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2020-06-25
While New York City, state, and surrounding areas were hit hardest initially, five months into the pandemic it is Texas, Florida, and California that appear to be the next hardest hit areas. These states also happen to be the most populous in the nation. All three are concerned about the record breaking number of new cases each day and are putting various amounts of legislation into practice to help slow the spread of the virus but they are mainly relying on people using good judgement, which as a resident of central Texas I can tell you has been lacking. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has rolled back some of the states reopening plans but is mainly telling people to wash their hands, wear a mask, and maintain social distance.
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2020-06-26
I loved the way the lights from the ferry station looked at night. It also showed how empty the station was given that it was a Friday night in SF.
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2020-06-25
When the covid-19 pandemic hit the U.S. almost all schools sent students home and continued school through virtual learning online or by offering education packets for drop off/pick up. It's the end of June and many school still have not announced their plan for this fall. Will students be returning to the school building to resume learning as usual? Will they be going part time? Will they continue learning from home? Will parents remove their children from public school and start homeschooling them? No one really knows yet. This meme struck me as very funny for this reason.
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2020-05
"At the Wyandotte Nation, we have taken across-the-board action to dull the impact of the virus and keep Wyandotte citizens, employees and our customers safe. In mid-March, we announced the closure of a number of Wyandotte facilities. These closures included our Title VI Program (Elder Nutrition Center) inside meals, Preschool and Childcare Facilities, Wyandotte cultural sites and all Wyandotte casinos."
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2020-06-26
The Maketplace lights were on and it still looked lively, and yet the doors were locked up and there were distancing and COVID-19 caution signs on the doors. I liked the contrast in that.
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2020-06-26
Me and my family drove to San Francisco to take night pictures and I got this picture of the bay bridge toll gate. The time of night can be seen in the upper right corner of the picture. I wanted to capture how empty the bridge was, despite it being a Friday night going into SF.
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2020-03-18
I chose to take this picture because even though the fountains were covered to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it was reminiscent of the segregated water fountains pre 1960's. I thought it was an interesting visual since there have been studies to show that black neighborhoods are being disproportionately affected by COVID-19.
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2020-03-18
I saw the slide while on a walk in the morning. My local playground had been shut down and taped up to prevent children playing. I wanted to photograph it to show how the pandemic had changed even basic activities like taking children to a playground.
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2020-03-18
This photo show the shutdown of the schools, which for me as a student impacted me directly. It was also a striking image to me because it showed how much things had changed that the school was closed off and empty on a school day when school would usually be in session.
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2020-06-14
Corrections facilities across the nation has considered releasing inmates early to slow the spread of the corona virus. While the public has had mixed feelings about this idea Hawaii has been successful in creating a process to examine and individually decide on early release for its inmates.
The mainland US has had numerous outbreaks inside of its prisons and jails and Hawaii was trying to prevent this. As the article explains, early release is not only beneficial to the inmates and employees but also to the larger community. It also touches on the impact systemic racism has had on creating the largest prison population in the world.
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2020-03-26
Early release of people incarcerated in the nation's corrections facilities has been considered everywhere to slow the spread of the corona virus. This article goes into detail explaining who is eligible, the public health vs. public safety concerns, how inmates are notified, and more in regards to early release from Los Angeles County Jails System, the largest in the country.
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2020-06-12
The architecture, system, and overcrowding in America's prisons make the spread of Covid-19 very quick inside the nations corrections facilities. To help slow the spread of the disease inside these facilities some jurisdictions have released inmates early. Most early release candidates are those that do not present a public safety risk, have served the majority of their sentence, are elderly, or immunocompromised. While some people support this plan others oppose. This article illustrates the concerns of the plans opponents. Of the 2500 people released from Rikers Island, a jail in New York, the NYPD says they have rearrested 250 individuals, for total arrests of 450.
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2020-06-20
Florida, Texas, California, and several other states are experiencing their highest number of new covid-19 cases since the pandemic began spreading through the United States. This has caused prison reformers, activists, and inmates families to protest and call for the early release of those who have nearly served their sentence and inmates who are elderly or immuno compromised. The article covers the protest that was held outside of San Quentin in San Francisco.
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2020-06-18
Activists and prison reformers have been calling for inmates that do not pose a public safety risk and have either served most of their sentence, are elderly, or who are at high risk for covid complications due to pre-existing conditions to be released early. Advocates believe this not only helps the prisoners from contracting or even dying from covid but it also protects the larger community. While many jurisdictions/states have released inmates early Florida's governor has thus far refused.
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2020-06-16
In an effort to slow the spread of covid-19 in prisons and jails across the country some inmates are being released early. The public has had mixed reactions to this plan. Some support the measure because they don't want inmates sentences to turn into a death sentence from the virus and others are concerned the inmates released early are potentially harmful to public safety.
California has already released inmates early and plans to release more on July 1st. This article goes over some of the details.
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2020-04-28
In an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 inside the nation's correctional facilities a small percentage of inmates have been released early or have been released to house arrest. The thought behind this action is to lessen the number of people inside the facilities allowing more space for social distancing and/or to not expose inmates to a possible death sentence if they were to contract covid and not recover. Though officials have promised not to free any inmate that poses a public safety risk stories like this one appear all over the country. This article states that seven sex offenders, who had served their original sentences but had returned to jail for parole violations, were released early from the Orange County Jail in California. The article was edited a day later to include a statement from the sheriff stating these individuals were not release early but were released by court order.
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2020-06-15
One of the hardest hit populations with regards to covid-19 are corrections facilities. In an effort to slow the spread in the nations overcrowded facilities government officials have released some inmates early. The public has had mixed reactions to this policy. While the government officials are not releasing inmates that pose a danger to the public people are still worried. This article covers the story in Oregon and the comments add to the conversation.
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2020-06-16
This letter talks about the coronavirus pandemic and what we had to do during it. It states many things such as online learning, that we had to complete for most of a term instead of face to face learning. The pandemic changed many things in our day to day lives, and we had to cope with all of the changes and keep everyone safe and healthy.
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2020-06-25
This article talks of the metropolitan middle class and their 'invasion' of regional beauty spots - perforce, as they are not permitted to travel overseas currently.
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2020-06-26
Our neighborhood pool just reopened. I had to make a reservation online for our family for an hour session. Our family had our own swim lane assigned by a lifeguard and they staggered our entry in and out of the pool so we didn’t get too close to others. 5 families max in the pool. 2 lifeguards and 1 COVID-19 monitor. The kids had fun but it’s hard to see life being lived so differently for them.
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2020-06-06
I broke up with my boyfriend because quarantine forced us to spend much more time together and the problems we'd been able to sweep under the rug became too apparent to us. It was time to make the break which would have been devastating normally but since I was able to move in with old friends and turn a negative into a positive. This wouldn't have happened without the Coronavirus.
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2020-06-06T17:53
I was driving through downtown and noticed a section was blocked off and then I saw that it was infact a Black Lives Matter Rally. So, I pulled over and walked up to the rally to check it out and to talk to people and see what their views were on the issue.
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2020-06-26
I found the original article by Ben Groundwater extremely irritating and opposed to the balance of medical and state opinion. Just because the middle class are denied the opportunity currently to travel overseas does not mean they should be pounding off to regional centres which have largely been exempt from COVID-19.
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2020-06-25
Affixed to the jungle gym at Sunset Park in west Wichita, Kansas, this sign encourages Wichitans to protect each other and prevent COVID-19's spread by adopting the listed measures. This photo was taken against the backdrop of rising case numbers in Kansas, as well as in neighboring Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, as local authorities in Sedgwick County opted to continue re-opening without imposing any restrictions to mitigate the virus's transmission. Given the local government's "hands-off" approach, the effectiveness of any and all mitigation efforts rested solely with citizens' willingness to cooperate.
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2020-06-25
On June 24, 2020, the city of Wichita, Kansas, announced that it would not open any of the city's municipal water parks, splash pads, or swimming pools for the duration of the summer. Pools like west Wichita's Harvest Park, shown here, would normally be teeming with people on hot summer days, but COVID-19 defied public health officials' predictions of a summer remission, with case numbers surging across the South and Central Plains. Kansas suffered an influx of summer COVID infections due in part to a politically-driven, decentralized re-opening plan that devolved authority to county commissions and local officials, while relegating what had once been mandatory state executive orders to mere "suggestions." With Kansas and surrounding states grappling with widespread illnesses, the summer of 2020 was marked by empty pools and filling hospitals.
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2020-06-26
El llanto de los pobres a 102 días del Estado de Emergencia
Varias familias de la Asociación de Vivienda “Los Heraldos del Cenepa”, parte alta de Mariano Melgar, se organizaron para realizar una olla y compartir un plato con los que menos tienen.
Auto gestionadas, sin colores y con mucho corazón, las ollas comunes son la bandera de lucha de un pueblo capaz de organizarse por sí solo en momentos adversos, y al mismo tiempo son el reflejo más crudo y doloroso de la desigualdad y vulnerabilidad social que a estas alturas es imposible esconder. Ahora estas familias luchadoras piden el apoyo de las autoridades y población para continuar con esta práctica solidaria.
Fuente / Frase Corta
Fecha 6/26/20
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2020-06-18
En la ciudad de Trujillo se realizó un desfile de modas en plena crisis del Corona virus. El cual fue criticado por todo el pueblo peruano indicando que este acto era algo insensible y peligroso.
El gerente regional de la Producción del Gobierno Regional de La Libertad, Roger Ruiz, aseguró que nunca se tuvo la intención de herir susceptibilidades de las personas, en estos momentos de emergencia sanitaria nacional, con un desfile de prendas de protección para el sector Salud e Industrial.
En diálogo con RPP Noticias, el funcionario respondió tras la serie de críticas que originó un desfile de modas realizado en el patio de la Casa de la Identidad Regional en la que estuvo presente el gobernador regional de La Libertad, Manuel Llempén Coronel.
Roger Ruiz dijo que el único objetivo de la presentación fue mostrar las indumentarias confeccionadas por los pequeños empresarios del calzado e industrial que están pasando una grave crisis económica por el cierre de sus negocios.
Fuente: Espacio Libre
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2020-04-17
A virtual exhibition by the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science
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2020-04-17
A virtual exhibition by the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science
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2020-06-18
It is now required to wear masks in California. I finally broke down and bought a sewing machine to make masks for my family. Most masks are fairly cheap right now. Going for about $5-$10 each for a homemade one and about $20 for nicer manufactured ones. I was able to buy enough supplies to make masks for everyone I know for the price I would have spend to purchase me and my family enough to wear and wash for the week. I watched a tutorial on how to make the masks and by last night I am now able to bake a mask in under ten minutes.
I am bummed about the mask mandate but it does not affect me much as I was already wearing them. Masks are making life difficult for people like me who are Hard of Hearing. I worry what next year will look like when the schools open and I go back to teaching.
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2020-06-10
Racist stickers folded into newspapers delivered to residents in Iowa City, North Liberty, Cedar Rapids and Davenport. The message on the stickers ask that "Whites practice racial as well social distancing". The paper
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2020-04-17
A virtual exhibition by the Evansville Museum of Art, History and Science
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2020-06-24
This video fact checks Trumps statements about Covid-19 Testing. He has mentioned that he wants to slow down covid-19 testing.
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2020-06-26
Republican City Councilman Guy Phillips Says 'I Can't Breathe' At Anti-Mask Rally in a mocking way as people in the crown encourage and chant, "Freedom". "I can't breathe" has become the cry for police reforms and justice across our nations. Known as the last words of several victims of police brutality.
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2020-06-26
Members of the House meet on Police Reform Bill. Viewers can see social distancing and and near empty chamber.
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2020-07-24
Black Lives Matter are fighting for justice amid a pandemic that is disproportionately affecting their communities.
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2020-06-26
This young woman created a Covid-19 inspired dress for a scholarship entry.
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2020-06-11
Excerpt from article: Weekends used to have a rhythm that worked for Ezina LeBlanc, filled with adventures for her 19-month-old twins in Calabasas, California. “Every Saturday, we’d be off to the beach, hiking, a picnic, a museum, a theme park, or even up to Mammoth Lakes to ski,” she recalls.
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2020-06-12
Excerpt from article: Now, nearly 2,000 people in and around Leticia are sick with COVID-19. About 70 have died. That might not sound like a colossal death toll at first. But because the surrounding state of Amazonas is sparsely populated, this amounts to the highest per-capita death rate in all of Colombia, according to figures from Colombia's Health Ministry.
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2020-06-11
Excerpt for article: A group of New York City emergency medical service workers who gave interviews to the news media, including NPR, are suing the city for allegedly retaliating against them after speaking about their experiences responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-06-24
A tweet from author Anne Thériault talking about the silver lining to the disruption to routine brought on by the pandemic. She and her son have been staying with her mother in Kingston instead of their home in Toronto.
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2020-06-10
Excerpt from article: JEFFERSON CITY — The majority of youth housed at a state facility in north St. Louis have tested positive for COVID-19, the Missouri Department of Social Services said Tuesday.
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2020-06-12
Excerpt from article: When Dr. Li Wenliang died of COVID-19 several weeks after the Chinese whistleblower tried to warn the world about the coronavirus, his family was expecting to grow in the coming months.
Now his widow, Fu Xuejie, has welcomed their second child, a boy, to the world without him.
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2020-06-11
Excerpt from article: The US hit over 2 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 late on Wednesday night, just 6 weeks after it reached the grim milestone of 1 million cases. While this past week has seen some of the lowest nationwide death tolls since late March, certain parts of the country are experiencing record hospitalizations and new hotspots have emerged.
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2020-06-02
As an educator this quite hit me hard.
The image is a protester wearing a blue mask holding a large white sign that reads, “ You Cannot Teach Black Children and Be Silent About the Injustices Against Them.”
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2020-06-09
Excerpt from article: While COVID-19 was on the minds of nearly all, many — including some medical professionals and public health experts — saw it as a risk worth taking as the country faces "two public health crises."
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2020-06-24
A text sent to a group chat of graduate students now dispersed across the county. The writer is from, and is currently living in, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He is sardonically expressing frustration at the absurdity of a state of affairs where the province cannot provide some basics, but can make interprovincial deals to allow people to travel and associate with others in the Maritimes.
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2020-06-08
Excerpt from article: Modelers say it's difficult to assess how the protests will influence COVID-19 infections. Because COVID-19 generally has an incubation time of up to two weeks, public health officials think it will take a couple of weeks before they see the impact.
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2020-06-08
As a Millennial this is a hard pill to swallow. We now know that lifetime wealth for millennial was affected greatly by the 2008 recession. Can we really recover from a second?
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2020-06-09
Excerpt from article: New York also does not publicly track pandemic-related leniency requests, despite leading the lawsuit against the EPA. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation suggests that citizens file formal public records requests if they want information about companies that have told the state they cannot comply with environmental rules.
