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Hello and welcome to the Daily Beans for Monday, August 24, 2020. Today we are on vacation,

we have put together a malgommation of clips and interviews for you to enjoy while we are out of town.

We will be back next Monday full-throwed for the last 65 days leading up to the election.

So please enjoy the following hot notes.

Okay, so let's go through these headlines from Page Saint John in the Los Angeles Times.

Early COVID-19 deaths in the Bay Area in California suggest that coronavirus had established itself

in the community long before health officials started poking around, and that lag time has allowed the virus to spread unchecked

before social distancing rules went into effect. A study out from Stanford shows a dramatic viral surge in February,

but data collected by the CDC and local health departments suggest it was a lot earlier, most likely back in December.

And it wasn't recognized because we were having a severe flu season on top of it and symptoms are very much alike, as you know.

I mean, there are differences, but they're very much alike.

The Bay Area is a natural hub for those traveling to and from China, according to the LA Times.

And Santa Clara County had its first two cases almost a week before federal approval for emergency testing on February 4.

And both travelers were returning from Wuhan.

Couple that with little or no community testing in January and February, and you could see where Stanford draws its conclusions

about the viral spike in February. I know Jordan had a had a had a sickness at the end of January that she's, you know,

work or kind of all convinced that she had it.

Because of her, you know, the very specific symptoms that she had and hopefully soon will have more access to

serology tests where we can find out if we are carrying the antibody, meaning we have had COVID-19.

And speaking of early detection, the New York Times dropped two monster stories over the weekend about an email group

called Red Dawn and what the federal government knew and when they knew it about coronavirus.

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