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Richard Read

@RichReadReports

Still freelancing, after 40 years as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, The Oregonian and other publications far and wide. *d1eef58f

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Now it appears that airborne #coronavirus is contagious. Sixty choir members breathed deeply and sang; 45 got #Covid_19 or its symptoms; two died. My story, from Mount Vernon, Wash. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead

A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead

The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.

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Watch this case! It’s likely to be the one that gets to the US Supreme Court first and that settles Trump’s eligibility to be president again and to run for the GOP nomination despite Section 3 of the 14th Amendment startribune.com/minnesota-su…
Minnesota Supreme Court to hear arguments Nov. 2 in Trump ballot challenge

Minnesota Supreme Court to hear arguments Nov. 2 in Trump ballot challenge

Led by former Secretary of State Joan Growe, group questions whether U.S. Constitution allows Trump on the ballot.

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BREAKING: Donald Trump has just painted himself in a corner. If he declassified top secret nuclear documents, he’s a national security threat. If he lied, then he committed obstruction of justice. Trump is f*cked.
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Congratulations from this Proud Dad to Nehalem and her 2020 classmates upon their Tufts University commencement, two years late! 👩‍🎓❤️🐘🎉
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Having covered the devastation of the Japan and Indian Ocean tsunamis, I would rather die in my car trying to escape than climb into one of these capsules.
Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) profile pictureMike Baker@ByMikeBaker8 Feb 2022
After today's tsunami story, a company reached out to pitch this product: a tiny capsule that you can climb in and strap yourself to a seat before being hurled violently by 40-foot waves along with all the cars, trees and homes around you. (Not yet tested in a real tsunami.)
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1/ HOW COVID TRANSMISSION WORKS: the short version I believe it is extremely important to communicate clearly how transmission really happens. Then, one can understand easily real ways to limit transmission. And it reduces resistance to e.g. masks.
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Whoa, this study showed that patients visiting their doctor after a flu patient are more likely to get the flu. Lingering virus in the exam room?
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@trvrb13 Oct 2021
I've meaning to write a "COVID endgame" thread for a while and I apologize this is somewhat delayed compared to media interviews like science.org/content/article/… and statnews.com/2021/09/20/wint… and to recent seminars like youtube.com/watch?v=VErVD_H1…. 1/17
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In Kabul, ⁦@nabihbulos⁩ describes the family of one of the bombing victim burying their loved one. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
Afghans already mourning their country begin burying their dead

Afghans already mourning their country begin burying their dead

As the death toll from Thursday's bombing in Kabul climbs past 180, Afghan families gather for funerals, and many resolve anew to leave.

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Oregon viewed fewer hospital rooms as a good thing, building a model healthcare system with the fewest licensed beds per capita in the nation. Now as the Delta variant sweeps unvaccinated rural areas, the state is desperate for more. google.com/amp/s/www.latimes…
Oregon ran a lean healthcare system. The latest COVID surge is taking it to the brink

Oregon ran a lean healthcare system. The latest COVID surge is taking it to the brink

Oregon once boasted that it had fewer hospital beds per capita than any other state. Then came the Delta variant.

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Tonight I helplessly held the hand of and stroked the hair of a beautiful 14 year old girl as she exited this world. She was looking forward to starting high school and eventually becoming a veterinarian. It was so senseless! I truly believe she could have been saved if her
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The fall of Afghanistan is painful to watch, especially for US veterans who have served there, as we found by talking to several. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
For many U.S. veterans, fall of Afghanistan to Taliban stirs confusion, disappointment and anger

For many U.S. veterans, fall of Afghanistan to Taliban stirs confusion, disappointment and anger

Retreat of U.S. troops and advance of the Taliban leave veterans of the Afghanistan war conflicted

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Watch a Washington state ferry collide with a containment boom being towed across Elliott Bay today, in this time-lapse video. @wsferries
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Today, @RichReadReports of the @latimes reported on the high #COVID19 vaccination rates among American Indian and Alaska Native communities: latimes.com/world-nation/sto…. Getting vaccinated is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

Native Americans often live far from healthcare facilities and distrust federal authorities. Still, they're getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Experts predicted they would shun the shots, but Native Americans have the nation’s highest Covid-19 vaccination rate. I tagged along with nurses on a Montana reservation. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

Despite obstacles, Native Americans have the nation's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate

Native Americans often live far from healthcare facilities and distrust federal authorities. Still, they're getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Sometimes, it turns out, a fish does need a bicycle - or rather, a ride on a truck, as I learned following sockeye salmon on a journey around a dam and across Idaho. The question is whether the endangered fish can be saved. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
Instead of braving the river, these endangered salmon take the highway

Instead of braving the river, these endangered salmon take the highway

Idaho biologists are trucking Snake River sockeye upriver this summer, trying to save them from record-breaking Northwest heat.

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Hey, check out my foray into audio, hear bald eagles screech as I describe life behind a virtual Iron Curtain on Point Roberts, a crazy patch in our national quilt. @GustavoArellano gave me a turn at the mic, and @LinshannonLin magically produced the show.tinyurl.com/d6ezbek8
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The old saw "You can't get there from here" is actually true for residents of Point Roberts, Wash., trapped on a Canadian peninsula behind the U.S.-Canada border closure. Now their tiny patch of land is about to become a food desert. tinyurl.com/xe2jppum
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Kauai is a public health success story, a place that kept the coronavirus at bay. But the pandemic has left the Hawaiian island with a widening gap between rich and poor. google.com/amp/s/www.latimes…
Kauai beat COVID-19. Now the Hawaiian island faces a new challenge: Rebuilding the economy

Kauai beat COVID-19. Now the Hawaiian island faces a new challenge: Rebuilding the economy

The COVID-19 death toll on Kauai is two. But Hawaii's outermost main island is struggling economically.

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An insightful story by @hbernton. Hal and I were writing six months ago about the split between Portland anarchists and the social justice movement that WaPo described today. bit.ly/2R8rvfl – at Seattle, WA
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Long before Ethan Nordean led the Proud Boys march on the Capitol, he washed dishes at his father’s restaurant. Some residents of their Puget Sound community objected to his extremism. “Silence is part of what brought Hitler to power,” one resident warned.lat.ms/3wdj2pZ – at Seattle, WA
He led the Proud Boys in the Capitol riot and shamed his town

He led the Proud Boys in the Capitol riot and shamed his town

Long before Ethan Nordean led the Proud Boys in the Capitol riot, he washed dishes at his family's restaurant on Puget Sound.

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