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Strategy
changes
Microbiologist Elisa Granato takes
whipsaw
part in the U.K.’s first human trials for
a potential coronavirus vaccine.AP
Companies states
risk losses
Federal targets
for the sake
for reopening
of a vaccine
keep moving
Some experts maintain Bret Murphy and Letitia Stein
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timeline is unrealistic
The nation’s top federal disease
Elizabeth Weise and David Heath agency had just started activating
USA TODAY Vehicles line up for COVID-19 testing April 17 outside the Monument Valley teams in nine states still relatively
Health Center in San Juan County, Utah. More than 1,000 people were tested untouched by coronavirus when new
In a series of breathtaking multi- over two days. KRISTIN MURPHY/THE DESERET NEWS VIA AP orders came in mid-April from the
billion-dollar bets by vaccine makers, White House coronavirus task force:
possible candidates to fight the new cor- Shift resources to Tennessee and
Native Americans
onavirus are being prepared for produc- Nebraska, and double down in New
tion across the globe, before it’s even Mexico and North Dakota.
known whether any of them will work. Then, three days later, the Centers
It’s one of the most dramatic exam- reach out for help for Disease Control and Prevention
ples of shortcuts and streamlining rolled out yet another plan to expand
aimed at meeting what many experts the more targeted approach to all 50
consider unrealistic target dates for a states, on an uncertain timeline.
vaccine. The strategy whiplash, document-
Anthony Fauci, director of the Na- ‘Political games’ are leaving them behind, tribes say ed in meeting notes and internal slides
tional Institute of Allergy and Infec- obtained by USA TODAY, comes after
tious Diseases, who has been front weeks of states and public health ex-
and center at White House news con- Christal Hayes, Nora Mabie perts sounding alarms about the need
ferences, has repeatedly said a vaccine and Jeanine Sant for federal guidance on testing and
against the virus may be ready in 12 to USA TODAY how to ramp up public health staffing
to trace coronavirus exposures.
SeeVACCINE,Page4A GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Nathaniel The course corrections are a sign of
Campbell has already dipped into his the chaos around federal plans to help
savings but isn’t sure how much longer states return to some semblance of
his reserves will be able to support him. normalcy as a national shutdown re-
Furloughed from the Arizona casino quired to slow the spread of a virus
he helps manage, the Tonto Apache stretches into its second month.
Most see medical pot
Tribe member is putting much of his The federal government’s state-by-
as an essential service faith in the federal government. state reopening plan relies on the
Campbell and members of Native strength of local public health net-
States with legal cannabis are split on
allowing recreational sales during the American tribes across the country are
pandemic, but a majority of Americans relying on Washington to offer a finan- See CDC, Page 3A
say medical marijuana dispensaries cial lifeline as they battle the economic
should be considered essential. and human tolls of the coronavirus
Should not be Should be pandemic. But despite billions ear- MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE
considered considered marked for tribes, members of Indian
essential essential Cash-strapped states
Country have been met with red tape,
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IND 28% 52% of uncertainty. An Arizona National Guard soldier State and local governments face
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agencies before it reaches them. And Navajo Nation Reservation
the agencies tasked with helping them on April 11. ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD Making dough when the
are already chronically underfunded. search for yeast falls flat
Despite language in the legislation
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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
State budgets awaiting federal help
Local, state governments their economies against liberal opposi-
tion if they know the feds will under-
left out of virus relief
write the cost of lockdowns,” the
editorialsaid.
Maureen Groppe
USA TODAY Disincentive to reopen?
WASHINGTON – Library employees Ray Scheppach, a former longtime
and crossing guards were among the executive director of the National Gov-
380 city workers given furlough notices ernors Association who worked with
in Louisville, Ky., this month. states on the federal assistance they re-
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ceived during the Great Recession, said
warned last week that, without addi- the economy won’t revive soon if states
tional federal aid, the state will have to – which can’t run deficits the way the
prepare for a 20% budget shortfall, federal government can – are cutting
which could hit schools, local govern- spending and raising taxes to balance
ments and hospitals. their budgets.
In Indiana, a state that President “It’s obvious (Trump) is trying to put
Donald Trump pointed to Wednesday as pressure on because he figures, ‘Well,
one that is doing “phenomenally well,” they’re going to have to open up … quicker
budget reserves could be exhausted by if they don’t get any more money,’ ” he
fall, according to one independent esti- said. But the administration, Scheppach
mate. The state is distributing a record As COVID-19 closes businesses, their states see revenues fall.GETTY IMAGES continued, is “risking a much slower re-
amount of unemployment assistance. covery” the longer it waits to send aid.
The latest coronavirus assistance Matt Chase, executive director of the
package, which Trump signed into law “They have to be responsible for their fall would still be roughly $360 billion, the National Association of Counties, said
Friday, includes nearly a half-trillion own finances,” Trump said of other gov- center estimates. That doesn’t include lo- the mismanagement argument and the
dollars to reload an assistance program ernment entities. “We’ll see what hap- cal governments’ funding losses or the concern that aid will be a disincentive to
for small businesses, send more funds pens.” additional expenses states face because reopening state and local economies are
to cash-strapped hospitals and expand Trump had tweeted earlier in the of the pandemic. By comparison, state two lines of opposition the association
coronavirus testing. week that after signing the latest bill, budget shortfalls reached about $230 bil- is battling.
It does not include the hundreds of he’d begin discussions on the next pack- lion in the worst year of the Great Reces- “We’ve heard that from the White
billions of dollars that congressional age “with fiscal relief to State/Local sion, according to the center. House,” Chase said on a call with report-
Democrats sought to replenish the cof- Governments for lost revenues.” But he Some states are likely to take bigger ers Wednesday. “What we have told
fers of state and local governments. also on Thursday called it interesting hits than others, such as those heavily them … is, ‘They want to open their
“Fortunately, what they wanted to that “the states that seem to have the dependent on tourism, those dispropor- economies as soon as possible. There’s
extract the most, I refused to go along problem happen to be Democrat.” tionately reliant on income taxes from no amount of federal aid that would
with, and the White House backed me House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, high earners whose stock portfolios overcome what the markets and the
up,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch said Friday she won’t support an addi- have shrunk, or those such as Alaska economy would generate for us.’ ”
McConnell, R-Ky., toldconservative ra- tional coronavirus assistance package and New Mexico that have a high con- A White House official declined to
dio host Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday. unless it includes money for state and centration of oil-related industries. comment on whether a desire for states
“We’re not ready to just send a blank local governments. And some states were in worse shape to lift stay-at-home orders and allow
check down to states and local govern- One of the four rescue packages going into the crisis. shuttered businesses to reopen is delay-
ments to spend anyway they choose to.” passed so far did include roughly $200 ing assistance. The official pointed to
McConnell also told Hewitt he would billion for those entities. The money An unfair bailout? Trump’s tweet in support of aid to state
support allowing struggling states to file was aimed at helping pay for new ex- and local governments.
for bankruptcy – comments that drew penses related to the coronavirus. It Illinois’ longstanding budget prob-
an immediate pushback didn’t address the severe revenue short- lems include a massively underfunded ‘Let the dust settle’
from governors and law- falls those governments are now start- pension system. The Democratic state
makers, including some ing to see as shuttered economies re- Senate president put a target on Illinois’ On Thursday, Chase told USA TODAY
Republicans. duce the collection of income and sales back when he wrote federal lawmakers that his group is working with the ad-
“The last thing we tax. this month, asking for $41 billion in as- ministration and Congress to address
need in the middle of an Dutchess County in New York’s Hud- sistance, including $10 billion to help concerns that the money would be
economic crisis is to have son Valley, for example, projects sales the pension fund. spent wisely, and he’s optimistic that
Hogan states all filing bankrupt- tax revenue could be cut in half, for a Republicans in Illinoisand elsewhere both sides will come together in a few
cy all across America and loss of about $50 million. are calling the request a brazen attempt weeks.
not be able to provide services to people to use a global pandemic to get a federal “I think we’ve got to let the dust settle
who desperately need them,” Maryland Worse than the Great Recession rescue from a self-manufactured fiscal a little bit,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.,
Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican who disaster. who has teamed up with Sen. Bob Me-
heads the National Governors Associa- The left-leaning Center on Budget “What I do not want is for this to turn nendez, D-N.J.,on a $500 billion assis-
tion, told Politico on Thursday. He ex- and Policy Priorities estimates states’ into a bailout of those states and local tance proposal for state and local gov-
pects Maryland’s revenue shortfall to budget gaps will be larger than during governments who have been fiscally ernments.
far exceed its rainy day fund despite the the Great Recession because unemploy- profligate over the years,” said Sen. Cassidy said the help can’t look like a
state’s top credit rating. ment is higher and sales tax revenue has Todd Young, R-Ind., a member of the “money grab” and there must be a clear
plummeted at an unprecedented pace. GOP leadership. rationale for how it’s allocated. His pro-
Trump weighs in Sales and income taxes contribute 70% The Wall Street Journal’s editorial posal would distribute one-third of the
of state tax revenue. Most state dollars page argued this month that sending money based on population, one-third
Trump bristled Wednesday when are spent on education, health care and more money to states will slow the re- on how hard an area has been hit eco-
asked by reporters if he agreed with transportation. covery because a cash infusion would nomically and one-third on how much it
McConnell and whether the admini- While states have rebuilt their rainy give governors an incentive to stay has been devastated by the coronavirus.
stration is withholding aid as an induce- day funds since the recession, they could locked down for longer. Contributing: Michael Collins, Chris-
ment to get states to reopen their econo- shake all the pennies out of their piggy “Democratic governors in particular tal Hayes, Chris Rickett and Morgan
mies faster. banks and the combined revenue short- won’t take the political risk of restarting Watkins, USA TODAY Network.
840 sailors test positive Asteroid approaching Earth
looks like it’s wearing a mask
on the USS Roosevelt
Joshua Bote
USA TODAY
Pacific Daily News
USA TODAY NETWORK
An asteroid is hurtling close to the
Earth, and with it, a startling reminder
HAGATNA, Guam – In a month, the of the coronavirus pandemic.
Navy has tested all of the nearly 5,000 The space rock, known as 1998 OR2,
sailors of the virus-stricken USS Theo- will be nearly 4 million miles away
dore Roosevelt. from Earth on Wednesday at 5:59 a.m.
The latest updates as of Friday morn- ET – classifying it as a “potentially
ing show positive results for coronavi- hazardous” asteroid despite the im-
rus have climbed to 840 on the aircraft possibility of it posing a threat to Earth
carrier. Negative results amount to Military personnel assemble rows of anytime soon.
4,098, with 100% of the crew tested, ac- tents on a Navy housing facility in A newly captured image by Arecibo
cording to the Navy. Dozens of sailors Dededo, Guam on Friday. Observatory in Puerto Rico brings its
who initially tested negative later tested RICK CRUZ/USA TODAY NETWORK own surprise. As the asteroid ap-
positive. proaches our planet, it looks as if it’s
Of the total cases, 88 sailors have re- wearing its own mask – and may very
covered, up from the 63 reported on Capt. Vicente Huerta said in the well be conducting its own social dis-
Thursday. video that one night the sailors coor- tancing practices.
The Navy reported 4,234 sailors dinated a time to show their apprecia- “The small-scale topographic fea-
moved ashore into housing on Naval tion by cheering all at once. tures such as hills and ridges on one As asteroid 1998 OR2 speeds closer to
Base Guam and into hotels in Tamuning “They came out on the balconies end of asteroid 1998 OR2 are fascinat- our planet, it appears to be wearing its
and Tumon. and started cheering and clapping,” ing scientifically,” Anne Virkki, head of own mask.ARECIBO OBSERVATORY/NASA/NSF
As of Friday, there were four sailors at Huerta said. planetary radar at Arecibo Observa-
the U.S. Naval Hospital and none in the “I started getting goosebumps and I tory, said in a statement. “But since we
ICU. was like, ‘OK, this is a different type of are all thinking about COVID-19 these pact-risk mitigation technologies,” she
Since the ship pulled into Guam on deployment.’” features make it look like 1998 OR2 re- said.
March 27, one sailor from the crew, Avi- Only sailors who test negative and membered to wear a mask.” The asteroid, which is about 1 mile in
ation Ordnanceman Chief Petty Officer who are asymptomatic are quarantin- It’s classified as a “potentially haz- diameter, has been traveling at nearly
Charles Robert Thacker, died after test- ed in Guam’s hotels. Sailors who test ardous” asteroid because it is more 20,000 mph since its discovery in 1998.
ing positive for the virus. positive remain on base, according to than 500 feet in diameter and closer Though it may not come anywhere near
Sailors quarantined in hotels sent Joint Region Marianas and Gov. Lou than 4,650,000 miles to Earth. Earth in the coming weeks, Flaviane
thank you messages to the Marines pro- Leon Guerrero. Additionally, if sailors “Although this asteroid is not pro- Venditti, a researcher at the observa-
viding support in the hotels. show symptoms while in hotels they jected to impact Earth, it is important tory, said in a statement that in 2079, it
A video showing some of the thank are taken back to the base, officials to understand the characteristics of “will pass Earth about 3.5 times closer
you notes was uploaded to Facebook. have said. these types of objects to improve im- than it will this year.”
NEWS USA TODAY ❚ MONDAY,APRIL 27,2020 ❚ 3A
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Florida city knows what it Many
churches
takes to reopen economy
stay closed
in Georgia
Panama City restarted
after Hurricane Michael
Congregations balk
John Bacon
despite governor’s OK
USA TODAY
Mark McQueen knows something Lorenzo Reyes
about reopening an economy. USA TODAY
McQueen had barely assumed the
role of city manager for Panama City Though they had the state govern-
when the Florida Panhandle town of ment’s backing to reopen congrega-
40,000 was hit by Hurricane Michael 18 tions to in-person services, many
months ago. The Category 5 storm de- Georgia churches ignored Gov. Brian
stroyed thousands of homes, smashing Kemp’s measure and remained closed
commercial buildings to splinters, rip- Sunday as coronavirus fears persist.
ping off roofs and blowing over trees Kemp announced April 20 that
and telephone poles. churches could open their doors “in
McQueen has ledthe effortto rebuild accordance with strict social distanc-
the city and its economy. The nation is ing protocols,” but “of course, online,
poised to join him as it tries to transition call-in or drive-in services remain
out of a coronavirus shutdown in the good options.”
coming weeks and months. In some Linemen from all over the country work to restore power in the Florida The announcement was part of an
ways, the city will start its reopening Panhandle ravaged by Hurricane Michael in 2018.PATRICK DOVE/USA TODAY NETWORK easing of restrictions in Georgia’s stay-
from behind the rest of the USA since it at-home order that is set to lift May 1.
hasn’t fully recovered from Michael. Despite the go-ahead to resume
In other ways, the city has a head gency order for Hurricane Michael on “Some are even talking about there services, most churches remained rel-
start. People are familiar with what an April 14 – the same day it extended the being a ‘W’-shaped curve with a pos- egated to video streaming or drive-in
economic reboot entails. state of emergency for COVID-19. sible second wave of the virus or a services.
“Actually, it was less than a month,” The city has accomplished a great spike in bankruptcies bringing anoth- The Redeeming Love Church of God
McQueen, a retired two-star general, re- deal, McQueen says. er dip,” he says. “I, however, believe the the Bibleway in Statesboro held two
calls of his “experience” on the job when “The lessons learned from Michael curve will look like a ‘U,’ ” much like the services Sunday, according to its Face-
the storm hit. “I was winding up my 36- are immediately applicable to the work curve after Michael. Businesses will book page. Both were livestreamed,
year military career while still com- that must be done in Panama City and slowly reopen as conditions are appro- and each hadat least 20 parishioners
manding more than 8,000 soldiers.” across the country to weather the dam- priate. in attendance.
During the transition, he took some age from this pandemic,” he says. Communication is key, McQueen Church members recorded video
time off – to donate a kidney to a church More than 1,000 Floridians have died says. Leaders should communicate April 10 of Georgia State Police order-
member he barely knew. from the coronavirus since the nation’s early and often, which will foster trust ing a service to be broken up. After the
“My first day on the job was Sept. 24,” first recorded death in February. The and help reduce anxiety and displace incident, church leaders vowed they
he says. “Hurricane Michael hit two state has logged more than 30,000 con- rumor and speculation. would continue to ignore the stay-at-
weeks later.” firmed cases. Panama City is the county “One piece of advice: Document ev- home order. In-person services were
More than 14,000 displaced resi- seat for Bay County, which has reported erything,” he says. “Elements of feder- held the past several weeks, according
dents and more than 5,000 children. 63 cases and two deaths. al assistance are often contingent on to the church’s Facebook page.
One of McQueen’s tasks was overseeing Several states, including neighboring showing the money was properly
removal of 3.8 million cubic yards of de- Georgia, have begun controversial ef- used.
bris or the equivalent of 38 years’ worth forts to reopen. Florida remains under a “Pre-disaster planning is critical,”
“I’d rather preach over you living,
of normal collections. stay-at-home order through the end of McQueen says. The warning lead-time
than preach over you dead,”
The federal government was little April, but Gov. Ron DeSantis gave some for a storm is a few days. COVID-19
help, he says. municipalities the green lightto reopen lurked for months. He notes that feder- Anthony Booker
“Panama City has received fewer beaches. DeSantis asked his state coro- al health officials have warned a sec- Baptist Ministries Conference of Augusta
state and federal disaster relief dollars navirus task force for a phase-in plan to ond wave could come in the fall or win-
than any other city hit by a storm of this reopen the state. ter.
magnitude,” he says. McQueen says the economic impact “The best time to prepare for an In Louisiana, a similar defiance of
The city was still recovering when the of the pandemic will mirror that of the event is before it happens. With the stay-at-home orders resulted in Pastor
pandemic materialized. Not all busi- hurricane in some ways. McQueen talks pandemic in full swing, communities Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church
nesses had reopened. The City Commis- of a “V-shaped recovery curve” in which should look ahead,” he says. “The time in Central being placed under house
sion voted to extend the state of emer- a number of businesses reopen quickly. to plan for that crisis is now.” arrest, according to NBC.
Mayor Bob Smith of Watkinsvilleis-
sued a news release Sunday express-
ing supportfor the Georgia governor’s
CDC tection” teams fanned out to nine low- understand the scope of the state’s measures. “I encourage you to get out-
risk states, including Wyoming, Ken- needs for contract tracers over the doors and exercise,” he said. “Go to
tucky and Minnesota, to help prevent next month. It is helping the state sup- work. Earn a living. Assemble to wor-
Continued from Page 1A future hot spots and gauge if they had plement its workforce. ship. And be grateful for every day we
reliable testing. In North Dakota, the CDC already have.”
works, for which the CDC has long pro- Then, the White House’s subsequent had teams developing a testing strate- The Catholic Dioceses in Georgia
vided national guidance. April 16 pilot program targeted four low- gy for nursing homes that are especial- said Thursday in a statement that it is
How the federal government aims to risk states – including two already on ly vulnerable to deadly flare-ups, and “not authorizing the return to congre-
realize its goals has been a moving tar- the community protection list – plus the agency was able to bolster its work gating at churches or making our
get. In some cases, records and inter- three cities hit hard: New York, Detroit in the state. churches available for devotions”
views show, it was the White House task and Boston. Walke did not provide specific dates through May.
force that directed the CDC to change Officials hoped to track the virus when the agency will have teams fo- Many priests and parishioners may
course, blindsiding veteran public among vulnerable populations, test cused on similar efforts in all 50 states fall into a high-risk category for the vi-
health officials at the agency while leav- health care workers and figure out the or elaborate on why the task force rus, the dioceses said, and if social dis-
ing some states in the dark about what percentage of people with antibodies to chose those four states at the outset. tancing guidelines change significant-
sort of help to expect from Washington. the virus who could get back to work, “This is a continuous timeline,” he said. ly they will “reexamine” the possibility
For instance, local officials in New according to internal CDC documents “We are not going to do four states and of congregating.
Mexico say they still have not begun obtained by USA TODAY. stop and then write a paper.” The North Georgia Conference of
working with the CDC teams on the One senior CDC official paraphrased Federal guidelines for the states, the United Methodist Church said in a
ground on any new initiative or received the mission explained by White House which will make their own decisions statement April 20 that it advised
clarity on the federal plan for the state. response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx as on reopening, have been widely criti- churches not to gather through May 13
“We are working to get more informa- an effort to “prove we were not asleep at cized as too loose. The White House “as we do our best to do no harm.”
tion from the White House about how the switch,” according to meeting notes. plan establishes general criteria for Bishop Reginald Jackson, presiding
many CDC folks will be deployed where White House spokesman Judd Deere de- when states can shift between phases prelate of the Sixth Episcopal District
and when, and what exactly they’ll be clined to comment for this article. of outbreak response, with expansive of the African Methodist Episcopal
doing for us,” Tripp Stelnicki, a spokes- The program was meant to last two reopening conditional on adequate (AME) Church, issued a directive to
man for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, weeks and offer federal officials insight hospital and testing capacity. more than 520 churches Tuesday pro-
said in an email Thursday. into how to expand to all 50 states, in- In Georgia, for example, Gov. Brian hibiting gatherings for services Sun-
At the CDC, Dr. Henry Walke, who is ternal records show. Instead, it lasted Kemp’s announcement this week that day, calling Kemp’s decision “unac-
running point on coordinating with the only a few days before the order came to he would rapidly reopen businesses ceptable.”
states, said that since the start of the scale it up. It is unclear who made that such as bowling alleys, gyms and hair The Baptist Ministries Conference
pandemic the agency has directed hun- decision. salons drew criticism from many, in- of Augusta held a joint news confer-
dreds of its scientists and public health An exasperated Dr. Anne Schuchat, cluding the mayor of Atlanta, the ence Friday, alongside Mayor Hardie
experts to work with state officials on principal deputy director of the CDC, state’s largest city. Ultimately, the Davis, in which President Anthony
their response efforts. broke the news to the staff earlier this soundness of his plan was questioned Booker and Pastors Charles Goodman
“Everything is changing quickly in week in a conference call, according to by President Donald Trump. and Karlton Howardurged residents to
this pandemic,” Walke told USA TODAY, an official listening in who asked to Jeremy Konyndyk, who led the heed warnings from medical experts
describing the shifting focus as simply remain anonymous. Obama administration’s response to and stay home. “I’d rather preach over
an evolution of the agency’s efforts. The official said FEMA would be the Ebola outbreak, said the Trump you living, than preach over you dead,”
“We’re deploying as fast as we can to spearheading the latest effort. FEMA administration’s plan for reopening Booker said.
meet the needs. Period.” declined to comment and directed ques- America is not only too vague but In his announcement April 20,
Critics say the government’s plans tions back to the CDC. Walke reiterated wrongly shifts federal responsibilities Kemp also allowed gyms, fitness cen-
often lack key details, extending the se- that the agency has been rolling out onto the states. ters, bowling alleys, body art studios,
ries of federal failures hobbling the na- strategies in response to national needs It sets high expectations for states barbers, cosmetologists, hair design-
tion since the start of the outbreak. since the start of the outbreak. around goals such as testing expan- ers, nail care artists, aestheticians,
“This is a signal of a bigger problem: The White House’s broad plan to re- sion without addressing how they are their respective schools and massage
the absence of informed strategic think- open America calls for states to rely on supposed to get there, said Konyndyk, therapists to reopen Friday. Those
ing,” said Dr. Tara O’Toole, who helped surveillance metrics to help track now a senior fellow at the Center for businesses must observe “minimum
develop pandemic response plans in the COVID-19 illnesses alongside robust lo- Global Development. “The hard part is: basic operations” that include employ-
Department of Homeland Security un- cal testing for the virus. How are you going to make that ee screening, social distancing and
der former President Barack Obama. Over just a few days working with the happen?” he said. “In that sense, it is wearing of masks.
“There is no clear direction, and CDC is emergency operations center in Ten- not really a plan. It is a wish list.” Contributing: Asha Gilbert, Savan-
in a subsidiary position.” nessee during the four-state beta pro- Contributing: Data journalist Matt nah Now; Wynston Wilcox, The Augus-
The CDC’s original “community pro- gram, Walke said the agency was able to Wynn ta Chronicle
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Tribes
going to die,” said Kevin Allis, CEO of the
organization. .
Rep. Deb Haaland, a Democrat from
Continued from Page 1A New Mexico and one of the first two Na-
tive American women elected to Con-
tribal casinos access to these loans. gress, said she believes the lack of mon-
Campbell’s tribe in Payson, Arizona, ey is a result of a lack of knowledge
like many Native American tribes across about Indian Country
U.S. Indian Country – federally defined “Indian Country has been left behind
areas that encompass Native American for decades,” she said. “This was all
communities across the U.S. – have Indian land at one time, and now it’s the
been hit hard by the coronavirus. Social United States of America.”
distancing restrictions have decimated Some lawmakers note that there has
incomes from casinos, the financial not been a huge focus on Native Amer-
pain rippling through tribes while the ican relations under the Trump admini-
number of infections and deaths stration.
skyrocket, reaching grim numbers that “There’s nobody really around the
outpace some states. president that knows this community
Unlike states and local governments, as well as I would like. I wish somebody
Indian Country areas are unable to did,” said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., a
collect taxes, and instead many rely on Chickasaw Nation citizen. He noted that
the income from casinos to pay for the Obama administration always had a
everything from their police depart- Native American communities have been hit hard by the pandemic as infections special adviser on such issues in the
ments to public health programs that and deaths grow and financial pain spreads. KRISTIN MURPHY/THE DESERET NEWS VIA AP White House.
have become crucial in fighting the That’s not the case with the Trump
coronavirus. administration.
“We all knew things were going on in have prior relationships with the federal nos access to the loans, conflicting “This has not been a huge focus of the
the world with the virus, but when it hits agency. “Even though we have this trea- language in the legislation led the Small administration,” Cole noted, adding
home, and it affects your life and your ty relationship with the government, Business Administration to use existing that Mark Meadows, a former House
community, I just thought, ‘Wow this is there’s so much red tape involved in get- regulations that have barred many member now serving as Trump’s chief
really big,’” said Campbell, 52, who is ting dollars to tribal communities,” said gaming operations from accessing the of staff, has been helpful.
now using what money he has in sav- Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. program. The White House pushed back on
ings to also support his parents. The Navajo Nation, which spans The SBA reversed course on Friday, criticisms that tribal affairs has not
“We’re doing our best to comply with more than 17 million acres across por- offering updated guidance that opens been a priority, pointing out the presi-
what has been put in place, practicing tions of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico, the door to tribal casinos. On Thursday, dent has hosted tribal leaders at the
social distancing, washing our hands has reported about 1,300 COVID-19 Congress passed an additional $320 bil- White House, established a new task
and sheltering in place. But now we cases and 49 deaths – about triple the lion for the program, which tribes will force for missing and murdered Native
need the federal government to step up number of cases in either Montana or now have access to. Americans through an executive order
and say, ‘We will back you up.’ We need Wyoming. and assembled a COVID-19 response
them to stop playing these political A bipartisan group of lawmakers has Disparities are ‘off the charts’ team for Indian Country as it battles the
games with our lives.” . been working behind the scenes to free virus.
up money and fix issues that have As coronavirus infiltrates communi- “President Trump continues to advo-
Waiting for help as deaths mount plagued tribes, even working their con- ties worldwide, it has exposed inequal- cate for the health and well-being of the
nections in the White House. ities within minority communities, in- Native American community, especially
The $2 trillion emergency bill passed Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., said cluding the more than 5 million people as we fight COVID-19 together,” Judd
by Congress in March provided about one of the primary concerns has been who identify as Native American. Deere, White House deputy press secre-
$10 billion for tribes, including $8 billion getting access to CDC money, a problem Many live on reservations across the tary, told USA TODAY in a statement for
for the nation’s more than 500 federally that stems from tribal organizations like Midwest, in homes without internet, this story.
recognized tribes themselves and IHS not having established funding re- electricity or running water, making Meanwhile, major voices within the
$2billion for federal agencies tasked lationships with the CDC. washing hands often more difficult. Indian Country community are de-
with Indian affairs. “I’ve been really pushing on, like, cut Native Americans also die at much manding that the federal government
But that help hasn’t arrived yet. the red tape, you know, help these guys higher rates from tuberculosis and dia- step in to help.
Tribes and congressional leaders get their access that they need,” she betes and suffer from heart conditions “The bottom line is we’ve done every-
have outlined issues that have tied up said. at a disproportionate rate compared thing right. We have been the definition
money or made relief harder for tribes to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., had with the rest of the nation, according to of a responsible employer. We’re the
receive them. been pressuring the Treasury Depart- data from the National Congress of reason why the economy in northeast
For instance, the legislation did not ment on allowing access for gaming American Indians (NCAI). Oklahoma is not worse than it could be,”
determine how the $8 billion would be tribes to the small business loan pro- “When you look at Indian Country, said Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of
disbursed, leaving disagreements on gram established in the March stimulus the health disparities are off the charts. the Cherokee Nation.
how much each tribe should receive. package. There’s high rates of diabetes and heart “Now, we need Congress to do the
Tribes also have had trouble access- While lawmakers say language was disease, so if they get infected (with cor- right thing.”
ing money at the CDC, and many don’t specifically added to allow tribal casi- onavirus), there’s a good chance they’re Contributing: Deborah Barfield Berry
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industry to eradicate COVID-19 and get to the World Health Organization. The
18 months. That timeline would shatter any future vaccine to patients as quickly A vaccine may be impossible hope is that many will succeed.
all precedents for developing a new vac- as possible, despite the incredible risks A vaccine might be possible in late
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The fastest it has ever been done was for president of Infectious Diseases & Diag- Vaccines for respiratory ailments have a said Jon Andrus, a professor of global
mumps, which took fouryears. nostics Policy at the biotechnology in- history of setbacks. In 1966, two tod- vaccinology and vaccine policy at the
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6A ❚ MONDAY,APRIL 27,2020 ❚ USA TODAY NEWS
USA TODAY INVESTIGATION
School reopens misconduct probe
San Jose State president says file from 2009 investigation ‘gave me pause’
Kenny Jacoby and Rachel Axon they had never reported their accounts
USA TODAY before.
Despite giving their accounts directly
A top San Jose State University ath- to university investigators, the swim-
letic trainer accused of sexual miscon- mers who spoke to USA TODAY said
duct toward more than a dozen female they graduated without ever being in-
athletes a decade ago is being reinvesti- formed of the investigation’s results.
gated after an initial university inquiry “There was no closure on it,” Macky
quietly cleared him of wrongdoing, a said. “When I came back for my senior
USA TODAY investigation found. year, he was still working there.”
Scott Shaw, who has been San Jose Other than to describe trigger-point
State’s director of sports medicine since therapy as an accepted treatment meth-
2008, allegedly touched female athletes od, the university did not directly re-
beneath their undergarments, massag- spond to questions about how it deter-
ing their breasts and pelvic areas when mined Shaw was not responsible for
they sought treatment for other parts of wrongdoing.
their bodies. Hisashi Imura, atrainer at San Jose
The university’s first investigation State at the time, told USA TODAY that
started in late 2009 based on the ac- staff wasn’t informed of the results ei-
counts of 17 members of San Jose State’s ther. He said he had no direct knowledge
women’s swimming and diving team. of Shaw’s conduct because they worked
Their accounts are documented in a San Jose State University is reinvestigating claims of sexual misconduct against in different training rooms on campus,
nearly 300-page file compiled by the its director of sports medicine, Scott Shaw. Seventeen female swimmers alleged but that he was interviewed for the in-
swim coach, Sage Hopkins. The coach in 2009-10 Shaw inappropriately touched them.SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY vestigation as a medical expert of sorts.
notified campus police at the time, the Imura said investigators asked
file shows, but Shaw was never arrested whether trigger points could be mas-
or charged. saged to relieve pain. He said yes, but
Hopkins sent the file to the school’s that the trainer should explain the ther-
Title IX office in 2018, it shows. Hopkins apy first, obtain consent and, if the ath-
has circulated the file among NCAA and lete is a different sex, have someone of
Mountain West Conference officials in the same sex present.
the last year, the university said. “There shouldn’t ever be a need to go
USA TODAY obtained a copy of the under clothing,” he said.
file. The bulk of it pertains to the allega-
tions from a decade ago. Dozens of New training policies
pages address other issues related to Caitlin Macky alleges she
the swim team and claims of dysfunc- was inappropriate Shawna Bryant, another former San
tion in the athletic department in the touched during Jose State athletic trainer who worked
years since. treatments. CAITLIN MACKY with Shaw from 2008 to 2017, told USA
No new complaints have been made TODAY she witnessed Shaw reaching
against Shaw since 2009, the university Kirsten Trammell, left, under female athletes’ clothing her first
said, but it reopened the investigation in and Linzy Warkentin, year on the job. She said she confronted
December, when the file came to the at- both said Shaw touched him and memorialized their conversa-
tention of the school’s president, Mary them inappropriately. tion in an email and shared it with uni-
Papazian. It was the first Papazian had LINZY WARKENTIN versity investigators in 2009-10.
heard about the matter since taking of- “I just don’t think that you should be
fice in 2016, she said in a statement. touching somebody’s pecs and interior
While the first investigation found no and noting the requirements to keep my is reflected in an email he wrote to Marie muscles when you have to deal with,
wrongdoing, the file “gave me pause and public comments complimentary of Tuite, then the deputy athletic director like, a knee injury,” she said. “And even
I wanted to know more about what hap- SJSU and the athletic department, my and now the athletic director. But Shaw then, you can still do it over the sports
pened,” she stated. attorney has advised that I should not continued to treat swimmers on at least bra or the spandex.”
Four of the 17 swimmers who provid- comment at this time.” three occasions after that, Hopkins al- In the years after it cleared Shaw, the
ed accounts in 2009 independently Hopkins’ attorney, Paul Smoot, dis- leged in the file, citing specific exam- university adopted policies that now re-
gave their accounts to USA TODAY this missed Costanzo’s claims in an email. ples. quire trainers to explain all treatments
year, claiming Shaw often worked alone San Jose State’s human resources In the new investigation, the swim- to athletes, who must give verbal con-
with them in the training room, did not department investigated the allegations mers see similarly worrying steps. sent. The university’s current sports
explain his treatments and did not ob- against Shaw in 2010 and cleared him of First, the Title IX coordinator who medicine policy also now requires a
tain informed consent. any wrongdoing, the university told started reinvestigating Shaw resigned chaperone to be present when a trainer
In addition, reporters tracked down USA TODAY. It did not address the spe- from the university without explanation treats “intimate or potentially intimate”
two former athletes from other San Jose cific allegations against Shaw, saying in late February. And just days after areas on athletes of the opposite sex “for
State women’s teams who said they only that its investigation “concluded that, Tuite fired her second-in-com- the protection of the student-athlete
stopped seeing Shaw after similar Trigger Point Therapy was a bona fide mand, who alleges the decision was in and the medical practitioner.”
touching that made them uncomfort- and accepted method of treatment.” retaliation for his defense of Hopkins. In addition, records show Shaw
able. Both said the university never Since the 2009-10 case, San Jose “I’m upset that this person abused agreed to informal restrictions on his
asked them about Shaw. State has changed its sports medicine his power, but I’m even more upset that contact with at least some female
Caitlin Macky, a junior swimmer dur- policies to bar the type of touching Shaw this larger power allowed him to do that athletes.
ing the first investigation, told USA allegedly did without explicit consent and then still keep his job there,” Macky In late 2012, Shaw agreed to stop
TODAY that Shaw used a muscle stim- and the presence of a chaperone. It did said. “We weren’t taken seriously, and treating swimmers, except in emergen-
ulator to treat her knee and shoulder. not answer a question about whether it we weren’t protected at the time.” cies if no other trainers were available,
But once while applying an adhesive changed the policies because of Shaw. he wrote in an email to Tuite, who took
pad to her chest, he inexplicably Shaw has since served as the head Similar accounts over as athletic director in 2017. But
reached his hand beneath her bra and trainer for all sports and the primary Shaw continued to treat swimmers on at
touched her nipple, she said. On anoth- trainer for men’s basketball, men’s soc- Allegations against Shaw first sur- least three occasions in the six months
er occasion, she said, Shaw reached his cer and women’s golf. He is not treating faced in December 2009, when Hopkins after that, Hopkins wrote in subsequent
hand into her underwear while placing a athletes during the current investiga- alerted university administrators that 17 emails to Tuite.
pad on her hip. tion, the university said. of his swimmers described alleged inap- Recent personnel changes have left
“He didn’t give me any forewarning of San Jose State said it hired an out- propriate treatment by Shaw. After some swimmers concerned the univer-
like, ‘Oh, I’m going into your underwear’ side investigator to review the matter in meeting with his team, Hopkins typed sity is retaliating against their coach for
or anything like that,” Macky said. January, and Papazian asked the Cali- and emailed summaries of the swim- rereporting their accounts about Shaw.
fornia State University System Title IX mers’ accounts to administrators. For one, Tuite ordered her second-in-
Denials of wrongdoing coordinator to supervise “to avoid any According to Hopkins’ notes, 14 said command, Steve O’Brien, to formally
potential conflicts of interest.” Shaw had put his hands under their discipline Hopkins as the new probe
Three other swimmers described In a statement responding to ques- bras, in many cases massaging their ramped up in mid-February, O’Brien
Shaw touching their breasts or groins tions from USA TODAY about Shaw, breasts and sometimes exposing their told USA TODAY.
while conducting trigger point therapy CSU spokesperson Toni Molle said, “It nipples. One said Shaw touched her After O’Brien told other university of-
away from the site of their pain. Shaw, has come to the attention of San Jose breasts without going under her bra, ficials that the measures could be retal-
they said, was the only trainer who per- State University that there may be stu- while another said Shaw placed his iatory, Tuite fired him without explana-
formed that type of massage, which en- dents who were not interviewed” as hands within a half-inch of her nipple. tion on March 2, he said. In O’Brien’s
tails applying pressure to various points part of the 2009-10 investigation. Five said Shaw touched them beneath assessment, the discipline against
in the body to relieve pain in other areas. San Jose State did not make employ- their underwear. Hopkins amounted to “an effort to dis-
“I don’t think that that was the one ees available for interviews and provid- Warkentin, a junior during the inves- credit him and potentially undermine
thing that had to be done in order to help ed written responses to questions in- tigation, told USA TODAY Shaw treated the merits of the recently reopened Title
us heal or recover,” said former swim- stead. Ten current and former officials her about three times a week for two IX investigation.”
mer Linzy Warkentin, one of the original contacted by reporters declined to com- years after she suffered an elbow injury The university did not comment on
complainants. “And I’m pretty sure it ment, referred questions to spokesper- as a freshman. During that time, she O’Brien or Hopkins. Tuite referred ques-
would have been the same outcome if it sons or did not respond. The university grew to like and trust him, she said. tions to the university.
was on top of my bra.” also declined to release records from the But Warkentin said Shaw without ex- Additionally, just days before O’Bri-
Shaw declined to comment. Through first investigation, including the police planation switched to using trigger- en’s firing, Tracey Tsugawa, the univer-
his attorney, Lori Costanzo, he has de- report, citing privacy interests. point treatments, which entailed him sity’s Title IX coordinator, abruptly re-
nied any wrongdoing. She declined to “I am committed to full transparency, placing his fingers under her sports bra signed after just over a year on the job.
answer detailed questions, citing the and SJSU will provide an update at the and pressing her breast. Tsugawa declined to comment for
pending investigation. completion of the investigation,” Papa- “I remember laying there and being this story. The university also said she
“San Jose State University made a zian said. like, ‘Oh my god. Either he can see my did not provide a reason for resigning.
thorough and complete investigation Swimmers who spoke to USA TODAY nipple, because his hand is lifting up my The swimmers had trusted Tsugawa
into one allegation made against Mr. faulted the school for the way it con- bra, or he’s about to touch it,’” Warken- to run a fair investigation, they said.
Shaw 11 years ago,” Costanzo wrote in a ducted the first investigation. Rather tin said. “It was not comfortable.” Now they fear it will stop in its tracks.
cease-and-desist letter to Hopkins ac- than investigate their accounts individ- Kirsten Trammell, a junior swimmer Hoos referred questions to Molle, the
cusing him of resurrecting the allega- ually, San Jose State said it investigated at the time, told a reporter Shaw per- CSU spokesperson who said in a state-
tions against her client to ruin his rep- a formal complaint from one swimmer. formed trigger-point therapy when she ment that “many factors determine
utation. “The matter was promptly The other swimmers’ claims were treat- saw him for an injured hip. He reached whether a formal investigation can be
dropped with no further action taken ed as witness statements, it said. The his hands beneath her underwear and initiated.”
against Mr. Shaw. In fact, Mr. Shaw con- school closed the case without sharing pressed into her groin, she said. The statement continued, “The Uni-
tinued to work in his current role, with- the outcome with any of them beyond In addition to the swimmers, athletes versity acknowledges that inquiries of
out consequence, to the present.” the one complainant. from two other San Jose State women’s this nature are sensitive and difficult to
Hopkins declined to answer ques- Despite the school clearing Shaw, he teams described similar encounters discuss and encourages any former or
tions for this story, saying in a state- in 2012 agreed not to treat swimmers, with Shaw from around the same time. current students with information to
ment, “After reviewing my contract ... except in emergencies. The agreement Both told USA TODAY in February that come forward if they are willing.”
NEWS USA TODAY ❚ MONDAY,APRIL 27,2020 ❚ 7A
OPINION
TODAY'S TOPIC: LESSONS FROM AFAR
Our view: To fight COVID, U.S.
could learn from other nations
People in the United States like to COVID-19 mortality rates
believe in “American exceptionalism,”
(deaths per 100,000 people)
the notion that the nation’s military,
economic and moral superiority make
it an exception among the countries of
Taiwan 0.03
the world.
With 55,000 confirmed lives lost in
the United States as of Sunday evening
and widespread economic disruption New Zealand 0.37
from the coronavirus, it is increasing
apparent that America could learn a
thing or two from how other democra-
South Korea 0.47
cies are managing the pandemic.
Taiwan, for example, never ordered
a lockdown. Its baseball season is in
full swing, if without crowds, and the Iceland 2.83
country is so flush with pandemic sup- R.J. MATSON/POLITICALCARTOONS.COM
plies that it is exporting nearly 10 mil-
lion masks to America and elsewhere.
Germany 7.09
Under Iceland’s “lockdown lite,” kin- Don’t swallow bleach,
dergartens and elementary schools are
on limited operations, allowing parents
to work. South Korea’s malls and res- United 16.43
or misinformation
States
taurants are bustling.
Constraints are being eased in New
Zealand and in Germany, which sits at SOURCE Johns Hopkins Coronavirus
Resource Center, as of Sunday afternoon.
the center of a European continent We know how harmful pervasive and prevalent as the virus it-
KARL GELLES/USA TODAY
stricken with COVID-19. self. Over the past two months, we have
cleaning detergent is
The rate of coronavirus deaths in aggressive on testing. Taiwan checked witnessed a Florida county commis-
these five countries — three of which passengers disembarking from cruise sioner suggest that the virus could be
are led by women — is significantly less ships and retested patients diagnosed Dr. Akash Goel and Dr. Anthony Choi cured with hot air from a blow-dryer
than that in the United States, which with influenza or pneumonia to ensure and the Las Vegas mayor suggest that
has lost more people to the virus than that no mistakes were made. South Ko- In our work as gastroenterologists, her city be used as a “control group” to
any nation and has the world’s seventh rea launched drive-thru diagnostics on there are a few types of medical cases see whether social distancing works.
highest COVID-19 mortality rate. Feb. 26, weeks earlier than the United we never forget. One is caustic injury to Then there’s Dr. Phil, who’s not a
What are some of the lessons from States did. the esophagus caused by ingestion of medical doctor, calling for the economy
afar for America? Iceland leads the world in per capita household bleach or cleaning deter- reopening after comparing coronavirus
❚Be prepared. South Korea and Tai- testing, while America ranks 41st. gent. As our job involves looking inside deaths to noncommunicable causes of
wan learned from earlier outbreaks ❚Communicate with authority, the body with a camera, here is the view death such as drowning and car acci-
(the Middle East respiratory syndrome candor and science. German Chancel- from the inside: The detergent causes dents. Confused again. This type of
for South Korea in 2015 and the severe lor Angela Merkel drove home the need liquefactive necrosis, which literally thinking is both the cause and effect of
acute respiratory syndrome for Taiwan for social distancing by delivering her burns through the layers of the esopha- our government’s sidelining the Cen-
in 2003) and established pandemic only national address since taking of- gus. In the worst of cases, the damage ters for Disease Control and Prevention
preparedness offices that swung into fice in 2005, other than her annual New can perforate the lining of the esopha- and the World Health Organization, in
action soon after the World Health Or- Year’s addresses. She declared corona- gus, leading to sepsis and death. the most critical time of need.
ganization was notified Dec. 31 about virus the most serious challenge Ger- There were roughly 200,000 such We have long been warned of false
pneumonia-like cases — later con- many has faced since World War II. It ingestions in 2012, according to the U.S. prophets and snake oil salesmen. For
firmed as a novel coronavirus — emerg- certainly helped that she had once National Poison Data System. They are hundreds of years, the practice of
ing in Wuhan, China. Taiwan began been a research scientist. medical emergencies and are responsi- medicine has evolved with the rigorous
checking passengers from Wuhan for Merkel’s signature style is sober, ble for considerable morbidity. scientific method — an iterative proc-
fever and other symptoms that same cautious and analytical. Equally clear These substances are unequivocally ess of observation, testing and refine-
day, and South Korea started to screen and consistent in crisis communication toxic. We were aghast to hear the presi- ment, and a method that best approxi-
and quarantine arriving Wuhan pas- during her Facebook live chats is New dent touting injections of them as a mates truth. We have practiced it reli-
sengers three days later. Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ar- possible treatment or cure for CO- giously in our training over decades so
By contrast, the Obama administra- dern. Both leaders showed success in VID-19 last week. Many look to White that we can offer our patients the most
tion set up a pandemic response office earning the kind of trust necessary to House briefings to be purveyors of accurate information.
in the White House after the Ebola out- fuel a unified public response. truth, held to the highest standards.
break in 2014, but it was folded into a Most Americans don’t trust what The day after Donald Trump’s briefing, Obligation to speak out
biodefense directorate in the Trump President Donald Trump tells them calls to New York’s Poison Control Cen-
administration. The United States be- about the coronavirus. He fumbled ter about toxic exposure to household We worry not only that there’s a de-
gan a limited health screening of pas- facts during an Oval Office address on chemicals more than doubled over the volution and dilution of the scientific
sengers from Wuhan in mid-January the crisis, sometimes disputes his gov- same window last year. method that poses a cultural dilemma,
after an estimated 4,000 people from ernment’s own scientists, and recently As physicians working on the front but also a dilution that cuts to the core
there had already come into the coun- mused that COVID-19 might be treated lines of COVID-19, we are deeply con- of the American experiment. Truth is a
try, according to The New York Times. by injecting people with disinfectant. cerned about another plague that is pillar of democracy, part of its very fab-
❚Rapidly test and contain. Taiwan, Five democracies eased the physical epidemic in our country: misinforma- ric. Trump’s false claims about “fake
South Korea, Iceland and Germany be- and economic damage wrought by CO- tion. Since the very first cases were news” media, and his recent harmful
gan stockpiling test kits even before VID-19 through quick and informed identified early this year, our public medical advice, erode that foundation
their first coronavirus deaths. The leadership. Perhaps some of them will health response to the virus has been of truth and create the environment
United States, meanwhile, fumbled the still stumble as this complex pandemic undeniably restricted by contempt to- that political philosopher Hannah
creation of a COVID-19 test in February progresses. But Americans can rightly ward truth. Initially, in February, the Arendt warned of in which “everything
and has been behind ever since. ask why, in this crisis, the United States magnitude of the virus’ threat was was possible and … nothing was true.”
Other nations were innovative and has been exceptional in the wrong way. downplayed during the critical weeks As we are risking our lives on the
when unmitigated community trans- front lines of the COVID response, we
mission was occurring. feel our government is faltering. In
medicine, our Hippocratic oath serves
A xenophobic agenda as our foundational truth and guide. Its
YOUR SAY
central tenet is to “do no harm.” As phy-
Time and time again, the president sicians, we feel a moral and profession-
Going too far on coronavirus and alcohol proselytized the unproven benefits of al obligation to speak out against mis-
hydroxychloroquine, claims which information, which not only serves to
were later walked back by the Food and confuse, but could threaten the lives of
LETTERS However, your report “Drinking al- Drug Administration after a Journal of our patients. As citizens, don’t we all
[email protected] cohol may heighten risk of getting coro- the American Medical Association have an obligation to do the same?
navirus, WHO suggests” and the World study reported adverse outcomes of
Health authorities have recently Health Organization’s advice both go higher death rates associated with cer- Dr. Akash Goel, an assistant profes-
ramped up efforts to debunk dangerous too far. People contract COVID-19 by tain doses of the drug. This is on top of sor of medicine at Weill Cornell/New
myths that drinking alcohol can kill the being exposed to the virus in droplets the tragic accidental death of an Arizo- York Presbyterian Hospital, was
COVID-19 virus. As a practicing family from infected people or surfaces. While na man who ingested a formulation of awarded a Cannes Lion for his work in
physician, I couldn’t agree more that excessive drinking could negatively chloroquine in aquarium cleaner to human rights advocacy. Dr. Anthony
now is the time to practice healthy life- impact the immune system, the exact keep himself from getting sick. Choi is a fellow in gastroenterology at
style behaviors — eating right, exercis- nature of the effect is not certain. In- Another element of administration Weill Cornell/NewYork Presbyterian
ing when you can, getting enough deed there is some evidence that drink- misinformation has been to embed a Hospital.
sleep, keeping social with friends on ing in moderation is associated with political and xenophobic agenda into
video calls, and drinking in moderation longer, healthier life expectancy. the public health response. As physi-
Coronavirus hotline
if you choose to drink. At a time when Americans are al- cians and as first-generation Ameri-
I also agree it is critically important ready experiencing heightened anxiety, cans from immigrant families, we both
Call 540-739-2928 to share your ex-
to debunk myths about how the virus is evidence-based communication is took particular offense at the president
periences. Leave your full name, phone
transmitted and treated. Drinking alco- more important than ever. It will not labeling the virus as explicitly Chinese
number and email address. We may
hol clearly cannot kill COVID-19 once it help our pandemic response to create and also around his blanket immigra-
publish your comments.
enters the body. It is also true that needless panic about drinking in mod- tion bans, which don’t pass muster in
drinking too much alcohol (more than eration when we should be focused on terms of public health rationale. WANT TO COMMENT?Have Your Say at
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Worker: I
was fired
for doing
my job
Mich. stay-at-home
order sparks debate
Michael Elrick
Detroit Free Press
USA TODAY NETWORK
Amber Gorby ordered the beach
towels, stuffed animals, smartphone
chargers and the other doodads found
by the cash registers at HomeTown
Pharmacy’s three dozen stores. When
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered busi-
nesses to “suspend in-person opera-
tions that are not essential to sustain
or protect life” to help fight the spread
of the coronavirus, Gorby figured she
could work from home.
She stated her case at a staff meet-
ing at HomeTown PHAR headquar-
ters about an hour after the governor
issued her “stay home, stay safe” or-
der March 23.
“It just didn’t go over
well,” said Gorby, who
was retail sales man-
ager at the time.
By 3:30 p.m., she
was headed home, but
Gorby not with a laptop. She
had a termination let- Unlike traditional yeast breads, no-knead bread uses a small amount of yeast and a wet dough.CHULA KING
ter.
Gorby is at the forefront of a debate
in Michigan about which workers are
Bakers are in
essential and which should be al-
lowed to work from home. She took
her case to the state Occupational
Safety and Health Administration,
knead of yeast
and her attorney sued HomeTown
Pharmacy, bringing one of the first
cases that could help define the legal
limits of Whitmer’s executive orders. and other staples
Gorby’s boss said Whitmer’s exec-
utive order had nothing to do with her
firing.
In the letter Gorby got on her way
out the door, HomeTown President Jessica Guynn and Kelly Tyko USA TODAY
Jonathan Gricewrote, in part: “Today
was another example of our differ- Amanda Stevens has just pulled hot bagels out of the oven in her
ences becoming something that spills
Berkeley home. A culinary school graduate and caterer who was re-
over and affects the greater team. The Irish soda bread is leavened by the
disagreement in the meeting today cently laid off, Stevens, 30, reinvented herself as a baker after Cali- reaction between baking soda and
showed that you are not willing to ex- buttermilk rather than with yeast.
emplify the values that HomeTown fornia’s COVID-19 shelter-in-place order. ❚ There was only one prob- BODS VIA FLICKR
Pharmacy is committing to hold its
lem with her plan: the nationwide shortage of active dry yeast. “It’s
teammates to.” If you need yeast,
Gorby’s lawsuit claims that her hard to sell brioche with no yeast,” Stevens says.
here are some tips
spotless service record over nearly 17
years with the Newaygo-based phar- ❚ Search for recipes that don’t re-
macy chain was not enough to over- For more than twoweeks she scav- has never seen. quire yeast. Banana bread, zucchini
come her disagreement with Grice enged local stores for active dry yeast The yeast shortage began with bread and cookies are among the top
over whether Whitmer’s order applied in jars and packets, even by the pound, shoppers panic-buying at the start of recipes that don’t need yeast.
to workers at HomeTown’s headquar- with no luck. So Stevens turned to the pandemic. Stay-at-home orders
ters. neighbors and friends. sparked a run on supplies so massive ❚ Ask a friend or neighbor. With yeast
“This comes down to values to me. Soon, slim three-packet strips that the two to three weeks of dry being a pantry staple, perhaps friends
The company is not following the started turning up on her front porch yeast buffer inventory Fleischmann’s who are non-bakers have a packet to
guidelines,” Gorby said. “I spoke up, and in her mailbox. And a local Ger- had on hand “was gone almost in- spare. Also ask friends to monitor store
and I got fired.” man restaurant had some extra on stantly,” Heilman told USA TODAY. inventory to limit grocery trips.
Grice, whose family owns the chain hand. Now Stevens is popping outdin- Fleischmann’s has no shortage of ❚ Look in non-conventional spots.
of 36 stores that stretches from Sut- ner rolls, hamburger buns, sandwich raw materials needed to make yeast. Some restaurants from national chains
ton’s Bay in northwestern Michigan to breads and sticky buns she’s selling The company is hiring and training to locally owned eateries have opened
Monroe in southeastern Michigan, through Instagram. new workers, dusting off unused markets and are selling groceries in-
said, “The conditions around her ter- Whether kneading dough to let off equipment and ramping up produc- cluding flour, They may also have yeast
mination have nothing to do with the steam or to make homemade pizza for tion. And it’s replenishing low supplies for sale.
coronavirus crisis.” kids home from school, America is of paper packets and jars.
He declined to elaborate. baking its heart out during the CO- “We are not leaving any stone un- ❚ Make your own. Washington State
VID-19 pandemic — or at least stock- turned to put the supply back into the University’s Bread Labhas a recipe for
SeeSTAY-AT-HOME,Page2B piling key ingredients, causing deep pipeline,” Heilman says. Still, he esti- asourdough starter on its website,
shortages of pantry staples that rival mates it will take one to two months, which is a way to grow yeast. The proc-
the absence of toilet paper, disinfec- give or take, to get store shelves ess does take time and if you go the
Sponsored by tant cleaners, baby formulaand meat. stocked again. DIY route, you can’t use the starter as a
Supplies of flour and eggs have Yeast are single-celled fungi that replacement for store-bought dry
USA TODAY SNAPSHOTS© been strained during stay-at-home or- have been used to make bread for yeast in the same amounts. There are
ders. And some best-selling bread- thousands of years. many other yeast recipes and videos
making machines have sold out. Now Active dry yeast is the kind used by on YouTube.
dry yeast, usually stocked in a variety most at-home bakers. ❚ Look for alternatives. Baking pow-
of inconspicuous packages and jars in Manufacturing plants feed the der or baking soda with lemon juice,
42% the baking aisle next to flour, sugar yeast with carbohydrates and nutri- vinegar or buttermilk also can act as a
and baking powder, has become one of ents and grow it in a series of larger leavening agent, according to
the hardest ingredients for home bak- and larger vessels where they can re- Thekitchn.com.
ers to find. For the four-week period produce. It’s then filtered, dried and
of American ending April 11, yeast sales jumped packaged. From the start of the grow- ❚ Have expired yeast?It might still be
investors plan 410% year over year, according to mar- ing cycle to leaving the plant ware- effective but before adding to a recipe,
to save more in ket research firm Nielsen. house, yeast production takes about 10 do a yeast freshness test. The Red Star
2020 than in days, and there are no shortcuts, Heil- Yeast website outlines the steps to
2019. Unprecedented demand man says. take.
❚ Be wary when shopping online.
John Heilman, vice president of Christmas in the spring Some Amazon reviewers are noting the
yeast manufacturing for AB Mauri, yeast they purchased is expired. If
makers of Fleischmann’s Yeast, over- Until supplies of dry yeast are re- that’s the case, check the effectiveness
sees production at three plants in plenished, at-home bakers say they before use.
North America, one in Memphis and are getting creative. They are growing
two in Canada. He says the yeast in- their own starter or finding recipes ❚ Check and check again. Baker’s
SOURCE Nerdwallet online survey of 854 adults
conducted Oct. 15-17, 2019. dustry is rising to the challenge of the yeast is expected to be restocked in
GEORGE PETRAS, JANET LOEHRKE/USA TODAY demand, the likes of which Heilman SeeBAKING,Page2B the next month or two.
2B ❚ MONDAY,APRIL 27,2020 ❚ USA TODAY MONEY
Facebook unlocks its Messenger Rooms
Jessica Guynn thinking through how to make it broadly
USA TODAY available to everyone but at the same
time it’s private and it’s something peo-
From virtual cocktail hours to online ple feel they can trust,” Chunovsky said.
classrooms, the COVID-19 pandemic Facebook’s response to the pandemic
has turned Zoom into everyone’s go-to is a test of the Silicon Valley company’s
social network. Now Facebook wants to ability to remake its public image and
kick the videoconferencing interloper restore confidence after a wave of nega-
off its turf. tivity and privacy and security scandals
On Friday, it rolled out out a new damaged its reputation in recent years.
video chat product called Messenger A recent poll shows Americans, in-
Rooms so you can hang out with as creasingly dependent on online ser-
many as 50 people at a time with no vices during the coronavirus pandemic,
time limit. are feeling more favorably about the
Rooms can be created from Messen- tech industry in general after the tech
ger or Facebook and you can invite any- backlash.
one to join, even if they don’t have a About 38% of Americans say their
Facebook account. Eventually Rooms view of the industry has become more
will be available on Instagram, What- positive since the outbreak, according
sApp and the Facebook Portal smart to a Harris Poll that surveyed 2,029
speaker. adults April 18-20.
Facebook and its family of apps have Facebook’s Messenger Rooms was in the works before the pandemic. FACEBOOK Messenger Rooms was one in a series
become an even more crucial lifeline for of COVID-19 announcements Facebook
hundreds of millions of people shelter- made Friday.
ing at home desperate to stay in touch puter. The surge in usage of Zoom, which ❚In coming months, you will be able
with relatives and friends. With the Messenger mobile app, you was intended for businesses, has led to to invite someone on a virtual date in
The group video chat feature already can use augmented reality effects such privacy and security troubles, with se- Facebook Dating. When they accept,
was in the works before the coronavi- as bunny ears or aliens, 360-degree and curity researchers warning of hackers you can start a video chat in Messenger.
rus, but Facebook speeded up develop- immersive backgrounds (think the eavesdropping on meetings and trolls ❚Encrypted group voice and video
ment as the volume of video calls and beach or a palace) and mood lighting. “Zoombombing” video calls to harass calls on WhatsApp will host eight peo-
group video calls on its apps skyrocket- The Rooms service is free, and Face- participants. Zoom now allows users to ple, up from four.
ed, Stan Chudnovsky, vice president of book says it has no plans to place ads on quickly lock meetings, eject partici- ❚Facebook is bringing back “Live
Messenger, told USA TODAY. it or to make money from it. pants and restrict screen sharing. With,” so you can add another person to
“Messenger’s goal was always to be “It felt like this is what people really “We feel that the social part of the use your live video, such as a guest speaker,
the place where people can hang out need right now,” Chudnovsky said. case was not necessarily being ad- or so you can perform with a friend.
with people who they love or who are Messenger Rooms joins group video dressed out there right now,” Chudnov- ❚On Instagram, you can watch
close to them but who are not physically chat apps that have become insanely sky said. Instagram Live broadcasts on desktop
next to them. And that was something popular during the coronavirus lock- Facebook says it has built in privacy and post livestreams to IGTV, not just to
we were working on even before the down, including Google Hangouts, safeguards to Rooms. When you create a Stories.
pandemic started,” Chudnovsky said. FaceTime and Houseparty. group video call, you can control who ❚You soon will be able to livestream
“But when the pandemic started, obvi- Zoom, which used to top out at 10 joins or even sees the room. You also can on Facebook Portal, not just to your pro-
ously that mission of ours became only million daily meeting participants, sur- remove people from the call and lock a file but to pages and groups.
that much more important.” passed 300 million this week. But the room. ❚To help raise money for causes, you
❚How it works: You can start and videoconferencing app, which now The person who creates the room can add the donate button to live videos.
share Rooms on Facebook through news hosts all the activities that used to take must be present for the call to begin, ❚If you don’t have a Facebook ac-
feed, groups and events. If your friends place in person from doctor’s appoint- controls who can join and can remove count, most public live videos are now
create Rooms that are open to you, you’ll ments and therapy sessions to religious someone if needed. Facebook says it available on the web. Some pages also
see them at the top of your news feed. services and family celebrations, isn’t does not view or listen to calls. can share a toll-free number that lets
You can join from your phone or com- the right fit for everyone. “We definitely spent a lot of time you listen to the audio.
Stay-at-home “I’m not taking hush money.”
Her termination letter concludes: “It
“This comes down to is best that we part ways, and allow you
Continued from Page 1B to pursue your career goals elsewhere.
values to me. The company
We appreciate your time at HomeTown,
By the time Whitmer issued her is not following the and truly wish the best for you and your
sweeping decree that closed business- family.”
es across the state, ordered Michigan- guidelines. I spoke up,
ders to stay at home and keep 6 feet New legal ground
and I got fired.”
away from each other when they go
out, the number of known COVID-19 Amber Gorby In the month since she lost her job,
cases in the state had gone from zero to Gorby has been home-schooling her
more than 1,000 in less than two the governor’s order that instruct teenage daughter and son, as well as
weeks. employers to restrict “the number of cooking, organizing her home and hik-
“This is an unprecedented crisis workers present on premises to no more ing with her family.
that requires all of us working together than is strictly necessary to perform the “I’ve told my kids we are all going to
to protect our families and our com- business or operations critical to infra- work on challenging our minds and im-
munities,” the governor said. “The structure functions” and to promote proving ourselves and strengthening
Elise Murray, 14, of Arlington, Texas, most effective way to slow down the “remote work to the fullest extent family bonds during this time at home,”
is baking more during the pandemic. virus is to stay home.” possible.” she said.
Her favorite item to bake is chocolate Executive Order 2020-21 forbids Gorby said Grice bristled at being Gorby filed a discrimination com-
chip pecan cookies.AIMEE MURRAY businesses from requiring workers to challenged and insisted that all head- plaint with MIOSHA on March 26. The
leave their home unless “those work- quarters employees were essential to next day, she hired a labor attorney.
ers are necessary to sustain or protect support HomeTown’s stores. She said Deborah Gordon, one of the top labor
Baking life or to conduct minimum basic oper- Grice told headquarters and warehouse attorneys in metro Detroit, said Gorby’s
ations.” employees who were not comfortable situation appears to fall under public
Among the exceptions Whitmer coming to work that they could apply for policy tort.
Continued from Page 1B cited were health care, law enforce- unemployment and resume their jobs “I believe executive orders have the
ment and grocery store workers. after the coronavirus crisis was over. force of law,” Gordon said. “It’s a new
that don’t call for yeast. Gorby said she asserted that employ- way of looking at things we’ve seen in
Aimee Murray‘s 14-year-old daugh- Just following the order? ees with children at home – Whitmer the past, where employers have tried to
ter Eliseloves baking soft pretzels and had ordered the closure of public and retaliate against employees for refusing
other treats, but her mom is rationing Gorby figured she didn’t fall into any private schools – could not work full- to violate the law.”
supplies of yeast as well as gluten-free of those categories. Her duties at time from the office. State officials say employees re-
flour. HomeTown included ordering season- “At this time, the meeting wrapped quired to work in places they do not feel
Murray, 38, a high school counselor al goods and other items customers up very awkwardly and everyone went are safe should file a complaint with the
in Arlington, Texas, hasn’t been able to might purchase on impulse before their own ways,” she wrote in a narrative Michigan Occupational Safety and
find either on her shopping trips but they left the store. She oversaw the of the meeting. Health Administration (MIOSHA).
ordered two bags of flour on Amazon warehousing and delivery of those Grice said, “That’s untrue. But I’m Grice did not respond to a request for
before, she said, the price tripled. items to stores and negotiated with not going to comment on that.” a follow-up interview. HomeTown’s at-
“We’re looking at making more vendors. Her lawsuit says she had “no He declined to share his recollection torney, David Gass, also did not respond
breads, but we can’t until we find more role in the ordering and inventory of of what happened that day. to requests for an interview.
yeast,” Murray said. pharmaceuticals.” Gorby said she In a letter to Gorby on April 1, Gass
There’s usually a lull in demand for didn’t even handle greeting cards or Second – and final – meeting told her not to contact her former col-
yeast in the first part of the year after over-the-counter medications. leagues.
the flurry of winter holiday baking. Her lawsuit says she had argued At 3 p.m., Gorby said, Grice sum- “This is particularly inappropriate
In the Fremont, California home of during the week before Whitmer is- moned her to a conference room. This during a time of national crisis, where
Carrie Cardona, a recruiter, every day sued her order that employees at time, there were just three participants pharmacies are a critical infrastructure
is Christmas now. Cardona’s 8-year- HomeTown’s headquarters – especial- in the meeting: Gorby, Grice and Anna business that must continue to operate
old daughter and 41-year-old boy- ly workers with child care and health Reed, HomeTown’s Human Resources in order to serve the public health,” the
friend Jerry Brummett– the designat- issues – should be allowed to work director. letter says. “HomeTown intends to meet
ed shopper – are the recipients of all from home. She said HomeTown’s IT Gorby’s lawsuit alleges that Grice with its employees to answer questions
the banana bread and cookies she’s department helped set some employ- told her their differences were the final concerning the current health crisis, in-
making. ees up with laptops, but Grice put a straw in their occasionally tumultuous cluding questions regarding the true
Brummett says he has tried store af- stop to it. work relationship. reasons for your termination.”
ter store – Safeway, Sprouts, Lucky Su- The lawsuit claims Grice told work- “Over the last couple of years, we’ve The letter did not provide specifics.
permarkets, Walmart and Whole ers at headquarters during a brief had our differing opinions,” the termi- Gorby said her attorney, Jack Schulz,
Foods Market – in his hunt for more meeting March 20 that it would be nation letter says. “Many times, I have responded with a letter accusing Home-
yeast but has struck out everywhere. business as usual. appreciated your candor. At other times, Town of wrongful termination and
Without yeast, Cardona, 43, is re- After Whitmer’s order came down it has eroded our relationship. Unfortu- seeking reinstatement, back pay and
sorting to recipes that don’t require it. on the morning of March 23, Gorby nately, the actions we would have need- the bonus she was due based on 2019
“It tastes better when you make it at said she again urged Grice to let some ed to take to repair and build trust have sales. On April 15, Schulz filed a wrong-
home,” she said. of HomeTown’s headquarters employ- not been taken.” ful termination lawsuit on Gorby’s be-
With yeast or without, baking coro- ees work from home. This time, she Gorby said she was offered a sever- half in Newaygo County Circuit Court.
navirus comfort food does have a was armed with Whitmer’s order. The ance package that included eight weeks “I wish it was over. It’s frustrating. I
downside. first of its 14 points says, “This order pay and a bonus she was due based on think back … had I not said anything, I
Popular Instagram memes poke fun must be construed broadly to prohibit the previous year’s sales. But there was know I wouldn’t be fired,” Gorby said. “I
at all the extra pounds people are put- in-person work that is not necessary a deal-breaker: a nondisclosure agree- don’t like it when profits and money
ting on. to sustain or protect life.” ment that would prohibit her from dis- come before people.”
“We’re all getting heavier because At a midday staff meeting, Gorby cussing her departure. “This is not what I wanted,” she said.
we’re baking more,” Cardona said. said, she specifically cited points in “I knew it was hush money,” she said. “This is about taking care of people.”