Kagro in the Morning - May 3, 2021

<p class="AlignCenter"><a title="" href= "https://play.radiopublic.com/daily-kos-radio-kagro-in-the-morning-8QNrQp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Radio Public</a>|<a href= "http://kagrox.libsyn.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">LibSyn</a>|<a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknlsM6zUMIdxtz1qEAbhuA" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>|<a href= "https://www.patreon.com/kagrox?ty=h" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a>|<a href="https://cash.me/%24kagro" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Square Cash</a> (<a href= "https://cash.me/app/FLVKHBX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Share code</a>: Send $5, get $5!)</p> <p><strong>David Waldman</strong> and <strong>Greg Dworkin</strong> are back together again! Their pent-up news energy threatened to explode at any minute (as did Greg’s computer).</p> <p>Good news! The world has <a href= "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-worldwide-during-the-covid-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emerged victorious over influenza</a> this year! COVID-19, <a href= "https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/551477-german-oktoberfest-canceled-again-due-to-covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not yet</a>. India is calling their pandemic response <a href= "https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/28/crime-against-humanity-arundhati-roy-india-covid-catastrophe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a crime against humanity</a>.</p> <p>In the US, “herd immunity” has probably <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/3/2028732/-Vaccination-numbers-are-sliding-and-with-them-the-hope-of-reaching-herd-immunity?pm_source=story_sidebar&pm_medium=web&pm_campaign=most-shared" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fallen out of reach</a>, but we might not need to achieve it <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to reach normalcy</a>, which could mean something like <a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/even-without-herd-immunity-us-still-wi