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Tag Archives: Global Health

COVID-19 Update: Food, transparency, and the fallout in our hardest hit communities

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.
Published at:9:30 PM on Sunday, June 7th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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COVID-19 Update: Food, fraud, the homeless, strikes, the courts and miscalculations

Excerpt: In Washington, food processing plants are becoming hotspots for both disease and dissatisfaction, Oregon's Supreme Court has told a circuit court judge to explain at length why he thinks Governor Brown overstepped her authority, and Idaho is implementing a new plan for testing and tracking.
Published at:10:45 PM on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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The Pandemic is Personal: Ed Hodapp on staying at home in America’s wealthiest city

Excerpt: A Sammamish resident discusses what it's like to live with two other people who are also at higher than average risk from COVID-19 under one roof.
Published at:4:30 PM on Saturday, May 23rd, 2020
Written by:Ed Hodapp
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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.
Published at:10:34 AM on Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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Laborers fight for safe working conditions while the media chases right wing protesters

Excerpt: While big media has focused on protests organized by covidiots, one hundred and ninety worker actions resulting from refusing to be victims of COVID-19 are largely ignored.
Published at:9:30 AM on Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
Categories:Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, Healthcare, World Commmunity
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COVID-19 Update: New mask requirements, threats, lawsuits, and antibody tests

Excerpt: King County has announced new mask-wearing requirements, while the religious right in Oregon has joined militant Republicans in Washington in launching legal maneuvers against stay at home orders.
Published at:11:01 PM on Monday, May 11th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
Categories:Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security
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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.
Published at:4:30 PM on Saturday, May 9th, 2020
Written by:Germaine Kornegay
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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.
Published at:9:51 PM on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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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.
Published at:4:40 PM on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020
Written by:David A Johnson
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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.
Published at:10:02 AM on Friday, May 1st, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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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. 
Published at:10:25 PM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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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.
Published at:9:30 PM on Monday, April 20th, 2020
Written by:Rich Erwin
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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.
Published at:8:00 PM on Sunday, April 19th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Washington, Oregon, and California unveil new alliance: Western States Pact

Excerpt: The United States' Left Coast governors have made it abundantly clear that they -- not Donald Trump -- will decide when to lift their Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders and allow businesses that are currently closed to fully reopen.
Published at:12:29 PM on Monday, April 13th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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