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Friday, December 4 2020

Friday, December 4 2020

Is Columbus The Most Obscure Big City In America? 🤔

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Happy Friday! Chelsea here.

If someone asked you what the most obscure big city in America was, you probably wouldn't say Columbus. But that's only because you live here and get to hear about all of the cool stuff we've got. The most obscure big city is up for debate on Twitter and Columbus was a very popular answer. But we're so much more than college football... right? 😉

Navigator Feature Story:

A Man Asked Twitter What The Most Obscure Big City In America Is. A Lot Of People Said Columbus

Navigator Originals ✏️

This Insane Toboggan Chute In Northern Ohio Takes Sledding To New Heights

🛷

One of my favorite winter activities is back again. Yes, it's a bit of a road trip. But I promise that a day at this toboggan chute will be totally worth the drive. I don't know who to talk to about getting one of these in Columbus, but we need to make it happen.

Headlines 📰

I don't say this lightly

this article is one of the best pieces of reporting I have seen from the Dispatch since we started Columbus Navigator four years ago. It's a compelling read all on its own, but it's also such important history for understanding this city: How highways destroyed Black neighborhoods in the '60s,

as told by elders who were there

(Dispatch)

You might be surprised

just how famous some Columbus pets are online. Columbus Monthly

recently took a look

, and I can vouch that some of the pets in this story make for great Instagram follows. (Columbus Monthly)

I'm always on the lookout

for good photo settings, and covered bridges are often a good bet. Here's a guide to Ohio's -

we have over 200

! Nearby Fairfield County has the

most of any county in the state

, and while Franklin County is down to just one,

it's a beauty

. (Ohio.org and Fairfield County)

Weather:

44 and mostly cloudy but a slight chance for rain throughout the day

Coronavirus Updates 💊

8,921 new cases

, 396 new hospitalizations, and 82 newly reported deaths. It seems like we might be plateauing with spread, but it's difficult to tell. And even if we are, that number is the fourth highest we have seen to date. Hospitalizations and death trends also continue to be awful.

New Ohio covid-19 data:
-446,849 cases (8,921 new in last 24 hrs)
-28,281 hospitalized (396 new)
-6,753 dead (82 new reported, varying dates of death)
Case data is pretty hard to interpret given Thanksgiving week. Deaths are not looking good
— Jake Zuckerman (@jake_zuckerman)
7:06 PM • Dec 3, 2020

Some slightly promising news

: Franklin County has returned to red after moving to purple, which is better than the alternative, but still not a good situation. From Governor DeWine's

press conference yesterday

: "

Dr. Thomas said that the case number is still very serious and six times the CDC definition of high incidence.

Almost every detail

on the upcoming vaccination rollout is going to be stressful news to consume, but in so many ways we should feel lucky for modern medicine. Smallpox vaccination in the early 19th century was mostly done by "

transferring material from cowpox blisters on one person (or cow) to another person

". A shot or two seems luxurious after reading that. And then there's this story, of using 22 orphan boys, aged 3-9 who were used to transport the vaccine over the Atlantic Ocean:

How Children Took the Smallpox Vaccine around the World

(JSTOR Daily)

And about that vaccination rollout

, here's what we know

about the US distribution plan

. (New Yorker)