Car caravan circles Georgia Capitol as demonstrators mourn COVID dead
Stanley Dunlap
The COVID-19 pandemic is particularly hard on 65-year-old Jarvis Jenkins, who says he’s dealt with constant panic attacks after losing five of his Albany high school classmates to the virus this year.
That’s why the Atlanta resident joined a car caravan Monday at the state Capitol to call attention to a disease that’s putting many of his surviving friends and family at risk.
Similar scenes played out in two dozen other state capitals across the country Monday as part of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival to mourn the nearly quarter-million Americans who have died from COVID.
outside. it is nice tonight, but changes are on the way for your weekend. thanks for joining us tonight. i m shawn yancy. i m brian bolter. we ll begin with the deadly meningitis outbreak. five people have died, dozens are sick in six states including maryland and virginia. investigators are warning hundreds, maybe even thousands of others may be at risk. bob barnard is working this story tonight. that s because of 17,000 vials of the contaminated steroids have been sent to 27 facilities. five in two state are reported to be sick with flu-like symptoms. it s a fungal, not a viral or bacterial form of meningitis that attacks the brain lining and spinal cord now linked to five deaths, 30 others sickened. most of the cases are in tennessee, but there are others in florida, indiana, north carolina and, yes, maryland and virginia. all the infected patients received steroid injections to treat back pain. it s very important for your listening audience to know that this me
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