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The Nation Wanted to Eat Out Again. Everyone Has Paid the Price. – The New York Times – (The old normal is not an option – we need to rethink to get to the new normal.)

Data from states and cities show that many community outbreaks of the coronavirus this summer have centered on restaurants and bars, often the largest settings to infect Americans.

In Louisiana, roughly a quarter of the state’s 2,360 cases since March that were outside of places like nursing homes and prisons have stemmed from bars and restaurants, according to state data. In Maryland, 12 percent of new cases last month were traced to restaurants, contact tracers there found, and in Colorado, 9 percent of outbreaks overall have been traced to bars and restaurants.

It is unclear what percentage of workers transmitted the virus among themselves, or to patrons or whether customers brought in the virus. But the clusters are worrisome to health officials because many restaurant and bar employees across the country are in their 20s and can carry the virus home and possibly seed household transmissions, which have soared in recent weeks through the Sun Belt and the West.

Georgia School District Quarantines Over 900 Students and Teachers – The New York Times

The first letter went out on Aug. 4, one day after students in the Cherokee County School District returned to their classrooms for the first time since the eruption of the coronavirus pandemic. “Dear Parents,” wrote Dr. Ashley Kennerly, the principal of Sixes Elementary School. “I am writing this letter in order to communicate that a student in 2nd grade has tested positive for Covid-19.” By the time the last bell rang on Friday afternoon, principals at 10 other schools had sent similar letters to families in Cherokee County, a bucolic and politically conservative stretch of suburbs north of Atlanta. This week, more letters went out. Altogether, nearly 1,200 students and staff members in the district have already been ordered to quarantine. On Tuesday, one high school closed its doors until at least Aug. 31. A second high school followed on Wednesday.

‘Archbishop’ of Florida church selling bleach ‘miracle cure’ arrested with son

Mark Grenon and his son, Joseph Grenon, arrested in Colombia and expected to be extradited to the US for selling solution Trump mentioned at briefing

The self-styled “archbishop” of a purported church in Florida that sells industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for Covid-19 has been arrested with his son in Colombia and faces extradition to the US.

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Mark Grenon and his son, Joseph Grenon, arrested in Colombia and expected to be extradited to the US for selling solution Trump mentioned at briefing

The self-styled “archbishop” of a purported church in Florida that sells industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for Covid-19 has been arrested with his son in Colombia and faces extradition to the US.

Related: Revealed: leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus ‘cure’ wrote to Trump this week

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Jared Kushner met privately with Kanye West, reports say | The Independent

Meanwhile, reports from across the country revealed groups were working to fill petitions for West, with some organisers stating their end-game was to “help Trump”.

In Montana, the Billings Gazette reported on how one group was outside of the Yellowstone County Courthouse telling passersby: “You want to help Trump? We’re trying to take votes away from creepy Uncle Joe.”

 

Source: Jared Kushner met privately with Kanye West, reports say | The Independent

Dozens of settlers attack Border Police near Yitzhar – The Jerusalem Post

 

Dozens of masked settlers assaulted Border Police officers near the Samaria settlement of Yitzhar Wednesday morning by throwing rocks and bottles of paint at them, lightly injuring one, during the demolition of three structures, a Border Police spokesperson said.
Settlers slashed Border Police vehicles’ tires, the spokesperson said.

The officers used riot-dispersal methods, and more police were called to the scene. The incident was brought under control, and the rioters were dispersed, the spokesperson said.

The officers, along with the Civil Administration, demolished three illegally built wooden structures at the Shevach Haaretz outpost near Yitzhar.

The attack was a “serious incident of violence,” the police said.

Settlers in the Yitzhar area have attacked Border Police officers several times in the past year amid clashes over outposts and demolitions.

Among the most serious was a May incident in which Jewish extremists firebombed a police vehicle near the exit to Yitzhar.

“Condemnations will no longer suffice,” NGO Peace Now said in response to the incident. “A terrorist cell is operating in Yitzhar that needs to be dismantled with all methods, and its members and spiritual leaders need to be prosecuted. We will continue to wait for the first brave leader of the right-wing settlers who will make a moral statement against the systematic violence that comes out of Yitzhar.”

Source: Dozens of settlers attack Border Police near Yitzhar – The Jerusalem Post

Trump backs Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon believer on a path to Congress – National | Globalnews.ca

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(ROTFLMAO) Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is poised to become the first elected U.S. official to support QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that imagines President Donald Trump as a warrior for God against a cabal of Satanic deep-state pedophiles (and maybe lizard people?) within the United States.

Source: Trump backs Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon believer on a path to Congress – National | Globalnews.ca