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Editing info from training...
Paragraph: Set the style of your text. For example, make a header or plain paragraph text. You can also use it to offset block quotes.

A : Highlight your text, then click here to format it with bold, italics, etc. The “More” options allows you to underline (U), cross-out text ( S ), add code snippets ({}), change language keyboards (Aあ), and clear all formatting.

Links: Highlight text and push this button to make it a link. The Visual Editor will automatically suggest related Wikipedia articles for that word or phrase. This is a great way to connect your article to more Wikipedia content. You only have to link important words once, usually during the first time they appear. If you want to link to pages outside of Wikipedia (for an “external links” section, for example) click on the “External link” tab.

Cite: The citation tool in the Visual Editor helps format your citations. You can simply paste a DOI or URL, and the Visual Editor will try to sort out all of the fields you need. Be sure to review it, however, and apply missing fields manually (if you know them). You can also add books, journals, news, and websites manually. That opens up a quick guide for inputting your citations. Once you've added a source, you can click the “re-use” tab to cite it again.

Bullets: To add bullet points or a numbered list, click here.

Insert: This tab lets you add media, images, or tables.

Ω: This tab allows you to add special characters, such as those found in non-English words, scientific notation, and a handful of language extensions.

Elements of quality articles
The best articles share certain qualities, which you can model your own work after:


 * Detailed lead section: the overview at the start of the article is a summary that is clear and easy to understand.
 * Clear structure: there are several headings and subheadings arranged chronologically or by themes, with images or diagrams when appropriate.
 * Balanced content: the article covers many aspects of the topic, giving more weight to important viewpoints and less weight to fringe ideas.
 * Neutral tone: the article is written without bias toward a particular point of view, and represents all the different viewpoints that reliable sources have expressed about the topic.
 * Good sourcing: reliable sources are cited throughout the article, and as much as possible.

= Resources for COVID-19 in Virginia = Virginia Department of Health - COVID-19: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/

Virginia Dept of Education - COVID-19 and Virginia Public Schools: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/health_medical/office/covid-19.shtml

Richmond Times Dispatch article on Vaccines for seniors at Richmond Raceway: https://richmond.com/news/local/vaccine-event-at-raceway-draws-thousands-of-seniors-who-waited-an-hour-or-more-for/article_3f45a8f5-d3eb-59cf-9ade-048550fd1861.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/coronavirus/

Vaccine info, including phases: https://www.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/

Testing (more generalized info for Va, not data-oriented): https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/

COVIDWISE case tracking app: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/covidwise/

COVIDWISE App
COVIDWISE is the mobile app used in the state of Virginia for tracking individual exposure to COVID-19. Through the use of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology, the app provides a confidential method of notifying people of possible exposure to those who have tested positive for COVID-19. The use of COVIDWISE is voluntary and depends on users to enter an auto-generated number into the app when they receive a positive test result. The BLE then senses phones or mobile devices that may have been within the person's proximity and sends notifications to those devices to alert their users of the exposure.

K-12 Education
As a result of the pandemic, Governor Ralph Northam issued Executive Order Fifty-three closing schools for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year on March 23, 2020.

In Virginia, decisions on the reopening of schools have been left up to local school districts rather than being made at a statewide level. Before entering Phase II or III of reopening schools to students, every public and private school in Virginia was required to submit a plan outlining their strategies for mitigating public health risk of COVID-19 and complying with CDC and VDH recommendations. Additionally, every public school division was required to submit a plan for providing new instruction to all students in the 2020-2021 academic year, regardless of its operational status, and these instructional plans were required to be posted on the division’s website.

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has recommended that schools use the CDC Indicators for Dynamic School Decision-Making along with the Interim Guidance for K-12 School Reopening developed by VDH in January 2021 to inform decisions about school operations with regard to COVID-19.

Operating statuses of the 132 school districts throughout the state have varied since the start of the academic year in September 2020. The Virginia Department of Education categorizes the operating statuses into five categories: In Person, Partial in Person, All Hybrid, Partial Hybrid, and Fully Remote. Categories are defined as follows.

In Person - 4+ days in person instruction per week for all students

Partial in Person - 4+ days per week in person for some students; hybrid or remote for all other students

All Hybrid - all students with some in person and some remote leaning, but neither type hitting the 4 days/week threshold

Partial Hybrid - some students hybrid, none hitting the 4 days/week threshold; all other students fully remote

Fully Remote - learning is remote for the vast majority of students, while some students may have in-person learning available to them. NOTE: All Virginia school divisions have offered students and families a fully-remote option to learn.

Impact on Prisons
Link to Main Article (Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prisons).

Correctional and detention facilities require special considerations due to unique challenges for the control of COVID-19 transmission among incarcerated persons, staff, and visitors as these facilities may include a range of components (e.g., custody, housing, healthcare, food service, recreation, education) in a single setting. Additional challenges in these facilities include potential high turnover of occupants and staff, newly incarcerated persons from different geographic areas, limited access to health care, limited space, implementation of disease prevention measures, social distancing, and hesitancy of incarcerated persons to disclose symptoms.

The Virginia Department of Corrections provides for the early release of eligible inmates who have a viable home plan and a medium or low risk of recidivism. Inmates at a higher risk for COVID-19 complications, who meet the eligibility criteria for release, will only be released if the necessary community support and resources are available. Additional criteria for release include consideration of an inmate's release date, medical condition, and offense history. Inmates with a history of violent sexual offense will not be released according to the plan.

On May 12, 2020, the Virginia ACLU and the state of Virginia reached a settlement agreement related to the early release of prisoners due to COVID-19. The settlement was in response to a case filed in April 2020 by 27 inmates who alleged that the prisons were not considering their early release despite medical conditions that made them at-risk of serious complications from Covid-19. The lawsuit further alleged that the state of Virginia was not in compliance with the U.S. Constitution, as it was failing to release medically vulnerable individuals in state prisons due to the COVID-19 pandemic and by failing to keep them safe from exposure to the coronavirus. As part of the agreement, the Virginia Department of Corrections is required to provide the ACLU with weekly data related to the number of coronavirus cases within prisons as well as information on release decisions.

(Confirm with Will about the use of tables from other non-government sources...i.e. Va ACLU...and whether that must be cleared by them first even though the data is coming from VA DOC.)

Resources:

ACLU Prisons Covid/Release Data https://acluva.org/en/COVID19PrisonData

Continued issues in Virginia prisons (data with cases/rates of infection and deaths).