Alaska COVID-19 Count Saturday May 23, 2020 -4 New Cases, 2 New Recoveries, 1 New Hospitalization

We're bouncing.
The last week's new cases looked like this, day-by-day:  4, 4, 3, 0, 3, 0, 2, 4
No new deaths, but we've gone from 43 to 45 hospitalizations
More troubling, I think are the locations - Nome and the Northwest Arctic Borough each have two cases in the last two days.  Why don't we have required testing at the airport before people fly out to rural communities?

In an online fundraiser the other day, US Senate candidate Al Gross said he'd suggested getting hospital ships out into Bristol Bay so that fishers identified with COVID in rural areas get sent to the ships instead of the local health facilities.  He figured there were ships available, including one of those cruise ships that isn't cruising now.  

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL/May 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered	21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered	22nd  6/335 36 hos  9 dead 196recovered	23nd  2/337 36 hos  9 dead 209recovered	24th  2/339 36 hos  9 dead 208recovered (-1 from 4/23)	25th  0/339 36 hos  9 dead 217recovered	26th  2/341 36 hos  9 dead 217recovered
27th  4/345 37 hos  9 dead 218recovered	28th  6/351 37 hos  9 dead 228 recovered	29th  4/355 36 hos  9 dead 240recovered	30th  0/355 36 hos  9 dead 252recovered
May 2020				1st  9/364 36 hos  9 dead 254recovered	2nd  1/365 36 hos  9 dead 261recovered	3rd  3/368 36 hos  9 dead 262recovered
4th  2/370 37 hos  9 dead 263recovered	5th  1/371 38 hos  9 dead 277 recovered	6th  1/372 38 hos 10 dead 284recovered	7th  2/374 38 hos 10 dead 291recovered	8th  3/377 38 hos 10 dead 305recovered	9th  1/378 38 hos 10 dead 318recovered	10th  1/379 38 hos 10 dead 324recovered
11th  1/381 38 hos 10 dead 328recovered	12th  2/383 38 hos 10 dead 334 recovered	13th  0/383 38 hos 10 dead 335recovered	14th  4/387 39 hos 10 dead 339recovered	15th  1/388 41 hos 10 dead 343recovered	16th  4/392 43 hos 10 dead 344recovered	17th  4/396 43 hos 10 dead 344recovered
18th  3/399 43 hos 10 dead 345recovered	19th  0/399 43 hos 10 dead 348 recovered	20th  3/402 44 hos 10 dead 352recovered	21st  0/402 44 hos 10 dead 356recovered	22st  2/404 44 hos 10 dead 356recovered	23rd4/408 45 hos 10 dead 358recovered

The last week's new cases looked like this, day-by-day:  4, 4, 3, 0, 3, 0, 2, 4
No new deaths, but we've gone from 43 to 45 hospitalizations
More troubling, I think are the locations - Nome and the Northwest Arctic Borough each have two cases in the last two days.  Why don't we have required testing at the airport before people fly out to rural communities?



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Alaska COVID-19 Count Friday May 22, 2020 2 New Cases, 0 New Recoveries,0 New Hospitalizations

If the virus is lurking among asymptomatic folks, the loosening of restrictions hasn't resulted in a sharp resurgence yet.  We're staying under a handful of new cases per day.  Will that change as more fisher folk arrive from The Lower 48?  We'll see.  But so far so good.

CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES ALASKA MARCH/APRIL/May 2020
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
new/total	hos=hospital		12th  = 0/0	13th = 1/1	14th = 0/1	15th = 0/1
16th = 0/1	17th = 2/3	18th = 3/6	19th = 3/9	20th = 3/12	21st= 2/14	22nd= 8/22
23rd=14/36	24th =6/42 1 hos 1 dead	25th = 17/59 3 hos 1 dead	26th = 10/69 3 hos 1 dead	27th =16/89 5 hos 2 dead	28th = 13/102 6 hos 2 dead	29th= 12/114 7 hos  3 dead
30th=5/119 7 hos 3 dead	31st= 14/133 9 hos 3 dead
April 2020		1st=  10/143 9 hos 3 dead	2nd=8(6)/149 13 hos 3 dead	3rd=8(11)157 15 hos 3 dead	4th=15/171 16 hos 5 dead	5th= 14/185 20 hos 6 dead
6th=6/191 23 hosp 6 dead	7th= 22/213 23 hosp 6 Dead29 recovered	8th= 13/226 27 hosp 7 dead 32 recovered	9th= 9/235 27 hosp 7 dead 49 recovered	10th=11/246 28 hosp 7 dead 55 recovered	11th=11/257 31 hosp 8 dead 63 recovered	12th= 15/272 31 hosp 8 dead 66 recovered
13th= 5/277 32 Hosp 8 dead 85 Recovered	14th = 8/285 32 Hosp 9 dead 98 Recovered	15th= 8/293 34 Hosp 9 dead 106 Recovered	16th= 7/300 35 hosp 9 dead 110 recovered	17th=  9/309 36 hosp 9 dead 128 recovered	18th =  5/315 36 hos 9 dead 147 Recovered	19th= 4/319 36 hos 9 dead 153Recovered
20th 2/321 36 hos 9 dead 161 recovered	21st 8/329 36 hos 9 dead 168 recovered	22nd  6/335 36 hos  9 dead 196recovered	23nd  2/337 36 hos  9 dead 209recovered	24th  2/339 36 hos  9 dead 208recovered (-1 from 4/23)	25th  0/339 36 hos  9 dead 217recovered	26th  2/341 36 hos  9 dead 217recovered
27th  4/345 37 hos  9 dead 218recovered	28th  6/351 37 hos  9 dead 228 recovered	29th  4/355 36 hos  9 dead 240recovered	30th  0/355 36 hos  9 dead 252recovered
May 2020				1st  9/364 36 hos  9 dead 254recovered	2nd  1/365 36 hos  9 dead 261recovered	3rd  3/368 36 hos  9 dead 262recovered
4th  2/370 37 hos  9 dead 263recovered	5th  1/371 38 hos  9 dead 277 recovered	6th  1/372 38 hos 10 dead 284recovered	7th  2/374 38 hos 10 dead 291recovered	8th  3/377 38 hos 10 dead 305recovered	9th  1/378 38 hos 10 dead 318recovered	10th  1/379 38 hos 10 dead 324recovered
11th  1/381 38 hos 10 dead 328recovered	12th  2/383 38 hos 10 dead 334 recovered	13th  0/383 38 hos 10 dead 335recovered	14th  4/387 39 hos 10 dead 339recovered	15th  1/388 41 hos 10 dead 343recovered	16th  4/392 43 hos 10 dead 344recovered	17th  4/396 43 hos 10 dead 344recovered
18th  3/399 43 hos 10 dead 345recovered	19th  0/399 43 hos 10 dead 348 recovered	20th  3/402 44 hos 10 dead 352recovered	21st  0/402 44 hos 10 dead 356recovered	22st  2/404 44 hos 10 dead 356recovered

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Note: there were nearly 1900 more tests reported yesterday, 41,446 (cumulative), up from 39,545.



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Attorney Who Won Huge Lawsuit Against Chevron On Behalf Of Amazonian Indigenous People Now Facing Chevron Retaliation

Steve Donziger is a name you should know.

 "Donziger won a historic $9.5 billion pollution judgment against Chevron on behalf of Indigenous peoples in Ecuador."

Chevron refused to abide by the Ecuadorian ruling and has been retaliating against the attorney who won the case.  If you don't know about this already, I recommend this article. 

Here is the gist:

Garbus, Frisch and a team of trial lawyers representing Donziger have argued the contempt case is tainted with misconduct, as follows: 

• Kaplan charged Donziger with contempt after the lawyer filed an appeal challenging an unprecedented order by the judge that he turn over his computer and cell phone to Chevron -- a brazen intrusion into the normally sacrosanct attorney-client privilege. It is considered highly unusual for a judge to charge a lawyer with criminal contempt over a constitutional issue that is pending appeal. 
• Even more odd is that Kaplan’s charges that resulted in Donziger’s detention originally were rejected by the New York federal prosecutor. In an apparently unprecedented maneuver, Kaplan then appointed the Seward firm to “prosecute” in the name of the government without disclosing the law firm had Chevron and several Chevron-related entities as clients -- posing an egregious conflict of interest and violating Department of Justice policy that requires prosecutors to maintain strict neutrality. 
• The Seward firm also failed to disclose on repeated occasions to Donziger in open court that Chevron was a client. The Seward firm is so close to Chevron that it is even asserting privilege for the company today over critical documents Donziger needs to defend himself in the contempt case. 
• In February, during argument before a federal appellate court over Donziger’s detention, Seward partner Glavin never disclosed that her firm had financial ties to Chevron. In 2008, Glavin was found by an independent special prosecutor to have committed misconduct when she helped hide critical evidence from the defense in the high-profile case against then Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. The case eventually was dismissed as a result. (See here.) 
• Preska has not denied that she and Kaplan communicate regularly about the case and that Kaplan has refused to disqualify himself, a customary practice by judges who file contempt charges to ensure impartiality. As a result, for all practical purposes, Donziger has a “two-headed judge” presiding over his case, said Garbus.  

“Kaplan seems to be trying to pre-ordain the outcome by appointing his best friend and ideological ally to preside without a jury,” said Garbus. “It is clear Steven cannot get a fair trial. His detention is a reflection of what appears to be an egregious lack of fairness. The charges seem to be about retaliation from a corporate polluter and its judicial allies, not about justice or law.”