Saturday, September 12, 2020

9-12: It is you, you, you, oh yeee-aaah! An OC College has a Covid outbreak, but OC health officials won't say which. It took Trump 3 weeks to notice that the West is on fire.

Producer Chris Blackwell, 1972
OC Public Health Officials Won’t Say What OC College Has a Coronavirus Outbreak While Enforcement Questions Surface

—Voice of OC
     An Orange County college has now seen a coronavirus outbreak, but county public health officials won’t say which college or university it is, yet.
     “One college had 3 or more cases within a 2 week period of time,” said county Health Care Agency Medical Director Dr. David Nunez.
     Agency officials are mulling over naming the college.
     “An internal discussion is in process and we have not reached a determination at this time,” said agency spokesman Ed Mertz in a Friday email.
     In comparison, Los Angeles County lists all outbreaks at businesses and schools throughout the county.
     Nunez also said there hasn’t been an outbreak at elementary schools that have reopened classrooms under the state’s waiver process.
     Meanwhile, all Orange County schools could have the ability to reopen classrooms in a couple weeks, but it’s unclear who’s overseeing enforcement of the state coronavirus guidelines…. 

With California ablaze, Newsom blasts Trump administration for failing to fight climate change -- Standing among charred trees in Oroville, Gov. Gavin Newsom insisted that California will do more to fight climate change and took the Trump administration to task for its policies that reduce environmental protections. Taryn Luna in the Los Angeles TimesSophia Bollag and Dale Kasler in the Sacramento BeeRachel Becker CalMatters Alexei Koseff in the San Francisco ChroniclFiona Kelliher in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 9/12/20

 

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The West is on fire. It took Trump 3 weeks to mention it -- During that time, Trump tweeted, golfed, held news conferences and appeared at campaign rallies. He visited Louisiana in late August after Hurricane Laura killed 27 people, saying he wanted "to support the great people of Louisiana, it's been a tremendous state for me." Carla Marinucci Politico -- 9/12/20
 

Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19 -- The health department’s politically appointed communications aides have demanded the right to review and seek changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly scientific reports charting the progress of the coronavirus pandemic, in what officials characterized as an attempt to intimidate the reports’ authors and water down their communications to health professionalsDan Diamond Politico -- 9/12/20

 

Here’s how Joe Biden would combat the pandemic if he wins the election -- Joe Biden has created a war-cabinet-in-waiting on the coronavirus pandemic, with major figures from the Obama, Clinton and George H.W. Bush administrations drafting plans for distributing vaccines and personal protective gear, dramatically ramping up testing, reopening schools and addressing health-care disparitiesYasmeen Abutaleb and Laurie McGinley in the Washington Post$ -- 9/12/20


Toots Hibbert, a Father of Reggae, Is Dead at 77

—NYT

     The first to use the word reggae on a record, he sang in a soulful tone and wrote songs with subtle social commentary, helping bring the sounds of Jamaica to the world.

     Although Mr. Hibbert never attained the same level of global fame as Bob Marley, he was immensely popular in Jamaica and was adored by critics and fellow musicians for a body of work that helped establish some of reggae’s fundamentals....



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