Electric charging stations coming to Hwy 12
Washington State’s Clean Energy Fund will install 320 charging stations at average $30,000 each in 11 counties.
Energy Northwest, the contractor, (also the former WPSS group who built the Packwood Power Station including the surge tank on Snyder Mt.) said the grant will fund five EV charging stations from White Pass to Interstate 5, probably at existing gas stations.
Each station usually consists of a 50 kilowatt DC fast charger (50 minutes for full charge) next to a level 2 same as a home charger (five hours) allowing about 200 miles per full charge.
Yakima LT Care patients & caregivers have received
Moderna’s vaccine
The vaccinations were done by a partnership between the federal government and CVS and Walgreens, part of President Trump’s Warp Speed rollout.
Editor Note: Two of my wife’s elderly cousins also received the vaccinations near Spokane last week.
Will our COVID
be critical?
Hospitals now have a simple and quick scoring system based on 10 parameters in a complete blood count (CBC) with differential within 3 days of hospital presentation to predict those with COVID-19 who are most likely to progress to critical illness.
Quantum communication established over 27 miles
Quantum computing is the use of quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform computation. Computers that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers.[1]:I-5 Quantum computers will be able to solve certain computational problems, such as integer factorization (which underlies RSA encryption), substantially faster than classical computers.
With quantum computers, encrypted communications using current best highly secure methods will no longer be secure. But far better encryption methods will become possible.
Quantum communication at distance and without error is extremely challenging.
In a paper published in PRX Quantum, the team presents for the first time a demonstration of a sustained, long-distance teleportation of qubits made of photons (particles of light) with fidelity greater than 90%.
The qubits were teleported over a fiber-optic network 27 miles long using state-of-the-art single-photon detectors, as well as off-the-shelf equipment.
Camp Prime Time offers Christmas Tree recycling
Since 1986, Camp Prime Time has served families with a seriously/terminally ill or developmentally disabled child at Clear Lake just above Rimrock Reservoir. It provides a camping experience in the great outdoors where families can enjoy themselves in a supportive atmosphere at no cost to the family.
Camp Prime Time is offering a Christmas tree chipping and recycling program Saturday through Jan. 10 at Papé Machinery in Yakima.
Prime Time volunteers will accept trees and financial donations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day at 3110 Fruitvale Blvd. (the former Washington Tractor site). All ornaments and decorations must be removed.
Partly excerpted from The Yakima Herald-Republic
COVID-19 Conspiracies and Beyond: How Can Physicians Deal With Patients’ Misinformation?
Shaming and judging just don’t work.
Three recent studies address this issue.
I. You don’t have time to convince them they’re wrong.
Instead, if you can show respect for them like asking why they believe it, you may be able to point them in a better direction.
II. Their peers are offering them social support and a form of good news.
“Together we’ll fight and beat the powerful ‘feds’ with their fake scare,” giving them a positive role to play — they’ll save the country!
Ask if a lot of people believe that. They’ll usually admit some don’t believe it. Ask who doesn’t believe it.
III. People taking an all-or-nothing approach to risk behavior, known often as the “F— it,” effect or “It’s beyond my control,” is rampant when we’re all suffering pandemic fatigue. Everyone will do at least some small thing to help, “At least wear a mask when you visit your grandmother.”
Dave Bunting