Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The data scientist who created the State of Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard says she will testify Friday in front of a House committee about how the state is manipulating coronavirus data. That was one of the revelations Thursday when Rebekah Jones spoke by video to her fellow alumni… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources School closures due to coronavirus has hit low-income and minority students particularly hard. To address the problem, Academy Prep opened its Lakeland campus to students for its three-week summer session. has more. As coronavirus spread through the state, Florida schools closed their doors in March and moved… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Hillsborough County’s Emergency Policy Group has adopted a mask requirement for businesses. Monday’s vote was 5-to-3. The penalty for business owners would be a second-degree misdemeanor that could include a fine and jail time. For a while, the EPG was considering voluntary compliance instead of having an… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Two-thirds of Floridians have experienced some income loss or work disruption because of the coronavirus pandemic. That information comes from a recent statewide poll by The University of South Florida and Nielsen. Joshua Scacco is an assistant professor of political communication at USF. “We launched a representative… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “people who are homeless are a particularly vulnerable group” for COVID-19. Many communities around the country have taken one step to reduce homelessness during the coronavirus: stopping the practice of evicting tenants from their homes. But in Florida,… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The woman who managed Florida’s COVID-19 data says she was fired for objecting to demands to alter information on a state coronavirus dashboard website. The governor’s office says Rebekah Jones was fired for insubordination for modifying the dashboard without approval. Now some Democrats, including Tampa-area member of… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources Many hospitals are seeing a drop in the number of stroke and heart attack patients showing up in emergency rooms since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. But a doctor from Tampa General Hospital says it’s much safer to come to the emergency room than not if… Read more »
Here is a link to many coronavirus resources The U.S. House of Representatives appears to be moving forward with a fifth coronavirus aid measure. Congress member Kathy Castor, a Democrat from Tampa says it could include new cash payments to Americans. “The emergency responses so far have been so deep and broad to try to… Read more »
by Joshua Holton / WMNF Monday marked phase one of a coronavirus reopening strategy announced last week by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Retail stores, restaurants, museums, and libraries can reopen at 25% capacity. But one major business that remains notably absent from everyone’s daily lives is the music business. Tom DeGeorge is the owner of the… Read more »
The epidemics of polio and COVID19 Empty beaches, hollow pools, abandoned and quiet streets. Bans on gatherings. Fear layering daily activities with hesitation, and loss. While the Spanish Flu of 1918 is evoked by the onset of the latest coronavirus, another epidemic lingers in memory. Polio ravaged children and adults in the first half of…
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