My old hometown of Morgantown, West Virginia, is not often in the news – but it is now. Two men are under arrest for actions that may have resulted in the high-profile death of Officer Brian Sicknick during the January 6th Capitol Riots, and one of them is from Morgantown: George Pierre Tanios, 39. A breakdown of Tanios' actions are detailed by Heavy.
According to the local news article, Tanios owns a sandwich shop, and his self-given nickname is 'The Sandwich Nazi' – that's a nickname that's not aging well. His shop was also at the center of an employment controversy in which several WVU students who worked at the shop claimed that Tanios did not pay them. He also rather proudly shared a one-star review of his shop, the reviewer saying, "If Donald Trump was a restaurant manager, this is who he would be."
Today is nearly the anniversary of my first pandemic post, but in many ways it seems like we're right back at the start: Italy is in crisis and Florida is partying. The global COVID-19 case count passed one hundred and twenty million about three days ago; the day after that the US passed thirty million cases.
The lockdown in Portugal is slowly lifting, and the 'third wave' surge continues to dissipate. Portugal's seven-day average for cases is down to about five hundred (513.0); that is one fifth the number from a month ago (2,579.9). The seven-day average for deaths is down to sixteen (16.0); that is one eighth the number from a month ago (137.9).
cases: 120,909,274 global • 30,141,986 USA • 814,897 Portugal
deaths: 2,674,797 global • 548,091 USA • 16,707 Portugal
UPDATE (March 17th): Truly horrific news from Georgia resulting in the deaths of six Asian women (as well as a white man and a white woman), and shaking Asian communities across the nation as well as around the world.
UPDATE (March 18th): Another day brings more appalling news from the Asian community in the Bay Area. I am so full of anger and sorrow.
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