{"id":4116,"date":"2020-08-26T15:14:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/pandemicbook\/?page_id=4116"},"modified":"2021-11-13T15:21:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T15:21:46","slug":"08-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adhc.lib.ua.edu\/pandemicbook\/08-26\/","title":{"rendered":"08-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Aug 26: A portable rapid\u00a0COVID-19 test<\/a> that can deliver results in under 15 minutes was cleared by the FDA under an EUA. The test is aimed at places like workplaces and schools. A white, male, teenager is arrested<\/a> by police for killing two people and wounding another during the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He thought he was a militia member defending life and property when he killed two unarmed people.\u00a0 Hurricane Laura hits <\/a>Louisiana. Coronavirus cases in children rose<\/a> by 21% in the last month.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Last night a 17-year-old white boy drove from Illinois to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where locals have been protesting the killing of Jacob Blake since Sunday and shot a BLM protester. Several other protesters chased him and tried to take the AR-15 he was holding from his hands. He shot two of them after they knocked him to the ground. Then he got up and walked toward the cops, gun still strapped onto him. The Kenosha police drove right past him. He couldn\u2019t even turn himself in. Not only did he walk away from the scene, but he made it all the way home to another state and went to bed. It took hours to find him.[1]<\/a><\/span>\u00a0In related news, Kenosha police have put Officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot Blake, on leave.<\/span><\/p>

In solidarity with the ongoing protests, the National Basketball League season\u2014already plagued by fits and starts because of the pandemic and in response to the Black Lives Matter protests\u2014paused again. The Milwaukee Bucks, LA Lakers, and the other NBA players refused to play their playoff games today.<\/a> Kenny Smith, my favorite NBA commentator, walked off the set in support of the players.<\/a> The league, in response, cancelled all games for the day. Athletes of different backgrounds, salaries, races, and standing have manifested a kind of race and class consciousness that we have never seen before: they struck.<\/span><\/p>

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It’s true that the NBA has a history of collective action. In 1954,\u201d Bob Cousy organized the NBPA\u2019s fledgling union\u2014boosted by a threat that they would join the AFL-CIO instead of their own stand-alone union\u2014securing the timely delivery of contracts, a seven-dollar per diem, and the referral of player-owner disputes to the NBA president. Even after Cousy retired, the NBPA won pensions, medical and dental insurance, and increased league-minimum salaries.[5]<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

But now, it’s more than just about job issues. This organizational bent has intersected with the demographics of the league to create a situation where players feel profoundly connected to the racism they see happening on the streets. During the 2014-15 season, for example, 74.4% of athletes identified as African-American. The same season, 95% of owners identified as white. Tellingly, this racial-cultural contrast has divided players and their employers in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting. \u201cThe past four months have shed a light on the ongoing racial injustices facing our African-American communities,\u201d announced Bucks guards Sterling Brown and George Hill. \u201cDespite the overwhelming plea for change, there has been no action, so our focus … cannot be on basketball.\u201d[6]<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/span><\/p>

Unlike in Portland a month ago, other states are immediately sending their own National Guard units to Kenosha, Wisconsin.[9]<\/a>\u00a0This tips the hand at some governors’ priorities. Alabama, for instance, is sending 350 National Guard units to Wisconsin, instead of to neighboring Louisiana, which is about to get walloped by Hurricane Laura tonight (Louisiana might receive two attack helicopters\u2014why weapons?!).[10]<\/a> So far, some buildings have been burned in Kenosha. In contrast, hundreds <\/em>of buildings are about to be destroyed by this hurricane.<\/span><\/p>

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The coronavirus front is also discouraging. The CDC just issued bewildering new guidance saying that you do not need to get a test just because you\u2019ve come into contact with a COVID-positive person. You should be showing actual symptoms before getting tested. This contravenes evidence that symptomless people spread the virus \u2013a message that the CDC has been saying for months![13]<\/a> Even more concerning, Fauci says he was in surgery when this change was made and that he disagrees with it.[14]<\/a> It feels like <\/a>a version of the \u201cmagic virus hypothesis,\u201d that non-symptomatic people must be carrying less of the virus and therefore be less contagious (there is no evidence for this claim).[16]<\/a><\/span><\/p>

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I stay up late, watching the first bands of rain and wind from Hurricane Laura lash cameras along the Louisiana coast. It feels like there is so much darkness out there right now, so little help for people.[18]<\/a><\/span><\/p>

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[1]<\/a> Jessica McBride, \u201cKyle Rittenhouse Named as Accused Kenosha Shooter,\u201d Heavy.com<\/em>, August 26, 2020, https:\/\/heavy.com\/news\/2020\/08\/kyle-rittenhouse\/<\/a>; Meg Jones, \u201cAfter Teen Is Charged with Killing 2 at Protests over Jacob Blake Shooting, Turmoil in Kenosha Spreads and Reaches New Heights,\u201d Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em>, August 26, 2020, https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2020\/08\/26\/illinois-teen-charged-homicide-kenosha-protest-case\/5633334002\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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[5]<\/a> Robert Bradley, \u201cThe History of NBA Labor,\u201d https:\/\/apbr.org\/labor.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

[6]<\/a> Ben Pickman, \u201cBucks Players Release Statement on Deciding to Sit out vs Magic,\u201d Sports Illustrated<\/em>, August 26, 2020, https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/2020\/08\/27\/bucks-players-statement-decision-sit-out<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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[9]<\/a> Tarisai Ngangura, \u201cMore National Guard Troops Could Be On Their Way to Kenosha,\u201d Vanity Fair<\/em>, August 26, 2020, https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2020\/08\/more-national-guard-troops-could-be-on-their-way-to-kenosha<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

[10]<\/a> Mike Cason, \u201cIvey to Send 350 Guard Members to Wisconsin If Needed,\u201d AL.com<\/i>, August 26, 2020, https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2020\/08\/ivey-sending-up-to-350-alabama-guard-members-to-wisconsin-if-needed.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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[13]<\/a> Adrianna Rodriguez, \u201cCDC Changes COVID-19 Testing Guidelines: This \u2018will Kill,\u2019 Experts Say,\u201d USA TODAY<\/em>, August 26, 2020, sec. Health, https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/health\/2020\/08\/26\/cdc-changes-covid-19-testing-guidelines-will-kill-experts-say\/3441828001\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

[14]<\/a> Cody Fenwick, \u201cDr. Fauci Raises Alarm about New Changes to CDC Coronavirus Guidelines,\u201d Alternet.org, August 27, 2020, https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2020\/08\/dr-fauci-raises-alarm-about-new-cdc-guidelines-that-were-made-without-him\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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[16]<\/a> Stephen Kessler, \u201cOpinion: The Magic Virus Hypothesis,\u201d CNN, August 26, 2020, https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/26\/opinions\/coronavirus-children-school-kessler\/index.html<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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[18]<\/a> Mark Sudduth et al., Hurricane Laura Landfall (2020) Part 6 – Storm Field Work – Vehicle Cam<\/em> (Hurricanetrack, 2020), https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rYqR6PtVaOw<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

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