Michigan joined the ranks of nearly a third of the states in the U.S. on Wednesday with substantial community transmission for COVID-19, with more than half of the state s 83 counties now falling into the categories of substantial or high levels of community transmission.
Pretty much every county in southern Michigan was listed as having substantial community transmission for the virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s COVID-19 tracker.
Last week, the CDC updated its guidance that even vaccinated people in areas of substantial and high transmission should wear masks in indoor public spaces and be tested if they are exposed to someone with a suspected or confirmed case of the coronavirus.
Since Tuesday, only a select few Democratic governors and other elected officials have called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign following the bombshell revelations from the investigation into
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is fighting for his political life amid calls for his resignation, local law enforcement inquiries and the threat of impeachment by the state legislature following findings by the state’s attorney general that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 young women in his office and official residence.
A majority of New York State Assembly members on Wednesday told The Associated Press they support launching impeachment proceedings against the embattled governor if he does not resign.
Cuomo engaged in a pattern of sexual harassment of women employees in his state office, violating federal and state laws, an independent investigation by state Attorney General Letitia James’s office concluded.
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With the start of the school year just days away, the numbers of children coming down with COVID-19 are spiking.
The Louisiana Department of Health has reported the highest-ever weekly coronavirus case count for children under the age of 5. For children ages 5-17, the Department of Health documented their largest jump in cases yet.
For the week of July 15-21, Northeast Louisiana recorded 66 coronavirus cases for the under-5 age group, a spike from the previous week s reported 27 cases. This group last hit their weekly case high during the first week of 2021 with 61 cases. This trend is repeated at the state level, where children under 5 are experiencing their highest number of cases to date. Furthermore, this age group exceeded its weekly case record by nearly 250 cases.
The media establishment, which once adored Andrew Cuomo, is telling him it’s time to go.
From major news organizations to liberal commentators, there is a remarkable unanimity of opinion that the governor must resign a solidarity that mirrored last year’s consensus that Cuomo was a hero of the pandemic.
In covering his decade running New York, journalists often described him as more-feared-than revered. He was a brawler, a tough guy from Queens, who knocked heads to get things done. If there was criticism of Cuomo, it was that he wasn’t liberal enough, since he combined a left-wing approach to such issues as guns and gay marriage with a more business-friendly approach to the economy.