Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) rolled out a 9-page checklist for school districts, listing things that, in their judgment, would need to be done before schools could safely be reopened to children. These guidelines, in the words of CNN’s Ana Cabrera, encourage, among other things, “staggered scheduling, a back-up staffing plan, modified seating […]
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Trump threatens to cut funding for schools that don’t reopen
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Grading Ypsi-Arbor bars and restaurants on their COVID friendliness
As you can see in the above graph from Bridge Magazine, we’re seeing an uptick in new COVID-19 cases here in Michigan since Governor’s Whitmer’s stay-home order was lifted on June 2. On June 11, just three days after our bars and restaurants reopened, we saw a low of just 74 new cases across the […]
Also posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Uncategorized Tagged Costco, COVID-19, dining out, East Lansing, food safety, Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub, local business, lockdown, pandemic, Powell's, public health, responsibility, restaurants 61 Comments
We are the shithole nation
In the words of the Atlantic’s Annie Lowrey, “Ending the pandemic would have been the single best thing the federal government could have done to preserve the country’s wealth, health, and economic functioning. The Trump administration, in its hubris, obstinacy, and incompetence, failed to do it.” Donald Trump not only failed to end the pandemic, […]
Also posted in Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Tagged Annie Lowrey, anti-science, caravans, CDC, COVID-19, Donald Trump, European Union, fear mongering, Idiocracy, Ivanka Trump, Liberate Michigan, masks, pandemic, pariah, public health, Qanon, racism, shithole countries, testing, travel ban 113 Comments