The New York Times reports: “Many are looking to a standard generally agreed upon among epidemiologists: To control community spread of the coronavirus, the average daily infection rate among those who are…
Category: Health
Gilley CARES Plan vs. Inweekly COVID-19 Ballsy Plan
In late March, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) act that gave counties funds to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most  Board of County Commissioners in…
Presser notes: Monuments and masks
By Jeremy Morrison Pensacola Mayor Grover Robinson now finds himself needing to caveat a recent decision by the Pensacola City Council to remove a Confederate monument from downtown. “There’s still a lot…
Dr. Lanza on schools re-opening
“I decided, let me just ask my 9-year-old granddaughter what she prefers…She said she would much rather be at school with teachers and friends.†by Jeremy Morrison, Inweekly Eyeing an August return…
County more like WD than Publix
The Florida Times-Union reports that Winn Dixie doesn’t require its employees to work face coverings and has no plans to mandate for its customers. “We strongly encourage state officials to lead the…
COVID deaths up three for Escambia
Escambia County had three COVID-19 deaths recorded for Sunday, July 19 – which brings the July total to 17 and 61 deaths year-to-date. The county’s death percentage matches the state percentage –…
Contact tracing woes
With the number of COVID-19 cases doubling in Escambia County since June 30, Dr. John Lanza, the soon-to-be retired director of the Department of Health office in Escambia County, is trying to…
200+ COVID cases daily new norm for Escambia
Escambia County has 211 new cases, another death and a positivity rate of 14.2% on 1364 test results for July 17. On June 17, Escambia County only had 1,052 total COVID cases…
Mask message from Walmart
Imagine if County Administrator Janice Gilley cared as much about her employees and the  public and sent out this message. We can’t get her to give us an accurate report on COVID-19…
Hospitalizations at West Florida – up a third
West Florida Hospital – and Santa Rosa Medical – have added 16 COVID-19 patients this week – from 48 to 64. Â From July 1-8, the hospital conducted an average of 87 inpatient…
Child COVID cases up 50% as Escambia epidemic continues
Escambia had its third consecutive third 200+ case day – 296 positives. Of those cases, 273 were Florida residents, six tied to nursing homes, one with corrections, median age of 38 and…
Escambia has ‘COVID Epidemic Outbreak’
Everywhere we look we find reports about the COVID-19 outbreak in Escambia County. Yet, the county leaders – except for Commissioner Lumon May – have refused to do anything proactive other than…