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Dow Jones SVP, strategic partnerships (WSJ, Barron's, MarketWatch). Longtime journalist, now helping the business. Facts matter. Hook 'em!
Nov 23, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
These are today's front pages of The Kansas City Star (Missouri), The News & Observer (N.C.), The Lufkin Daily News (Texas) and the Indianapolis Star (Indiana).

Sense a pattern in the headlines? #COVID19 Here are links to each story:

Kansas City Star: "Since March, Laura McConnell has been living in the finished baseman of her Kansas City home, away from her husband and stepson upstairs. Her reason: Her husband thinks COVID-19 is fake news." kansascity.com/news/coronavir… by @LisaGinKC
Nov 21, 2020 22 tweets 11 min read
1/ It's sad how quickly Covid patients are overwhelming hospitals across America.
 
I wanted to understand the scope so I searched local news sites around the country and found anecdote after anecdote illustrating the dire situation...

(Please consider sharing this thread) 👉 The Vermont National Guard constructs a 200-bed facility for 2/ In El Paso, overstretched hospitals are airlifting patients halfway across Texas, after a 100-bed ICU at the convention center filled up.

One of the destinations? Austin, nearly 600 miles away, farther than NYC to Ohio...
kfoxtv.com/news/coronavir… (KFOX El Paso)