On the same day it hosted Super Bowl LV, Florida on Sunday became the first state to report 200 cases of coronavirus variants, according to a USA TODAY analysis.
The concerning news comes as public health officials across the nation are bracing for a possible surge in coronavirus infections for those who may have failed to take heed of warnings not to gather for Super Bowl parties.
The game itself was played before 22,000 masked fans, many of them vaccinated health care workers, at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stadium, but videos on social media after the game showed revelers in Tampa, many maskless and ignoring social distancing guidance, celebrating in the streets.
Karen Lewis, Firebrand Former Chicago Teachers Union President, Dead at 67 Subscribe By Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, John Byrne & Juan Perez Jr., Chicago Tribune February 08, 2021 9 min read
Karen Lewis, former president of the Chicago Teachers Union, listens to a question after a meeting of the union s House of Delegates in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2012. The union confirmed Lewis death on Monday. She was 67.Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Share article Copy URL
Karen Lewis, the firebrand former Chicago Teachers Union president who led a seven-day strike in 2012 and was a one-time mayoral hopeful who was unable to run for office because of a cancer diagnosis in October 2014, has died, the CTU confirmed Monday. She was 67.
In the words of education labor leader Randi Weingarten: "You need to actually have people talking to each other, sharing the data and solving problems."