This week a man rammed his car into a Capitol checkpoint, killing one officer and injuring another. The driver jumped out of the car wielding a knife and was killed by Capitol police. Controversial Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) went on the offense when news broke of a federal investigation and claimed that he has never paid anyone for sex. It was Opening Day for baseball with in-person fans – except in DC where the game was delayed after multiple Nationals players tested positive for COVID. Meanwhile, Major League Baseball announced they would move the All-Star Game from Atlanta in protest of Georgia's restrictive new voting law. The Suez Canal reopened after the container ship, Ever Given, was unstuck.
The world reached 131.2 million COVID cases and 2.9 million deaths this week of which the US accounted for 31.4 million cases and 569,000 deaths. The U.S. averaged 3.0 million doses of the vaccine per day with 31 percent of the population having received at least one dose and 17 percent of the population being fully vaccinated. Unfortunately, 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had to be destroyed after a batch was contaminated with AstraZeneca ingredients.
It was a beautiful in DC this week. We were able to get out for bike rides and walks to take full advantage of the peak of the Cherry Blossoms. Owen recorded his parts for Duke Ellington's Carmen performance with Denyce Graves. Nora led her team in the class debate on the merits of immigration in the book, Inside Out & Back Again (she was anti- and it was a draw). But mostly, it was pretty great week because both Allen and I got our first dose of the vaccine (though it still seems weird to get it on April Fools Day) and should be fully vaccinated by May. Now the kids...
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