Tag: social distancing
Packed bars serve up new rounds of COVID contagion
Jordan Rau, Kaiser Health News and Elizabeth Lawrence June 25, 2020 As states ease their lockdowns, bars are emerging as fertile breeding grounds for the coronavirus. They create a risky cocktail of tight quarters, young adults…
Health experts link rise in Arizona COVID cases to end of stay-at-home order
Before Arizona lifted its stay-at-home order, only about 5% of COVID-19 tests registered as positive. On Monday, that number was around 16%. by Will Stone Tuesday, June 16, 2020 With new daily coronavirus cases rising in at least…
New coronavirus hot spots emerge across South and in California, as Northeast slows, cases up in Arizona
By the end on June 9th Arizona Cases totaled 28,296 an increase of 4,000 cases in 3 days. by Martha Bebinger, WBUR and Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio and Jackie Fortiér, KPCC June 10, 2020 Mass…
Cell data reveals right-wing lockdown protesters spreading Covid-19
“The behavior we’re seeing at protests carries a high risk of infection,” said Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency care physician and executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare. by Jake Johnson, staff writer Monday,…
‘It’s not over until it’s over’: 5 things to know about hitting the COVID-19 peak
Lowering the number of new cases is important, but it doesn’t mean the virus is disappearing. It suggests instead that social distancing has slowed the spread of the disease and elongated the course of the pandemic,…
Indian informal workers are starving, some Americans griping
Pearl River I have to tell the truth. It’s hard to read some of these reports from near and far complaining about being required to comply with stay-at-home orders in order to protect their…
NPS closes Grand Canyon National Park
by Meteor Staff Wednesday, April 1, 2020 Flagstaff The National Park Service (NPS) announced the closing of Grand Canyon National Park (GCNP). Beginning immediately GCNP is closed to the public. According to acting Superintendent Mary…
