Tag: covid 19
COVID-19 questions: Where’s the beef and What’s Next?
COVID-19 is taking a toll on the country’s meat processing plants. A Smithfield plant in South Dakota was forced to close after hundreds of its employees tested positive for coronavirus. Other plants throughout the country are also closing.
Orchestra of Southern Utah Featured in League of American Orchestras’
As concert halls across the country go dark due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orchestra of Southern Utah and other orchestras have given hope and solace to a quarantined public by making an unprecedented number of online performances and educational resources available free of charge.
Look Who’s Planning to Get Us Back to Work
With both the federal and state governments expanding their reach into the economy, competing for advantage in the market economy is replaced by seeking special favors from the government. Getting us back to work!
Utah State Parks Restrictions Lifted
Governor Gary R. Herbert, Utah State Parks are open to all Utahns, with some limitations in areas where local health orders are in place.
Reflections on 50 Years of Earth Day
Earth Day 2020 is April 22nd, a 50-year Anniversary worldwide celebration – planned as the largest event in history – has been postponed to sometime in October due to COVID-19.
COVID-19 – Winning The Battle in Yemen
For several weeks now, the W.H.O. has been reporting daily, that there are no confirmed COVID-19 cases in Yemen. Most people in Yemen, who are watching this virus spread around the world like a wildfire, bringing the most developed countries down to their knees, have all realize it was only a matter of time before the virus reached Yemen.
Letter To The Editor: Déjà Vu With A Twist – The...
This is Déjà Vu with a twist. The twist is, every State that had a large Occupy Wall Street gathering has limited the right to assemble -- everything else is the same.
Massive Death Projections Wrong
When President Donald Trump mobilized a health squad to advise him and the nation on the seriousness of the coronavirus epidemic he was given projections of death vastly exceeding the number of Americans who died in the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic.
COVID-19: A North-South Combat Zone?
The novelty of this combat “zone” against COVID-19 lies in its paradoxical nature: its limits are blurred yet its boundaries are multiple.
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program Now Available in Utah
Those who are or were self-employed in the state of Utah, prior to the economic shutdown, now have access to 'Unemployment Benefits' through the CARES act.