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Pape Diouf, former president of Olympique de Marseille, dead at 68 per Twitter. Can't find an article yet, but here's a NYT reporter:

Account name and profile pic are from a murder victim who was killed in 2015-2016 IIRC the date correctly

Nowhere near the exhaustive Wiki list, but a couple of names over the last day or two: Rafael Gómez Nieto, Spanish Resistance fighter and veteran of WW2 and the Spanish Civil War, dead at 99 in France. He was the last living survivor of La Nueve https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20200331/48215141168/rafael-gomez-nieto-la-nueve-paris-nazis-hitler-republicanos.html Andrew Jack, dialect coach for the Sherlock Holmes and Lord of the Rings movies, and major Caluan Ematt in the new Star Wars trilogy, dead at 76. https://comicbook.com/starwars/2020/03/31/star-wars-actor-andrew-jack-dead-death-coronavirus-obituary/ Daniel Yuste, Spanish Olympic racing cyclist, dead at 75 https://sportsfinding.com/former-madrid-cyclist-daniel-yuste-dies-of-coronavirus-at-75/27675/ Robert Garffe, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987, dead at 77 https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-business-titan-bob-garff-dies-from-covid-19-his-daughter-says Isaac Robinson, member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2019, dead at 44. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/obituaries/state-rep-isaac-robinson-dies-suspected-coronavirus-infection Chato Galante, Spanish political prisoner during the Franco era, dead at 71. https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20200329/48157950745/chato-galante-coronavirus.html

Should be noted that if George becomes 'King' before becoming an adult (which is to say, Elizabeth, Charles and Wills all cark it), Harry becomes regent until such time George becomes an adult. Which would be an interesting time in and of itself because if Harry refuses that, regency goes to resident paedo Andrew.

i don't think you quite understand how bored i am to create that list tbh - if we weren't on a full, countrywide lockdown, i would very much be doing anything else.

A couple of updates: NYT journalist, Alan Finder https://thehill.com/homenews/media/489227-former-new-york-times-reporter-alan-finder-dies-of-coronavirus José Folgado, Spanish businessman and politician, dead at 75 https://www.economiadigital.es/directivos-y-empresas/coronavirus-muere-jose-folgado-ex-presidente-red-electrica_20046609_102.html Walter Robb, American engineer (GE) and minor league sports owner, dead at 91 https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/GE-executive-philanthropist-Walter-Robb-dies-of-15151449.php Lucien Sève, French philosopher, political activist and member of the French Communist Party, dead at 93 https://www.humanite.fr/disparition-lucien-seve-sest-eteint-686686 Borja Domecq Solís, Spanish businessman and cattle rancher, dead at 75 https://www.abc.es/cultura/toros/abci-muere-borja-domecq-ganadero-jandilla-coronavirus-202003231916_noticia.html Germà Colón, Spanish philologist, dead at 91 https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/sha-mort-el-linguista-germa-colon-victima-de-la-covid-19/ Pino Grimaldi, Italian designer, dead at 71 https://salernosera.it/addio-a-pino-grimaldi-genio-innovatore-del-design/ Benito Joanet, Spanish football player and manager, dead at 84 https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/rcd-espanyol/20200323/4844560948/espanyol-benito-joanet-coronavirus.html José María Loizaga Viguri, Spanish businessman, dead at 83 https://www.expansion.com/directivos/2020/03/22/5e77aed7468aebf8178b45dc.html Mike Longo, American jazz pianist, dead at 83 https://www.wbgo.org/post/mike-longo-prominent-jazz-pianist-known-his-tenure-dizzy-gillespie-dies-83#stream/0 Vicenç Capdevila, Spanish lawyer and politician, dead at 83 https://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/hospitalet/20200322/mor-per-coronavirus-lexalcalde-de-lhospitalet-vicenc-capdevila-7900146 Might do these daily, might not. Let's see.

Spanish Deputy PM Carmen Calvo hospitalised w/ respiratory infection, waiting results of Covid-19 test https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-minister/spains-deputy-pm-carmen-calvo-hospitalized-with-respiratory-infection-idUSKBN21A1L0

Reminders: Rand Paul's father, Ron Paul, is peddling 'Covid-19 is fake' videos on Twitter Rand Paul had a part of his lung removed about last year (maybe 2 years back, not too far ago anyhow), making him high risk with an underlying condition Make of that what you will

Couple of names: Carlos Falcó y Fernández de Córdoba, 5th Marquess of Griñón (minor Spanish nobility, as far as I can tell), dead at 83 Marino Quaresimin, former mayor of Vicenza (one of the hardest hit regions), dead at 82 French Senator between 1986-2004 Jacques Oudin, dead at 80

IDK about this, but I know with some of them, the "executioners" are chomping at the bits to do so - they interviewed the guy who was going to do the hangings in the aforementioned Nirbhaya rape case in India about a month or so ago, and he basically was like 'can't wait.'

Cause for celebration here tbh - one of the few silver linings here

Just in case you thought Iranian politicians had stopped dying from this: Hamid Kahram, ex member of Parliament, dead at 62. https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/20/Former-Iran-MP-Hamid-Kahram-dies-from-coronavirus.html

I'll find the article at some point, but there's a vaccine trial going live on humans within the week w/o any animal trials. Assuming that works, it's still a 12-18 month wait for approval for the shot.

Some more over in Iran: Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi, Grand Ayatollah and politician, dead at 78-79. One of those would have chosen the new Supreme Leader once Khamenei kicks the bucket https://news-24.fr/un-haut-dignitaire-religieux-iranien-parmi-ceux-charges-de-choisir-le-chef-supreme-succombe-a-une-infection-a-coronavirus/ (French obit) Nasser Shabani, brigadier general in the Revolutionary Guard https://www.aa.com.tr/en/latest-on-coronavirus-outbreak/iranian-gen-shabani-dies-from-coronavirus/1765725

Just in case anyone is wondering what he's trying to do politically while the pandemic distracts people, he's considering pardoning Flynn: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/donald-trump-full-pardon-michael-flynn

And that's w/o the level of stringent testing that current vaccines have gone through. Not that there's any alternative, because one academic paper i saw said that level would take a decade, but just in case you want to prepare yourselves for the inevitable anti-vaxxers from now.

S. Korea's infection cluster started in a church/cult with younger members, so the people infected were younger than the 'danger zone.' For an unknown reason, looks like the same is happening in Germany. Still a lower mortality rate in S. Korea than expected, but one of the main reasons for the controllability isn't exactly something replicable. Source: https://medium.com/@andreasbackhausab/coronavirus-why-its-so-deadly-in-italy-c4200a15a7bf

March 21st - a week or thereabouts should be enough time, no?

OdH etc etc

Ken King, longtime Calgary Flames exec, dead at 68. Cause unknown, but it was pretty well known he was fighting cancer for a while, so I'm guessing it should be obvious. ^AP Hockey Writer, credible source

I mean, I don't want to sound callous, but 'herd immunity' as a term has been used for ages now - even in non-scientific vocab. It's one of the major logical arguments to make when you're trying to argue with an anti-vaxxer with facts (if for some reason you're doing that), because it's the best way to point out how a chunk of the population depends on everyone else's immune systems and vaccinations to help them, because of their own damaged immune systems. Achieving herd immunity is actually going to be good for the people most susceptible to covid-19, because it means that their chances of contracting the disease have reduced significantly. Of course, this may have all been a joke that went over my head, but if it isn't, herd immunity's a common and longstanding term that does better than "gentle" language would at making it clear how much everyone who can needs to be vaccinated (in cases of general illnesses) or develop a natural immunity to a disease (in the case of nCoV19) in order to safeguard the most vulnerable - a reminder that we are ultimately a collectivist species and social animals for clear reasons.

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