Lynn R. Mitchell
Lynn Mitchell is the Editor-in-Chief of Bearing Drift. She has been a fixture of the Virginia political commentary scene since 2006. Active in local and statewide politics, Lynn has coordinated campaigns and served in various Party leadership roles. She has served on official boards in the area including Trustee with the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia, and currently sits on the Augusta County Library Board. Originally from the Richmond area, she and her husband live in the Shenandoah Valley.
View From the Editor’s Desk – Grim Statistic
U.S. Covid deaths have now surpassed the 1918 Spanish flu fatalities
Augusta Health Under ‘Red Surge’ Covid Conditions … Pleads With Community To Work Together to Vaccinate
Augusta Health is asking the local business community, local municipalities, church communities, civic groups, and all other stakeholder groups to support vaccine requirements for the community and continue to mask in public and follow social distancing guidelines.
U.S. House Schedule for Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021
Agenda and committee activity
Free Admission to Shenandoah National Park This Saturday
Celebrate National Public Lands Day with free admission to all National Parks
‘In America: Remember’ … Covid Memorial on D.C. National Mall
660,000 white flags are planted through Oct. 3 at the Washington Memorial to represent 660,000 Americans who lost their lives to Covid-19. The toll has steadily risen as the field of flags flutters in the breeze, and is now at 679,000.
ICYMI: Bearing Drift’s Weekend Roundup
It’s the weekend … time to catch up with all the great Bearing Drift posts you may have missed
Money Raised by Virginia Statewide Candidates
VPAP has posted campaign finance reports covering activity from July 1 through August 31
VHHA Reaches Out to Vaccine Hesitant Audiences Amid a More Than 1,000 Percent Surge in COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations
Since Jan. 17, 2021, just 0.4 percent of fully vaccinated Virginians have had a breakthrough COVID-19 infection, 0.017 percent have been hospitalized, and 0.0038 percent have died from the virus. And a recent analysis from the Peterson-Kaiser Family Foundation Health System Tracker found that 98 percent of U.S. adults hospitalized for COVID-19 in June and July were unvaccinated.
Monmouth Poll: Most Americans Support Vaccine and Mask Mandates
A majority of Americans support the vaccine mandates announced by President Joe Biden last week amid rising concerns about the chance of catching Covid.
ICYMI: Bearing Drift’s Weekend Roundup
It’s the weekend … time to catch up with all the great Bearing Drift posts you may have missed
