Eduardo Suastegui's Blog, page 2
June 23, 2020
Did California Just Do a #COVID19 Liftoff? Shutdown Ineffective? Opened too Soon? Protests Shouldn’t have Happened? Or all of the Above?
While news reports concentrate on concerning spikes in COVID-19 cases from states like Florida and Texas that may have opened to soon, California, after one of the most stringent stay-at-home shutdowns, is also showing signs of a COVID-19 spike in cases and, most concerning, hospitalizations. Cases overall in California posted the highest one-day total, up […]
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June 21, 2020
California COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Ticking Up
Here’s the latest data I was able to gather from the sources linked in the attached PDF file. Bottom line: discouraging COVID-19 trends for cases and hospitalizations in California threaten to undo whatever moderate gains the state’s long shutdown garnered.
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June 19, 2020
Juneteenth Surprise: The American Abolition Movement Started in the Church
In an age when we drown in a sea of “information” and where we enjoy much education, we remain uninformed. Case in point: until very recently, I had no real clue about this… In place of this historical perspective, we hear about the, yes, very real mangling of scripture Southern religious leaders perpetrated to argue […]
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June 18, 2020
California, Los Angeles COVID-19 Cases & Statewide Hospitalizations
Worrisome trends in California following major protests and gradual reopening of the economy show an increase in cases and a potential increase in hospitalizations.
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Blackout Tuesday: a Lesson in Solidarity that Signs Blank Checks?
On the 2nd day of June, year 2020, a number of us posted black squares in what became known as the Blackout Tuesday social media campaign. Did we do it to virtue-signal, to show our solidarity with a cause, or simply to mourn a tragic, unjust death? I suspect very few of us knew the […]
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June 17, 2020
“I Can’t Breathe,” and Things That Take your Breath Away
After writing about incongruities and ironies flowing from the disconnect between the COVID-19 shutdown of the economy and places of worship in comparison to public officials’ response to anti-racism demonstrations, an awful, cynical image crossed my mind. I hesitate to share it for fear of demonstrating gross insensitivity. Deciding instead that the most insensitive action […]
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PSA: You Say Protestor, I Say Protester – Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off?
As I writer, nit-noids get to me. One in particular really annoys: when my browser or phone or word processor keep balking when I type protestor. Even the Governor of California gets it wrong. Just for the record, it’s protester, folks. If you don’t believe me, take it from WhichIsCorrect.com or someone as nit-noid about […]
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June 16, 2020
California COVID-19 Statistics: Cases, Deaths, and Hospitalizations
Is a Golden State spike in COVID-19 cases looming? In my state of California, after a long shutdown, followed by a happy-go-lucky Memorial Weekend, with massive protests just days later, I have been concerned with the rise in cases. Some point to increased testing as the reason behind the discovery and recording of a larger […]
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More Contradictions in the Name of #COVID19: All About Public Safety Until it Isn’t
In a world of nonsensical ironies and incongruities, recent events have dialed the volume up to eleven, and then to one hundred and ten. It has not escaped anyone’s notice that after months of being instructed to socially distance and hole up ourselves in our homes, massive #BlackLivesMatter protests are OK. For extra credit, when […]
June 13, 2020
Do All Black Lives Matter?
As I’ve processed the current racial strife and the underlying historical and cultural suffering Black Americans have endured throughout this nation’s history, one question keeps nagging me. Do all black lives matter? The following animated graphic is one way I have sought to grapple with this question. Some important points to consider: Don’t use one […]
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