Weekly News Update for January 5, 2021

This week is nearly all COVID, from the staggering numbers of infections and deaths in LA to the new orders for EMS providers to the abysmal failure of our local government to address the issue.

Make a comment to the LA County Board of Supervisors: http://bit.ly/SNSJan5

Read along, if you have the stomach for it...

Foster Farms workers: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-31/foster-farms-12th-coronavirus-worker-death

Airplanes: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-01-01/covid-19-airplane-sick-on-plane-cdc

Mercy in Portland: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-01-02/mercy-hospital-ship-in-portland-readers-want-it-back-in-l-a
St. Vincents: https://2urbangirls.com/los-angeles-covid-19-surge-hospital-site-now-used-for-filming-location/

Homeless shelters overloaded: https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-01-03/homeless-shelters-coronavirus-surge-hospitals

Filmmakers urged to quit their bullshit: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-12-29/health-officials-encourage-filmmakers-to-pause-work-amid-covid-surge

Jesus Christ COVID SuperSpreader: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-30/activists-and-christian-singer-clash-over-maskless-outreach-on-skid-row

Politico piece: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/23/california-covid-surge-450315