Most California schools will likely remain closed for the rest of the school year because of the new coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. Nearly all the state’s schools have already shut down as the most populous state tries to stop the spread of the virus, and the rest will...
Is Fresno County Reaching Non-English Speakers With Coronavirus Warnings?
The head of a nonprofit social services organization for Hmong- and Spanish-speaking people said Tuesday that Fresno County health officials have not done enough to make COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak warnings and advisories more widely available to non-English speakers. Pao Yang, chief executive officer of the Fresno Center, said he was...
California Adds Online Triage for Coronavirus to Help With Test Shortages
California still does not have enough capacity to test for coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday, despite furious efforts by private, university and government laboratories to scale up to handle thousands of more patients. To help triage the crush of Californians in the Bay Area who want to be tested for...
Fresno and Clovis Close Restaurant Dine-Ins
Fresno and Clovis issued orders Tuesday afternoon to close dine-in portions of restaurants in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. One day after the Fresno City Council ratified Mayor Lee Brand's State of Emergency order, the city — through city manager Wilma Quan — will limit restaurants to drive-through, delivery, and...
Nets Say 4 Players Test Positive for New Coronavirus
NEW YORK — Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total to seven known players in the NBA. The team announced Tuesday that one player is exhibiting symptoms, while the other three are asymptomatic. All four players have been isolated and are under the...
“There’s No Boogeyman He Can Attack”: Angry at Kushner, Trump Awakens to the COVID-19 Danger
[aggregation-styles] Vanity Fair Last Thursday, as the stock market was on the way to losing nearly 2,400 points—its biggest single-day plunge since the 1987 Black Monday crash—Donald Trump was worrying about the fate of the football season. NFL players aren’t scheduled to report to training camp for months, but according...
Why Did the Trump Administration Reject the WHO Coronavirus Test?
[aggregation-styles] Esquire The most consequential—and logically inexplicable—decision taken by this administration in response to the current pandemic occurred in January, when German scientists developed the first test for COVID-19 and the World Health Organization offered the test to countries around the world and 60 countries accepted. We were not one...
The Sober Math Everyone Must Understand About the Pandemic
[aggregation-styles] Medium This post is too long. It takes 19 minutes to read according to Medium. It has been viewed 1.5M times in less than 24 hours. You should read it, too. I wrote this post on Facebook on Thursday Night, March 12th 2020. Since I wrote it, the post...
Emergency Grants City Broad Powers Including Ban of Liquor, Gun Sales
In a public emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local laws give great latitude to leaders to do what they must to protect citizens. For example, the city of Fresno could legally end the sale of beer and liquor, gasoline, and firearms. The Fresno City Council didn't talk...
Trump Said His Coronavirus Response Has Been a Perfect '10.' Public-Health Experts Say That It's 'Abysmal' and That He Needs to 'Stop Talking.'
[aggregation-styles] Business Insider President Donald Trump on Monday said he deserves a perfect score on his response to the coronavirus pandemic so far. "I'd rate it at 10. I think we've done a great job," Trump said at a White House press conference when asked to grade his handling of...