On today's @ExpressNews p. 1, three outstanding reporters break big stories on their beats: @LaurenCaruba on double-lung transplants, @emilieeaton on fire chief's misstep, @shuddlestonSA on unraveling of Alamo Plan. Stunning Day of Dead art by @fotografolara. Design @3milioSAEN
As the coronavirus rages, life-and-death decisions are often made without close contact.
📝 @LaurenCaruba | 📷 @lisakrantz | Designed by @joymariescott
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Gob-smacked and grateful to work with journalists who can cover COVID day after day, plus George Floyd protests for two weeks running, and summon the will to pull off immersion journalism of this caliber. @LaurenCaruba@photodado@mindstuff@joymariescott
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Iliana Arizpe, 35, attends protest outside of the Paul Elizondo Tower in support of reopening cases involving black men who died in police custody. @josephineishere@emilieeaton@ExpressNews
The 116-bed facility was already falling short of health & safety standards before the outbreak occurred. It recently received the lowest possible federal ratings — 1 out of 5 stars — for health and fire inspections, staffing levels and quality of resident care.
H-E-B selling full meals from San Antonio restaurants, starting with Max & Louie’s New York Diner, as part of coronavirus response https://t.co/EiLlVJpHxz
He knew everything would be OK. He began to hum the hymn to himself:
God has his angels watching over us.
They’re watching over us early in the morning, and in the evening, too.
God has his angels watching over us.
In the morning, and the early evening, too.
When his daughter called to say his wife had died, he was quiet at first.
“I’m sorry you couldn’t be there,” she told him.
“It’s OK,” he said. “I was there for 63 years.”
She was San Antonio's first coronavirus victim. More from @emilieeaton:
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Five women have died of the coronavirus in San Antonio so far. @emilieeaton has a touching account about the first victim of the virus, a dressmaker with a colorful personality.
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It’s tragic, and scary.
Things are likely to get worse before they get better, as our outbreak continues to grow. But it’s still overwhelming.
If you want to know what health experts expect to happen in the days, weeks & months ahead, catch up here: https://t.co/KIR8qYai8z
"We’re in it for the long haul, folks." Around noon every day, I start jonesing for my fix of @mstoeltje's New Normal coronavirus blog, a superb roundup of latest news, links, actionable info.
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NEW today: So far this week, four health care workers in San Antonio have tested positive for coronavirus, including a North Central Baptist doctor. Three of those cases have been at University Hospital.
All are believed to be travel related.
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How has the coronavirus pandemic changed your everyday life? Struggling to find childcare? Fighting to keep your doors open? Tell @marinastarleaf about your new normal.
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.@Ron_Nirenberg will order bars and restaurants to close indefinitely as San Antonio grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a source with knowledge of the decision said.
Via @LaurenCaruba & @JFreports#sanantonio#coronavirus
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