Author: danelabonte

“Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public. During that time, the city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease, hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people and millions began traveling for Lunar New Year celebrations.”

(https://apnews.com/68a9e1b91de4ffc166acd6012d82c2f9)

“Hours after suggesting that the bipartisan concerns of governors about his assertion of power would amount to an insurrection, Trump abruptly reversed course, saying he would leave it to governors to determine the right time and manner to revive activity in their states.”

(https://apnews.com/06f57a460059e8e2c481078dc4747440)

“The council, which is not expected to include health officials, could bring to the forefront the push-pull tensions within the White House between economists and public health officials over how quickly to reopen the economy vs. proceeding cautiously to ensure the virus doesn’t spike again.”

(https://apnews.com/2bead1fe5861efed1342f426a0f5044b)

My dad is a social worker in a nursing home.

“And yet, social workers are often last in line for PPEs, for extra resources, for accolades. They are missing from the memes that say we should forgive all student loans, give raises to all the medical professionals when this is over, despite the fact that they are paid among the lowest of the essential health professionals. Still, they come up with resources out of nowhere, through a search of their electronic Rolodex of community agencies and personal contacts with whom they’ve nurtured relationships for a time just like this.”

(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/love-letter-social-workers-front-lines-covid-19-sage-licsw-phd)