Police Blotter, May 9 - 15, 2020

Anacortes Police 5 minutes read
Anacortes Police arrested and jailed an Oak Harbor woman in connection the theft of a car reported stolen out of Oak Harbor, as well as several other charges.

Drugmakers Tout COVID-19 Vaccines To Refurbish Their Public Image

Art Shotwell 7 minutes read
Vaccines and antivirals have long been an afterthought but Johnson & Johnson and other firms are widely publicizing how they might stop COVID 19.

“Immune to Evidence”: How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread

Art Shotwell 7 minutes read
Conspiratorial videos and websites about COVID-19 are going viral. Here’s how one of the authors of “The Conspiracy Theory Handbook” says you can fight back. One big takeaway: Focus your efforts on people who can hear evidence and think rationally.

Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California

Art Shotwell 57 minutes read
California’s governor and San Francisco’s mayor worked together to act early in confronting the COVID threat. For Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, it was a different story, and 27,000 New Yorkers have died so far.

Chasing The Elusive Dream Of A COVID Cure

Art Shotwell 9 minutes read
Thousands of researchers worldwide are looking for a treatment that will go beyond what remdesivir can do for COVID patients.

Mayor Gere's COVID-19 Video Briefing - May 13, 2020

Art Shotwell 18 minutes read
Now is the time to stay strong. Our lives have been turned upside down, but now - we can slowly start to build our new normal by following the Governor’s Safe Start plan. Video & full text here.