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Investigative reporter @wbaltv11 past: @wpri12 @WSBT #MedillMafia Email: tolly.taylor@hearst.com Likes/RTs not endorsements
Nov 18, 2020 20 tweets 7 min read
#NEW: With Gov. Holcomb in quarantine, Dr. Box and Dr. Weaver will lead today's coronavirus update in a few minutes. Gov. Holcomb will join by phone.

I'll follow along below. #NEW: Gov. Holcomb says contact tracing for him and his security detail is being handled by Dr. Box and her staff.

Gov. Holcomb says he'll be tested in this next week. Says his executive order implementing restrictions won't be changed this week. Says staff talking w/ hospitals
Sep 28, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING: @NotreDame President Rev. John Jenkins will quarantine after attending the nomination ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the @WhiteHouse Rose Garden #BREAKING: @NotreDame President Rev. John Jenkins, in an email to students, faculty and staff, writes in part:

"I regret my error of judgment in not wearing a mask during the ceremony and by shaking hands with a number of people in the Rose Garden." Image
Sep 23, 2020 9 tweets 4 min read
#NEW: Gov. Holcomb announces Indiana is moving to Stage 5 of reopening.

Stores, malls, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms--all may open at full capacity. #NEW: I reached out to St. Joseph County Deputy Health Officer @MarkDFoxMDPhD about @GovHolcomb's decision to move to Stage 5.

Dr. Fox's text back: "OMG!"
Sep 22, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
#THREAD: For those curious about why @NotreDame’s COVID dashboard yesterday and today didn’t include the 7 additional football positive tests, I asked ND VP Paul Browne. He replied: (1/) “Test results from FB came back on Monday but not reconciled with our corona response unit, which manages the dashboard, in time for the Monday posting or Tuesday posting at noon. It’s not unusual for there to be a lag of a day between test results from the day before and...”(2/)
Sep 6, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
Whoa. Djokovic defaulted from #USOpen for hitting a line judge. He’s done Hit the line judge in the throat
Aug 28, 2020 10 tweets 3 min read
#READ: @NotreDame faculty with backgrounds in epidemiology, physics, sociology and literature write a public letter in the @NDSMCObserver. (1/10)

ndsmcobserver.com/2020/08/listen… It begins: "It is with deep concern that we respond to the Tuesday letter written by a group of Notre Dame professors on why it is “the right decision…to have students learn and live together in person” during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic." (2/10)
Aug 28, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
#NEW: @NotreDame President John Jenkins announces that the University *will* return to in-person classes and can return in stages to the levels of activity the campus had before moving online.

The moves will begin Sept. 2nd #NEW: @NotreDame President John Jenkins strongly encourages students who are contacted for surveillance testing to respond. Also emphasizes the importance of wearing masks & social distancing.

Says after 2 weeks of online classes, the University is in a much stronger position.
Aug 21, 2020 6 tweets 5 min read
#THREAD: A recap of my reporting on @NotreDame this week:
1) Students struggling to get tested
2) One student's "scary" quarantine experience
3 The inequity of 1% of the student body (@NDFootball) making up 22% of all University tests (1/4) Monday: How one grad student describes COVID testing @NotreDame: "Oh, we don't know what's going on. We're figuring it out as we go. Good luck." (2/4)
Aug 20, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
#NEW: Another @NotreDame story coming up at 5 & 6 on @WSBT, this time on coronavirus testing for the football program #NEW: @NotreDame students say there’s an unequal distribution of coronavirus tests between @NDFootball, and the rest of the student body.

I learned the current ND football team testing *isn’t* mandated by the @NCAA—it was the University’s decision.
Aug 17, 2020 4 tweets 3 min read
#NEW: Big story that'll break some news tonight @WSBT at 5 and 6 p.m. that's related to this UNC story.

The rumors are true--some Notre Dame students are struggling to get coronavirus tests on campus, and I'll have their stories and a university official's response. #BREAKING: The rumors are true--some @NotreDame
students are struggling to get coronavirus tests on campus.

One student was denied a test after hours with 2 students who later tested positive. Another called with 3 symptoms and never heard back.
Aug 12, 2020 17 tweets 6 min read
#NEW: Gov. Holcomb will host his weekly press conference about the coronavirus in 5 minutes.

@nkellyatJG reports it might include school funding news. I'll follow along below Gov. Holcomb's press conference has now been delayed for 20 minutes. It seems to be delayed because of technical difficulties.
Aug 11, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING: Joe Biden has chosen his vice president.

Now we wait, though the announcement could come as soon as today Biden tells Rep. Karen Bass she is not pick for VP
Jul 29, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
#NEW: Gov. Holcomb hosts his weekly press conference on the coronavirus.

I'll follow along below #BREAKING: Gov. Holcomb announces Indiana will stay in Stage 4.5 through August 27.
Jul 29, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read
#NEW: St. Joseph County Health Department releases guidance for reopening schools.

Key point: Strongly recommend eLearning if county has *more than* 28 cases per day. St. Joe reported 25 yesterday, but >28 12 days in a row before that. Image Mishawaka's school board has a special session today at 3 p.m. to discuss the district's back-to-school plan.

Could this new guidance impact that plan?
Jul 22, 2020 26 tweets 9 min read
#NEW: As new cases surge in Indiana, Gov. Holcomb will host his weekly coronavirus press conference in a few minutes.

I'll follow along below. #BREAKING: Gov. Holcomb says he will sign exec. order tomorrow mandating face masks at certain times and places.
Jul 15, 2020 24 tweets 9 min read
#NEW: With coronavirus cases rising sharply throughout Indiana and especially locally, Gov. Holcomb holds a press conference to provide updates.

It starts at 2:30pm, and I'll follow along below #BREAKING: Gov. Holcomb says Indiana will stay at Stage 4.5 for at least the next 2 weeks.
Jul 14, 2020 5 tweets 6 min read
#ICYMI: An example of Michigan's education funding inequality: Benton Harbor Schools get about $10,000 per student.

30 minutes down I-94, students in the *same county* at New Buffalo Schools get $27,000 per student.
@GovWhitmer @MIHouseDems @MI_Republicans @MISenDems @MISenate @ZahavaStadler @RebeccaSibilia @AaronGarthSmith @mattrichmnd @EdBuildYi
Jul 1, 2020 11 tweets 4 min read
#NEW: In a few minutes, Gov. Holcomb is expected to announce whether Indiana will move to Stage 5 of reopening on July 4.

I'll follow along below #NEW: Gov. Holcomb announces Indiana moving to "Stage 4.5" until July 18. Says things will mostly stay the same.

Says Indiana is mostly holding steady on 4 key reopening principles. But have seen uptick in daily positivity rate and hospitalization rate.
Jun 30, 2020 20 tweets 8 min read
#NEW: Gov. Whitmer is expected to reveal and talk about the plan for reopening K-12 schools this fall.

I'll follow along below #NEW: Gov. Whitmer says Michigan's coronavirus case numbers aren't as strong today as they were a few weeks ago. One crowded bar in East Lansing was connected to over 100 coronavirus cases.

Must learn from these instances.
Jun 24, 2020 17 tweets 6 min read
#NEW: Gov. Holcomb will hold his weekly press conference on the coronavirus in 5 minutes.

I'll follow along below. #NEW: Dr. Box says 432 thousand Hoosiers tested so far. Up from 371 thousand a week ago.

Hospitalization numbers: holding steady or even seeing slight decline right now. Encourages younger people to wear masks for others. Fairbanks study: 43% of Hoosiers had no symptoms
Jun 17, 2020 14 tweets 5 min read
#NEW: Gov. Holcomb will hold a press conference in the next few minutes.

I'll follow along below #NEW: Gov. Holcomb says a budget meeting just finished.

Discussed K-12 funding, and decision reached was a 183 million dollar increase for K-12 funding.