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Virus notes: April 12, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Sunday, 12 April 2020

4-12-20

MERCED (BLJ) Merced Public Health Department reports today that there are 65 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three dead. The largest group of infected last week were 10 health-care workers at the Sutter Health Rural Health Clinic in Los Banos.

California reports 21,374 cases (1,162 new) and 609 deaths (62 new).

The United States reports 558.768 cases (28,305 new) and 22,021 deaths (1,522 new).

The global report is: 1,846,680 cases (161.847 new) and 114,090 deaths (11,965 new).

4-9-20

nbc.com

Virus notes: April 9, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Friday, 10 April 2020

MERCED (BLJ) – The Merced County Public Health Department reports that as of April 9, there are 52 (12 new) confirmed cases and three deaths.

California reports 19,691 cases (2,017 new) and 538 deaths (87 new).

The United States reports 469,021 cases (34,230 new) and 16,675 deaths (1,872 new).

The global report is 1,601,018 cases (116,207 new) and 95,718 deaths (7,180 new).

4-7-20

Circle of BlueCovid-19 Crisis Could Decimate Water Utility Revenue, Worsen Affordability Problems

/by Brett Walton

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public utilities

Virus notes: April 7, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Wednesday, 8 April 2020

MERCED (BLJ) – The Merced County Public Health Department reported today that there were 34 confirmed cases of COVID-19, still only one death, and three recoveries. In California, a total of 16,363 cases were reported to date, 387 deaths and 307 recoveries. In the United States, a total of 401,608 confirmed cases were reported to date, 12,902 deaths, and 22,398 recoveries. The global total to date is 1,430,453, deaths 82,133, and recoveries 301,385.

3-31-20

The Guardian

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Virus in Middle East

Virus notes: April 6, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Tuesday, 7 April 2020

MERCED (BLJ) – The numbers in Merced County remained the same today, 29 confirmed cases, one death, three recovered.

In California, confirmed cases grew to 6,342, 385 deaths, 307 recoveries.

In the United States, the number of confirmed cases grew to 369,629, deaths 10,941, recoveries, 19,810.

Globally, confirmed cases are 1,347,343, deaths, 74,769, and recoveries 284,882.

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Nature
epidemics of 21st century
war

Virus notes: April 4-5, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Sunday, 5 April 2020

The Merced County Public Health Department reports that as of Friday, April 3, there were 19 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Merced County, three patients have recovered, and there are as yet no deaths from the virus in the county. The figures are broken down according to several categories that must make sense to Dr. Scarf in the White House, in constant search for granularity, but make no difference to members of the Merced County public, particularly those in high risk groups.

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Virus
Fresno
doctor shortage

Virus notes: April 3, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Friday, 3 April 2020

MERCED (BLJ) – As the lady doctor with the fabulous collection of chic silk scarves who appears with Trump daily to scold us on our failure to behave hygienically says, “Granularity” and “The Curve” are the watchwords of the day. Who knows what she means? It doesn’t matter. Her voice and manner must be reassuring to somebody. We just don’t know who. In other words, she must be there for some reason.

Or not. In the first place, causality is a very vague concept in the Trump administration. Secondly, the only cause of importance now is the course of the virus.

Virus notes; April1, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Thursday, 2 April 2020

MERCED (BLJ) -- A positive note. Merced County Public Health Department told the Merced Sun-Star that it has opened two mobile specimen-collection sites. The specific location of the nearest site is provided "once patients secure the appointment" by being referred by a physician.  At the moment the sites are only open four hours a day, and apparently they were open for some period last week, but no results are reported yet. However, the director of the department, Dr.

Let the Great Absurd One blow: no censureship

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Thursday, 2 April 2020

An excellent argument for encouraging the media to go on doing what it does even though the present president doesn't have a clue what to do and if he did he'd do the opposite anyway because of his spiteful nature. -- blj

 

3-30-20

Chicago Tribune (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

The media shouldn’t muzzle Trump — no matter his lies and ineptitude

By Dahleen Glanton

Virus notes: March 30-31, 2020

Posted by Badlands Journa... on Tuesday, 31 March 2020

MERCED (B LJ) -- The Merced County Public  Health Department reports that as of March 30, there are 10 cases of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in the county. One patient was infected due to “community spread;” the others were due to traveling elsewhere, the department press release said. But, on March 31 in a telephone town-hall meeting set up by Rep. Jim Costa, the Merced County Director of Public Health waffled on the other nine cases, saying they really didn't know how they contacted the virus. But what angered me as the pandemic swells around us, was this:

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