Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

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Health Care December 31, 2021

Finding a COVID testing site in Cobb County

Cobb County government posted the following to their Twitter account with links to finding a COVID testing site in Cobb County: Finding a COVID-19 testing site has been a challenge…

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Health Care December 31, 2021

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: 7-day case rate up 181.44 percent

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: The CDC seven-day tracker reports that for the one-week period Cobb County’s case rate was 1,123.34 per 100,000 of population. That’s an increase of…

clouding weather image with severe weather warning in text: flooding in Cobb and Douglas counties near Sweetwater Creek

Climate and Weather December 31, 2021

Flooding already occurring in Cobb and Douglas counties, with flood warning still in effect

According to this morning’s report from the National Weather Service, the hazardous weather outlook continues for Cobb County and much of the rest of north Georgia, with flooding already occurring…

Tin Foil Hattery December 30, 2021

MTG says that maybe U.S. should be destroyed in Congress, rather than in a real Civil War

After making her widely ridiculed and panned comments on Twitter yesterday that suggested she’d be in favor of dismantling the United States and denying the right to vote to Californians…

Climate and Weather December 30, 2021

Cobb County reports flooding around Nickajack Creek

We have been under a flood watch since this morning, according to the National Weather Service, and now Cobb County has announced on social media that flooding has already begun…

Climate and Weather December 30, 2021

Flood watch in effect until 7 p.m. for Cobb, much of north Georgia

The hazardous weather outlook announced by the National Weather Service has now been escalated to a flood watch. The NWS posted the following on its website: …FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT…

Cobb County Public Library December 30, 2021

Cobb GIS identifies the most popular adult fiction by Cobb library branch

The Cobb County Public Library, on its Instagram page, ran an interesting map of the most popular adult fiction checked out from the library, by branch. The map was devised…

Health Care December 30, 2021

COVID-19: where to learn about it, find the data, get more information, and identify misinformation

A lot has been written about COVID-19 and the vaccines. There’s so much out there, ranging from valuable information to fraudulent nonsense that I thought compiling the current state of…

Health Care December 30, 2021

The Vaccine Rollout Was a Success. But Events Within and Beyond Biden’s Control Stymied Progress

By Victoria Knight December 20, 2021 [This article first appeared in Kaiser Health News — used with permission] Eleven months ago, President Joe Biden assumed office during one of the…

Health Care December 30, 2021

Six metro Atlanta health systems release joint statement on 100-200 percent surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations

Six major metro Atlanta health systems released a joint statement on the recent surge in COVID-19 patients to their facilities. The systems that signed on to the press release are…

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Acworth March 12, 2025

Dr. Bryant Harris retires as pastor of Mars Hill Presbyterian

Photo: Dr. Bryant Harris and his wife Linda Harris Rob Walter, a deacon at Mars Hill Presbyterian Church, and member of the church’s marketing committee, distributed the following announcement: After…

Health Care March 12, 2025

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

by Amy Lauren Fairchild, Syracuse University and Ronald Bayer, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Federal datasets began disappearing…

Law March 12, 2025

What is a SLAPP suit? Legal experts explain how these lawsuits suppress free speech

by Jennifer Safstrom, Vanderbilt University and Ryan Riedmueller, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP suits, are civil…

Government Transparency March 12, 2025

The sun is setting on government transparency in Florida – and secrecy creep is affecting the rest of the US, too

by David Cuillier, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Florida, the “Sunshine State,” once known as a beacon of government transparency, is growing…

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Articles by Larry Felton Johnson

Finding a COVID testing site in Cobb County

Morning COVID update for Cobb County: 7-day case rate up 181.44 percent

Flooding already occurring in Cobb and Douglas counties, with flood warning still in effect

MTG says that maybe U.S. should be destroyed in Congress, rather than in a real Civil War

Cobb County reports flooding around Nickajack Creek

Flood watch in effect until 7 p.m. for Cobb, much of north Georgia

Cobb GIS identifies the most popular adult fiction by Cobb library branch

COVID-19: where to learn about it, find the data, get more information, and identify misinformation

The Vaccine Rollout Was a Success. But Events Within and Beyond Biden’s Control Stymied Progress

Six metro Atlanta health systems release joint statement on 100-200 percent surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations