Coronavirus pandemic
Updated
Published
December 23, 2020 4:15 PM
A tent is placed last week outside the Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center to triage an influx of Long Beach patients. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)
With morgues in Long Beach nearing capacity, the city s health department has activated its mass fatality plan, as deaths from COVID-19 continue to mount.
Meanwhile, daily cases in Long Beach have exploded over the past six weeks by more than 1,000%.
And, like the rest of L.A. County, that s also translating into more hospitalizations, as officials report an over 200% increase in admissions for COVID-19 patients since Thanksgiving.
Coronavirus pandemic
Updated
Published
December 23, 2020 4:15 PM
A tent is placed last week outside the Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center to triage an influx of Long Beach patients. (Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)
With morgues in Long Beach nearing capacity, the city s health department has activated its mass fatality plan, as deaths from COVID-19 continue to mount.
Meanwhile, daily cases in Long Beach have exploded over the past six weeks by more than 1,000%.
And, like the rest of L.A. County, that s also translating into more hospitalizations, as officials report an over 200% increase in admissions for COVID-19 patients since Thanksgiving.
“It’s an unfortunate situation as we are trying to move this country forward, and making sure that Black lives truly matter and that African Americans have a seat at the table especially African American women,” Ms. Breed told a local ABC affiliate.
The Democrat was so befuddled by Mr. Newsom’s decision that she said it was difficult to articulate her feelings.
“This is a real blow to the African American community, to African American women, to women in general,” she said. “It’s really challenging to put it into words, but it was definitely a surprise.”
Mr. Padilla took the high road and avoided controversy in response to the news.
Over her decades teaching at San Diego State University, Shirley Weber made a habit of asking students early in her fall classes: “How many of you are registered to vote?”
The numbers would vary, but if a student answered “no” they were tasked with getting registered or helping someone else register if they were under-age.
Weber, who helped found the Africana Studies Department at SDSU, did this because she fundamentally believed in order to be a good student in her class you needed to be part of an active and concerned citizenry. She was so adamant about it that some of the older students began jokingly warning other students considering taking her class.
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