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Coronavirus

The Risk Is Too Great to Reopen Palm Coast So Soon: An Open Letter from City Leaders

April 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 93 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland, City Manager Matt Morton and Fire Chief Jerry Forte explain why the city is maintaining recommended restrictions to suppress the coronavirus and why “we must remain steadfast in our approach and see this through to the end.”

Schools Closed for Rest of School Year; Tager Says Decision Gives Families and Employees ‘Peace of Mind’

April 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to keep schools closed comes amid pressure from the statewide teachers’ union and medical groups. The governor acknowledged “there was some division amongst folks” on the issue.

Florida Infections Spike to Near Peak Again, Flagler Cases at 52; St. Johns Reopens Beaches Partially

April 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Josh, an AdventHealth Palm Coast employee, taking the temperature of a plush gift from Flagler Beach volunteers, who delivered the gifts to the hospital on April 13 as a result of efforts by resident Wanda Duff. (Wanda Duff)

Flagler County Covid-19 cases are expected to spike a little because of increased testing; AdventHealth Palm Coast’s ICU capacity at 28 percent and total capacity at 30 percent. Flagler County government defends its decision to open some trails as St. Johns opens its beaches for four hours a day, with limited use.

Only 4% of Florida’s Unemployed Have Received Checks Since Losing Their Jobs

April 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The state’s benefit checks of $275 a week remain among the stingiest in the nation. Separately, 23,801 checks have gone out to people who have qualified for federal money under a new federal stimulus law. The federal payments go up to $600 a week.

Millions of Americans Might Not Get Stimulus Checks. Some Might Be Tricked Into Paying TurboTax to Get Theirs.

April 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Congress gave the IRS the job of sending out coronavirus rescue checks. But the underfunded agency is struggling, while for-profit companies like Intuit have started circling, hoping to convert Americans in need into paying customers.

Sharp Rift Emerges as Flagler County Will Open Some Parks and Trails Against Cities’ Opposition

April 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 77 Comments

Biongs Landing on the Intracoastal, one of the Flagler County parks that could see more activity with the county's decision to reopen parks and trails in its jurisdiction, but not within cities. The decision is not welcomed by the cities. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County plans to reopen some of its parks and trails even though every city in the county is opposed and the apex of the coronavirus emergency is still two weeks away, according to public health officials.

5.2 Million More Initial Claims Push Unemployment Rate Past 13%, Nearing Great Depression Figures

April 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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In Florida, the last four weeks of claims totals 652,000 which, combined with 291,000 unemployed Floridians before the crisis–a five-decade low–approaches 1 million unemployed, placing the state’s current unemployment rate at around 9 percent and doubling Flagler’s unemployment rolls, past 4,000.

Covid-19 Peak Pushed Back to May 3; In Flagler, 47 Are Tested at Drive-Up Site and 400 Households Get Food Aid

April 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

From left, Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton, Mayor Milissa Holland, and Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder, with an interpreter for the hearing impaired, at today's semi-virtual town hall meeting on Covid-19. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast's YouTube Channel)

More details about the first Covid-19 infection affecting a Flagler staffer at a nursing home as the county begins drive-up testing, officials warn relaxing distancing measures, and Palm Coast launches its Rise-Up Palm Coast initiative.

Flagler County’s Teachers Union Joins Call on Governor To Keep Schools Closed For Rest of the Year

April 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Exactly a year ago, Superintendent Jim Tager and Flagler County Education Association participated in walk-ins across the district, in support of teachers and service employees. The unions' relationships with district administration has long been stable and cooperative. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Education Association President Katie Hansen said today she was “absolutely” behind the state education association president’s call on Gov. Ron DeSantis to keep schools closed for the remainder of the year, for the safety of students, staff and families.

Spike in People Dying at Home Suggests Coronavirus Deaths Are Considerably Higher Than Reported

April 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A Covid-19 regional care center in Detroit on April 9. (Scott Thompson)

Coronavirus death counts are based on positive tests and driven by hospital deaths. But data from major metropolitan areas shows a spike in at-home deaths, prompting one expert to say current numbers were just “the tip of the iceberg.”

Covid-19 Tempers: How Palm Coast Residents With No Prior Records Are Ending Up In Jail on Domestic Violence Charges

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's depouties have been busy arbitrating domestic disputes--and arresting first-time offenders (© FlaglerLive)

Even as the sheriff stresses de-escalation before arrests, ordinary family members are losing tempers and acting violently at home in collateral consequences of the coronavirus emergency, as this weekend’s repeated examples from Palm Coast illustrate.

Get Used To It: Distancing and Masks Are ‘New Normal’ for Coming Year

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Health Department Director Bob Snyder in face mask, addressing the Palm Coast City Council during a virtual meeting last week. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

Florida residents might be social distancing and wearing facemasks for a year because of COVID-19, the state’s top public health officer said Monday.

Oceanfront Property Owners Want Beach Closure Lifted. Federal Judge Says No.

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Off limit in Flagler, too, until further notice. (© FlaglerLive)

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, argued that the ordinance is unconstitutional on a series of grounds, including that it violates privacy and due-process rights.

Trump’s Covid-19 Power Grab

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 65 Comments

Dr. Anthony Fucci and Donald Trump at the April 13 coronavirus briefing. (White House)

The real hoax is Trump’s commitment to America, argues Robert Reich. In reality he will do anything – anything – to hold on to power. In his mind, the coronavirus crisis is just another opportunity.

How and When to Wear a Mask, and How Not To

April 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Whether to wear a mask or not to protect against Covid-19, in what circumstances, and in what manners. Here’s what’s known and recommended in those regards as of mid-April.

1st Infection in Flagler Nursing Home; Flagler Opens Covid Testing Site at DSC Tuesday; Big Food Drop For Needy at FPC

April 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The number of families needing help from Grace Community Food Pantry off U.S. 1 every weekend has nearly doubled since the coronavirus emergency began, as was the case with vehicles lining up along the highway last Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler opens its first drive-up Covid-19 testing site Tuesday and organizes a major food drop as infection numbers appear to be slowing but local officials say it’s still important to “stay the course” on distancing.

How Do We Exit The Shutdown? Hire An Army Of Public Health Workers

April 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The pandemic has exposed massive cracks in the foundations of the U.S. public health system. Getting the country back to normal, experts say, will require a major investment in Public Health 101: training a corps of workers who can track people with the virus and prevent them from passing it to others.

Second Flagler Resident Dies of Covid-19; Had Been at AdventHealth’s ICU

April 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

New, confirmed Covid-19 cases in Florida by day, since March 25. Local public health and emergency management officials say the peak is still expected on April 21. (Department of Health graphic)

A second Flagler County resident has died of Covid-19, Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder said this morning. The resident had been in treatment at AdventHealth Palm Coast hospital’s intensive care unit, and died in the early hours of on Easter Sunday.

Coronavirus Traffic Lull Is Accelerating Work on I-4’s Widening Project, Now Nearly a Year behind Schedule

April 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The I-4 construction project is in its fifth year. (DOT)

The $2.3 billion project is more than 250 days behind schedule. Sections of the massive Interstate 4 “Ultimate” project will see accelerated work as the state takes advantage of a coronavirus-created reduction in traffic.

Florida Seeing Over 1,000 New Infections a Day as Federal, State and Local Officials Send Clashing Messages

April 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Army Pvt. Joshua Rodriguez, a combat medical specialist assigned to the Javits New York Medical Station, checks a patient’s pulse in New York on Wednesday. (Department of Defense)

The largest spike of coronavirus cases yet in Flagler-Palm Coast was on Thursday, with seven cases confirmed just that day, for a total of 44. Most of the new cases are the result of local, or community, transmission.

AdventHealth Offers Drive-up Covid-19 Testing at Daytona International Speedway Starting Friday

April 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The tests will be available to anyone who meets the criteria for testing, as set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A doctor’s order in not required for testing. AdventHealth will pay the cost of testing for the uninsured.

Flagler Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart Helping to Lead Push for Expansion of Mail Ballots and Early Voting

April 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Keiti Lenhart is among the Florida supervisors who have asked Gov. Ron DeSantis for emergency measures they say will help them cope with an anticipated “significant statewide shortage” of poll workers later this year because of the coronavirus.

Crush of Initial Claims Push U.S. Unemployment Rate Past 10%, Florida’s Past 7% and Rising

April 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The four-week average. (calculatedriskblog.com)

Initial unemployment claims totaled 6.6 million for the week ending April 4 across the nation, and 169,885 in Florida. In the last three weeks, initial claims have totaled 16.8 million in a labor force of 163 million. That equates to an unemployment rate of 10.3 percent, a rate never reached during the Great Recession.

AdventHealth Using Experimental Treatment of Plasma Infusions From Covid-19 Patients Who’ve Recovered

April 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

OneBlood, whose Big Red Bus is routinely seen around Palm Coast and Flagler, is collecting plasma from eligible patients who have recovered from Covid-19. (© FlaglerLive)

Recovered patients who are at least 15 days out from experiencing symptoms are eligible to donate plasma through OneBlood, whose Big Red Bus is routinely seen in palm Cpoast and Flagler, collecting blood.

‘When It Starts Getting Into Your Local Hospital, It Becomes Real’

April 8, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A sign declaring “HEROES WORK HERE” decorates the lawn of St. James Parish Hospital, a 25-bed rural hospital located about 45 minutes from New Orleans, a pandemic hot spot. (Courtesy of St. James Parish Hospital)

Communities nationwide must fight their own coronavirus battles, leaving local hospitals to make do with limited staffing, testing, personal protective equipment and mechanical gear. The difficult conversations feel unceasingly cruel.

It Was Never a Strong Economy For the Working Poor. Now’s the Time to Change That.

April 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Clearly, not yet. (Joe Brusky)

The coronavirus crisis is laying bare how record low unemployment and a booming stock market helped conceal the still weak levels of household wealth, public infrastructure, and overall socio-economic fragility of most Americans.

Flagler EOC Gets 500 Test Kits in Preparation for Drive-In Site at DSC Campus; County Cases at 35; Florida Deaths Near 300

April 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County Emergency Management Chief persisted, and secured 500 coronavirus test kits for the county. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s emergency management division secured the 500 test kits in addition to those at the health department, and it hopes to secure more. The drive-in location will still be by appointment, with a focus on first responders, health workers and those over 65.

As Florida’s Unemployment Compensation System Collapses, DeSantis Tries to Focus on Improvements

April 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Department of Economic Opportunity Executive Director Ken Lawson. (NSF)

Hundreds of call center operators are being rushed through training, paper applications are being made available and dozens of computer servers were brought from Orlando over the weekend to boost the online system’s capacity.

Are You Really Recovered After Overcoming Covid-19? Doctors Can’t Guarantee You Won’t Re-Transmit

April 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In the clear? (Pascal Maramis)

As with so many other aspects of the coronavirus, determining when a patient has recovered is fraught with uncertainties. Federal guidelines are limited. Physicians can’t offer seemingly recovered patients who aren’t retested any guarantees about whether they will be able to transmit the virus.

Drive-In Testing Location Coming to Flagler as Local Cases Reach 34, State Peak Expected on April 21

April 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael San Jose, 60th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron lab technician, performs antibody titration at the David Grant USAF Medical Center laboratory at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (James Hodgman)

Previous models had shown the Coronavirus pandemic peaking in Florida the first week of May. The earlier projected peak would mean 3,000 fewer hospitalizations statewide, and a few hundred less ICU-level patients, as well as fewer deaths. But models can change.

Jury Trials and All Other Non-Critical Court Proceedings Suspended at Least Until June

April 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A jury room at the Flagler County courthouse. It will not be used for that purpose at least until June. (© FlaglerLive)

The order extended the suspension of criminal and civil jury trials, jury selection and grand-jury proceedings through May 29. It said circuit and county courts will “continue to perform essential court proceedings.”

Weekend Rise: Florida Cases Reach 12,350, Flagler at 31, With 5 Hospitalizations; Surveillance Testing in Miami

April 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Army Master Sgt. Brooks Young, a Louisiana National Guardsman, helps package and ship ventilator equipment to support the state and federal COVID-19 response in Baton Rouge, La., April 1, 2020.

As of Sunday evening, just 409 people had been tested in Flagler, including 68 at AdventHealth Palm Coast, but health department officials were saying 550 test kits were expected sometime next week.

We Need A Lot More Covid-19 Transparency From the CDC

April 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Some people may be getting easier access to testing than others. (Taylor D. Slater)

The CDC is hiding potential disparities in who gets tested for coronavirus. To start, the CDC should expand its dashboard, and publicly report metrics using demographic categories like sex, race, ethnicity, primary language, and disability status.

It’s Hardly Shocking the Navy Fired a Commander for Warning of Coronavirus Threat. It’s Part of a Pattern.

April 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Capt. Brett Crozier, in 2016, when he was the executive officer of the USS Ronald Reagan. (U.S. Navy Ryan McFarlane)

In dismissing the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the Navy once again punished the messenger, a frontline leader brave enough to tell the unvarnished truth to superiors about a threat to his sailors.

At AdventHealth, 15 Ventilators and Plans for 66 ICU Rooms; Local Officials Prepare for Surge and Promised Tests Don’t Show

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Three wings at AdventHealth Palm Coast may be repurposed into intensive care unit rooms to accommodate a surge of Covid-19 patients, should it happen--or to care for patients from other overrun communities. (© FlaglerLive)

As confirmed Flagler County Covid-19 cases reach 28 Friday evening, local health officials are now stopping short of using reassuring language, saying the worst is yet to come, while various shifts point to the increasing severity of the pandemic.

Fox News’ Jesse Watters Said Travel Bans ‘More Critical In Saving Lives’ Than COVID Testing. He’s Wrong.

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Travel restrictions are most effective in combating viral spread if they are accompanied by targeted, robust testing and quarantining, which are the areas in which the Trump administration stumbled.

Where Religion Trumps Science as Pastors Keep Holding In-Person Services During Coronavirus

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The coronavirus is causing a patchwork of responses when it comes to religious services, depending on geography. (© FlaglerLive)

Top scientists and public health experts have warned that religious services appear to be particularly conducive to COVID-19 transmission, with multiple documented cases of spread in houses of worship across the globe.

Man Shoots Himself In the Mouth With Deputies at the Door to Arrest Him on Domestic Assault Charges

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Sandy Beach Way is part of a small subdivision at the northern end of Flagler on the barrier island, in the Beach Haven neighborhood. (Google)

Gary Hills, 68, of 71 Sandy Beach Walk in north Flagler, had allegedly held his wife hostage overnight after beating her, holding a gun to her head and threatening to kill her, the dog and himself, before shooting himself just as deputies were knocking at his door Wednesday morning.

Coronavirus Kills Longest Economic Expansion On Record With 701,000 Job Loss in March, Much Worse to Come

April 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The coronavirus has ended the longest economic expansion on record, with a loss of 701,000 jobs in March. (© FlaglerLive)

The longest economic expansion on record, a 113-month streak that netted 22 million jobs between October 2010 and February 2020, is over. The economy shed 701,000 jobs in March and the number of unemployed persons grew by 1.4 million.

HIPAA Heist: Lethal Privacy In the Age of Coronavirus

April 2, 2020 | Pierre Tristam | 14 Comments

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Misapplications and misinterpretations of the federal medical privacy law known as HIPAA are conspiring to kill more of us than otherwise would die from the coronavirus. And officials are taking advantage of the law to cloak their failures.

Citing Emergency Powers, DeSantis Wants Lawsuit Disputing Beach Closures Tossed Out

April 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The lawsuit was filed by Santa Rosa Beach lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder amid debate about whether groups of beachgoers — including spring break crowds of college students — have worsened the spread of COVID-19, the deadly respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.

Florida Covid-19 Cases Increasing By More Than 1,000 a Day; Flagler’s at 24, With 4 Hospitalized

April 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Floridians, public health and emergency management officials are contending with rapidly accelerating indices of crisis, from infection numbers to hospitalizations to unemployment figures that are triggering a different sort of emergency even for those unaffected by the virus.

Flagler’s 1st Covid-19 Fatality: Flagler Beach’s Dorothy Strickland Dies at Halifax Hospital; Was Denied Test Locally

April 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 77 Comments

Dorothy Strickland, a long-time hair stylist, had owned Strictly Dorothy and Friends in Miami before moving permanently to Flagler Beach several years ago, to the house she'd owned there for 20 years. (Facebook)

Dorothy Strickland, 70, died Wednesday afternoon of Coronavirus at Daytona Beach’s Halifax hospital after she had been told she didn’t meet testing criteria in Flagler County. Her last two weeks were an ordeal.

Sheriff Prepares Shift to Enforcement of Quarantine and Stay-Home Orders Amid Questions; Restrictions in Effect Friday

April 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, center, has been in discussions with Flagler Emergency Management Chief JOnathan Lord, at the mic, and working with Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney, left, and Bunnell Police Chief Tom Foster (not pictured) regarding enforcement of coronavirus emergency orders, which will soon be mandatory. The trio was seen at the county's Emergency Operations Center last fall during the last hurricane emergency. (© FlaglerLive)

What will enforcement of mandatory stay-home orders look like in Palm Coast and Flagler, for residents and coronavirus-infected individuals? Sheriff Rick Staly and Emergency Management Chief Jonathan Lord have been pouring over the orders in preparation.

DeSantis Orders Stay-at-Home Across Florida, Limiting Activity to All But Essential Services for 30 Days; Palm Coast Holds Virtual Town Hall

April 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Speaking from his office shortly after 1 p.m. today, Gov. Ron DeSantis today said he is issuing an executive order requiring all Floridians to stay at home except to seek “essential services” for the next 30 days.

Covid-19 Study Projects Florida Will See 5,568 Deaths By August, Peaking on May 3; Florida Extends School Closures Through May 1

March 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The view from Covid-19 in Flagler Beach Monday. (© FlaglerLive)

The number of deaths in Florida and the nation from Covid-19 will rise rapidly in April despite social distancing rules in place–but would rise even more if those measures were not in place, the study’s author warns.

3 Flagler Public Library Staffers Develop Covid-Like Symptoms, Shutting Down All Services at Palm Coast Branch

March 31, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Flagler County Pblic Library on Palm Coast Parkway. (© FlaglerLive)

The dozen staffers at the Flagler County Public Library on Palm Coast Parkway had been conducting brisk curbside business until three of them developed symptoms, requiring a shut-down out of caution, and until further notice.

Flagler’s Covid-Emergency Officials Want More Testing and Uniform Orders But Can’t Say When Either Will Happen

March 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

County Commission Chairman Dave Sullivan speaking today at the county's virtual press conference from the Emergency Operations Center, with Emergency Chief Jonathan Lord and Health Department Chief Bob Snyder. The conference had an interpreter for the deaf. (© FlaglerLive via Zoom)

Flagler County’s first-ever virtual news conference revealed the fissures between the state’s patchwork approach to stay-at-home orders and local officials’ desire for more. And it underscored a persistent lack of sufficient testing that would enable health officials to conduct broader surveillance testing and better grasp the true extent of infections locally.

What Takes So Long? A Behind-The-Scenes Look At The Steps Involved In COVID-19 Testing

March 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A machine at the UW Medicine Virology laboratory in Seattle extracts genetic material called RNA from patient samples to allow the analysis of potential COVID-19 cases on March 11. (Dan DeLong for KHN)

Even for people who are able to get tested for the coronavirus, and there’s still a big lag in testing ability in hot spots across the U.S., there can be a frustratingly long wait for results — not just hours, but often days. Here are some answers why.

Flagler Cases Rise to 13, Including 17-Year-Old Girl; Florida’s Near 5,500; Social Distancing Extended To May 1

March 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Despite the rising numbers, Flagler County continues to be among the counties where testing has lagged, with a mere 143 tests conducted in total, many of them through the Flagler Department of Health and some at AdventHealth Palm Coast.

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