Archive for 2020

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Houston Memorial Hermann asks 11 workers who came in contact with coronavirus patient to self-quarantine.

Coronavirus: 14th case discovered in Los Angeles County.

LAX Chief says CDC did not reveal health screeners who got coronavirus.

More than half of all U.S. states have reported COVID-19 cases.

Coronavirus Spreading in California from Grand Princess Cruise Ship.

U.S. says it is tracking ship that may have shared crew with coronavirus-hit cruise liner.

Coronavirus Leaves Passenger-Filled Ships Without Ports.

Coronavirus live updates: New York declares emergency; Italy to lock down Milan area.

As Virus Outbreaks Multiply, UN Declines To Declare Pandemic.

Italy Plans Large-Scale Lockdown in Country’s North to Fight Coronavirus: Quarantine, if approved, would ban movement into and out northern provinces, including the cities of Milan, Venice and Parma.

CDC has tested 1,583 people for coronavirus.

Live updates: Top U.S. officials say testing total unclear as death toll rises to 19.

Despite coronavirus, why are the L.A. Marathon and Coachella still on?

Major universities close classrooms amid coronavirus outbreak.

Nursing home showed few signs it prepared for virus outbreak.

What Worked in 1918-1919?

Individual response to COVID-19 ‘as important’ as government action.

University of Tennessee scientists may have found coronavirus cure.

A Tale of Two Outbreaks: Hong Kong & Italy.

Infectious Disease Doctor: What Does (And Doesn’t) Scare Me About The Coronavirus.

Dr. Drew On Coronavirus: ‘Businesses Destroyed, Lives Upended — Not By Virus, But By Panic.’

DISPATCHES FROM GROUND ZERO OF THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Oberlin to lay off 108 employees, save $2 million per year. 

Oberlin College planning to lay off 108 employees in its dining services and custodial departments in order to obtain vendor-provided contract services is a symptom of the college’s effort to cut costs as it faces deficit spending, the college announced Tuesday.
The effort will save the college an estimated $2 million per year, it announced Tuesday.

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Oberlin College said on its website that the cuts announced Tuesday are entirely unrelated to the more than $31.5 million judgment it owes Gibson’s Bakery and the Gibson family after losing the court case. Both the college and the Gibsons have appealed elements of the case to the 9th District Court of Appeals in Akron.

“This effort is completely independent of the Gibson judgment and is directly connected to the need to support Oberlin’s mission and improve the college’s operating budget as identified by President Ambar in her first few months on campus,” the college stated in a “frequently asked questions” document attached to Tuesday’s announcement. “The Gibson’s matter is now on appeal and therefore it would not be appropriate to comment further.”

Found via Small Dead Animals, which adds this tweet from Jonathan Kay of Quillette: 

FINALLY, JANE FONDA HAS HER CANDIDATE: Hollywood’s favorite commie endorses Sanders, the “climate candidate.”

Wow — Biden throws away his “moderate” status, endorses AOC’s Green New Deal, babbles that fossil fuel executives should be jailed, and plastic bags should be banned, and this is the thanks he gets.

Related: Hollywood Mad Warren’s Out: U.S. Would Vote for ‘Coronavirus Before a Woman.’

Why is the Democratic Party such a cesspit of sexism? And why aren’t Democratic primary voters flocking to Tulsi Gabbard?