{"id":12,"date":"2020-09-11T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wesunruh.com\/notes\/?p=12"},"modified":"2020-09-12T02:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T02:08:35","slug":"local-news-for-today-in-athens-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wesunruh.com\/notes\/archives\/12\/local-news-for-today-in-athens-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"local news for today in athens, georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National attention does not often pass over my local area, considering that I live in a small town in the middle of Georgia. However the last few weeks have helped change that math somewhat, culminating in the past two days of international news coverage due to the rise in local viral cases as relative to the population density. <!--more-->As even the most conservative estimates hold that ten percent of the student body of UGA is infected as of a week ago, and local social media is buzz with videos of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriannaMbunwe\/status\/1304262138106654720\">secret parties<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriannaMbunwe\/status\/1304575599755890689\">long lines downtown<\/a> where no one is masked, the real numbers today are likely much higher.<\/p>\n<p>It is this super-charged moment that is underscored by this event which happened today.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mathematics professor Joe Fu lights a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UGA<\/a> memo on fire. The printed email from provost Jack Hu reiterated the admin\u2019s stance to faculty: don\u2019t share a positive COVID case to students without approval. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s bullshit,\u201d Fu said. Story to come <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redandblack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@redandblack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sn6k5Tv6CJ\">pic.twitter.com\/sn6k5Tv6CJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Henry Queen (@C_HenryQueen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_HenryQueen\/status\/1304520029107609600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are some helpful headlines to place this activist moment in context:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/CBS46: White House reports concern over UGA COVID-19 cases\" target=\"_blank\">CBS46: White House reports concern over UGA COVID-19 cases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"In Responding To Coronavirus, Some Georgia Colleges Don't Make The Grade\" target=\"_blank\">GPB: In Responding To Coronavirus, Some Georgia Colleges Don&#8217;t Make The Grade<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"COVID-19 infections leap again at University of Georgia\" target=\"_blank\">AP: COVID-19 infections leap again at University of Georgia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"UGA Reopening Led to Massive Spike in COVID-19 Cases\" target=\"_blank\">Flagpole: UGA Reopening Led to Massive Spike in COVID-19 Cases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/WSB-TV: UGA reports over 1,400 new cases of COVID-19 on campus this week\" target=\"_blank\">WSB-TV: UGA reports over 1,400 new cases of COVID-19 on campus this week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8717879\/Anger-University-Georgia-students-told-class-despite-cases-spike.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8717879\/Anger-University-Georgia-students-told-class-despite-cases-spike.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail: &#8216;We still have to attend class&#8217;: Anger of University of Georgia students as they are told they must keep going to school despite 1,400 new coronavirus cases in the past week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National attention does not often pass over my local area, considering that I live in a small town in the middle of Georgia. 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