COVID-19 Update: June 18, 2020: The New Normal

As should be clear by now, there is no overarching plan in place to combat COVID-19, and the state-by-state approach is yielding wildly different results. In the Northeast, New York is ready to move to Phase II of reopening. In the south, states are posting record numbers of infections.

And despite reopening plans and rosy announcements from the White House, unemployment numbers remain historically high: tinyurl.com/y8e8l6at.

Meanwhile:

A coronavirus theatre think tank launches a website to figure out the details of reopening: tinyurl.com/yb5ppxyt.

The coronavirus risk of flushing the toilet: tinyurl.com/yd3wvn2o.

Food for thought: Compare the curves of the US and EU and ask yourself who is doing a better job of eradicating the coronavirus: tinyurl.com/y7jtj859.

More food for thought: Why does COVID-19 kill some and spare others? tinyurl.com/yb7ee5qj.

Around the country:

In Arizona:

The governor stops blocking local lawmakers from mandating the use of masks: tinyurl.com/yde9xkbt.

The sheriff of Pinal County refused to enforce the state's COVID-related restrictions; now he tests positive: tinyurl.com/yb7cc3d6.

In California:

The bumpy road back: After only one day, production on the soap The Bold and the Beautiful halts to accommodate testing: tinyurl.com/y7gbbdas.

Showrunners and writers are worried about being left out of new production guidelines: tinyurl.com/yb2xzcz3.

In Florida:

The state shatters its daily record for new cases: tinyurl.com/y9ogxyrj.

Inspections spike and long lines form outside testing centers: tinyurl.com/yd69mwom.

The Breakthrough Theatre in Winter Park shutters permanently: tinyurl.com/yazwc8yf.

In Illinois:

The GOP sues to end the governor's restriction against public gatherings of ten or more people: tinyurl.com/yayex83s.

In North Carolina:

The lady is for burning: The leader of a Raleigh condemns masks as a form of social control and sets one afire on video: tinyurl.com/yaw2yzwy.

In Oklahoma:

In advance of the president's rally, the state racks up a record number of new coronavirus cases: tinyurl.com/y7r7czm3.

What happens when a TV film starts up production in a pandemic? tinyurl.com/y6u5mgqn.

In Tennessee:

The Nashville Symphony suspends performances until July 2021, suspends musicians and staff: tinyurl.com/y976psmv.

In Texas:

Coronavirus hospitalizations surge 11% in a single day: tinyurl.com/y8azazvy.

The Houston music venue White Oak announces its return to live performance: tinyurl.com/y8se3aq7.

Around the world:

In the UK:

"British theatre is on the brink of ruin:" All this and more in a letter signed by virtually every top name in the country's performing arts sector and sent to a so-far indifferent government: tinyurl.com/y9o6uwah.

Training:

Chauvet Professional will offer the first look at (and listen to) its Maverick Silens 2 Profile in a "Tech Talk" interactive livestream today at 2:00pm EST. Hosted by Chauvet Professional Global Brand Manager Caroline Chauvet and Product Manager Ben Dickmann, the program will review the key features of this unique fanless fixture as it runs silently "from curtain to camera." Live questions will be taken. It will be streamed on streamed on YouTube Live and IGTV.

K-array hosts a new webinar on how to design and implement a variety of subwoofer configurations, including electronic arcs and cardioid patterns. It will explain the concepts and techniques for producing better bass coverage. Different times and languages are available. Sign up at tinyurl.com/ycyp4oux.

Entertainment:

To observe Juneteenth this week, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre will stream Donald Byrd's Greenwood, a work that draws on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as a source. It makes its broadcast premiere tonight at 7:00pm EDT: tinyurl.com/y7hxvdxp.

London's National Theatre is now streaming Small Island, one of its biggest recent hits: tinyurl.com/y8vpgvd4.

For your pleasure:

Another Bolero? Yes, but a gorgeous one, from the musicians and dancers of Royal Opera House: tinyurl.com/y9h3dffo.

That's all for today. Stay safe. - DB

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