Tahoe Talk - Thurs. 4/16/20

Up-to-date, daily info on news that is happening around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada! Notes from today’s discussion include:

Local Topics: 
- Forest Service announces, then reissues, closures through April 30
- South Tahoe Event Center on the agenda today with the Douglas Co. Commissioners
- Antibodies tests coming to Northern Nevada that would test people
- Tahoe Truckee Area Regional Transit is implementing further service reductions to bus service - local service hours temporarily reduced 8-6 Mon – Fri & 9-6 over the weekends

National Topics:
- 5.2M more Americans filed for unemployment last week, total approx. 22M
- World COVID-19 Totals: 17.7M tested, 2.1M confirmed cases, 136K deceased = 6.4% death rate
- SmithField Foods meat processing plant  in South Dakota is the largest US hotspot per capita
- It's "National Wear You Pajamas To Work Day"

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