Happy Wednesday, everyone! And a happy National Fajita Day to you all! I didn’t find a list of deals, but let’s be real: The only proper ways to enjoy fajitas are when you make them yourself or when you order them at your favorite local Mexican restaurant. Right?
Let’s get to the news.
Pat Conroy
- Georgia has surpassed one million COVID cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
- Dozens of children have been hospitalized with COVID across the state, including two newborns in Savannah.
- 101,000 Georgians’ voter registrations were removed from the rolls due to inactivity in the latest purge. (Alternate link.)
- The Georgia State Elections Board took steps Wednesday toward a takeover of the Fulton County Board of Elections.
- Fred has left the state, but he caused flooding and tornadoes during his stay.
- In perhaps the best decision made by the Public Service Commission in the past decade, Georgia Power is now under a stipulation order regarding new spending on the two Vogtle reactors under construction.
- Georgia is open to accepting Afghan refugees, per Governor Kemp. (Alternate link.)
Alice Walker
- Health officials are recommending COVID booster shots for all adults eight months after receiving their second dose.
- The Centers for Disease Control’s ongoing data problems created an unrealistic picture of COVID numbers in the late spring and summer. (Alternate link.)
- Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook has removed 18 million pages due to vaccine misinformation, but he won’t say how many people viewed them.
- A Chicago pharmacist has been charged with stealing official COVID-19 vaccination cards and selling them on eBay for around $10 each.
- A Texas school system has made masks part of its dress code to get around Governor Abbott’s mask ban.
- The California recall election polls suggest it’s going to be close. (Alternate link.)
- For the first time ever, there’s a water shortage along the Colorado River.
- American teachers are exhausted by the culture wars. (Alternate link.)
- In the run up to our Afghanistan withdrawal, U.S. intelligence reports were forthcoming about the Afghan army’s fragility.
- The Taliban have fired shots at protesters who are against flying the Taliban flag.
- Members of the U.K. Parliament are not happy about how the withdrawal from Afghanistan has gone. (Alternate link.)
- The death toll in Haiti has surpassed 1,900. (Alternate link.)
- Over 1,000 people have been killed since the military took over Myanmar.
- Israel is now requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to people as young as three years old to enter most indoor spaces.
Flannery O’Connor
- A cat in Cornwall, England, led a rescue team to where an 83 year-old woman had fallen into a ravine.