Friday, August 28, 2020

8-28: over 180K Covid dead; Cal looks to reopen; OC too; teacher donning "I can't breathe" T-shirt threatened; continued Kenosha protests & Trumpian lies

✅At the RNC, the claims about COVID-19 pandemic do not match reality -- Contrary to the impression left by many speakers at the Republican National Convention, it is still raging in the United States, with ... nearly 1,000 deaths per day. The U.S. death toll surpassed 180,000 on Thursday, higher than any other nation’s. Michael Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/28/20

Nearly every California GOP state senator in quarantine after coronavirus exposure -- ... Dustin Gardiner in the San Francisco ChronicleMelody Gutierrez, Taryn Luna in the Los Angeles TimesAdam Beam Associated Press -- 8/28/20-- 8/28/20

California poised to become national leader on mental health and addiction coverage -- Californians could see the most dramatic expansion of mental health and addiction coverage under state law in decades, if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill that is likely heading to his desk in coming weeks. Jocelyn Wiener CalMatters -- 8/28/20

 

With improving virus data, California looks to reopen again -- California is poised to take another halting step toward normalcy with Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to announce plans for reopening businesses that were shuttered in July amid soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. I[T]here was a common refrain from businesses and local governments buffeted by the outbreak: We need clarity. Michael R. Blood Associated Press -- 8/28/20

 

O.C. hopes history doesn’t repeat itself as it anticipates reopening guidelines -- Orange County is expected to receive the green light for in-person learning at all schools just before Labor Day.... Colleen Shalby in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/28/20

Pandemic tests an already-fragile college mental health system -- This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus life for college students across California, UC San Diego sophomore Kayla Monnette had trouble sleeping at night. The stress of moving to online classes, figuring out how to safely buy food during quarantine, and worrying about the well-being of her immunocompromised family manifested in what Monnette described as persistent anxiety. Ethan Edward Coston CalMatters -- 8/28/20

 

SDSU pleads with students to wear masks, social distance to fight COVID-19 -- San Diego State University on Thursday pressed students to wear masks and practice social distancing as the number of students testing positive for COVID-19 rose to four during the first week of fall classes. Gary Robbins in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 8/28/20

 

State leaders to unveil eviction moratorium on Friday -- A bill to extend a statewide eviction moratorium is expected to be unveiled in the California Legislature Friday morning.... Jeff Collins in the Orange County Register -- 8/28/20

 Trump Heads Into General Election He Casts as a Crusade for Law and Order -- President Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for a second term on Thursday, joining a general-election contest against Joseph R. Biden Jr. that he and his party cast this week as a crusade against left-wing ideology and violent social disorder, fought against the backdrop of a virus that Republicans largely described as a temporary handicap on the economy. Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman in the New York Times$ -- 8/28/20

What Donald Trump couldn’t bring himself to say: Takeaways from RNC night 4 -- But despite the statements and overstatements, Trump’s speech was most notable for what it lacked. Call it humility. Or self awareness. Or introspection.... Tim Alberta Politico -- 8/28/20

Many California police reform efforts have stalled despite push from George Floyd protests -- Three months after the police killing of George Floyd ignited national outrage and filled California streets with protesters, the Legislature is in the final hours of a session that is poised to deliver a much more modest law enforcement reform agenda than many expected. Anita Chabria in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20

 

L.A. teacher flees home amid threats after wearing ‘I can’t breathe’ T-shirt to online class -- On the first day of class ..., an English teacher appeared before her ninth-grade students online wearing a T-shirt with the words “I can’t breathe” written across the front.... She had just attended a workshop at her school about how to create an anti-racist curriculum. Nina Agrawal in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 8/27/20

 Trigger Warnings

Inside Higher Ed

     Fifty positive COVID-19 cases, or 100? Meeting 80 percent of quarantine capacity, or having more than 10 sick employees? Some colleges are publishing "triggers" that would lead them to consider closing; others refuse to boil decision making down to a few numbers.
     As colleges bring students back to campuses for the fall semester, questions are increasingly being raised about what it would take to send them home or revert to online instruction in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19….

 

#ScholarStrike
Inside Higher Ed
Professors are planning a work stoppage and virtual, public teach-in on police violence and racism next month.

Wisconsin Lutheran Revokes Invite to Pence

Inside Higher Ed

     Wisconsin Lutheran College has revoked an invitation to Vice President Mike Pence to speak at commencement on Saturday....

Today's OC Covid numbers


From "Communism, Hypnotism, and the Beatles"


The Exciters live in 1963: "orgiastic jerks"


Linda Manz: RIP

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