July 15, 2021

July 15th is the 196th day of 2021. There are 169 days remaining until the end of the year

No new positive COVID-19 cases and no recoveries reported Wednesday by Chatham-Kent Public Health.

Total active case count holds at 9.

There were 153 positive cases across Ontario Wednesday. There are now 180 people in the ICU – the lowest number since November.

If you’re still looking for your first dose of COVID19 vaccine, today is the day.

Walk ins are welcome today and tomorrow at the Bradley Centre Clinic in Chatham from 9am-7pm for everyone 12+.

available as supplies last

For those looking for a 2nd dose, book an appointment now at GetYourShotCK.ca or by calling 519-351-1010.

There is a COVID19 Community Vaccine Clinic in Wallaceburg today.

The clinic will run from 9am-7pm and will accept walk ins based on availability. Moderna will be available for 18+ and Pfizer for 12-17.

To book an appointment call 519-397-5455 ext 113.

To protect against spreading the coronavirus, athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks.

There will also be no handshakes and there will be no hugs during the medal ceremony. Olympic medals are typically presented by an IOC member or a leading official in a sport’s governing body.

Since there will be no paying spectators allowed to attend most Olympic events, organizers will use an “immersive sound system” to try to create atmosphere for the athletes in the stadiums and venues. Crowd noise recorded from each event at previous Olympics will be fed into the arena as one of several ways to support the athletes.

Some athletes will be connected after their event via screens to their families, friends and fan clubs at home.

The Tokyo Olympics open July 23rd.

A shift in the moon’s orbit, along with rising sea levels due to climate change, is set to cause record flooding across the world in the next decade.

The study, conducted by NASA and the University of Hawaii, examined ongoing sea-level rise and the dire situation coastal cities will face during the next lunar shift, or “wobble.”

The so-called wobble that occurs in the moon’s orbit is a naturally occurring phenomenon that was first documented in 1728 and happens every 18.6 years — resulting in changes in the tides.

While the wobble itself doesn’t cause catastrophic damage, scientists found the next high-tide floods will be much worse when taking rising sea levels due to climate change into account.

Praveen Kalirajan has set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest tongue.

The 20 year-old’s tongue is 4.25 inches long or .7 cm longer than the previous record holder’s tongue. Praveen uses his tongue to write and paint.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod