In the past two weeks, Georgia has noticed a 25% drop in the number of COVID-19 diagnostic tests conducted, according to the most recent report by the White House Coronavirus Working Group.Kathleen Toomey, who runs the Georgia Department of Public Health, says the state has the ability to test, but other people simply don’t use it. In our “Have You Washed Your Hands” coronavirus podcast, Toomey spoke to fitness reporter Sam Whitehead about COVID -19 recent tests and other advances in the state.
Can we have categories outside? …
As many schools reopen for face-to-face learning, national experts urge them to take out-of-school courses to curb the spread of COVID-19.As Martha Dalton pointed out, at least one school in Atlanta is ahead of the curve.
“New NAFTA” …
Many Georgian farmers have also been severely affected by the pandemic and, for several product manufacturers in Georgia, receive help from AEUMC, the industrial agreement reached two months ago between the United States, Mexico and Canada.Emma Hurt brought us her story.
A turbulent past, a new railway terminal, a monument …
The Norfolk Southern Railway, founded in Atlanta, rents an asset in Northwest Atlanta for a railroad terminal.The site had been the site of a brick factory that used the forced labor of convicts and was described as an “absolute horror” position.When others wonder what monuments they need to constitute the nation’s past, some have insisted that a monument be built there.Molly Samuel reported on these new developments.