The number of Georgians under the age of 18 diagnosed with COVID-19 has jumped 65% in the past month, with more than 21,000 testing positive since March.
Monthly Archives: August 2020
California at odds with CDC over looser COVID-19 protocols – Los Angeles Times
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said he disagrees with the CDC’s new guidance and insisted that it will not impact California.
“I don’t agree with the new CDC guidance. Period. Full stop,” he said. “We will not be influenced by that change.”
Newsom said Wednesday that California had signed a contract with an East Coast medical diagnostics company to more than double the number of coronavirus tests that can be processed in the state, eventually expanding capacity to roughly a quarter of a million tests a day.
Under the $1.4-billion agreement, a new Santa Clarita lab will be able to provide testing results within two days, far quicker than the average five- to seven-day processing times offered by other labs.
Source: California at odds with CDC over looser COVID-19 protocols – Los Angeles Times
Italy traces visitors to Sardinian nightclub after Covid-19 cluster
Italian health authorities are tracing visitors to the former Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore’s Sardinian nightclub amid fears of a coronavirus cluster after more than 60 confirmed cases were linked to the venue.

More than 60 cases are linked to Billionaire, owned by former F1 boss Flavio Briatore
Italian health authorities are tracing visitors to the former Formula One team boss Flavio Briatore’s Sardinian nightclub amid fears of a coronavirus cluster after more than 60 confirmed cases were linked to the venue.
Billionaire, on Sardinia’s Emerald Coast, has hosted thousands of guests in August, including hundreds of Italian and international VIPs. On Tuesday Briatore was confirmed to have tested positive for Covid-19 after being admitted to hospital in Milan, according to a statement from his staff.
White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says | US news | The Guardian
The report notes that over the years, police links to militias and white supremacist groups have been uncovered in states including Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.
Police in Sacramento, California, in 2018 worked with neo-Nazis to pursue charges against anti-racist activists, including some who had been stabbed, according to records.
And just this summer, German writes, an Orange county sheriff’s deputy and a Chicago policeman were caught wearing far-right militia logos; an Olympia, Washington, officer was photographed posing with a militia group; and Philadelphia police officers were filmed standing by while armed mobs attacked protesters and journalists.
Like Elgin Baylor before them, the NBA’s Black players have had enough | Sport | The Guardian
This week Letetra Wildman, the sister of Jacob Blake, delivered a gripping message: “I don’t want your pity, I want change”.
Apparently, the NBA received her memo.
Source: Like Elgin Baylor before them, the NBA’s Black players have had enough | Sport | The Guardian
‘We’ve all had enough’: Kenosha in anguish over Jacob Blake shooting | US news | The Guardian
“The bubble had to eventually pop and it did. Our community moved on from asking for help to demanding it. But in the meantime, we’re going to take care of ourselves. Sadly, we have to be the ones to do it, but this is what happens when people ignore the needs of a large part of our country,” said Tom Judt, a Kenosha native, as he helped clear up.
He added: “The destruction is going to hit us hard economically, but it’s awesome to see everyone working their butt off in the heat to support each other.”
Runnels says the last few days have been especially traumatic because when reports of a Black man shot by the Kenosha police reached social media, members of his family flooded his phone inbox thinking it was him.
“They were trying to make sure it wasn’t me. That’s a whole different feeling, I can’t explain it. And when I was finally able to get home and see what happened to [Jacob Blake] it was a lot to handle,” said Runnels.
For the Wisconsin state representative David Bowen, the goal is creating “the future that everyone deserves”, no matter their race or class.
“Jacob Blake was a part of protecting and serving his community by breaking up that fight. But, the police still came in and violently removed him from the situation because they have the power to uphold a system that thrives on removing Black bodies,” Bowen said on Wednesday.
Back on her porch, Edwards said: “It’s time for the people in power to put human lives and the needs of the community first.”
She added: “We’ve all had enough. Now we all just need to come together, help each other in whatever ways are needed and make sure our government actually supports us.”
Source: ‘We’ve all had enough’: Kenosha in anguish over Jacob Blake shooting | US news | The Guardian
France Covid-19: Paris-wide face mask rule amid ‘undeniable surge’

As infections rise again, the French prime minister says he will try to avoid another lockdown.
Jared Kushner on NBA protests: They’re lucky to be able to ‘to take a night off from work’
White entitlement rules and black lives do not matter – his record as a landlord already proved that – this is just one more proof

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner said Thursday that the NBA players refusing to play in protest of a recent police shooting are lucky to be rich enough to be
CDC defends controversial new guidance for coronavirus testing: ‘Everyone who wants a test does not necessarily need a test’
Translation: we have not solved testing problem and boss Trump has ordered us to keep the tested positive numbers down… so we are kissing up and doing what he wants rather tan the right thing!

Florida School Reopening Adds Increase of Coronavirus Among Children : US News : Latin Post – Latin news, immigration, politics, culture
nearly 9,000 increase of COVID-19 positive cases among children happened in just two weeks.
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