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The Summer That Will Always Be Remembered …
If we have to do this over again – we will. No going backwards on voting and civil rights!
At 1:00 a.m. this morning, the time I would normally be responding to comments, catching up on the day’s news, and trying to find a focal point for my afternoon post, I began watching a documentary. Our friend Keith recommended this one a while back, and I had watched only the first few minutes at that time, but kept it pinned to my taskbar so that I wouldn’t forget about it. I thought, at 1:00 this morning, that I would watch 15-20 minutes of this nearly two-hour program, then get busy on comments and such. But before long, I had watched 50 minutes, mesmerized, sometimes with tears in my eyes. I paused for a bathroom break and to make myself a piece of toast to settle the acid in my stomach, then returned to the video. At 3:00 a.m., the documentary was done, the toast eaten, and a lump in…
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Alarm as US Covid cases above 100,000 a day for first time since February | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Daily Covid-19 cases in the US moved above 100,000 a day for the first time since February, higher than the levels of last summer when vaccines were not available, and came as health officials sounded alarm over lagging rates of vaccination driving the surge of the infectious Delta variant.
The seven-day average of hospital admissions has also increased more than 40% from the week before, with health workers describing frustration and exhaustion as hospitals in Covid hotspots were again overwhelmed with patients, almost 20 months into the pandemic in the US.

“As we look at our hospitalizations and as we look at our deaths, they are overwhelmingly unvaccinated people,” CDC director Rochelle Walensky said at a briefing on Thursday.
About half of all new infections and hospitalizations in the past week were in seven southern states – Florida, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi – even though the states represent less than a quarter of the country’s population, said White House coronavirus coordinator, Jeff Zients.
Why America needs union workers to drive the success of a national infrastructure program | New Europe
Italy makes COVID ‘Green Pass’ mandatory for public venue access | Euronews
A digital COVID-19 certificate with a QR code will be mandatory in Italy’s restaurants and other public spaces from Friday, as the government works to curb infections.
Source: Italy makes COVID ‘Green Pass’ mandatory for public venue access | Euronews
White House to require visitors, including journalists, to confirm vaccination status | TheHill
15 states are keeping COVID-19 breakthrough cases under wraps | TheHill (Me: public should know – no secrets!)
Figures on breakthrough cases are not available on the health department websites, social media or other publicly accessible sites for the other 15 states: Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Source: 15 states are keeping COVID-19 breakthrough cases under wraps | TheHill
New Jersey to require masks in all schools this year | TheHill
All New Jersey students will be required to wear masks during the coming school year, Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is set to announce Friday.
Source: New Jersey to require masks in all schools this year | TheHill
Virginia community colleges to require masks indoors | TheHill
Miami-Dade County to require COVID-19 tests for unvaccinated employees | TheHill
Miami-Dade County will require employees who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus to be tested weekly for COVID-19.
County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) said in a news conference Thursday that non-union employees will be tested weekly starting Aug. 16.
Employees that show proof that they have been vaccinated can choose to opt out of the testing requirement. Exceptions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, she said.
“We’re committed to doing everything we can to protect our employees and the public as we continue to serve in the midst of this extremely dangerous COVID surge. So, today we are taking a further step forward to ensure a safe and healthy workplace,” Cava said.
Source: Miami-Dade County to require COVID-19 tests for unvaccinated employees | TheHill
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