots of people on the left and right found reasons to be a little unhappy, or downright miserable, about the election. The Republican Party lost the White House; Democrats have lost ground in the House, and their path to a Senate majority seems very narrow.

But there is one group of people unreservedly happy — even ecstatic — about the results: those who lean libertarian.

They got almost everything they wanted. On the one hand, Joe Biden has a friendlier record on trade and immigration, and on the other, they avoided the burst of spending that inevitably comes with unified control of the federal government.

Old-school debt and deficit hawks will also be pleased, too, but libertarians are ecstatic. As one writer at Reason wondered, perhaps speaking for many libertarians, “Is this the greatest election of my lifetime?”

In the early years of the Trump administration, with Republicans in control of Congress, the country saw a steady rise in spending and ballooning deficits and debt. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas might not have been quite right when he said that, after all, President Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt.” Actually, Mr. Trump did, but in a throwaway manner, while putting more stress on continued, even increased, big spending and debt.

And as is so often the case with one-party control, as in Mr. Trump’s first years, big spending took hold. According to the Cato Institute, over Mr. Trump’s four years, spending went up by a total of 10 percent. Something similar happened under George W. Bush: Spending shot up 24 percent.

But what really seems like an effective arrangement for controlling spending is a Democratic president with Republicans in charge of at least one body of Congress. During the first four years of the Barack Obama and Bill Clinton administrations, both of which included years of split control of government, spending was more restrained or even reduced. Under Mr. Clinton, spending inched up only 3 percent. In Mr. Obama’s first term, total spending actually went down by 10 percent.

Please use the link for the rest of the article

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/opinion/election-2020-libertarians-deficit-hawks.html

I would highly recommend that one take the time today to view the video of the Kent State shooting from 50 years ago on history.com. It was very well done and lacks the divisive rhetoric of CONSERVATIVEvsLIBERAL, LEFTvsRIGHT USvsTHEM etc etc.

See https://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/kent-state-shooting

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Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. The tragedy was a watershed moment for a nation divided by the conflict in Southeast Asia.

Here is a link to today's (May 4th 2020) Commemoration Program from Kent State.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njfZQG0g_jw

 

Back in On Monday, May 4th, 2020, The F.D.A. had announced that companies who are selling CONVID-19 coronavirus antibody tests must submit data to the F.D.A. The link directly below is an updated F.D.A. site that lists the companies and their data that had been provided performance data for their Serology Test.  These are the test to use; one should crosscheck your medical providers test against the listed test if you are planning on having an Antibody test done.

F.D.A. - E.U.A. Authorized Serology Test Performance  (29 test at last count)

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/eua-authorized-serology-test-performance

An important fact to keep in mind is, even though one has the Antibody, it is not yet known if that provides immunity from Coronavirus. Conclusions about protection have yet to have been verified. Note:  Companies with new test must submit their data and an application within ten days of their plans to marketing their product.

Below are two older links to significant news site articles with some more details.

Washington Post - F.D.A. steps up scrutiny of coronavirus antibody tests to ensure accuracy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/04/fda-steps-up-scrutiny-coronavirus-antibody-tests-ensure-accuracy/

New York Times - F.D.A. Orders Companies to Submit Antibody Test Data 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/health/fda-antibody-tests-coronavirus.html

I found the article below interesting, given my minor Coronavirus symptoms, which the lack of smell. I exposed to CONVID-19  in what I would deem a limited way. Curious about the degree of exposure, I did a bit of digging for journal articles regarding the strength of viral exposures and the trajectory a disease takes.

It does appear that there is a strong correlation between disease severity and the initial viral load. In simpler terms, the more one is exposed to a virus, the more dangerous it is.

Below is the title, the authors, and a link to the article itself, that you may find useful and informative.

Title: These Coronavirus Exposures Might Be the Most Dangerous
Subtitle: As with any other poison, viruses are usually deadlier in larger amounts.
Authors: Joshua D. Rabinowitz and Caroline R. Bartman
Dr. Rabinowitz is a professor of chemistry and genomics. Dr. Bartman is a genomic researcher.
Publication Date: April 1, 2020
Source: New York Times
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-viral-dose.html

Best wishes to all

Rob Ryan

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