It beats the previous record from april by roughly 9,000 cases. At this point, nearly 2. 4 Million People have contracted the virus. More than 122,000 people have lost their lives. Were seeing cases rise across the south and the west. Florida, texas, oklahoma and South Carolina all reporting their highest single day totals ever on wednesday. California hit a record 5,000 cases earlier this week then immediately broke it with 7,000 new cases. If you look across the map you can see dozens of states headed in the wrong direction. The vast majority of them out west and a handful of the spots down south. Only the northeast is in the green. Now while the president consistently downplays the virus, states are left to fend for themselves. What do i mean by that . In the last 48 hours, the governors of washington state, nevada and North Carolina have all made Wearing Masks in public mandatory. The governor of texas is tightening restrictions there and urging people to stay at home. In states th
Leaders but perhaps the most powerful moment was the moment of silence. 8 minutes and 46 seconds the time that george floyd was pinned to the ground by the Police Officers need. As his family remembered him, tens of thousands of people from los angeles and new york to london and babe ruth took to the streets and now over demonstrators are moving forward in that peaceful demands for action and Police Reform. At the same time, word from georgia of shocking new developments in the murder of another black man, shot last month while jogging in his own neighborhood. Two men to died symbolizing the needs for change. Many americans and especially black americans are asking when that change will come. It is time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our neck. Trace a global outpouring for the man who touched us in death, minneapolis George Floyds transit family celebrated his life during the two hour service. If speaker port correspondent mike tobin life there on the grou
The <em>World Socialist Web Site</em> recently spoke with health care expert and data analyst Greg Travis who has been maintaining the only COVID-19 excess death tracker for the US and documenting his findings through his social media.