Category Archive For "Virus"
Park City poop says we are doing OK with Covid-19
That may be the strangest headline we’ve written at the Park Rag. A friend suggested we check out the Utah Department of Environmental Quality website. They monitor “observed infection rates in each corresponding sewershed” or put differently they look for Coronavirus in poop. Why this matters is that if a person has the Coronavirus, it …
A better way to find Park City School District Covid Numbers
The good news is that the Park City School District is publishing the number of students in schools with Covid-19. The bad news is that it is almost impossible to find. We’ve tried to help people on Next Door and Facebook find the numbers but it isn’t easy. You have to navigate to the district …
Today’s Kimball Junction car gathering likely spread Covid further into Summit County
People don’t give a crap. That should worry you for this year’s Park City Winter. Today, this was shown by the hundreds of car enthusiasts who gathered, mostly unmasked, in the Visitor Center Parking Lot in Kimball Junction. As they stood in groups and then moved from car to car, you could see the virus …
Opening Park City schools full-time is a polarizing issue
I’ve said before that I commend the Park City School District on giving people the heads up that schools will be open for business this fall. However, I am hearing from teachers with major concerns about safety. I also get that. We won’t really know the details about how schools will operate until the Park …
Park City Schools will be full-time and in-person as of August 20
I have been writing about what other school districts in Utah have been doing regarding their back-to-school measures. Today, I read what the Park City School District plans to do: “As a result of our collaboration with health agencies and the hard work of our educational Return to School Task Force Teams, we are plan …
Update on school reopenings: Wasatch County School District provides options
Well, our friends in Heber have made a decision on schools for next year. Their decision could be described as “whatever you want, you got it.” According to a Facebook post from the School District, “Wasatch County School District plans to bring students back for a traditional school schedule as our primary model. This model …
An update on schools: SLC School District fires a shot across the bow
Thursday, the Salt Lake City School District announced their plans for reopening In a Covid-19 world. If Salt Lake City is at the Orange level (or above) of Governor Herbert’s reopening plans, schools will be completely remote. Better said, parents will be trying to teach kids with some help from teachers. This flies in the …
Businesses are supposed to enforce Summit County’s mask requirement?
Summit County enacted its Covid-19 mask requirement Saturday morning at midnight. On Friday afternoon, The Summit County Council met in an emergency session to discuss the measure and vote it into place. During the public comment, I asked how local businesses should handle those people not wearing masks. The answer wasn’t what I expected. I …
We’re throwing it all away
Please wear a mask. Please social distance. Please find a way to not spread the virus. All that really matters for Park City, on a number of levels, is Fall and Winter. We spent the months of March, April, and May in lock-down to keep enough hospital beds available for the sick. Then we come …
Have we already forgotten what we are fighting for?
And like a light-switch, it turned back on. It’s as if people had forgotten why they spent the last six weeks in quarantine. It’s crazy out there today. Parking lots crowded. No social distancing. Trailheads packed. No social distancing. Herds of teenagers walking together three inches apart. No social distancing. Soccer practices going on. I’d …
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