I'm so happy APS swim teams again have access to COA's beautiful natatoriums! APS swimmers have been overcrowded in APS's only pool throughout COVID. Thank you to our swim staff, Sonia Wimbish and for making it happen! we're thrilled to be back!
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Augustan by birth, Atlantan by the grace of Georgia Tech.
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Georgia's #49 of 50 for % of doses received administered. last, but that's with Fulton County propping up the numbers. Counties in the rest of Georgia are holding 25%+. In metro, Douglas, Henry, Heard, Meriwether, Lamar, Newton, Gwinnett are holding > 50%!
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Replying to @Grant_Blank_ @AmberSchmidtke and 2 others
Note less than half a percent on hand in Fulton (!!!!!). DPH says that's the mass site at Mercedes-Benz at work. Other health districts have as much as half of their shipped allotment yet.
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Can someone please explain all the hate for the needle? For 11/3/20, I thought it was amazing.
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It turns out the early votes my numbers implied were missing in Floyd were in fact missing. I'm going to guess Fayette also has 2500 or so early votes still to come, then, as well. twitter.com/romenewstribun…
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For anyone else distressed about whether 159 counties can complete a hand recount in a week: the 11/20 deadline can be altered by court order.
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Not for the first time, makes me completely reassess a topic I thought I understood. This one was so hard for me to believe I made my own chart adding more details and trying different comparisons. DPG's best years? 2010 & 2014.
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GA's lean relative to national popular vote:
2012: R 11.7
2014: R 2.1
2016: R 7.2
2018: R 10.0
2020: R 3.8?
For midterms, I'm using GA governor and national house pv. Quick spreadsheet on these gaps: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d
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Fulton was not required to offer early voting today, and with long hours I can't believe they did it. Impressive! No State Farm for 12/1 election, but CT Martin, Buckhead Library & Ponce Library are all back. Also my favorite because it's not as popular: Metropolitan Library.
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Starting today, voters in Georgia's 5th Congressional District in Atlanta can vote early in person in the special election runoff to fill, essentially, a few weeks of the late Rep. John Lewis' term.
That race is 12/1.
gpb.org/news/2020/11/0
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GEORGIA! Important info for the runoff scheduled Jan. 5, 2021 below:
🗳Request an absentee ballot now: ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov
🗳Deadline to register to vote is Dec. 7
🗳Early voting will begin on Dec 14
Let’s get to work!
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Also, warm thoughts for Pinney Allen who built Georgia's voter protection even though she was terrifying to work for as a baby lawyer back in 2002!
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There are so many! First to mind: , , the Beehive , , , , and the many in Cobb, N Fulton and Gwinnett who spent four years paving Atlanta's suburbs blue!
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Georgia, let’s shout out those who’ve been in the trenches and deserve the plaudits for change.
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Listen. I know y’all happy about this Georgia energy right now. But we have TWO runoff elections to organize for by January 5.
Request Absentee Ballot: NOV 18
Voter Registration Deadline: DEC 7
Early In Person Voting Begins: Dec 14
We need ALL hands on deck. #CountEveryVote
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Per 11 am press conference, the only change so far today: Sumter uploaded this morning and is now down to 0.
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NEW: Data from Georgia Secretary of State's office on how many outstanding absentee ballots they believe are still to be tabulated - over 61,000, many from Democratic-leaning counties like Fulton and Chatham. #gapol
The margin for POTUS is about 18,000 as of 9:45 a.m.
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Early voting 2020 > all votes cast in both Perdue elections (2002 vs. Barnes, 2006 vs. Taylor). This weekend: Bush v. Gore.
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Over 2.1 million Georgians have already voted. sos.ga.gov/index.php/elec
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At a nonpeak time on the 4th day of early voting, Cobb & Gwinnett still have longs lines. Including VBM, % of registered voters who have cast ballots: 7.7% Gwinnett; 15% Cobb; 13% Fulton; 16% Dekalb; 11% Clayton. So, it's not that these two counties have crushing turnout.
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As points out, Gwinnett did have a huge increase. But in prior cycles, I've been shocked by Gwinnett's hostility to early voting. Ex: only opening a single site for the first week+ of early voting.
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I used Ryan's thread & site to see what % of registered voters the top 10 processed yesterday. Cobb & Gwinett with the longest lines? Only 1.4%. Elsewhere...
3.3% Hall
3.2% Forsyth
2.7% Dekalb
2.1% Columbia
1.9% Fulton
1.7% Clayton
1.5% Cherokee
1.3% Henry
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Hey everybody, did you hear about early voting in Georgia yesterday? Apparently it happened and people had takes.
I'll try to cut through some of the noise and bring you the good stuff.
#gapol #gapolitics
georgiavotes.com
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10/5 is also the deadline to update your address if you moved. If you miss the deadline you can still vote at your old precinct if you moved within a county *or* if you moved after 10/05 *or* if you moved to a temporary home like a dorm.
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Register to vote online in Georgia for the 2020 election before the deadline on 10/5! It only takes 2 minutes.
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It's illegal to just go into polls and watch. In GA, state party registers observers 14 days in advance. You sit in your designated spot at all times inside the poll. No speaking directly to voters inside the precinct.
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Trump also told "his supporters" to "go into the polls and watch very carefully."
But he wasn't talking about poll watching. He was talking about voter intimidation.
FYI -- voter intimidation is illegal in Nevada. Believe me when I say it: You do it, and you will be prosecuted.
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Georgia House is so close! I've donated to over half the candidates in this list, focused on districts with high % Dem in 2018. Link for anyone who would like to do the same: secure.actblue.com/donate/serenity
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In addition to complaining about 45 & his taxes, I just donated a total of $750 to 3 Georgia House DLCC endorsed candidates:
@Ebony4Georgia
@wallacefor119
Booker Gainor
Let’s take the Presidency, two U.S. Senate seats, & the Georgia House!
races.dlcc.org/state/georgia/
@Ebony4Georgia
@wallacefor119
Booker Gainor
Let’s take the Presidency, two U.S. Senate seats, & the Georgia House!
races.dlcc.org/state/georgia/2
$16,816.92
That's how much you guys have raised in just over one week.
We're gonna flip the hell outta this house y'all.
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This is a once in a decade opportunity.
Help us save democracy in Georgia. Help us flip the Georgia state House.
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There's no allegation an ICE facility performed a single hysterectomy let alone mass hysterectomies. How is this better than hysteria over a caravan to the US border?
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If there were mass hysterectomies at an ICE detention facility, then the United Nations must conduct an independent investigation against the United States for crimes against humanity. The doctors who performed the hysterectomies must be brought before The Hague and stand trial.
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I'm disappointed to learn and will return zero children in-person at a time when Atlanta's daily new cases are under 8 per 100K. I am disappointed schools at both political ends ignore resources like 's Path to Zero & Schools for Health.
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School openings and children (0-18yo) have been the most complex and contested subject of the pandemic.
In this letter, we are calling for balanced and nuanced scientific and media coverage of this subject, which has been hyper-polarised and damages our public health response. twitter.com/apsmunro/statu…
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By best expert advice available on appropriate case levels for reopening, it's time to begin the transition to in-person instruction for priority groups at . I hope plans aren't impacted by this COA change.
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Also why add this disclaimer? "Fulton County-wide data is used as a proxy for severity in the City of Atlanta jurisdiction." It might be necessary for hospitalization and positivity, but for case levels Fulton & Dekalb BOH report enough details COA can report COA data.
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Dekalb doesn't subreport by city, but Dekalb 30306 30307 30312 added roughly 13 cases in a 7 day period per 100K and are averaging 2 cases daily per 100K, so lower than Fulton COA, and almost green by both WH task force & HGHI standards.
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I don't see justification for COA's 9/04 redefinition of its stages to keep Atlanta Stage 1 / Red. By original COA plan, COA is Stage 3. COA Fulton is yellow by White House task force standard (55 cases in 7 days per 100K) and HGHI (7.8 cases daily per 100K).
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Is it concerning anyone else that the new GEMA head has a resume that consists of 12 yrs as GSP officer & 8 months as GSP unit captain? Homer Bryson had 30 yrs experience incl ranger, DNR's hurricane coordinator, deputy DNR commissioner, and Dept of Corrections commissioner.
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We are happy to welcome Director Chris Stallings to GEMA/HS! gema.georgia.gov/press-releases
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This study focused on five Georgia counties using data. Reinforces the big element of luck/randomness as to whether you get one of the 2% in your community / at your event / in your school who are super infectious.
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This on #COVID19 spread: "about 2% of cases were directly responsible for 20% of all infections. We est that infected nonelderly cases (<60 y) may be 2.78 times more infectious than the elderly & the former tend to be the main driver of superspreading."
pnas.org/content/early/
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Something new & interesting to me in the actual report: pointing Georgia to WV's new dashboards. No in-person schools can operate in counties rated orange or red by the state. No sports games unless green or yellow. No sports practice unless green, yellow or orange.
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New White House report warns of Georgia's 'fragile' coronavirus improvement @ajc We have made progress with a 
of 22.5% in new cases but we are still in the RED ZONE with 167 cases/100K. Making progress but these improvements need to accelerate. ajc.com/politics/polit
of 22.5% in new cases but we are still in the RED ZONE with 167 cases/100K. Making progress but these improvements need to accelerate. ajc.com/politics/polit1
I noticed today 's calculations based on "Date of Report" (ex: Date of Report bar graphs and reported cases in the county last 14 days) don't actually match DPH's daily reports. Thoughts on why?
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I compared week over week for all of Georgia. Among large population counties, these are the top 3 counties for growth. Which makes me wonder: what's preplanning been like in Coweta? (schools opened today)
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This is early enough county numbers could be distorted by timing of lab reports, and it's early enough there's some element of luck. Ex: for every 100 super spreading opportunities created, an infectious superspreader will attend fewer than 100. But there's a lot of variance.
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An update on Georgia counties whose schools opened by 8/07. Honestly, it's better than I expected. But I hope Chattooga, Cherokee, Ben Hill & Dawson follow Schley's example. With numbers already high, why risk ongoing high growth? Close and re-plan.
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Such a simple & great idea from UC Boulder mechanical engineers on how to double-check your ventilation plans. But could someone translate this study abstract on the type of thing I should shop for into an Amazon 1-click product? ?
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A CO2 monitor (around $100 online) can help give a clue to if there is enough ventilation. CO2 levels outdoors are just above 400 ppm. A well ventilated room will have around 800 ppm. Any higher than that is a sign the room needs more ventilation (2/6)
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Wow. Candidate who wants to represent Georgians in DC kicks the state's top newspaper out of a "press" event.
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And that’s that. I got kicked (escorted?) out by @mtgreenee’s campaign manager, who said it was a closed press event ... #gapol #ga14
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Concerning number in Chattooga and Cherokee at the close of their first full week of school, but so far Columbia and Polk are pleasant surprises. I'd love to known which districts had in-person planning/staff meetings & what hvac upgrades each made.
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Dear Georgia Dems: It's okay schools are reporting cases this week. We need to reopen schools with risk mitigation (not zero risk) bc of what we lose if we don't open.
Now if Kemp/boards of ed would read the reopening criteria in this thread, maybe we could get somewhere.
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2/ on WHY, from @mkruk and @jessicaleecohen
"...demanding zero risk obscures the many known risks to continuing to keep children out of school
students lost 30% of expected gains in language learning and 50% of math skills from school closures"
wbur.org/cognoscenti/20
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Cases in Georgia's first counties returning to school, updated with 's 8/06 report.
Chattooga schools opened one week ago. Today, Date of Report cases set a local record. By Date of Onset, 8/04 is catching up to the 7/21 courthouse outbreak.
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First draft of new project tracking Georgia counties returning to school < 8/08. Polk, Emanuel, Bartow, Morgan, Gilmer have very high recent cases. Cherokee+Columbia aren't as high but are hospital capacity risks due to size. Heard+Haralson seem like Georgia's best test bubbles.
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