Morning Reads for National Senior Health & Fitness Day (May 27)

Good morning! Today is National Senior Health & Fitness Day, the oldest senior wellness event in its 27th year. Here are seven suggested activities to celebrate and I’ll definitely be doing #3 and #4 if rain permits, because all of us can participate, whether we’re seniors or not.

And now, on to the news!

Pat Conroy

• COVID-19 cases have increased by 26% in the last seven days in Georgia, but there are a couple of explanations for why.
• While cases are up, numbers of hospitalizations and deaths are down.
• Governor Kemp is hoping President Trump at the GOP will move their national convention to Georgia.
• Fulton County is now caught up with its absentee ballot applications.
• The Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Metro Atlanta Chamber are calling for swift passage of a hate crimes law.
• Several cities around the state may be losing their state-run farmers markets.

Alice Walker

• The SpaceX launch is this afternoon at 4:33 PM. Here’s NASA’s webcast link.
• Representative Jody Hice is among the 20 Republican members of the House of Representatives suing Speaker Pelosi over proxy voting.
• The DOJ has closed its investigation into Senator Loeffler’s stock trades.
• Can the White House define “success” in the fight against COVID-19?
• Here is a look at three possible tracks epidemiologists believe COVID-19 could take over the coming months.
• Nouriel Roubini, known as Dr. Doom for his forecast of the 2008 financial meltdown, is predicting a decade-long economic depression.
• 300 people were arrested in Hong Kong for protesting China’s new national security law.
• The EU has proposed a $825 trillion stimulus plan that would enable Brussels to raise money for the first time.

Flannery O’Connor

• The ancient skeletons of about 60 wooly mammoths have been found in Mexico.
• Dubai is building a “city” for e-commerce.