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Stay-at-Home Order Expires Tomorrow: A summary of Governor Raimondo’s May 7 press conference

Today Governor Raimondo and DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott announced 325 new cases of COVID-19, the biggest single day increase since the weekend. “We wish it were lower, we wish it was going down,” said the governor. “It should not alarm you. It’s a reflection of the fact we’re making a big effort to test […]

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Testing to Ramp Up as the Economy Reopens: A summary of Governor Raimondo’s May 6 press conference

Governor Gina Raimondo and Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott gave the daily COVID-19 press conference today at 2:30pm. The governor and Dr. Alexander-Scott announced there were 272 new positive COVID-19 cases today. There are 324 people currently in the hospital. Of those, 86 are in the ICU and 60 are on ventilators. Dr. Alexander-Scott said there were […]

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Nutritious, Delicious and Very New England: A local produce fan responds to coronavirus

In March, when Providence residents began quarantining themselves, Evan McManamy had a major question on his mind: “How can we ensure people get the food they need?” His answer was to create a delivery service called CartwheelRI, which transports local produce and canned goods to your doorstep. As of this writing, 30 households in Providence […]

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Change of Plans: Leaked memo shows pro- corruption advocacy group ready to throw hero Trump under the bus

Dear Fellow Corruptioneers: I know some of you would rather be called corruptionistas or corruptologists, but we’ll continue that debate later. Today, unfortunately, I have more important things to discuss. This may come as a shock, coming from the head of a pro-corruption organization, but I’m going to be brutally honest with you. Actually, I […]

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Smoothing the Curve: Recent data display from the gov is more artistic than mathematic

RI Gov. Gina Raimondo at her press conference on Saturday, May 2, displayed a chart showing new hospitalizations per day from March 13 to April 26. The point of the chart, the governor claimed, was to illustrate discontinuities on April 1, “Two weeks after first closures,” and April 13, “Two weeks after stay at home […]

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Cloth Face Coverings Required as of May 8: A summary of the governor’s May 5 press conference

Governor Raimondo and RIDOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott gave the daily COVID-19 press conference today at 1pm. Dr. Alexander-Scott announced 14 new COVID-19 associated deaths, ranging in ages from 50s to 100s. There was one person in their 50s, three in their 60s, one in their 70s, with all others 80 years of age or […]

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Raimondo Outlines Phase 1 Reopening Plan: A summary of the governor’s May 4 press conference

Governor Gina Raimondo, RIDOH Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and CommerceRI Director Stefan Pryor gave the daily COVID-19 briefing today at 3pm. Dr. Alexander-Scott announced 175 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Three-hundred thirty-nine people with COVID-19 are hospitalized. Eighty-four of those people are in the ICU, and 61 one of those people are on ventilators. There […]

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