May 1, 2020

May 1st is the 122nd day of the year. There are 244 days remaining until the end of the year.

There is another COVID-19 Facebook Live Q&A today at noon.

C-K Mayor Darrin Canniff, Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Colby, CAO Don Shropshire and CK Health Alliance President/CEO Lori Marshall will be online.

Follow along on the Chatham-Kent Facebook page.

There will be another Convoy of Courage this weekend supporting our healthcare workers.

Everyone is welcome on Saturday starting at the Cascades Casino parking lot. Please practice social distancing! The convey pulls out of the lot at 3pm.

If you wish to participate, you need you to sign a disclaimer. Go online, enter your email and complete the form with your signature.

For more info follow the group on Facebook.

A COVID Sports Update…

NASCAR is starting back up with a race on May 17th.

Over a 10-day period, they plan to run seven races at tracks in Charlotte, North Carolina and Darlington, South Carolina. There won’t be any fans, but the races will be broadcast on Fox.

NBC is airing a virtual Kentucky Derby tomorrow, featuring all 13 horses ever to win the Triple Crown facing off in a computer-generated race.

The Little League World Series has been canceled for the first time ever. It’s been running since 1947.

And the Fortnite World Cup is off. This is the first cancellation in the two-year history of the event.

Apple is testing software that makes it easier to unlock your iPhone without using Face ID and while wearing a mask.

Right now, if you’re wearing a mask, you need to lift your mask to unlock an iPhone with Face ID. Otherwise, there’s a small but annoying delay between when the phone realizes it can’t see your face and when it presents the screen to enter in a passcode.

With the software that is now being tested, Apple simplifies the unlock process for folks wearing masks by bringing the passcode field to the main screen. All you need to do is swipe up if you’re wearing a mask, and you’ll skip the Face ID display and enter in a code instead.

  Mattel is saluting coronavirus frontliners with their own line of action figures.

Doctors, nurses, grocery store workers and delivery drivers are part of 16 new action figures available on the Mattel website. Proceeds will benefit a fund that supports healthcare workers.

Here’s to our heroes! Check out the new @FisherPrice #ThankYouHeroes collection designed to honor & give back to the healthcare heroes on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19, & to thank the everyday heroes keeping our communities up and running https://t.co/nTlR718Y7c pic.twitter.com/qynya7FBYA

— MATTEL (@Mattel) April 29, 2020

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This post was written by Chris McLeod