>= 1,000 - 317 100 to 999 - 1,236
(New) grand total of counties reads at 3,078. While I've not gotten into an argument with the Topo folks over this re-definition of 'affected' counties, it certainly looks like a move to bolster ex-President AuH2O 2020's perpetual lying.
So, going to school is so simple. We all know that school kids are 'virtually immune' to this wee little critter. Yeah, right.
The number of quarantines since schools in Woodstock and the rest of Cherokee County opened last week is just that -- impossible to ignore. At least 478 students and teachers were asked to quarantine after possible exposure to Covid-19 in the first five days of classes. By early Tuesday, that number had swelled to 925 students and staff. Nearly one-third of the district's schools -- which teach 30,000 students from elementary to high -- have been impacted.
Georgia, out of its mind.
Back on the playground in Woodstock, Jamie Chambers said he feels sometimes like he's fighting a losing battle. In this deeply conservative part of Georgia, he says politics continue to be put before science, with even some school officials telling staff that they believe the coronavirus is a hoax, he said.
But, as usual in Hiaasen manner, Florida is truly out to lunch.
A mandate from a local sheriff in Florida is going against the recommendations from scientists and government officials: masks will not be worn.
That was the requirement spelled out in an August 11 email to the department from Sheriff Billy Woods of the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
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Marion County set a single-day record on Tuesday for the most coronavirus deaths, with 13 reported, according to the Ocala Star Banner.
One thing quant doesn't do well is infer future behavior and events from newly revealed current events, the data just doesn't exist yet. In the context of this series, consider the reduction in testing and the increase in positivity in the states still on fire. ex-President AuH2O 2020 can assert that cases are lowering, when they almost certainly are not. Hospitalizations continue to rise where it matters most. The result of such a trend, should it continue, is to sweep Covid under the national rug. Folks, especially geezers and Darkies, just never get the diagnosis and die anonymously in residence. A perfect outcome.
[update]
Well, turns out UNC has thrown in the towel. The question not been voiced: what will ex-President AuH2O 2020do when the first student, be it college or younger, dies? After all, he's the one that's been insisting that kids are immune and OPEN THE SCHOOLS NOW!!! Blame that on Biden?
[update the second]
Well, now we get a 'national' correspondent asking, pretty much the same question
Any decision-makers must ask themselves: How many students, faculty, and staff are you willing to let get sick because you reopened dorms and brought students back into classrooms? How many deaths will it take until we once again close our doors? I hope we don't have to find out.
Yeah folks, how many body bags is too much?
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