What, exactly, has happened? As this is my last column of the year, it seemed an appropriate moment to try to make some sense of this. It is probably too ambitious to think that a properly considered analysis of the events might be possible. That will be the business of […]
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In Salt Lake, Covid Crisis Mirrors Mixed U.S. Response
In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, trouble was brewing in Salt Lake County. The county’s seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases had roughly doubled over the past month, to more than 1,200 per day. Nearly one in four Covid tests performed in the county in November had turned up […]
LGH’s top official: ‘Formalized community response is difficult without a public health department’ | Local News
The top official at Lancaster County’s largest health care system says the lack of a public health department complicates efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. During Thursday’s open meeting of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s board of directors, CEO Jan Bergen noted the importance of a coordinated response. “There […]
Biden Promises Strong Response to Covid-19 as Cases Surge
President-elect Joe Biden has promised a more forceful federal response to the rapidly worsening Covid-19 pandemic than his predecessor, who left many decisions and tasks up to state and local leaders while playing down precautionary measures such as wearing masks and physical distancing. Mr. Biden will name a coronavirus task […]
Economic Resiliency Grants buoying North Dakota businesses’ pandemic response
According to James Leiman, the department’s director of economic development and finance, the state has issued roughly 1,800 Economic Resiliency Grants totaling $32 million. The grants, which have been distributed to businesses to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and restore consumer confidence, have funded purchases of personal protective equipment, […]
Voters Say Coronavirus Response is Donald Trump’s Greatest Failure: Poll
In a poll released by YouGov and Yahoo News on Monday, voters say that President Donald Trump’s greatest failure was his administration’s coronavirus response plan. In the U.S., 230,858 fatalities attributable to COVID-19 have been recorded. While Trump’s administration has been pushing the development of therapeutics and vaccines, only the […]
U.S. pandemic response is chaotic. Here’s how to improve it.
Timothy R. Franson and Peter J. Pitts Published 7:02 a.m. ET Oct. 18, 2020 CLOSE Indiana is staying in Stage 5 of its reopening, Gov. Eric Holcomb said, until at least mid-November. The state is facing more coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Wochit If a foreign nation invaded our shores, would […]
Candidates criticize COVID-19 response in Stanislaus County
Voters have a choice between youth and experience in the contest for the District 5 seat on Stanislaus County’s board of supervisors. Ceres Councilman Channce Condit says he will bring a fresh perspective and ideas to county government if he’s victorious in the Nov. 3 election. Tom Hallinan, the city […]
Virus response on stage with Pence, Harris
Mike Pence and Kamala Harris do not have a tough act to follow. The vice presidential debate set for Wednesday night follows the disorderly prime-time spectacle last week that had viewers of President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s matchup bemoaning the moderator’s inability to shut off a candidate’s […]
Viewer’s Guide: Virus response on stage with Pence, Harris
Members of the production crew work on the stage near plexiglass barriers which will serve as a way to protect the spread of COVID-19 as preparations take place for the vice presidential debate at the University of Utah, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The vice presidential debate […]
World leaders criticize haphazard response to pandemic
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders gathering remotely Wednesday criticized a haphazard global response to a microscopic virus that has unleashed economic havoc and taken nearly 1 million lives in its march across the globe. In the words of Kazakhstan’s president, it was “a critical collapse of global cooperation.” “Our […]
Federal response marked by chaotic messaging, unwarranted optimism
It’s a grim milestone that President Donald Trump said America would never reach. The spread of COVID-19 accelerated over the summer, and death tolls now stands at more than 200,000 over eight months – a figure equal to the lives lost in almost 70 9/11 terror attacks. “A lot of […]
Command Unit Drives Hospital’s COVID-19 Response
At least twice a week, Nicola Harwood, the emergency preparedness coordinator at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange County, California, joins two to three dozen colleagues in a large conference room at the hospital to discuss how the facility is responding to the COVID-19 crisis. The conference room functions as the […]
Fauci says ‘divisiveness’ hurts response; Big Ten schools to only play league games; CDC won’t rewrite school rules
Florida saw an alarming increase in deaths and top federal health officials ran counter to President Donald Trump’s wishes, saying guidelines for reopening schools won’t be rewritten and some states should consider shutting down again as coronavirus cases spike nationwide Thursday. The Big Ten announced it will limit its fall sports […]