July 28, 2020. Governor Jay “I Like The Way Yakima County Has Its Pencil Out And Is Sitting Quietly In Its Desk Ready To Work” tweeted his praise for Yakima’s mask compliance and said it is “one of the few counties in WA heading in the right direction.” Local government employees in King, Pierce and…
July 25, 2020. Governor Jay Inslee has a super-fake mask Photoshopped onto his Twitter photo, and it is in equal measure charming and cringeworthy. There have been a number of changes to Washington’s “Safe Start” reopening policies, including mandatory mask-wearing outside the home—which goes into effect today—and rules regarding bars and restaurants. The moratorium on…
July 20, 2020. Not much new out of Governor Inslee lately, though we are paused on our “phased reopening plan” until at least July 28. That seemed like ages away until I remembered it isn’t still March. It’s also a relatively light Pacific Northwest newsday, coronawise. The University of Washington says it has a “promising”…
July 14, 2020. Governor Jay Inslee is going to be giving an “an update on our state’s response to COVID-19” in a bit, but I don’t think I can watch it live. A coronavirus vaccine being tested in Seattle is looking to be safe and has triggered strong immune responses in volunteer test subjects. Robert…
July 13, 2020. I have an early press time today, so I’ve seen nothing new from Governor Inslee since he tweeted at the Space Needle in appreciation of its “Mask Up” flag (“Thanks @space_needle, I couldn’t have said it better myself.”). As of this weekend, Washington State has 40,656 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 1,438…
July 11, 2020. Governor Jay “Ugh, That Guy, Am I Right, Anderson?” Inslee went on Anderson Cooper 360 last night and said, “Denial, disengagement, and deceit is not a strategy for health and victory. He simply has refused to face the difficult decisions.” Yesterday, Dr. Jeff Duchin, King County’s top health official, said, not terribly…
July 9, 2020. Governor Jay “Kick Him While He’s Down” Inslee tweeted out an article about the all-over-again shortage of PPE for healthcare workers and told Trump to “do your job.” Also, as I type this, he is holding a “media availability,” which I guess is a singular noun now. Duke's Seafood on West Seattle’s…
July 8, 2020. I still haven’t watched Governor Jay Inslee’s address from yesterday, but I don’t see any updates to the reopening plans…nor much local coronanews at all. The 2020 Washington State Fair has been canceled due to COVID-19 fears. State officials confirmed 521 new coronavirus deaths yesterday. Tulsa, OK is experiencing a surge in…
July 7, 2020. As I am writing this, Governor Jay “Hope We’re Still Socially Distancing At Thanksgiving, Because Otherwise…” Inslee is still conducting his press briefing about the promised “changes” to the state reopening efforts, so I don’t have anything new right now, except that he had to go on Twitter and disavow his cousin,…
July 6, 2020. Nothing out of Governor Inlsee since a July 4th greeting, but as far as I know, he’s still expected to announce “changes” to the state’s reopening plan tomorrow. The State Health Care Authority has put in place a mental health support plan called Washington Listens to help residents with the psychological and…
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