City council agenda for July 27

July 27 Brooten city council agenda, meeting start time is 7 p.m.

7:00 Coronavirus Relief Fund – City Participation
                        
7:15  Initiative Foundation – Request for 2021 Donation

7:30 Fire Department Retirement Increase

7:45 Update on 3320 – Mower & Pull Behind Mower

8:00 YTD Overview of 2020 Financials
        
8:15 Other

Digital identity, the police state, and more

All kinds of "fun stuff" included here, especially after the 7:30 mark:


What's happening in West Africa is especially troubling. Are you paying attention yet?

On other news...some positives =


What are you doing today to improve your health?

Texas

The Texas Emergency Management Division is now saying that people should wear masks even while they're at home.

Source: https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/tdem-you-should-consider-wearing-a-mask-even-when-youre-in-your-own-home. July 9, 2020

Dramatic climb in Hennepin County

What is going on in Hennepin County?

They reported 271 new positive results from COVID tests in the latest reporting period, as released today, July 11, by the Minnesota Department of Health. 

Minneapolis, the largest city in Hennepin County, has had a mask "order" since June 1.

The day before, they reported a number of 186, but today they had a number of 271. That's a whopping 46 percent increase.

Stearns County added 14 today. (This is down from 33 yesterday.)

Minnesota's overall number was 806 added, with four deaths...all four from long-term care facilities.

Testing: the state had a testing volume in this reporting period of 16,087. That brings a positive test rate of five percent.

Thursday, July 9 numbers

Regarding physical qualities of the human face...see above.

Out of 12,535 tests reported to the Minnesota Department of Health yesterday, a total of 589 had positive results for COVID-19. This brings a positive rate of 4.1 percent.

Five COVID deaths, none from central Minnesota, were reported. All were between the ages of 80 and 99.

Stearns County added 21 new positive COVID test results. 

New positive COVID results were added as follows for area counties: Douglas County 1, Grant County 5, Kandiyohi County 2, Stevens County 2, Swift County 2 and none from Todd or Pope counties. 

COVID-related hospitalizations in Minnesota fell from yesterday’s number of 265 overall with 122 in ICU down to 251 overall and 116 in ICU. 

Let's look ahead to what Minnesota will call "school" this fall. I've outlined numerous issues (with rules they want to put on schools) that I believe are harmful to the psychological and physical well-being for kids:
1. Masks
2. Stay six feet apart
3. No shared supplies
4. No lunch room
5. No recess
6. Riding to school with one child per seat, every other seat. 

Let that all sink in for a minute.

Noteworthy

With 7,022 confirmed cases from long-term care in Minnesota, those locations have 1,157 deaths. So LTC accounts for 17.94% of confirmed Covid cases, yet is responsible for 78.33% of the deaths.

That leaves us 320 deaths outside of LTC facilities or 21.67% of the overall Covid deaths. All while non-LTC facilities account for 82.06% of the confirmed cases.

Sidebar: Stearns County reported 10 new positive COVID tests today. Yesterday, the figure was 43.

Here's a video I found worth watching through the end

Her website is TheHealthyAmerican.Org.

Three is today's number

The state of Minnesota reported three additional COVID deaths, for figures released on Monday, July 6. The three were all in the Metro Area, one each from Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey counties.

New positive COVID tests figures, by county:
Douglas County - 1
Grant County - 1
Stearns County - 10
Swift County - 1
Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd and Kandiyohi County reported no new positive COVID tests for today's reporting period.

Across the state, Minnesota added 434 positive COVID tests to the statewide total, which is now 38,569. Of the figure of 434, the biggest chunk of positive COVID tests came from Hennepin County, with 128 positive tests. Ramsey County added 56 to the figure, and Dakota County added 51.

July 3 and July 4 figures for COVID in Minnesota

Five COVID deaths were reported across July 3 and July 4 for Minnesota, according to the state's department of health. Four of the five were in the Metro Area, and the fifth was in Pipestone County.

More could be added for those two days once additional information is reported through the chain in the next couple of days.

Also, over July 3 and July 4, an additional 519 COVID cases were reported across the state. In Stearns County, 17 new COVID cases were added. Kandiyohi County added three, Douglas County added two, and Todd County added one.

No new COVID cases were reported on July 3 and July 4 for Swift, Stevens and Pope counties.

Statewide, hospitalizations in ICU is unchanged from the 132 patients reported on July 2.

That's all for now.

CDC is as untrustworthy as it gets

The CDC and many factions of the federal government give plenty of reason not to trust government!


SO many lies. Where do I begin? Governor Tim Walz, are you listening?

Today, a repeat of the past few days, we see the southern states having COVID cases on the rise, those with Democrat and also those those with Republican governors. It begs the question: what effect does being inside for extended periods of time have? What's happening "down south"? It's been hot! Really hot! And we naturally gravitate to being inside in air-conditioned environments.

They need to put some science into what's happening with the combination of widespread protesting followed within two weeks by super high heat days.

Seven of eight

Seven of the eight COVID-19 deaths reported today in Minnesota were from long-term care facilities. Seven of the eight were in Hennepin (three) and Ramsey (four) counties.

For Stearns County, 30 new COVID cases were reported. This is in line with what's been reported this week.

Number of new COVID cases in Stearns County:

Monday, June 29 - 28

Tuesday, June 30 - 36

Wednesday, July 1 - 17

Thursday, July 2 - 25

Friday, July 3 - 30

Minnesota reported a statewide total of 423 new COVID cases today. That is on a large testing volume of 14,653. If you do the math on that, it brings a 2.8 percent positive case count, which is the lowest I've seen in the past two weeks.

Kandiyohi County reported four new COVID cases today. In Douglas County, they reported one new COVID case. 

Pope, Stevens, Swift and Todd counties all added no new COVID cases for the past 24-hour reporting period that ended at 4 p.m. yesterday.

Statewide, there are 270* COVID-19 patients currently in hospitals, 132 of them being treated in ICUs. This marks an increase from yesterday, when Minnesota reported 123 COVID patients being treated in ICU. 
*Total hospitalization was 274 yesterday.

Also, the Minnesota Department of Health is also reporting that 32,347 of the state's reported positive cases no longer need to self-isolate. So far in Minnesota, there have been approximately 645,172 completed tests since Jan. 20.

It's NOT about the mask (VIDEO)

Fourteen minutes. WORTH your time.


Watch. Listen. Learn. And for God's sakes: do your own research!!!!!!!

Read carefully

Will not comply to a face mask mandate. Not at gun point.

From Dr. Shiva, "Your choice: FREEDOM or SLAVERY. Freedom demands YOU take care of YOUR HEALTH - & BOOST your Immune System, get Strong, be Human & LIVE! Slavery demands YOU COMPLY to Mas’Sa #Fauci, #FakeScience - and WEAR MASKS, get Weak, be a Robot and KNEEL."

"I love America. I choose Freedom."

In Texas today, they have a statewide mask "order" that brings a $250 fine for violators. It has exceptions for children 10 or younger. I predict that Governor Walz will push a statewide mask "whatever" as early as tomorrow!! Just ahead of the 4th of July.

We will see.

Hennepin and Ramsey counties, 10 COVID deaths

For the reporting period released on Thursday, July 2, the counties of Hennepin and Ramsey of Minnesota reported 10 deaths to the COVID-19 virus.

Three other deaths (one each) were reported from Dakota, Sherburne and Steele counties.

The state of Minnesota added an even 500 cases to the total case count on a testing volume of 13,505 tests from public and private labs. That makes a positive case testing rate of 3.7 percent.

Stearns County added 25 cases of COVID to the total, which is now 2,312. Yesterday, for July 1, Stearns County added 17 cases.  On Tuesday, June 30, Stearns County added 36 new COVID cases.

In terms of the 500 new COVID cases...for added context, here's the breakdown for the counties reporting double-digit cases today, with new case count and overall population:
Washington - 23 cases    (pop. 262,440)
Stearns - 25      (pop. 161,075)
Scott - 13       (pop. 149,013)
Ramsey - 54      (pop. 550,321)
Olmsted - 18       (pop. 158,293)
Hennepin - 161    (pop. 1,266,000)
Dakota - 31        (pop. 429,021)
Carver - 13        (pop. 105,089)
Blue Earth - 21     (pop. 67,653)
Anoka - 30        (pop. 356,921)

Sub-total =  3.5058 million of the state’s 5.64 million people (62 percent of the state’s population)

TOTAL CASES in these counties = 389 of 500 (78%) 

• Area counties adding no new COVID cases were Pope, Douglas and Todd counties. Kandiyohi County added one COVID case. Grant County added two new COVID cases. Swift County added one new COVID cases. 

MEANWHILE, it becomes clear we are losing sight of what is happening behind the scenes, which is not surprising. Here's a headline that just popped up: "Health Partners is eliminating at least 200 jobs as it closes clinics."

Hello! Earth to anyone with a brain! We are using the wrong approach if we are harming medical systems due to a lack of people utilizing the services of health care providers.

COVID-19 case counts for June 30

For Tuesday, June 30, the state of Minnesota released new figures showing six COVID-19 deaths for the last reporting period ending at 4 p.m. yesterday.

Also, a total of 444 COVID-19 cases were added to the state's total. In Stearns County, the case count grew by 36, while Stevens County added one and Douglas County added three. Kandiyohi and Pope counties both reported no new COVID-19 cases.

This is the first time in quite awhile that Douglas County has COVID cases added to their total, which now stands at 61 cases.

Cumulative totals for other area counties:
Pope County - 10
Stevens County - 4
Kandiyohi County - 565
Stearns County - 2,265
Todd County - 398
Swift County - 20 

Food for thought: two percent of the passionate will control 98 percent of the indifferent 100 percent of the time if we don’t wake up.

New COVID case counts for June 29

Stearns County has 28 new cases of COVID-19 for the reporting period of Monday, June 29.

No other area county (Todd, Douglas, Swift, Pope, Kandiyohi) reported any new COVID-19 cases.

The state of Minnesota reported 10 new COVID-19 deaths today. Also, a total of 315 new COVID cases were reported from across the state, including 98 in Hennepin County.

Hospitalization numbers from COVID infections continued the trend of decline in Minnesota. As of today, 278 are hospitalized and 140 are in ICU.

Loss of economic activity leads to death

Deaths of despair are being overlooked right now.

Here's a 50-minute video I'd like to share:

Unemployment leads to death.

And, there's more!

"In addition to lives lost because of lost income, lives are also lost due to delayed or foregone health care." - Scott Atlas, John Birge, Ralph Keeney, Alexander Lipton, The Hill, May 25, 2020.

Currently, in June of 2020, over 650,000 Americans are undergoing cancer treatment of chemotherapy. Half of them stopped getting their chemotherapy in recent months treatments because some hospitals stopped "non-essential" treatments. This can include anything that's non-emergent. This can literally be thousands of biopsies per week of potential cancer.

Altogether, it's estimated that since March of this year, over half to three-quarters of all necessary cancer screenings did not take place.

Let that sink in for a moment.

More cases reported in Stearns County

For the reporting period released on Sunday, June 28, the Minnesota Department of Health released the new COVID-19 case count for Stearns County that shows 34 new cases of the novel coronavirus. For the day prior, Stearns County had 11 cases added to their total. The total COVID case count for Stearns County now stands at an even 2,200 in a population of over 161,000 people.

It's important to note that some people are tested multiple times, so the figure of "2,200" does not mean that 2,200 Stearns County citizens have been diagnosed with COVID.

Around the area...Kandiyohi County had one new case, while Pope, Swift and Douglas counties all reported none.

Hospitalizations from COVID continues to drop in the state, down to 288 overall and 143 in ICU. This is the lowest number of patients in ICU in a single day since May 2, when 135 were in ICU.

A total of eight new COVID deaths were reported in Minnesota with new COVID cases totaling 523 on a testing volume of 14,997 tests. That testing volume is the second-highest in Minnesota of any day, topped only by the 15,900 tests reported on June 3.

Also, the positive test rate for today's period is 3.5 percent, which is where it's been for at least the past week.

COVID case counts and updates for June 26

For Friday, June 26:

Stearns County has reported 15 new COVID-19 cases as of today. The total COVID case count for Stearns County is now 2,156.

Kandiyohi County added one new case. No new cases were reported out of Douglas, Pope and Swift counties.

The state of Minnesota reported five new COVID deaths, and all were in long-term care facilities. All five were residents of either Hennepin or Dakota counties.

Minnesota as a whole reported 493 new COVID-19 cases on a testing volume of 14,560 tests. That equates to a 3.4 percent positive rate on testing.

I'll end this blog post by paraphrasing something that President John F. Kennedy once said: "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be a stronger person."

Let's start calling them what they are: criminals

The bureaucrats calling the shots here...we need to start framing this the appropriate way.


 From the video: British Columbia in Canada recorded the most overdose deaths ever for a one-month period during May of 2020. It's more deaths from just overdoses in one month than all COVID deaths during the entire pandemic in that province of Canada. Year-to-date 2020 totals of overdoses are 554 in B.C., Canada, while total COVID deaths are just 167 to date.

"You can't reason with these people. They're not interested in science."

THEIR version of "new normal" that they want to see go on indefinitely into the future, as we dance to their tune and do what they say:
1. Wear masks anywhere outside your home
2. Do not congregate or gather in a social setting
3. Always maintain six feet of distancing with others: socializing is bad!
4. They kill our elderly family members from loneliness
5. We let them harm children of all ages.
6. They use unreliable tests to gin up fear and close our businesses.

THEIR new normal.

As for parents, who else out there knows that what they want to do with our kids this fall is wrong and inhumane? I am ready to fight. Who's with me?

COVID case count and updates for June 24

Stearns County, with a population of over 161,000 people, reported two new COVID-19 cases for the reporting day of Wednesday, June 24.

Kandiyohi, Swift, Pope and Douglas counties all reported no new COVID cases. Todd County reported two new cases of COVID.

No deaths were reported in all of the above-mentioned counties.

For the state of Minnesota, five additional deaths were reported, and all were in the Metro Area.

On a testing volume of 9,547 tests (those reported in a 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on June 23), the state of Minnesota added 304 new COVID cases. This makes for a positive case count testing rate of 3.2 percent.

The total COVID case count in Minnesota is now 33,763 dating back to January 20, 2020.

Patients battling COVID who are in the hospital total 340. Of those patients, 160 are in ICU.