The Nation Speaks (Jan. 16): How to Stay Positive When the News Cycle is Negative; Fighting Lockdown Measures
In this episode, psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig gives advice on how to take care of your mental health when the news cycle is negative.
Then, Lisa Monet, co-owner of Alibi Drinkery, and Darius Teichroew, co-founder of Reopen Minnesota Coalition, tell us how they’re fighting lockdown measures in their state. And a former Arizona Sheriff is educating sheriffs and others on how to uphold the Constitution.
Updated: 3:48 p.m.
Minnesota officials on Wednesday reported another 75 COVID-19 deaths, extending an already dreadful December and making it a near-certainty that the state will reach a brutal milestone 5,000 total deaths by week’s end, and probably by Thursday.
At the same time, other key COVID-19 metrics continue to offer definite signs of hope. New daily caseloads are retreating from their late November, early December peaks.
The Health Department posted 1,513 newly confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases, part of more than a week of relatively moderate new caseloads and the lowest in two months. An expected surge from Thanksgiving gatherings hasn’t surfaced.
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Updated: 3:07 p.m.
Minnesota officials on Tuesday reported another 24 COVID-19 deaths, extending an already dreadful December and keeping the state on a path to reach a brutal milestone 5,000 total deaths by week’s end.
At the same time, other key COVID-19 metrics continue to offer definite signs of hope. New daily caseloads are retreating from their late November, early December peaks.
The Health Department posted 1,714 newly confirmed or probable COVID-19 cases, part of more than a week of relatively moderate new caseloads. An expected surge from Thanksgiving gatherings hasn’t happened yet.
The agency said 1,060 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 as of Monday, with 228 needing intensive care. The number of active, confirmed cases in Minnesota is below 20,000 the lowest since early November.