Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The Covidiots Chronicle (Sunday-go-to-meetin'-time edition)



Reported in Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are Confronting Coronavirus Cases.  (The New York Times, 7/8/2020)


Texas out-of-towners edition starts here

New records for positive tests set 4 times last week.


In Texas Beach City, Out-of-Towners Drove In an Outbreak. (The New York Times, 7/11/2020)
As recently as early June, days went by with hardly anyone testing positive for the coronavirus. A single case one day. Three the next. Then zero. Zero. Zero. 
Word spread that Corpus Christi, always a popular beachfront vacation spot for Texans from around the state, was a safe place to go. They didn’t even require masks indoors. It was an oasis from the virus. 
“People in San Antonio, in Houston, Austin, even Dallas, knew that we had low caseload,” said Peter Zanoni, the city manager. “It was a nice getaway from the rules, the regulations, the doom and gloom.”

North Carolina family reunion edition starts here


Family gathering infects 41 people with the coronavirus, NC health official says.  (Charlotte Observer, 7/10/2020)







Mississippi State House edition starts here


Reported in Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have coronavirus after weeks of refusing to wear masks.  (CNN, 7/10/2020)




Georgia YMCA day camp edition starts here

From 2018




85 kids, counselors infected with coronavirus in YMCA camp outbreak, GA officials say.  (The Telegraph, 7/11/2020)


Photo credit:  Atlanta Magazine

"...followed the safety guidelines and protocols of the Executive Order from the State of Georgia".  

Oh, now it get it!


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