Wednesday, August 19, 2020

8-19: Young people emerge as main virus spreaders

 

Freshmen forced to overhaul college plans, dreams

After weeks of uncertainty about universities' reopening plans, college students are facing potentially life-altering decisions about their safety and their futures.

WashPo

 

Young people emerge as main virus spreaders, WHO says

WashPo

 

Slowing COVID-19 outbreak has California weighing what next reopening will look like -- California health officials are beginning to mull what the next phase of reopening may look like, offering a glimmer of hope for places like Los Angeles County. Joseph Serna in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/19/20

 

Top California health official on coronavirus pandemic: ‘The state picture is stabilizing’ -- The number of Californians hospitalized for COVID-19 had been falling steadily over the last two weeks, but rose for the first time Monday, Ghaly said. He added that it is too soon to say whether that reversal is part of a larger trend or a one-off. Catherine Hoand Erin Allday in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 8/19/20

 

California to join legal challenge against Trump administration over USPS reductions -- Amid a growing outcry against cutbacks at the U.S. Postal Service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced Tuesday that he would suspend the changes until after the election. Maya Lau in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/19/20

 

West Nile virus activity rampant in California. Heat wave speeds up mosquito breeding -- The leader of the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District warned local residents that West Nile virus is intensifying after receiving word earlier in the day that 20 mosquito samples tested positive for the illness. Cathie Andersonin the Sacramento Bee$ -- 8/19/20

G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russia -- It provided a bipartisan Senate imprimatur for an extraordinary set of facts: The Russian government disrupted an American election to help Mr. Trump become president, Russian intelligence services viewed members of the Trump campaign as easily manipulated, and some of Mr. Trump’s advisers were eager for the help from an American adversary. Mark Mazzetti in the New York Times$ Greg Miller, Karoun Demirjian and Ellen Nakashima in the Washington Post$  Andrew Desiderio, Kyle Cheney and Martin Matishak Politico -- 8/19/20

 

Michigan State, Notre Dame Back Off From Fall Reopening Plans

Notre Dame suspends in-person classes for two weeks amid rising case counts. Michigan State calls off in-person instruction for the fall, less than two weeks before students were to return to campus.

Inside Higher Ed

 

COVID-19 College Marketing Draws Criticism

Some predominantly online institutions have ramped up marketing efforts to attract students during the pandemic. A foundation's report tracks spending and criticizes a pattern of “concerning” ads.

Inside Higher Ed

 

Students Reporting Depression and Anxiety at Higher Rates

About one-third of undergraduate, graduate and professional school students screened during the summer were found to have depression or anxiety, or both, which is a higher rate than seen in years past, according to a new report by the Student Experience in the Research University, or SERU, Consortium.

Inside Higher Ed


Chapman University faces racial reckoning, again, in wake of professor questioning Kamala Harris’ citizenship

Professors and students push back against controversial take from John Eastman, saying his views don't reflect a majority of the university.

OC Reg


Teddy, cat

50 years ago; so cool

WEIRD VID:

 

Anti-Mathur: the "Get the Goo Out" rally, 2005 (Saga, pt 2)

Jan 6, 2008

HERE

 

SOCCCD Marcia Milchiker (plugging the colleges, 50th Anniversary)

Mar 8, 2017

HERE

 

Dr Tod A Burnett, Brandman University (pitchman for “Graduway”)

Jun 29, 2020

HERE

 

Roquemore Tandem Jump (jumps out of plane, lands on head)

Jul 26, 2011

HERE


1 comment:

Bob said...

Thank you, Roy, for compiling so much helpful information about our current virus issues, academic and political concerns and local going-on.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...