Henry County Schools makes masks optional as COVID-19 infections slow

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Dr. Felipe Lobelo, an epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente of Georgia, said official death counts are widely considered to be an undercount of the true toll, and the U.S. likely already surpassed that number."},{"_id":"PFXLYCBUQZEUBMPOOF5XUQUVEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643657930023},"type":"text","content":"“We all want this to be over,” said Lobelo about the pandemic. “But if you have 50 people dying in Georgia every day from COVID and close to 2,500 people in the U.S., obviously we are not done. And the fact that the bulk of these deaths could have been prevented by simply having three doses of the vaccine, that, to me is mind-boggling and upsetting but that is the reality.”"},{"_id":"ZN5XKLKNM5DIPM7MPLPJ4GDKLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643648211872},"type":"text","content":"Omicron appears to generally cause less severe illness than previous variants especially for those who are vaccinated. But the number of people dying from omicron has been steadily rising over recent weeks because this variant is spreading rapidly and infecting such a large number of people."},{"_id":"5EIRRHREDVDSXAHOLGWPRPITX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643661761329},"type":"text","content":"The unvaccinated, immunocompromised and people with underlying comorbidities such as heart disease and diabetes remain especially vulnerable."},{"_id":"HG2KI324BRCYRPMSONDAH6VHQE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643648211873},"type":"text","content":"Here are key points about the increasing number of deaths in Georgia and a closer look at the trend line."},{"_id":"JZ73MXXW6VB7VOST6Q3FHY5PXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643648211876},"type":"text","content":"How the number of omicron deaths compares to delta wave."},{"_id":"5GSDPFRNHBGB5JL45PNKZKIDKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643661761333},"type":"text","content":"There are two ways to look at deaths: deaths by the day they were reported and deaths by date of death."},{"_id":"5BKR35YG6FFTFDDYACCOGZCN3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643661761334},"type":"text","content":"The seven-day rolling average of deaths in Georgia by the day they were reported by the Georgia Department of Public Health stood at 87 on Wednesday."},{"_id":"6QNFTN5SRFCMTDNMPRFX3FYJVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643661761335},"type":"text","content":"Another way to look at deaths is by date of death. 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It’s unclear how high the number of deaths might go in the state, but Schmidtke said it’s possible deaths could match those reported in the delta wave."},{"_id":"O7ZOTBNHZRFBPEBLL4YECD3CGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643653100247},"type":"text","content":"”I would not be surprised if we ultimately reach that point,” she said."},{"_id":"P6JBGOQPOBGM5NOI3XC77R7BNQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643653100248},"type":"text","content":"It often takes weeks between when someone becomes infected with the coronavirus, seeks hospital care, and ultimately succumbs to COVID-19."},{"_id":"ZKWBWKZJRZFUJPCD2NJZB5IQTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643653100249},"type":"text","content":"The rolling average of new infections has come down about one-third from the most recent high on Jan. 11, though the descent has not been as quick as the rapid, record-breaking spike in new infections. 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Gregory & Travis McMichael have signed plea deals with the DOJ to allow the men— serving Life Without the Possibility of Parole in GA state prison— to transfer to preferred Federal Custody.

This back room deal represents a betrayal to the Arbery family who is devastated. pic.twitter.com/SAVG1syLS9

— Lee Merritt (@MerrittForTexas) January 31, 2022

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Glynn County police never made an arrest in the case, and the McMichaels were arrested by the GBI 74 days after the deadly shooting."},{"_id":"HINN74AVKNEDDMKCQWV4DYGZ6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643608437606},"type":"text","content":"Federal prosecutors said they planned to introduce “racial-animus evidence” against the three defendants at their upcoming trial. Such evidence likely would have included text messages, social media posts and Bryan’s statement to the GBI that Travis McMichael used a racist slur while standing over the dying Arbery in the street."},{"_id":"B4UNMZ4IE5BC5EO5HK5KCBTSAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643608437607},"type":"text","content":"At a June 2020 pretrial hearing in the state’s murder case, GBI agent Richard Dial testified that Bryan said he heard Travis McMichael say “(expletive) n-word” after shooting Arbery."},{"_id":"IOZLIYQ5YRB6LCUER5UDWYRHRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089144},"type":"text","content":"Arbery’s parents said they were outraged that a deal was reached against their wishes. Speaking outside the federal courthouse Monday morning, Marcus Arbery Sr. told reporters he is “mad as hell” about the agreement for his son’s killers."},{"_id":"J6FIZVHYSNBBREML2P35MPT4RQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089145},"type":"text","content":"He said last week that he has no doubt his son’s murder was racially motivated and that he was looking forward to evidence of racism being introduced in the upcoming hate crimes trial."},{"_id":"QADKAY5WTRABRD7GUFM63Y5LRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089146},"type":"text","content":"Racial evidence was largely avoided by the Cobb County prosecutors in the state case last year as they sought to convince a Glynn County jury of 11 white people and one Black man to return guilty verdicts for all three defendants."},{"_id":"7XQW6PRUMVDCDITGOYYDORS5ZE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089147},"type":"text","content":"“Anybody with some common sense can see this was a racial hate crime. The facts are there,” Marcus Arbery told the AJC. “The whole world saw what happened.”"},{"_id":"REYO42COP5FV7IRRBQU2R5VCWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089148},"type":"text","content":"He noted that white people also entered the vacant home and that none of them were chased down and shot in the street. One of the most disturbing things about the video, he said, was the way Travis McMichael turned and walked away as Arbery lay dying in the road."},{"_id":"YPL6CFNNEVEZ3DWHIWVRQK4N2I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089149},"type":"text","content":"“He used the n-word while my son was lying on the ground dying,” Marcus Arbery said. “And he showed no remorse for it. He didn’t try to help him or nothing … What laws did he break? He didn’t take nothing. He didn’t break into nothing. So why did he lose his life? Because he was a Black man?”"},{"_id":"TIIXW56Q75FLNHHVXWV3Q6K7NI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089150},"type":"text","content":"He said his youngest son had big dreams and a bright future, and that nobody deserved to die like that."},{"_id":"UGBRYWN3RVFH3O3URGNF5RQEIU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089151},"type":"text","content":"Arbery’s mother called the plea deal “disrespectful.”"},{"_id":"JCN6OMLB5ZF6LHX7QIWNBEFSSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643655089152},"type":"text","content":"“I fought so hard to get these guys in state prison,” Cooper-Jones told reporters. “I told them very, very adamantly that I want them to go to state prison and do their time.”"},{"_id":"CH7BF5R6XFENRKZ4O3C5E3PAK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643608437608},"type":"text","content":"— Please return to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates."},{"_id":"DEP5KDRZOVFMPBDILABLDI3YC4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1643648897595},"type":"text","content":"Staff writer Bill Rankin contributed to this article."}],"display_date":"2022-01-31T21:44:00Z","headlines":{"basic":"McMichaels reach plea deal in hate crimes case over Arbery killing"},"first_publish_date":"2022-01-31T06:15:08.823Z","taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/news/atlanta-news","parent":{"default":"/news"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/news","name":"Local News","description":"Atlanta Georgia city and county news, as well as Georgia state and regional news at ajc.com","_id":"/news/atlanta-news","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"AmpNav":"/news","default":"/news","BottomNav":null,"TopNavRedesign":null,"SectionMap":"https://www.ajc.com/","MainMenuRedesign2021":"/news","TopNav":null,"ComposerNav":"https://www.ajc.com/"},"site":{"section_comments_enabled":"Yes","site_description":"Atlanta Georgia city and county news, as well as Georgia state and regional news at ajc.com","site_title":"Atlanta Local News"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Local News"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"ajc","name":"Local News","Sponsor":{"sponsor_url_open_new_tab":"true","sponsor_desktop_banner":"","sponsor_mobile_banner":"","sponsor_url":""},"_id":"/news/atlanta-news","ancestors":{"TopNavRedesign":[],"SectionMap":["https://www.ajc.com/"],"MainMenuRedesign2021":["https://www.ajc.com/","/news"],"TopNav":[]},"order":{"AmpNav":2004,"default":2004,"SectionMap":1074,"MainMenuRedesign2021":2004,"ComposerNav":1083}}},"_website_section_id":"ajc./news/atlanta-news","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/news/crime","parent":{"default":"/news"},"_website":"ajc","parent_id":"/news","name":"Crime & Public Safety","description":"Crime in Atlanta: News and issues about crime, criminals, police and personal security in metro Atlanta. 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J.D. Capelouto is a local news reporter covering City Hall and all things intown Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His work focuses the City Council, neighborhood issues, public safety, housing and transportation. J.D. was born and raised in Atlanta and has lived in the city all his life, except for four years at Boston University, where he studied journalism and learned how to dress for cold weather. He’s been with the AJC since 2018, and has previously written for The Boston Globe and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. When he’s not reporting or scrolling through Twitter, J.D. enjoys pop culture podcasts, “Survivor” and visiting various pools around Atlanta.

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