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sellmyhousefastboiseid · 2 years

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Treasure Valley real estate sales cool, making warmer environment for buyers

As mortgage rates continue to climb, people are being forced to reconsider the amount of money they can allocate for a home. At the same time, there is an increase in available homes on the market; these dwellings remain unsold for longer periods than before. BOISE, Idaho — The Treasure Valley housing market has been drastically slowing down lately. While it may appear alarming at first glance, an expert I consulted with revealed that this is a good sign for the real estate industry; it suggests that what once was over-inflated and out of control is finally back on track to more reasonable levels. Last October, Ada County and Canyon Counties experienced a remarkable 32% and 33%, respectively, decrease in homes sales compared to the previous year - as reported by Intermountain MLS. In a nutshell, real estate sales are not as frequent as they once were. The primary cause of this is the increasing interest rates on mortgages - up to 6.6% from an average 3% last year per Freddie Mac's report. Katrina Weir, President-elect of the Idaho REALTORS Association, explains that when compared with previous years' records, it appears homeowners have become wary about investing in property due to these rising mortgage costs. "As you know, inflation is the arch enemy of interest rates,” Weir said. “So as inflation rises, interest rates, mortgage rates rise as well. And that definitely changes demand and purchasing power for some buyers and does make some of them maybe alter what they're looking for, or even pause and see if they can wait it out and see if something else will surface in the meantime." Interest rates are difficult to predict, but the Mortgage Bankers Association found that most economists concur they will stay close to a middle 5.5% in 2021. Weir indicated that people making fewer home purchases means more houses are available. A balanced market requires a five-month housing inventory, and for far too long the supply has been stuck at only two or three weeks of inventory; however, we've already made strides towards this goal with the current three months' worth of homes on the market! This is certainly positive progress, but our work isn't done until an equilibrium between buyers and sellers is met. According to Weir, buyers no longer have to stress over their desired home being sold out of their hands the minute it goes on sale. "It's created more opportunity for the buyers that are in today's market, they have more choices, they have more negotiation power," Weir said. "You're not at that pace where you have to make a decision the second house comes on the market, you can actually think about it and you don't have to settle on a house that may not be right for you." With more available options, many might expect home prices to decrease. However, this isn't the case in Ada (5.5%) and Canyon (2.5%) counties; their median prices have increased from October of last year compared to this one. Though some may be hoping for a drop-off, these increases are much smaller than when we observed them spiking after COVID began - Weir pointed out that you want typical 4% appreciation which is what's happening now as the market continues its normalization trend! If you're hoping to purchase a house but the prices are beyond your current budget and you plan on waiting until next year when interest rates drop, hold onto that hope! In addition to keeping faith in potential future changes, start saving for your down payment. By amassing enough funds now, you'll be able to avoid mortgage insurance costs every month—saving yourself money in the long run. Are you a first-time homebuyer? Do not miss out on the opportunity to save through a first-time homebuyer savings account! Not only will this give you some tax benefits, but it can help you build up funds that will make purchasing your very own space easier.

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anniekoh · 5 years

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Services Not Sweeps A study of the proposed expansion to LA’s sit-lie ordinances On August 21, 2019, the Homelessness and Poverty Committee of the Los Angeles City Council approved the following instructions related to amending Los Angeles Municipal Code 41.18(d):

REQUEST the City Attorney to draft an ordinance, repealing the current version of Los Angeles Municipal Code 41.18(d) and replacing it with the language below: (d) No person shall sit, lie or sleep in or upon any street, sidewalk, or other public right of way as follows: (1) At any time in a manner that restricts ten feet of clearance from any utilizable and operational entrance, exit, driveway or loading dock; (2) At any time in a manner that restricts passage as required by the ADA; (3) At any time: (i) Within 500 feet of a park. (ii) Within 500 feet of a school. (iii) Within 500 feet of a daycare center. (iv) In or upon any tunnel, bridge or pedestrian subway that is on a route designated by City Council resolution as a school route. (v) Within 500 feet of a facility opened after January 1, 2018 to provide housing, shelter, supportive services, safe parking, or storage to homeless persons. (vi) Bike and other recreational paths (vii) Public areas (non-sidewalk) posted with No Trespass signs for safety purposes (viii) Public areas posted with closing times for safety and maintenance purposes. (ix) Crowded public sidewalk areas like those exempted in the Citywide vending ordinance and other large venue-adjacent areas

A False Premise: Case Study of the Proposed Amendments to LAMC 41.18(d)

By even the most conservative estimates, there are more than 36,000 people who are homeless in Los Angeles, and more than 75% of them are unsheltered.(1) Many unsheltered residents have no other option but to sleep on sidewalks and in public spaces throughout the city.

A new proposal before the Los Angeles City Council would amend the City‘s municipal code to place categorical restrictions on where people can sit, sleep, and lie in public.(2) The proposed revision to Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 41.18(d) creates eleven separate city-wide restrictions on where people can be—ranging from 500 foot buffer zones around schools, parks, and daycares, to 10 foot restrictions around all driveways and doorways. Each of the eleven categories adds to the patchwork of laws that an unhoused person would have to navigate, just to find a place to sleep or even to simply rest their feet without breaking the law.

Council Member Mitch O’Farrell, who sponsored the proposal, says the approach is “balanced,” and that the proposal leaves “a whole lot of real estate” where people who have no other option can legally sleep.(3) The City Attorney, Mike Feuer supports the proposal.(4) His office has asserted that the proposed ordinance is consistent with a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Martin v. City of Boise, which held that “as long as there is no option of sleeping indoors, the government cannot criminalize indigent, homeless people for sleeping outdoors, on public property, on the false premise they had a choice in the matter.”(5) But the City has not provided any maps, surveys, or analysis to show how restrictive the new ordinance would be in practice or where unhoused people could legally sleep.

A Los Angeles Times review of the proposal found that just three of the eleven prohibitions would place more than 25% of the city off limits.(6) Adding in the areas where there are posted closing times increases the area to more than 40%. But as restrictive as these regulations appear on the LA Times’s map, the actual ordinance would be far more restrictive.

Since the sponsor of the motion has refused to provide any maps or analysis of the new proposal,(7) we set out to map just a small corner of the city—a 1⁄2 mile radius around Council Member O’Farrell’s district office—to show what the regulations would truly be like for a person who has no option but to sleep on the sidewalk. The result shows that the new proposal would not only be completely unworkable for unhoused residents, it would all but banish unhoused people from the city.

Additionally, please spread this powerful new map prepared by Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and the #ServicesNotSweeps coalition that much more accurately (than the LA Times) visualizes what the proposed 41.18d sidewalk criminalization laws would look like.

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abrunelle · 5 years

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Political Change in Boise

Dave Bieter leaves office having turned Boise blue. When elected mayor in 2003, in Boise’s five legislative districts six of fifteen seats in the Idaho Legislature were held by Democrats. Today it’s fourteen of fifteen seats. Democrats also now hold a majority of the Ada County Commission for the first time since 1977-78. Among current public officials, Dave represents the last real tie to the Frank Church and Cecil Andrus eras: home-grown Democrats in a historically Republican-dominated town that was Boise. Church, then Andrus, were both able to construct a majority vote in their races by appealing to independents and moderate Republicans. Winning Boise, they could prevail statewide with hefty margins in Democratic North Idaho and Pocatello. But no Democratic candidate for Boise mayor (though officially a nonpartisan race) had been able to break through since the Depression. Dave was the first. As a youngster Dave remembers tossing the football at the Basque picnic with these leaders. His dad Pat chaired the Citizens for Church committee in 1968 and connected Frank and Cece to the Basque community. His mom Eloise Garmendia was part of the core of Democrats in this town that included Basques, Catholics, government workers and blue collar laborers. She worked for Calvin Wright, a former statewide office holder and Democratic nominee for Governor, and confidant of Church and Andrus. The relationship across generations meant when the time would come the kid catching the spiral pass was out there in 1986 pounding signs for Andrus, big 4’ by 8’ plywood billboards from Boise to Banks.

Two years after Andrus left office Pat Bieter would be elected to the State House of Representatives. Dave was appointed to the position after Pat and Eloise died in an automobile accident in 1999, then won his own elections in 2000 and 2002 in the only Democratic legislative district at that time. A generation after Church’s last race and 13 years after Andrus’ Dave stunned the experts with a 52% majority in a four way race for mayor in 2003 in what was still considered a Republican city. To get there Dave secured the endorsement of Cecil Andrus at his campaign announcement. Bethine Church came on board after telling Dave, “Let’s see how you do” in his initial campaigning first. Once elected, Dave accelerated the political trend in Boise towards Democratic dominance. His campaign organization harnessed in the remarkable 2003 win was later replicated to expand Democratic seats in the Legislature in 2004 and 2006, and later helped establish College of Western Idaho by popular vote, a campaign that coordinated efforts with GOP Governor Butch Otter. Additional levy votes for the foothills and the Boise River passed by overwhelming margins. Re-elections as mayor were largely a cakewalk as the Democratic vote totals grew lopsided across the city. When Bethine was asked to make a campaign contribution she did one better by opening the doors to her large townhouse on Walnut Street, inviting Church loyalists to support Dave’s campaign. Having carried forward the Church/Andrus legacies in Boise it’s both symbolic and meaningful that there is now a Bethine Church Boise River trail and a Cecil D. Andrus Park in Boise. Both were named as such by Dave. Longevity and success can often help determine ultimate political fate. So when Dave ran for a fifth term he faced an electorate that has become larger in number and strongly Democratic in voting. At the same time, the Church and Andrus legacies have faded. Bethine Church passed in 2014 and Cecil Andrus in 2017, so neither were around to repeat an endorsement. Besides, an ever increasing proportion of the Boise electorate were not here the last time either Church (1980) or Andrus (1990) were on the ballot. Even memories fade of Dave’s unexpected majority in a four way race in 2003. Over time, the city and political trend he has much to do with building and expanding, has moved on. And in fact it’s grown so large it overwhelmed him as the newer voters in Boise have taken hold. Certainly not what he wanted at this time, but a pretty good legacy nonetheless!

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briarpatch-kids · 5 years

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So for any local followers, the Knitting Factory in Boise is fairly accessible. There's a lift (down at the bottom there was even a no freight sign so it turned out to not be a freight elevator!) and also a roped off ADA section with a decent view. I think you just have to ask a staff member to use it because there was me, a kid on crutches, and two or three invisibly disabled folks who came and went as they needed once staff showed them the where it was. They pulled everyone in line with a mobility aid aside for the elevator, but if you need it and don't use a mobility aid make sure you let them know you'll be needing the elevator and ADA access shortly before doors open.

#crips deserve concerts too!

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Resware Operations Specialist – Remote Available

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Communication skills, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of configuration best practices are critical to successful performance in this role.

Problem resolution may involve the use of diagnostic and help request tracking tools, as well as require the individual give in-person, hands-on help at the application level.

Essential Job Functions: * Engage in WFG company culture that emphasizes engagement in our 4 Cs, quality of work and high performance.* Working with the ResWare Operations Manager on definition of development requirements and priorities.* Data Migration to include the extraction, verification and transformation of data.* Interfaces with other systems.* System configuration and deployment.* Set up and maintenance of security rights and access permissions.* Contributing to technical strategy, policy and procedure.* Development and operation of technical testing program.* Production of technical documentation to agreed quality standards.* Reporting on progress/issues to management.* Optimization of system work processing for the benefit of the user group.* Field incoming problem tickets from end users to resolve application and software issues within servers, databases, and other mission-critical systems.* Document all pertinent end-user identification information, including name, department, contact information, and nature of problem or issue.* Prioritize, schedule, and administer all instances where enhancements and defect resolution are required.* Perform hands-on fixes at the desktop level, including installing and upgrading software, installing hardware, implementing file backups, and configuring systems and applications.* Record, track, and document the problem-solving process, including all successful and unsuccessful decisions made, and actions taken, through to final resolution.* Communicate application problems and issues to key stakeholders, including management, development teams, end users, and unit leaders.* Test fixes and perform post-resolution follow-ups to ensure problems have been adequately resolved.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: * Ability to develop and interpret technical documentation for training and end-user procedures.* Knowledge of trends in technology relating to software applications.* Experience with building and maintaining databases for query and problem tracking.* Good understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.* Customer service oriented with an exceptionally high attention to detail who can excel in a team environment.* Ability to develop and/or assess training materials that will help employees understand the subject matters being taught.* Ability to motivate and train large groups of employees.* Understand the needs of employees, and judge what training methods will work.

Basic Qualifications: * High school diploma or the equivalent.* Minimum of 3 years experience in the title and escrow industry.* Ability to absorb new ideas and concepts quickly.* Good analytical and problem-solving abilities.* Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high pressure environment.* Ability to conduct research into software development and delivery concepts, as well as technical application issues.* Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.* Excellent written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills.* Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.* Must successfully pass a criminal history and credit background check.Preferred Qualifications: * Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Business, or Finance.* Previous ResWare experience.* Five or more years in Title or Escrow roles.* Two or more years in a customer service oriented role.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment.

This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical Requirements/ADA: No unusual physical requirements.

Requires no heavy lifting, and nearly all work is performed in a comfortable indoor facility.

Routine deadlines; usually sufficient lead time; variance in work volume seasonal and predictable; priorities can be anticipated; some interruptions are present; travel or other inconveniences have advance notice; involves occasional exposure to demands and pressures from persons other than immediate supervisor.

Job frequently requires sitting, handling objects with hands.

Job occasionally requires standing, walking, reaching, talking, hearing, and lifting up to 10 lbs.

Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Days and hours of full –time position are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.

to 5 p.m.

Part-time positions may be considered.

Travel: Some travel is expected for this position.

Other details * Pay Type Hourly

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ecoorganic · 4 years

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Looking To Travel In The US? Here Are The Travel Restrictions By State

(CBS13/CNN) — With the Covid-19 pandemic in near-constant fluctuation in the United States, the 50 states are having to adapt rapidly with their rules and regulations.

If you’re planning a family vacation or simply wish to travel from California to another state, it is important to be updated on the latest statewide regulations. While some US states — like California — have no statewide restrictions on travel, all their sites have important Covid-19 safety information, including possible face mask mandates in public settings.

This list is alphabetical and includes links where you should get more information and updates before you head out:

Alabama

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Alabama. However, visitors should be aware of the state’s mask mandate and other rules effective through November 8. You can check here for updates.

Alaska

Alaska’s latest travel protocols have been in effect since August 11. Visitors from other states must do one of the following:

— Submit a travel declaration and self-isolation plan online and arrive with proof of a negative Covid-19 test.

— Follow a plan that your employer filed with the state if you come for work.

— Buy a $250 Covid-19 test when you arrive and self-quarantine at your own expense until you get the results.

Alaska residents also have protocols they must follow for travel.

According to the CDC, “people in quarantine should stay home, separate themselves from others, monitor their health, and follow directions from their state or local health department.” Leaving your home state to enter a state with a mandatory quarantine means you need one place to stay and to stay put. Check here for Alaska details and updates.

Arizona

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Arizona. Check here for updates.

Arkansas

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Arkansas. Check here for updates.

California

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in California. However, you should also check the status for wildfires before making plans. Check here for Covid-19 updates and possible local restrictions.

Colorado

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Colorado. Check here for updates.

Connecticut

Any traveler coming from a state that has a positive rate of 10 out of 100,000 people or a 10% or higher positivity rate must self-quarantine for 14 days. The traveler must have spent more than 24 hours in said state for the rule to apply. Everyone also needs to complete a travel health form.

Visitors can opt out of the 14-day quarantine in limited cases if they can provide proof that they have had a negative Covid-19 test in the past 72 hours.

There were 33 states plus Guam and Puerto Rico on the 10% or higher positivity list as of October 6. The list is updated each Tuesday. Check here for updates and details.

Delaware

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Delaware. Check here for updates.

Florida

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Florida. Check here for updates.

Georgia

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Georgia. Check here for updates.

Hawaii

Starting October 15, travelers who arrive with an FDA-approved nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) taken no earlier than 72 hours before their flight, performed using a nasal swab, and can show proof of negative test results from a CLIA certified laboratory can avoid the state’s quarantine. This includes anyone 5 or older.

Until then, Hawaii still has its quarantine system in place. Check here for updates and details.

Idaho

In Ada County, which includes Boise, travelers coming from outside Idaho are “encouraged” to quarantine for 14 days. Check here for updates.

Illinois

There are no statewide restrictions, but a 14-day quarantine is required for visitors heading to Chicago from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

The list of states on the quarantine list is updated each Tuesday and goes into effect each Friday. Check here for updates on the list of states and more information before you travel.

Indiana

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Indiana. Check here for updates.

Iowa

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Iowa. Check here for updates.

Kansas

If you’re in any of the following categories, you need to quarantine for 14 days after arrival in Kansas (this includes residents and visitors):

— Attended mass gathering events (out-of-state) of 500 people or more.— Took a sea or river cruise ship since March.

Check here for updates and more details.

Kentucky

Visitors from states with a coronavirus testing positivity rate of 15% or more on Johns Hopkins University’s website should quarantine for 14 days.

The states with 15% or higher as of October 11 were Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Nevada (14.92%) South Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming and the US territory of Puerto Rico. Check here for updates.

Louisiana

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Louisiana. Check here for updates.

Maine

Travelers must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or sign a form stating they’ve received a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours. You may also get tested upon arriving in Maine but must quarantine while awaiting results.

Residents of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Vermont are exempt from quarantining or having a negative test. Check here for updates.

Maryland

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Maryland. Check here for details.

Massachusetts

All visitors and residents must complete a travel form before arriving in Massachusetts unless they are arriving from a state designated by the Department of Public Health as low risk. As of October 11, those were Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont and Washington, DC.

Travelers must “quarantine for 14 days or produce a negative Covid-19 test result that has been administered up to 72 hours prior to your arrival in Massachusetts.”

Those waiting on test results need to quarantine until they receive their negative results. Failure to comply with these directives may result in a $500 fine. Check here for updates.

Michigan

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Michigan. Check here for updates.

Minnesota

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Minnesota. Check here for updates.

Mississippi

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Mississippi. Check here for updates.

Missouri

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Missouri. Check here for updates.

Montana

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Montana. Travel restrictions might vary at seven Native American reservations. Check here for updates.

Nebraska

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Nebraska. Check here for updates.

Nevada

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Nevada. Check here for updates.

New Hampshire

Those traveling from outside other New England states (Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island) who are visiting for “an extended period of time” are asked to self-quarantine for two weeks. Check here for updates.

New Jersey

All travelers to New Jersey from states that have a Covid-19 testing positivity rate of 10% or higher or have 10 people test positive for every 100,000 residents is asked to quarantine for 14 days. This rule does not apply for visitors spending less than 24 hours in the state.

The state government is also asking travelers to fill out a voluntary survey regarding information about where they are traveling and their destination.

As of October 6, there were 35 states and US jurisdictions on the list. Check here for updates and most recent list of states.

New Mexico

People traveling from out-of-state are required to self-quarantine for 14 days or the length of their stay in New Mexico, whichever is shorter. The state issues a weekly list of exemptions, updated each Wednesday.

On October 11, the exemptions were: California, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Washington, DC, and Washington state. Check here for updates.

New York

All travelers who have recently visited a state with a positive testing rate of 10% or higher over a seven-day rolling period or had a positive test rate of 10 or more per 100,000 residents must quarantine for 14 days. That’s well over half the US states. You can check on the most recent list here (last updated October 6).

Those traveling by airplane must fill out a travel form before exiting the airport or face a fine of $2,000. Those traveling to New York through other methods such as cars and trains must fill out the form online. Check for updates here.

North Carolina

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in North Carolina. However, the state urges visitors to check local destinations with possible restrictions before traveling. Check here for updates.

North Dakota

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in North Dakota. Check here for updates.

Ohio

Travelers visiting Ohio from states reporting positive testing rates of 15% or more must self-quarantine for 14 days. As of October 11, the states on the list were Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. This list updates each Wednesday. Check here for updates.

Oklahoma

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Oklahoma. Check here for updates.

Oregon

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Oregon. Check here for updates.

Pennsylvania

Visitors traveling from states with “high amounts of Covid-19 cases” are asked to quarantine for 14 days. Check here for updates and changes to the list of states, last updated on October 9.

Rhode Island

Those traveling to Rhode Island from a state that has a positive testing rate of 5% or more must quarantine for 14 days. Travelers can opt out of the quarantine if they can provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test taken within 72 hours of their arrival. You can check that updated list of states here on this Google doc last updated on October 5.

Those waiting on test results must self-quarantine until a negative test result arrives. However, the state still recommends quarantining for 14 days as opposed to relying on a negative test result.

Travelers who check into a hotel or rental property will be required to sign a certificate compliance that verifies that they plan to quarantine for 14 days or that they’ve had a negative test. Check here for updates and details.

South Carolina

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in South Carolina. Check here for updates.

South Dakota

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in South Dakota. Some routes through Native American lands might be closed. Check here for updates.

Tennessee

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Tennessee. Check here for updates.

Texas

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Texas. The state urges people to wear a mask, saying “an itty-bitty piece of cloth goes a long way towards keeping yourself and others healthy.” Check here for updates.

Utah

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Utah. Check here for updates.

Vermont

Most travelers visiting Vermont must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.

Any traveler arriving in a personal vehicle from counties in New England, Mid-Atlantic states, Ohio and West Virginia that have less than 400 active cases of coronavirus per million people does not need to quarantine upon arrival. The information is updated each Friday.

Vermont is allowing visitors to self-quarantine before they travel as long as they use a personal vehicle to travel. They must make minimal stops and follow precautions such as wearing a face mask or covering, washing their hands and staying six feet apart. They must self-quarantine for 14 days or for seven days if they receive a negative test.

If travelers use public transportation such as an airplane or bus, they must quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or for seven days followed by a negative Covid-19 test. Check here for updates.

Virginia

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Virginia. Check here for updates.

Washington, DC

Visitors traveling to or from a high-risk state must self-quarantine for 14 days. The restrictions exclude Virginia and Maryland.

There were 31 states on the list as of October 5. Check here for updates and a current list of states.

Washington state

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Washington state. However, you should monitor local news sources for wildfire conditions. Check here for updates.

West Virginia

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in West Virginia. Check here for updates.

Wisconsin

There is no statewide quarantine mandate, but all visitors coming from elsewhere to Wisconsin are being asked to stay home as much as possible for 14 days upon arrival while checking for Covid-19 symptoms. Within Wisconsin, it is not recommended that people travel to other private or rental homes within the state. Check here for updates.

Wyoming

As of October 11, there were no statewide travel restrictions in Wyoming. Check here for updates.

Editor’s note: This story was current at the time of last publication on October 11 and will be updated periodically. However, you should still check with the official state websites before you commit to travel plans.

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You mean white people destroy property too when they protest??

In Boise, the first day of Idaho's special legislative session erupted into chaos before it began. Dozens of unmasked protesters, some of them armed, shoved their way past state troopers to pack the gallery overlooking the state's House of Representatives.

The clash was a manifestation of the anger and frustration from a vocal minority of far-right Idahoans that has been compounding over the last several months as the state has navigated its reopening amid the pandemic.

To enforce social distancing, the gallery area above the House chamber was restricted with limited seating. But after the confrontation with state troopers, which resulted in the shattering of a glass door, Republican House Speaker Scott Bedke relented and allowed protesters to fill every seat.

The response stands in stark contrast to 2014 when dozens of advocates pressuring lawmakers to pass LGBTQ protections were arrested for standing silently in a hallway, blocking access to the Idaho Senate chamber.

On Monday, an Idaho State Police spokeswoman, Lynn Hightower, said she wasn't aware of any pending charges against protesters. The following day she released a statement saying that "Idaho State Police personnel determined they could not have made arrests on the spot without elevating the potential for violence," and that an investigation was ongoing into any criminal behavior "that may have occurred."

Right now, Idaho has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 cases per capita, especially in Ada County, which includes the capital, Boise, according to the White House.

"I want to always try to avoid violence," Bedke later told The Associated Press. "My initial reaction, of course, was to clear the fourth floor. But we had room for at least some more."

He said he was more disappointed than surprised at the violence.

"I think we're better than that. I think that Idahoans expect more out of their citizens."

Protesters later made their way into committee rooms, defaced paper signs meant to leave one empty seat between those in the audience and laughed at one Democratic state lawmaker who refused to participate in the hearing because of the lack of social distancing.

The group of protesters included supporters of a far-right militia and anti-vaccine advocates who were at the Idaho Capitol to demand an end to the current state of emergency and blast a proposal that would limit civil liability for businesses, schools and governments.

The bill would also open up those entities to litigation if they don't follow laws and ordinances, including mask mandates issued by public health districts.

"The insanity of this bill is beyond me," said Boise resident Pam Hemphill, during a committee hearing Monday afternoon. "We don't stop our lives, suspend our civil rights and panic each year for the flu."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say more than 176,000 Americans have died due the coronavirus in the first eight months of 2020, compared with an estimated 24,000 to 62,000 people who died last flu season.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, called the legislature into special session last week to take up civil liability issues as well as election concerns from county clerks. They want to be able to count the massive influx of absentee ballots earlier than they can now under state law and have the option to consolidate polling locations to deal with an extreme shortage of poll workers.

The special session is also the result of months of intense pressure and blowback from Little's own party.

One state lawmaker referred to the governor as "Little Hitler" after he ordered the shutdown of nonessential businesses in late March. His lieutenant governor, Janice McGeachin, who is elected separately and has ties to militia groups, has openly challenged Little's reopening push by visiting businesses that flouted those timelines and welcomed customers back earlier than allowed.

And legislators pressured Little to relinquish control over the state's coronavirus response to regional public health districts, even threatening to come after his executive authority in the future if he didn't comply.

Still, most Idahoans appear to stand by Little. An effort to recall the governor over the summer failed, and three-quarters of registered Idaho voters polled in May supported his handling of the pandemic.

State senators overwhelmingly passed two bills related to elections laws Monday, which still need approval from the House. Lawmakers will continue to debate civil liability issues this week.

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A trucker claims he was transporting legal hemp. But Idaho says it's illegal marijuana

Rolling into the East Boise Point of Entry weigh station on January 24, Denis Palamarchuck’s tractor-trailer was stopped by an Idaho state trooper to conduct a routine inspection. The truck’s bill of lading listed the goods being hauled as hemp.

“However, the trooper’s training and experience made him suspicious that the cargo was in fact marijuana, not industrial hemp,” the Idaho State Police wrote in a news release.

The officer opened up one of the 31 shipping bags in the rig and, using a Narcotic Identification Kit, tested a sample that came back positive for THC, the mind-altering chemical in marijuana. A drug-sniffing canine also “demonstrated a positive alert on the cargo,” state police said.

Palamarchuck was immediately arrested and charged with felony trafficking of marijuana.

Court records indicate Palamarchuck spent four days in jail after the arrest. Jim Ball, Palamarchuck’s attorney, told CNN his client was released after posting a $100,000 bond.

Idaho’s mandatory minimum laws dictate that because he was carrying more than 25 pounds of what Idaho deems is “marijuana,” the truck driver — if found guilty — will serve at least five years in prison and pay a minimum $15,000 fine.

Except hemp is legal nationwide.

Hemp can’t get you high

Marijuana and hemp are both different varieties of the same plant, Cannabis sativa L. For centuries, hemp has been transformed into a number of products: rope, building materials, clothes, shampoo, food, even beer.

There’s no way to visibly discern a hemp plant from a marijuana plant. And for decades, states like Idaho and the federal government treated hemp just like any other cannabis plant.

Hemp, unlike marijuana, can’t get you high: marijuana is high in THC; hemp has extremely low levels of it. Federal law defines industrial hemp as containing less than .3% THC.

The 2018 Farm Bill made industrial hemp and all of its byproducts legal. A DEA spokesperson tells CNN that includes cannabidiol, or CBD, derived from industrial hemp.

CBD is making hemp a potentially huge cash crop because some believe it can help with anxiety, arthritis, stress and other conditions.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved only one CBD-containing drug, Epidiolex, which is used to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy.

CBD derived from marijuana plants, like marijuana itself, remains a Schedule I drug.

Big Sky Scientific wants its hemp (and source of CBD) back

The CBD is why Colorado-based Big Sky Scientific is suing for its hemp back. The company was set up three days before the Farm Bill was signed into law specifically to capitalize on the newly legal hemp and CBD industry.

The company says on its website it buys “hemp that’s rich in CBD” from farmers, sends it to processers to make CBD powder, and then sells that to product manufacturers.

And in the lawsuit, that’s what Big Sky Scientific says it did — it bought about 13,000 pounds of industrial hemp from Boones Ferry Berry Farms in Hubbard, Oregon. According to the lawsuit, the farm is licensed with the Oregon Department of Agriculture as a registered industrial hemp grower.

The company said it tested 19 different samples from that farm’s hemp crop on January 17, and their THC level was .043% — lower than the federal legal limit of .3%.

But the Idaho State Police says it did right by state law, and technically, it did. The routine inspection, the field drug test, the canine test were all done by the book.

Tests like the one conducted on the hemp Palamarchuck was transporting cannot tell the difference between hemp and marijuana. The Idaho State Police says their analyses, and canine units, can only test for the presence of THC — not the concentration.

The agency has since sent a sample of the hemp seized to a lab to test how much THC it contains.

Idaho state law defines marijuana as “all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis, regardless of species” — and that any “evidence” of THC “shall create a presumption that such material is ‘marijuana’ as defined and prohibited herein.”

But Big Sky Scientific attorney Elijah Watkins says that federal law, and the Constitution, supersede Idaho’s laws.

“Idaho has the freedom to make any law it likes,” Watkins told CNN. “Idaho can legislate and be tough on drugs. The problem comes when there’s a tension.”

Big Sky Scientific says that not only is Idaho violating the 2018 Farm Bill, but also the Commerce Clause in the US Constitution, which says that states cannot prohibit legal goods in one state from being transported through it to another state.

The Ada County Prosecutor’s Office, which — like the Idaho State Police — is being sued by Big Sky Scientific, refused to comment on that lawsuit and on the charges brought against Palamarchuck.

But in a letter responding to the lawsuit, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney Jan Bennetts says the company’s arguments are flawed; Oregon, where the hemp was grown and shipped from, does not have a federally approved plan to monitor and regulate the production of hemp in the state, as required by the 2018 Farm Bill.

Responding to CNN about the lawsuit, Idaho State Police reiterates that Idaho law says any substance containing any amount of THC is illegal in the state.

“Idaho State Police troopers will continue to aggressively enforce Idaho laws,” Idaho State Police public information officer Timothy Marsano told CNN.

Nine states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, still do not allow hemp cultivation under any circumstances: Idaho, South Dakota, Iowa, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Ohio and Connecticut. Many other states only allow pilot programs or are just making forays into allowing hemp cultivation.

Four states — Idaho, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas — still prohibit hemp-derived CBD.

This case, should it be decided in Big Sky Scientific’s favor, could forcibly change that.

But time is running out for Big Sky Scientific’s hemp; it says in its lawsuit that it’s perishable and that mold can form without proper airflow to the plants.

Time for Denis Palamarchuck is at a standstill. He’s caught in the middle of it all, and his fate, freedom and future remain uncertain.

“It looks like Denis unknowingly drove his truck into a fight between the State of Idaho and the federal government regarding the legality of industrial hemp,” Ball said.

A previous version of this story mischaracterized investors in Big Sky Scientific. The company’s attorney says none had previously been in the marijuana business.

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Health Experts to F.D.A.: Make Your Vaccine Deliberations Public

A coalition of leading public health experts urged the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday night to conduct full safety and efficacy reviews of potential coronavirus vaccines before making the products widely available to the public.

In a letter signed by nearly 400 experts in infectious diseases, vaccines and other medical specialties, the group called on Dr. Stephen Hahn, the F.D.A. commissioner, to be forthcoming about the agency’s deliberations over whether to approve any new vaccine, in order to gain the public’s trust.

“We must be able to explain to the public what we know and what we don’t know about these vaccines,” noted the letter, which was organized by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest. “For that to happen, we must be able to witness a transparent and rigorous F.D.A. approval process that is devoid of political considerations.”

More than 30 experimental coronavirus vaccines are in clinical trials, with several companies racing to have the first product in the United States ready by the end of the year. The federal government has promised more than $9 billion to companies for these efforts to date. But many people are highly skeptical of these new vaccines, and might refuse to get them.

“Collaborations between scientists, the pharmaceutical industry and the federal government may bring us to a remarkable and historic achievement,” the letter said. “But an effective vaccine will only be truly useful if a large proportion of the public is willing to take it.”

The signers included academic researchers and former government officials from around the country, including the former surgeon general Dr. Joycelyn Elders; the former F.D.A. chief Dr. Jane E. Henney; and Dr. Luciana Borio, the former director for medical and biodefense preparedness at the National Security Council.

In an effort to reassure the public, Dr. Hahn said recently that he would seek the advice of the F.D.A.’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, although he has not said when the group would meet or which vaccine candidates it would consider.

The F.D.A. declined to comment on the letter Wednesday evening.

Dr. Paul Offit, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the F.D.A.’s vaccine advisory panel, was also among the signers. In an interview, Dr. Offit called the agency’s emergency authorization for hydroxychloroquine — a malaria drug that President Trump has promoted as a treatment for Covid-19, despite no evidence that it works — a “warning shot.” The authorization was later revoked after a review found that 100 Covid-19 patients who took the drug had serious heart problems, including 25 who died.

“I think the administration bent or imposed its will on the F.D.A.,” Dr. Offit said. “There’s a concern that this would happen here, too.”

The letter said that scientists carrying out vaccine trials should share the details of their Phase 3 trials, which test thousands of volunteers to see whether the products prevent coronavirus infections and whether they cause side effects. It’s critical, the letter said, that the F.D.A. not approve any product until Phase 3 data are complete. The group also requested that volunteers be monitored for unexpected side effects that occur after the trials.

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Why are bars linked to outbreaks?

Think about a bar. Alcohol is flowing. It can be loud, but it’s definitely intimate, and you often need to lean in close to hear your friend. And strangers have way, way fewer reservations about coming up to people in a bar. That’s sort of the point of a bar. Feeling good and close to strangers. It’s no surprise, then, that bars have been linked to outbreaks in several states. Louisiana health officials have tied at least 100 coronavirus cases to bars in the Tigerland nightlife district in Baton Rouge. Minnesota has traced 328 recent cases to bars across the state. In Idaho, health officials shut down bars in Ada County after reporting clusters of infections among young adults who had visited several bars in downtown Boise. Governors in California, Texas and Arizona, where coronavirus cases are soaring, have ordered hundreds of newly reopened bars to shut down. Less than two weeks after Colorado’s bars reopened at limited capacity, Gov. Jared Polis ordered them to close.

I have antibodies. Am I now immune?

As of right now, that seems likely, for at least several months. There have been frightening accounts of people suffering what seems to be a second bout of Covid-19. But experts say these patients may have a drawn-out course of infection, with the virus taking a slow toll weeks to months after initial exposure. People infected with the coronavirus typically produce immune molecules called antibodies, which are protective proteins made in response to an infection. These antibodies may last in the body only two to three months, which may seem worrisome, but that’s perfectly normal after an acute infection subsides, said Dr. Michael Mina, an immunologist at Harvard University. It may be possible to get the coronavirus again, but it’s highly unlikely that it would be possible in a short window of time from initial infection or make people sicker the second time.

I’m a small-business owner. Can I get relief?

The stimulus bills enacted in March offer help for the millions of American small businesses. Those eligible for aid are businesses and nonprofit organizations with fewer than 500 workers, including sole proprietorships, independent contractors and freelancers. Some larger companies in some industries are also eligible. The help being offered, which is being managed by the Small Business Administration, includes the Paycheck Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. But lots of folks have not yet seen payouts. Even those who have received help are confused: The rules are draconian, and some are stuck sitting on money they don’t know how to use. Many small-business owners are getting less than they expected or not hearing anything at all.

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It is unlikely that many schools will return to a normal schedule this fall, requiring the grind of online learning, makeshift child care and stunted workdays to continue. California’s two largest public school districts — Los Angeles and San Diego — said on July 13, that instruction will be remote-only in the fall, citing concerns that surging coronavirus infections in their areas pose too dire a risk for students and teachers. Together, the two districts enroll some 825,000 students. They are the largest in the country so far to abandon plans for even a partial physical return to classrooms when they reopen in August. For other districts, the solution won’t be an all-or-nothing approach. Many systems, including the nation’s largest, New York City, are devising hybrid plans that involve spending some days in classrooms and other days online. There’s no national policy on this yet, so check with your municipal school system regularly to see what is happening in your community.

Dr. Offit said that the advisory board, which includes experts from academia, industry and government and makes much of its discussions public, could handle as many of the vaccine candidates as are ready to review.

“Typically they are two-day meetings,” he said. “We could make them longer than that. We can go through all the data.”

Dr. Rebekah Gee, chief executive of Louisiana State University health care services, who also signed the letter, said that research data on the vaccines must be made public.

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8 states and cities are slowing or stopping briefly coronavirus reopening plans

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Texas has “ paused” its reopening as coronavirus cases in the state climb steeply.

Lots of states have seen surges in COVID-19 cases after resuming, leading state and city officials to reimpose constraints or delay next actions.

Here are the 8 states and cities that have slowed or backtracked their reopenings so far.

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As the US opens back up, the coronavirus is making the most of the new chances to spread.

Since Thursday, a minimum of 29 states are seeing increases in everyday coronavirus cases. The inclines are particularly high in a variety of Southern states, consisting of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. Many are reporting more cases than they’ve ever seen every day.

” This is an extension of the first wave,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, informed Company Insider “Some places that might have been reasonably spared early on in the winter and the spring are now dealing with cases greater than they had before.”

As a result, numerous states and cities are dialing back their resuming efforts, going back to earlier phases or delaying next actions.

Here are the places that are slowing down or walking back their reopening strategies.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just paused his state’s reopening plan. It was the most recent in a series of leaders’ decisions to postpone lockdown lifts.

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” The last thing we want to do as a state is go in reverse and close down businesses,” he said in a statement.

Texas was one of the very first states in the nation to start reopening from its coronavirus lockdown in early May.

Louisiana postponed its next resuming stage by a month.

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” This is not the direction we want to be headed in,” Edwards said, according to WWL-TV

Louisiana has reported more than 53,400 cases and 3,100 deaths as of Thursday.

North Carolina, too, has paused its strategies to relocate to stage 3.

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” North Carolina is relying on the data and the science to raise constraints responsibly, and right now our increasing numbers reveal we need to strike the pause button while we work to stabilize our patterns,” Cooper stated in a statement

Nevada is likewise waiting a few more weeks prior to considering phase 3.

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Given that the state resumed its gambling establishments in early June, Nevada’s seven-day average case count has risen steeply, rapidly surpassing previous months.

That revealed the state was “not ready” for phase 3, Gov. Steve Sisolak stated when he revealed the stage’s postponement on June 15.

According to White House guidelines, stage 3 might allow employers to bring personnel back into work without constraints, resume senior care facilities and medical facilities to visitors, boost occupancy for bars, and enable sporting places and theater to resume.

” Nevadans have actually made enormous sacrifices to get us to where we are today,” Sisolak said in an interview. “I don’t wish to let that all opt for naught by us needing to take a giant action backwards.”

Nevada’s case count has actually increased by 41%in the last 2 weeks.

Maine has actually postponed the reopening of indoor bars.

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Bars in Maine can continue outdoor service, and restaurants that have bars can continue seating guests inside with appropriate social distancing and capacity constraints.

” Indoor bar service usually features crowds, frequently in close contact with one another, often without tables or other methods of keeping individuals apart,” Jeanne Lambrew, commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, stated of the announcement, according to the Portland Press-Herald

Coronavirus break outs in Michigan, Idaho, and Louisiana have actually been linked to indoor groups of patrons at bars.

Oregon halted all brand-new reopenings for a week in mid-June, and just recently mandated face masks in indoor public places for the majority of citizens.

A nurse holds a sign at the ReOpen Oregon rally on May 2, 2020 in Salem, Oregon.

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As of Wednesday, people in 7 of Oregon’s most populated counties are needed to wear face masks in stores and other indoor public locations.

Idaho is “tapping on the breaks,” Gov. Brad Little announced on Thursday.

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The state did not meet its own criteria for the final stage of reopening, Little stated in a interview

The state’s epidemiologist, Dr. Christine Hahn, stated emergency clinic in Idaho are seeing increasingly more patients with coronavirus-like signs. She included that more health care employees are evaluating positive also.

Twice this week, Idaho’s day-to-day new case count has surpassed its previous peak from April, with hundreds of brand-new people checking positive.

Idaho will stay in Phase 4 for a minimum of 2 more weeks, ensuring that services maintain social distancing procedures and companies make lodgings for employees susceptible to severe infection.

In two weeks, Little said, “we’ll examine the numbers once again.”

Boise and its surrounding county had already reversed course, going back to an earlier phase of the reopening plan and shuttering bars and nightclubs.

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Ada County, which encompasses the city of Boise, broke course with the rest of Idaho and reverted to stage 3 on Monday.

The reversal required bars and nightclubs to close once again, restored work-from-home suggestions, and limited gatherings to fewer than 50 people.

The area has actually seen little transmission of the virus in the last couple of months, with less than 10 people evaluating positive every day, however that altered quickly in recent weeks. Ada County has actually seen 579 new cases considering that June 15.

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Packed Bars Serve Up New Rounds Of COVID Contagion

As states ease their lockdowns, bars are emerging as fertile breeding grounds for the coronavirus. They create a risky cocktail of tight quarters, young adults unbowed by the fear of illness and, in some instances, proprietors who don’t enforce crowd limits and social distancing rules.

Public health authorities have identified bars as the locus of outbreaks in Louisiana, Florida, Wyoming and Idaho. Last weekend, the Texas alcohol licensing board suspended the liquor licenses of 17 bars after undercover agents observed crowds flouting emergency rules that required patrons to keep a safe distance from one another and limit tavern occupancy.

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Adriana Megas found HandleBar Houston so crowded when she went one night two weekends ago that she left. “They weren’t counting who came in and came out,” said Megas, 38, a nursing student. “Nobody was wearing any masks. You would never think COVID happened.”

The owners of HandleBar Houston, one of the bars whose licenses were suspended, did not respond to requests for comment. Megas said she and her friends drove by five other jammed bars on their way home. “The street was insanely busy,” she said. “Every single bar was filled.”

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In Boise, Idaho, at least 152 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in cases that health authorities linked to people who, unaware they were infectious, visited bars and nightclubs, officials said. On Monday, the Central Health District, which oversees four counties, rolled back its reopening rules to shutter bars and nightclubs in Boise’s Ada County.

Bars are tailor-made for the spread of the virus, with loud music and a cacophony of conversations that require raised voices. The alcohol can impede judgment about diligently following rules meant to prevent contagion.

“People almost don’t want to social-distance if they go to the bar,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security in Baltimore. “They’re going to be drinking alcohol, which is a social lubricant. People will often be loud, and if they have forceful speech, that’s going to create more droplets.”

On top of that, the very act of drinking is incompatible with wearing a mask, a primary way of limiting the spread of infection. Public health experts say many patrons are young adults who may think they are impervious to the coronavirus.

It’s certainly less lethal for them: Fewer than 4% of adults in their 20s with COVID-19 have been hospitalized, compared with 22% of those in their 60s, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only 1 in 1,000 COVID-19 patients in their 20s die from the virus.

Nonetheless, as bars and other public places reopen, rates of infection in younger adults are rising, and bars are a particularly dangerous vector. Several outbreaks have been traced to bars that cater to college students. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, health authorities have received reports of more than 100 instances of positive COVID-19 tests tied to bar visits and bar employees in Tigerland, a neighborhood frequented by Louisiana State University students.

Reggie Chatman, a 23-year-old LSU graduate and sports reporter at a Baton Rouge television station, said he was surprised at how crowded the Tigerland bars were when he drove past them last weekend.

“It looked like a football weekend. It was unbelievable, just seeing that many people walking around,” he said. “Each bar had a line in front of it. It didn’t look like they were really stopping anybody from going inside. I didn’t see one mask out there at all.”

Jason Nay, the general manager of Fred’s, one of the bars there, said the bar closed two days last week to test all employees after three workers were COVID-positive. The business reopened Friday night but had only five customers.

“This goes to show you how many people know what’s going on,” he said. “Not even the students who thought they were invincible felt comfortable coming out.” He said that Fred’s will check patrons’ temperatures and hand out disposable face masks this weekend.

Nay, 37, said he believed most students had been actively socializing for months by having friends over to their homes. “Don’t think they changed anything until recently, and I think the main reason why they changed is because their parents really tore into them because they could have brought that home for Father’s Day,” he said.

There are about 43,000 bars in the country. As many states permit them to reopen, authorities have enacted various measures to mitigate the chances of infection. Earlier this month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed bars to open at half capacity with social distancing. This week he warned that violators risk losing their liquor licenses if “it’s just like mayhem and like ‘Dance Party USA’ and it’s packed to the rafters.”

In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott decreed that bars must limit indoor service to half their legal occupancy, keep tables to 10 people or fewer and enforce 6 feet of distancing between groups. “There are certain counties where a majority of the people who are tested positive in that county are under the age of 30, and this typically results from people going to bars,” Abbott said at a press conference earlier this month.

Last weekend, undercover inspectors with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission visited nearly 600 bars and restaurants in Texas’ major urban areas. The commission posted on Twitter videotapes of two bar scenes and a photograph of a third bar, all showing patrons standing shoulder to shoulder and chatting face-to-face. Those bars and 14 others had their liquor permits suspended for 30 days, with the threat of a 60-day suspension for a repeat violation.

On its Facebook page, one of the bars sanctioned by the commission, BARge 295 in Seabrook, near Houston, said its license was suspended “for allowing some customers to stand and gather at the bar [S]aturday night (no six foot rule).” The bar, which has been promoting its live music, whole pig roasts and a bikini contest, said it would appeal the action.

“Everyone in the country is aware of the situation and has the ability to think for themselves and decide when and where they want to interact socially,” the bar said in a series of posts. “This BS needs to end now. Come out and support local businesses.”

Other bar owners have found the mandates manageable. Greg Barrineau, who owns a number of bars in the San Antonio area, said he rearranged tables and stools to meet the state’s requirements. “The guidelines are not that hard to follow,” he said. While the state does not require masks, he said the county’s administrative officer and the mayor decided to fine businesses if customers did not wear masks, and most patrons have complied.

“You walk in the door, and you sit down and take your mask off,” Barrineau said, adding he was not sure how big a difference it makes. “If they were waiting in the line outside and the restroom, then they would wear them.”

J.C. Diaz, president of the American Nightlife Association, which represents bars and clubs, said it has been harder for bars to enforce mask-wearing because it has been so politicized. “The problem now is people are not adhering to the mitigation measures,” he said. “We’re doing what we can do to prevent the spread of COVID, but if you are a reckless guest who doesn’t care about the health of others, you shouldn’t be out.”

Masks alone cannot solve the problem, said Dr. Ray Niaura, interim chair of the epidemiology department at New York University’s School of Global Public Health. The risk of contagion is impossible to eliminate at bars, especially since many infected people are asymptomatic. “Even if you distance tables, you’re still going to have groups of people together,” he said.

Megas, the nursing student, said crowds have not deterred her from planning to return to Houston bars despite the continued spread of the coronavirus. “I’ve studied it enough and I think it’s been going on long enough that I’m really comfortable around it,” she said. “There’s a small part of me that is just like ‘I would like to get it now, while I’m not in school.’”

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Photo at Handlebar in Houston ⬇️ 2/3 pic.twitter.com/kOiJTBqm9p

— Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (@TexasABC) June 21, 2020

Reggie Chatman, a 23-year-old LSU graduate and sports reporter at a Baton Rouge television station, said he was surprised at how crowded the Tigerland bars were when he drove past them last weekend.

from Updates By Dina https://khn.org/news/packed-bars-serve-up-new-rounds-of-covid-contagion/

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