Rachel Cohen
journalist & contributor @theintercept|| freelance newsletter: rmcohen.substack.com \\ contact: [email protected] or Signal: 202-681-6194 // member @FSP_NWU ✊🏼
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Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic
Popular writers and academics have dismissed words of caution from epidemiologists about coronavirus transmission among children.
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For months I’ve followed debates, protests, plans and research around school re-openings. People desperately want science + data to clarify these decisions for us, but there are no easy answers right now. My attempt to explain why
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There's expert consensus that children, even very young children, catch + transmit COVID-19. There's far less certainty among public health experts about *how much* they do so, and this is making our school reopening discussions a lot more challenging
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My piece is critical about some of the more sweeping claims being from @ProfEmilyOster's school tracker, but I in no way fault her and her team for trying to collect data, because we need more and better info. Ideally led by state + federal governments!
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Hospitals Are Reeling Under a 46 Percent Spike in Covid-19 Patients
The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus has climbed significantly from a month ago, straining cities that have fewer resources to weather the surges.
HISD changes COVID-19 decision metrics after meeting original threshold to close
Houston ISD announced Monday evening it has changed the metrics it uses to make district-level decisions about COVID-19 after Harris County infection data surpassed the district’s original threshold to trigger campus closures.
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Harris County's 14-day infection average surpassed 7 percent so Houston ISD announced last night it would be revising the metrics it originally planned to trigger closures and schools will stay open
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What 2,392 Incarcerated People Think About #DefundThePolice
Americans are grappling with intensifying calls to remake the criminal justice system. We asked people behind bars to weigh in.
The Birth of an Extraordinary Modern Progressive Movement
The last four years have been an era of radical right-wing rule in Washington — and of remarkable left-wing populist response.
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"Aspects of this process keep getting referred to as a 'reckoning' because it’s a lot easier to say reckoning than it is to say 'having your biases laid out on a table and correctly picked over because it’s time we addressed this shit head-on.' @rtraister
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With coronavirus cases shattering records, Utah’s hospitals say rationing care will start in next two weeks
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“Now daily case counts [in Utah] are not just rising to new heights every day; they’re obliterating past records. Friday’s increase of 1,960 new cases was more than 27% higher than the previous record of 1,543.” sltrib.com/news/2020/10/2… 🥺🥺🥺🥺
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COVID outbreaks in Michigan schools rise 25 percent in a week
There are outbreaks in 84 Michigan schools in 31 counties, and college cases top 5,000, says a state report released Monday.
Were The Risks Of Reopening Schools Exaggerated?
New research has found few links between in-person K-12 schooling and COVID-19 case rates. "There is no consistent pattern," one study author said.
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new example of a school reopening story where the headline does not match what's actually reported in the article. So many of these pieces are built around knocking down straw-men, as opposed to the actual concern which is "is there elevated risk"
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Texas schools tell teachers with medical risks they must return to classrooms during the pandemic
Several school districts are trying to accommodate teachers with health conditions who want to work from home, but many are being called back in as more students return to classrooms.
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Texas schools tell teachers with medical risks they must return to classrooms during the pandemic
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Covid-19 Is Creeping Into Europe’s Schools
Parents sent their children back to school a month ago after officials insisted there was scant evidence the virus would spread among children. Now schools are reporting thousands of cases in some of Europe’s biggest coronavirus hot spots.
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"More than a third of the U.K.’s 1,700 coronavirus outbreaks in the four weeks through Sept. 27 occurred in educational settings. About 35% of the 1,070 outbreaks under investigation in France are in schools or universities."
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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After the Great Depression, FDR put 250,000 young unemployed men back to work through the newly-created Civilian Conservation Corps. Will national service be part of our COVID-19 recovery? My new story for Bloomberg Businessweek
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Locked in Tight Race, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal
Democratic challenger Al Gross is running an ad blitz blasting Sullivan for his ties to Pebble Mine, a controversial Alaskan mining project.
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New: Alaskan Republican Senator Dan Sullivan is caught in a new environmental scandal, and it's one that could derail his re-election chances in November
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New poll shows majority of Pennsylvanians oppose fracking
Any conversation around natural-gas drilling, aka fracking, in Pennsylvania and politics is a tinderbox. Many pundits have proclaimed that opposition to fracking is a political...
Philadelphia Firefighters, Paramedics Protest Union's Unprecedented Endorsement Of President Trump
The International Firefighter and Paramedic Network endorsed Biden for president. Local 22 traditionally only backs local candidates.
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Philadelphia firefighters, paramedics protest union's unprecedented endorsement of Trump
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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this is the dumbest theory that is gaining traction among people who should know better bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… pic.twitter.com/HwnYVZibvT
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The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning
Has a desire to keep the coronavirus out of schools put children’s long-term well-being at stake?
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I had a chance to read @AlecMacGillis's new story on remote learning. propublica.org/article/the-st… It's definitely worth a read, but I do feel some important aspects of school reopening debates were omitted or mischaracterized, and I want to lay out a few here /1
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Amid Internal Power Struggle, Firefighters Union Clears President of Wrongdoing
IAFF President Harold Schaitberger had been accused by the union’s general secretary-treasurer of improperly receiving pension payments.
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the IAFF clears its president Harold Schaitberger of wrongdoing, though the union dodges the question of whether Schaitberger was overpaid pension benefits
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It's Time to Move On From Community Consensus — Shelterforce
Communities are rarely united on any issue. Instead of striving to find community consensus, we should be striving to uplift the most marginalized voices.
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great critical and constructive piece from @Jeremy_Levine on "community input" and "community voice." government officials don't just abuse this, media too
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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such an important @josheidelson story. Hundreds of employers across the country "have told workers not to share information about Covid-19 cases or even raise concerns about the virus, or have retaliated against workers for doing those things" bloomberg.com/news/features/… pic.twitter.com/KDaOqznZQK
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Covid-19 Live Updates: School Reopenings in Germany Offer Lessons for Others
Fast and free testing, robust contact tracing and low community spread have helped students return to class in person.
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Germany is having encouraging results with their school re-openings. I'm surprised to see that masks are required on school grounds but "rarely" inside classrooms nytimes.com/2020/08/26/wor… pic.twitter.com/a8LKbmQQG3
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