| Excerpt: | Food processing facilities remain a primary coronavirus outbreak nexus. We look at the fallout in that industry and highlight two areas within the Pacific Northwest hard hit by the pandemic in this installment of COVID-19 Update. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Sunday, June 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Healthcare, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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Category Archives: World Commmunity
COVID-19 Update: Food, transparency, and the fallout in our hardest hit communities
COVID-19 Update: Illegal openings, legal confusion and questionable tests
| Excerpt: | Two gyms were given cease and desist orders in Washington State, while Oregon's stay at home order is under review by the state's Supreme Court, and a test used in Eastern Idaho is being questioned as to its accuracy. |
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| Published at: | 10:34 AM on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Criminal Justice, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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The Pandemic is Personal: Sedro-Woolley’s Germaine Kornegay on small town resilience
| Excerpt: | One of Skagit County's local elected officials writes about what it's like to live in a rural community during a time of great stress and hardship. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Germaine Kornegay |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Healthcare, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Global Health, Personal Wellness, The Pandemic is Personal |
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COVID-19 Update: Elected officials call for testing, tracing, and mitigation
| Excerpt: | Both Governors of Washington and Oregon have extended their stay at home orders, and both have unveiled plans for reopening their states in conjunction with plans for testing, tracing and mitigation. |
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| Published at: | 9:51 PM on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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ICANN refuses to sign off on proposed sale of .ORG domain registry to private equity firm
| Excerpt: | The Internet Society's attempt to sell the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital appears to have been foiled by the entity that operates as the de facto regulator of domains on the Internet. |
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| Published at: | 9:38 PM on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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The Pandemic is Personal: David Johnson of NPI on rooming during a public health crisis
| Excerpt: | NPI's Literary Advocate writes about what it's like to live with housemates during the worst public health emergency the United States has seen in decades. |
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| Published at: | 4:40 PM on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Healthcare, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Global Health, Personal Wellness, The Pandemic is Personal |
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COVID-19 Update: Different paths towards reopening in the Pacific Northwest
| Excerpt: | Cascadia's U.S. states are starting to lift restrictions associated with their Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders, but at different speeds. |
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| Published at: | 10:02 AM on Friday, May 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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The right wing’s economic livelihood versus public health argument is a false choice
| Excerpt: | We must collectively recognize that by making responsible choices, we can save most everyone and can have an economy to which we can return. |
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| Published at: | 10:25 PM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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Republicans embrace economy as their deity: “There are more important things than living”
| Excerpt: | Right wing protestors and Republican officials are desperate to restart the economy, even if it results in people dying. Turns out they're not actually pro-life at all. Shocking. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Monday, April 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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Beware the Covidiots: Right wing protesters flock to Olympia despite stay home orders
| Excerpt: | Backers of Donald Trump and Tim Eyman put their lives at risk -- and ours -- by illegally congregating on the Capitol Campus. |
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| Published at: | 8:00 PM on Sunday, April 19th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy as it prepares to shed its Northwest assets
| Excerpt: | One of the Pacific Northwest's largest Internet Service Providers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with years of mismanagement and the consequences of ill-advised deals having taken a predictable toll. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, April 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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The Pandemic is Personal: Rituja Indapure on how COVID-19 has changed everyday life