Santa Clara health officer Sara Cody suggests California is reopening too soon Politico, by Victoria Colliver, May 26, 2020 OAKLAND — The local public health officer who led the nation’s first regional shelter-in-place order early in the Covid-19 pandemic sounded the alarm Tuesday on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s swift reopening plans, which now allow haircuts and … Continue reading One Bay Area county health officer says California is reopening too soon→
[Editor: Well, if you didn’t know, I’m the retired pastor. And I don’t even know if any of Benicia’s anti-mask-don’t-tread-on-me folks are planning to attend religious services. But if they are… DON’T JOIN THEM, DON’T GO! The story below is living, coughing, deadly proof from nearby. Oh, and… most faith communities are streaming worship, and … Continue reading Benicia retired pastor to friends and neighbors: DON’T GO TO RELIGIOUS SERVICES!→
ExxonMobil, Koch and Mercer family are past funders of critics of stay-at-home orders as fossil fuel industry struggles amid lockdowns The Guardian, by Emily Holden, 21 May 2020 Dozens of individuals and groups urging states to reopen amid the Covid-19 pandemic have historical financial ties to coal and oil and gas companies and conservative billionaires who … Continue reading US critics of stay-at-home orders tied to fossil fuel funding→
America’s Patchwork Pandemic Is Fraying Even Further The coronavirus is coursing through different parts of the U.S. in different ways, making the crisis harder to predict, control, or understand. The Atlantic, by Ed Yong, May 20, 2020 There was supposed to be a peak. But the stark turning point, when the number of daily COVID-19 … Continue reading “Patchwork Pandemic” – confusing layers of information, spread and regulation→
