Multimedia reporter for @MO_Independent covering MO's cannabis industry, legislature and STL. #duPont2022 finalist, @Reveal contributor. Frmly @StLouisAmerican
Jan 5, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
"This is without question one of the most important and consequential moments in the history of the pandemic for the St. Louis region...quite frankly, we're really getting crushed by this virus right now." Dr. Garza, STL Metro Pandemic Task Force.
Watch: facebook.com/watch/live/?re…
"As of this morning, we had over 1,100 people in hospital that were so sick from COVID that they needed medical care. That's more than we've had at any other point in the pandemic. there's this alarming spike going on among pediatric patients," Dr. Dunagan.
Jan 7, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Great question! It's difficult to get info about the RTCC. The police dept said it doesn't track the types of crimes RTCC helps to prosecute, or whether or not the # of arrests for violent crime have increased in the center’s 4 yrs of operation. More info: typeinvestigations.org/investigation/…
The city's Feb. audit of surveillance systems was supposed to analyze the impact of its surveillance tech, but there was only 1 line: the use of video technology resulted in 768 arrests, 1675 charges resulting from arrests, 485 stolen vehicles recovered, and 120 guns recovered.
Jan 5, 2021 • 32 tweets • 9 min read
St. Louis Board of Aldermen about to discuss a Board Bill 200 to approve a contract with Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS) to provide aerial surveillance.
Baltimore police recently said that PSS has committed “serious breaches of confidentiality." baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-…
Listen to the discussion here:
Nov 9, 2020 • 34 tweets • 8 min read
The #moleg Special Committee on Criminal Justice hearing is starting.
Watch here. (Click Hearing Room 7): house.mo.gov/MediaCenter.as…
MO legislators will be talking about restricting chokeholds, no knock warrants, and officers "having sexual relations" with inmates. #moleg
Nov 9, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
STL County cases have tripled. Hospitals are near capacity and public health officials are overwhelmed, @DrSamPage saying now.
People need to stay at home as much as possible so St. Louis County doesn't have to increase public-health restrictions, he said. #COVID19#STL
"The virus is hitting us harder now more than ever.
More people are sick. More people are going to the hospital.
And hospitals are at or near their capacity in our region — not just COVID patients, all patients." — @alexgarzaMD
May 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
There isn't a "robust trend” downward in hospital numbers, said @DrSamPage today. Yet, St. Louis County & @STLCityGov set date to lift public health restrictions for May 18. One doctor said date doesn't matter as much as region's commitment to precautions. stlamerican.com/city-county-to…
Page & @LydaKrewson rely on hospital data in making decisions about public health restrictions because this data shows the amount of transmission in the community. On 5/4, both said they weren't ready to set a specific date. On 5/5, they set May 18. What happened?
Apr 8, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
In October, Dr. Alex Garza, who is the now face of the STL region's medical #COVID19 response, wrote an article about how pandemics have a similar impact as gun violence. "They affect the poor and vulnerable disproportionately."
And it's now playing out. stlamerican.com/news/local_new…
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page provided @StLouisAmerican with some preliminary data that confirms what Garza is seeing in the hospitals. According to calculations on rate per 100,000, African Americans are being infected at a rate 4 times higher than white county residents.
