by Doug Thompson | Dec 5, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, News
Virginia’s increase in COVID-19 cases rose by 3,793 in Saturday’s report from the Virginia Department of Health, which included a notation that some of the cases were a “backlog” that had been reported earlier but the numbers follow a pattern...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19
Floyd County suffered its highest one-day hit of COVID-19 virus infections Saturday with 15 new infections added by the Virginia Department of Health’s daily report that also shows Virginia’s case count rising by 3,173. Cases in the Roanoke Valley rose by...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 25, 2020 | FUBAR, Opinion
When we sit down for dinner, or balance a plate in our lap, as we watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on TV, we can thank the many people who have helped keep us alive during the pandemic that continues to grip this nation: Nurses, doctors, health care...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, Musings
The Commonwealth of Virginia added more than 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus for the third straight day, Floyd County’s case count jumped by 10, a record increase that brings the local case count to 296. Wednesday’s daily report from the Virginia...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 3, 2020 | News, Politics
Less than thirty minutes after the polls closed in Virginia, the Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner in the presidential race and Warl Warner won re-election as Virginia’s second Democratic Senator.. Notes the AP: Virginia has grown...