Trendzz Ground: February 2020

Saturday, 29 February 2020

Joe Biden Wins Decisive Victory in South Carolina

By BY AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38hgWtb

A delegate math silver lining for Sanders.

By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3cmd7WM

Steyer drops out: ‘I honestly don’t see a path.’

By BY STEPHANIE SAUL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/39bpK53

Buttigieg, in Raleigh, reacts to fourth-place finish.

By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2I9RZVE

Tom Steyer Is Set to Drop Out of 2020 Presidential Race

By BY STEPHANIE SAUL AND MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Tp7Rc8

Biden declares victory and swipes at Sanders.

By BY KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3cmcEUk

Warren, speaking in Houston, picks up an endorsement and looks to Super Tuesday.

By BY MICHAEL HARDY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wfeiGQ

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Tom Steyer ends presidential campaign after Biden wins South Carolina primary

02/29/20 6:20 PM

Sanders congratulates Biden, and looks ahead.

By BY SYDNEY EMBER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TbCl2l

For Buttigieg, a Search for Black Support That Never Arrived

By BY REID J. EPSTEIN AND TRIP GABRIEL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2T8UTjV

Joe Biden Has Less Than 72 Hours to Savor His Big Night

By BY MATT FLEGENHEIMER AND KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32EfgbL

Mother and Daughter Attacked for Speaking Spanish, Prosecutor Says

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Trump Moves to Calm Fears as First U.S. Death From Coronavirus Is Reported

By BY MICHAEL CROWLEY, MIKE BAKER AND NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38cDQ4P

This is how a race is called the moment polls close.

By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38bjHfp

Clyburn says the Biden campaign needs ‘retooling.’

By BY THOMAS KAPLAN AND KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Tuf4rg

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Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, Fox News projects, in crucial boost to campaign after early losses

02/29/20 4:01 PM

The Islanders Are Saying Goodbye to Brooklyn

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At CPAC, Trump Takes Aim at Rivals

By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wkvvhX

Biden Wins in South Carolina, Adding New Life to His Candidacy

By BY JONATHAN MARTIN AND ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2I7NCdQ

Joe Biden wins South Carolina primary with overwhelming support.

By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2I5QPKK

After 12 hours, the polls in South Carolina have closed.

By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/388KTeQ

A crowd waits for Warren in Houston: ‘I just love her energy.’

By BY MICHAEL HARDY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32ER890

Looking to Super Tuesday, Buttigieg campaigns in Nashville.

By BY DANIEL JACKSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32FTaWd

Friday, 28 February 2020

Amid Protests, Roman Polanski Wins Best Director at France’s Oscars

By BY ALEX MARSHALL from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/2uIxWuw

When an Epidemic Looms, Gagging Scientists Is a Terrible Idea

By BY DONALD G. MCNEIL JR. from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2I21y9h

Joe Biden says if he wins S.C., ‘I think I’m going to be the next nominee.’

By BY KATIE GLUECK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2VvN616

Making Pitch to Voters, Bloomberg Peddles His Experience in a Crisis

By BY JEREMY W. PETERS AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32Hvz7J

Closer to Home. But Maybe Not Close Enough.

By BY RAÚL VILCHIS from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3aclzpA

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CDC: 2nd coronavirus case due to 'community spread' confirmed in California

02/28/20 4:57 PM

Warren supporter in S.C. says: ‘I can hear me in that speech.’

By BY JOHN JETER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2PzXzET

Coronavirus Fears Reverberate Across Global Economy

By BY MICHAEL CORKERY from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2TmJ4FL

M.I.T. Researchers Cast Doubt on Bolivian Election Fraud

By BY JULIE TURKEWITZ from NYT World https://ift.tt/2PtFgkT

L.G.B.T.Q. group seeks apology following report of Bloomberg staffer’s remark.

By BY MATT STEVENS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2wdV18Q

At CPAC, It’s Now an All-Trump Show

By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2uFQ5cr

Klobuchar kicks off a Southern swing without South Carolina.

By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38djaJH

Amid Protests, Roman Polanski Wins Best Director at France’s Oscars

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Photo: Bernie Sanders high fives tiny supporter.

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Why Bernie Scares Me

By BY BRET STEPHENS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/399yGrj

Gerald Krone, a Negro Ensemble Company Founder, Dies at 86

By BY NEIL GENZLINGER from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/3aeeJjh

Who Will Care For Society’s Forgotten?

By BY THERESA BROWN AND LEAH NASH from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2weKSc1

Joe Biden Needs a Win in South Carolina. Will He Get It?

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We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus

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Tom Steyer showered South Carolina in political spending. Will it pay off?

By BY STEPHANIE SAUL AND KIM BARKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TcmYHf

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President Trump holds a rally in North Charleston, S.C., 24 hours before the polls close in the state's Democratic primary. Watc

02/28/20 4:09 PM

Celine: Fall 2020

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Second Case of Coronavirus Confirmed in Northern California

(VACAVILLE, Calif.) — Health officials on Friday confirmed another case of the novel coronavirus in Northern California, raising the tally a day after health officials revealed the first case in the U.S. believed to have been transmitted to a person who didn’t travel internationally or come in close contact with anyone who had it.

Santa Clara County Public Health Department spokesman Maury Kendall said the person is isolated at home and that other details would be provided later Friday.

A day earlier, state health officials had pegged the number of people in California with the virus at 33 after investigators announced that a woman hospitalized in Sacramento contracted it.

Residents of the community where the woman first went to the hospital, in Vacaville, are at the epicenter of what officials are calling a turning point in the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus.

As infectious disease experts fanned out in Vacaville, some residents in the city of 100,000 stocked up on supplies amid fears things could get worse despite official reassurances, while others took the news in stride.

Vacaville lies between San Francisco and Sacramento in Solano County, in the agricultural central valley and near California’s famous wine region.

It is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from Travis Air Force Base, which has been used as a virus quarantine location. Public health officials said they can find no connection between the infected woman and passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship who were evacuated to the base when the ship was docked in Japan.

The case of the infected woman marks an escalation of the worldwide outbreak in the U.S. because it means the virus could spread beyond the reach of preventative measures like quarantines, though state health officials said that was inevitable and that the risk of widespread transmission remains low.

Solano County Public Health Officer Dr. Bela Matyas said public health officials have identified dozens of people — but less than 100 — who had close contact with the woman. They are quarantined in their homes and a few who have shown symptoms are in isolation, Matyas said.

Officials are not too worried, for now, about casual contact, because federal officials think the coronavirus is spread only through “close contact, being within six feet of somebody for what they’re calling a prolonged period of time,” said Dr. James Watt, interim state epidemiologist at the California Department of Public Health.

The virus can cause fever, coughing, wheezing and pneumonia. Health officials think it spreads mainly from droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how the flu spreads.

Several Vacaville residents said they will try to avoid crowded places for now, while taking other routine and recommended precautions like frequent and thorough hand-washing. But others plan to do more.

“I’m definitely going to wear my mask and gloves at work, because I’m a server,” said bowling alley worker Denise Arriaga, who said she doesn’t care if she’s criticized for the extra precautions. “At the end of the day, it’s my life,” she said.

The case raised questions about how quickly public health officials are moving to diagnose and treat new cases. State and federal health officials disagreed about when doctors first requested the woman be tested.

Doctors at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento said they asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to test the woman for the virus on Feb. 19. But they said the CDC did not approve the testing until Sunday “since the patient did not fit the existing CDC criteria” for the virus, according to a memo posted to the hospital’s website.

The woman first sought treatment at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital in Vacaville, before her condition worsened and she was transferred to the medical center.

CDC spokesman Richard Quartarone said a preliminary review of agency records indicates the agency did not know about the woman until Sunday, the same day she was first tested.

That’s the kind of confusion that concerns McKinsey Paz, who works at a private security firm in Vacaville. The company has already stockpiled 450 face masks and is scrambling for more “since they’re hard to come by.” The company’s owner bought enough cleaning and disinfectant supplies to both scrub down the office and send home with employees.

But they appeared to be at the extreme for preparations.

Virus Outbreak California — Don Thompson—APEugenia Kendall wears a mask outside of the Vacaville City Hall while standing with her husband Ivan on Feb. 27, 2020, in Vacaville, Calif. Eugenia Kendall says she wears a mask because her immune system has been weakened from the chemotherapy she receives for ovarian cancer. Ivan Kendall says the they are not paranoid, just being practical.

Eugenia Kendall was wearing a face mask, but in fear of anything including the common cold. Her immune system is impaired because she is undergoing chemotherapy, and she has long been taking such precautions.

“We’re not paranoid. We’re just trying to be practical,” said her husband of 31 years, Ivan Kendall. “We wipe the shopping carts if they have them, and when I get back in the car I wipe my hands — and just hope for the best.”

In their investigation of the movements of the hospitalized woman, officials were trying to figure out how she got it and who else she may have unwittingly infected.

They are interviewing immediate family members and expanding their net to include more distant family members who may have been in contact, social gatherings like church that the patient may have attended and any possible time spent at work or events like a concert.

Besides the woman, all the 59 other cases in the U.S. have been for people who traveled abroad or had close contact with others who traveled.

Earlier U.S. cases included 14 in people who returned from outbreak areas in China, or their spouses; three people who were evacuated from the central China city of Wuhan; and 42 American passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

The global count of those sickened by the virus hovered Friday around 83,000 and caused more than 2,800 deaths, most of them in China.