For the last two weeks, all eyes have been on the nationwide protests for racial equality. Now that some headline room has been cleared once again, Americans seem surprised that COVID-19 hasn't gone anywhere in the interim. Indeed, right on cue, the states that instituted the least sanctions and reopened early are experiencing ominously increasing caseloads. Two weeks after Memorial Day, precisely as scheduled, the COVID-19 snowball has started rolling. Welcome to Month Four of a 24-month event.
Three articles that stood out to me the last few days are listed below. The first is about being a black FBI agent. The second features an updated projection for the pandemic. The third explains why we are still amidst the first wave of COVID-19. Attempts to put the so-called first wave in past tense are simply rhetorical smokescreens to deflect the blame for the consequences of early re-openings.
1) Andre McGregor's "I was a black FBI agent. White cops didn't always see me as equal."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-was-a-black-fbi-agent-white-cops-didn-t-always-see-me-as-equal/ar-BB15bHwm
2) Brad Brooks' "U.S. could reach 200,000 coronavirus deaths in September, expert says."
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-idUSKBN23I06D
3) Berkeley Lovelace Jr. for CNBC "New coronavirus spread isn't the feared 'second wave' -- it's still the first, researchers say."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/new-coronavirus-spread-isnt-the-feared-second-wave–its-still-the-first-researchers-say/ar-BB15oFuB?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds
Bob Dietz
June 13, 2020
