How many must die from our government’s failures?
DOUG THOMPSON
April 6, 2020
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COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic goes after young and old, poor or rich, unknown or famous with little regard or compassion. Did it succeed because of the failures of our leaders?
The worst may be yet to come
Most health experts and a good number of our leaders agree that things will be worse before they get better in the pandemic. The burning question is “how long will it take?”
Unemployment claims mount in Virginia
The Old Dominion has 2,407 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections with 390 in the hospital and 52 deaths.
Virginia reports 2,012 COVID-19 cases
Worldwide, infections have topped 1 million with 58,315 deaths.
41 COVID-19 deaths in Virginia
Floyd and Franklin Counties continue to have no reported confirmed cases of the virus.
USA now ranks third in COVID-19 deaths
About a week ago, the death toll in the United States from the COVID-10 Coronavirus pandemic ranked sixth in the world, trailing China, Italy, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom. As the cliche goes, that was then and this is now. Now, the U.S. ranks third with 5,112 deaths Thursday morning with only Italy and
Virginia virus count: 34 dead and 1,484 infected
April 2020 arrived with good news for Floyd County, Virginia: Still, no confirmed cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus infections from the worldwide pandemic that has, to date, killed at least 34 in Virginia, 4,102 in the United State and 44,220 around the globe. Infections remain pretty close to 50-50 between men and women with 50.1 %
Another day fighting COVID-19
April 1. April Fool’s Day. In this time of COVID-19 Coronavirus, playing an joke on anyone feels out of place and inappropriate. As dawn breaks along the East coast of the United States, the number of confirmed cases of the deadly pandemic sits at less than 150,000 away from a million infectees. America now leads
Virus deaths: 27 in VA, 3,177 in U.S. & 39,044 worldwide
Rules and executive orders increase and so do the numbers of infections and deaths.
Bad news from this third rock from the sun
Joe Diffie, one of country music’s steady performers in the 1990s, provided a string of hits like “Honkey Tonk Attitude,” “Home,” “Pickup Man,” and a classic duo with Mary Chapin Carpenter, “Not Too Much to Ask,” but his “Third Rock From the Sun” had toes tapping and also became the title of a hit comedy
New rules: Stay at home or you could break the law
Until now, Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia “recommended” residents stay at home to avoid infection from the coronavirus. Now, his recommendation is a new rule of law in The Old Dominion. Ignore it and you are breaking the law.
Virginia COVID-19 cases top 1,000 with 25 deaths
Nationally, 142,793 are infected with 4,562 listed as “recovered” and 2,490 deaths with 739,057 infected worldwide with 134,317 recoveries and 35,013 deaths.
More than 2,200 have died nationwide from COVID-19
In Virginia, 17 have died but that number could change later when the Virginia Department of Health updates its figures later Sunday. The World Health Organization says 146,319 have recovered from the virus.
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Coronavirus Info
04/06/2020
United States
Infections: 336,830
Recoveries: 17,977
Deaths : 9,618
Worldwide:
Infections: 1,274,346
Deaths: 69,480
Recovered: 264,838
Virginia:
Number Tested: 23,671
Confirmed Cases: 2,367
Hospitalized: 431
Deaths: 51
Localities with high numbers:
- Fairfax 426
- Arlington 181
- James City 117
- Prince William 159
- Loudoun 167
- Virginia Beach 128
- Henrico 194
(Information obtained from the Center for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and the Virginia Department of Health.),