Recent NWCitizen Articles

The Lack of Containment Measures: Does It Constitute Senicide?
David A. Swanson · Thu May 7, 2020
Senicide is a term not oft used but it is making a resurgence in this time of pandemic.
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Still a Dormitory, Still in Non-Compliance
· Wed May 6, 2020
A comprehensive overview of the CityView private dormitory complex proposed for the Puget Neighborhood.
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Monitoring the COVID-19 Pandemic in Benton County: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
David A. Swanson · Mon May 4, 2020
Hotspots like the one in the Benton county in Washington may prove to have a higher level, chronic COVID-19 infection rate as the governor attempts to re-open the economy.
WWU - Western - Dislikes Trees
John Servais · Mon May 4, 2020
Western Washington University seems to hate trees as they remove 48 more beautiful fir trees this week from the campus.
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Whatcom County COVID-19: The Final Report
David A. Swanson · Fri May 1, 2020
Dr. David Swanson gives us his final report on the trajectory of COVID-19’s rise in the county.
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CityView Apartment Development - Update IV
Dick Conoboy · Sun Apr 26, 2020
The developer has submitted a complete application for a 106 unit dormitory apartment complex with 318 residents.
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Fairhaven Flag To Remain At Half Staff
Dick Conoboy · Sat Apr 25, 2020
To remember the victims of the COVID-19 epidemic.
My mask protects you. Your mask protects me.
Jane Bright · Fri Apr 24, 2020
We have all encountered people in grocery stores not wearing masks. Including the employees. Jane makes a valiant attempt to get through to those folks. And to the store managers.
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Modeling and the Covid-19 Pandemic:  A Local Area Perspective
David A. Swanson · Thu Apr 23, 2020
Dr. Swanson leads us through some of the issues involved in pandemic modeling, especially with insufficient data.
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Monitoring the COVID-19 Surge Peak in Benton County - Update Possible?
David A. Swanson · Mon Apr 20, 2020
Data reporting on COVID-19 from Benton County is a mess, making a forecast impossible at the moment.
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When Did The U.S. Know About the COVID-19 Outbreak in China?
Dick Conoboy · Sat Apr 18, 2020
This is a personal and professional look at the topic of delayed action on the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.
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Monitoring the COVID-19 Surge Peak in Whatcom County - Update 3
David A. Swanson · Fri Apr 17, 2020
David Swanson continues to keep us informed of the progress of the COVID-19 spread in Whatcom County.
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Just When You Thought it Couldn’t Get Worse
Deb Gaber · Wed Apr 15, 2020
The hits just keep coming as Whatcom County is now also a hot-spot in the state for giant hornets.
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How Many Unconfirmed Cases of COVID-19 are in Whatcom County?
David A. Swanson · Tue Apr 14, 2020
The authors present their case for nearly 2,000 unconfirmed, positive COVID-19 cases in Whatcom County.
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Social Policy for COVID-19
Richard Kellogg · Mon Apr 13, 2020
A realistic, statistics-based analysis of our options moving forward, and out, of COVID-19.
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Monitoring the COVID-19 Surge Peak in Whatcom County - Update 2
David A. Swanson · Fri Apr 10, 2020
With his modelling skills David Swanson continues to keep us apprised of the COVID-19 spread in Whatcom County and its likely trajectory.
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Monitoring the COVID-19 Surge Peak in Benton County
David A. Swanson · Tue Apr 7, 2020
An analysis of the COVID-19 situation in Hanford County on the eastern side of the state. We are all in the same boat, the Pacific Northwest.
PeaceHealth Sets Up Straw Man of Dr Lin
John Servais · Mon Apr 6, 2020
Wherein we pick our way through the evolving versions of the PeaceHealth letter/ad in Sunday’s Bellingham Herald. And cover their obsessive efforts to marginalize Dr Lin.
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COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Whatcom County
David A. Swanson · Sun Apr 5, 2020
What to expect with COVID hospitalizations in Whatcom County and a preview of the hospitalization situation in other counties in Washington.
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Monitoring the COVID-19 Surge Peak in Whatcom County - Update I
David A. Swanson · Fri Apr 3, 2020
Updated: Immediate action needed to avoid overwhelming peak of COVID-19 cases by April 25th in Whatcom County
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Ray Kamada

Commenting Since Jul 27, 2020
retired NOAA/DoD consultant and atmospheric scientist, formerly adjunct assnt. professor and head of the Environmental Physics Group at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

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