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Sep 15 2020
News
How could nursing homes have done better?
Nursing home residents constitute a disproportionately large percentage of pandemic deaths. Here we take a look inside to see what might be improved.
As Melinda Haschak responded to the Code Blue that blared through the intercom, she was missing a crucial piece of information.
The resident she was rushing to save had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Ms. Haschak knew
Christian Science MonitorDec 21 2020
News
‘A real mess’: Trump is leaving behind crises and undermining Biden before he takes office
When President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office on Jan. 20, the list of crises he will face includes a massive cyber intrusion, a still-raging global pandemic, a slowing economic recovery and a lingering reckoning over the nation’s racial tensions.
President Trump is not making his job any easier and, in several ways, appears to be actively making it harder — going to extraordinary
Washington PostJul 12 2020
Background
Should face masks be mandatory nationwide?
Face masks have been at the center of a debate over the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic since the early days of the outbreak.
In March, public health officials told Americans not to buy masks because their effectiveness in preventing viral transmission was unproven and out of fear that there would be mask shortages for health care workers. A growing body of scientific evidence
Yahoo! The 360Jul 12 2020
News
Should face masks be mandatory nationwide?
Face masks have been at the center of a debate over the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic since the early days of the outbreak.
In March, public health officials told Americans not to buy masks because their effectiveness in preventing viral transmission was unproven and out of fear that there would be mask shortages for health care workers. A growing body of scientific evidence
Yahoo! The 360Jan 27 2021
News
Teaching the Capitol riot is tricky. Especially if the teacher was there.
Schools are trying to help students make sense of tumultuous political events. So what happens when your teacher attends a rally that becomes a riot?
Paula Wilson’s children watched the Capitol siege unfold on TV from their Wisconsin living room, texting her updates as she worked an emergency room shift. When she got home, her son showed her a post from his 10th grade social studies
Christian Science MonitorApr 23 2020
Analysis
What the ‘Liberate’ Protests Really Mean for Republicans
“God bless ’em.”
Those were Representative Jim Jordan’s words for the thousands of protesters who have descended on state capitols, holding up MAGA signs, openly flouting social-distancing guidelines, and demanding an end to the economic shutdowns aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
The Ohio conservative is cheering them all from afar.
“I applaud these people
The AtlanticSep 11 2020
News
Amid Flood Of News, Voters Appear Locked In On Their Presidential Choices
The 2020 presidential campaign heads into the fall stretch with a dizzying pace of news developments threatening to upend the contest. But NPR interviews with voters across the country around Labor Day weekend found that most are locked into their support for either President Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The small contingent of undecided voters said they are unenthusiastic about
NPR (Online News)Nov 03 2020
News
Americans begin casting Election Day ballots after divisive, bitter campaign
Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday to choose either incumbent Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden as their next president, after a tumultuous four years under the businessman-turned-politician that have left the country as deeply divided as at any time in recent history.
Biden, the Democratic former vice president and a career politician, has had a strong and consistent lead in
ReutersJan 16 2022
Perspectives Blog
Most Republicans Are Vaccinated
From the Left“What percentage of Republicans are vaccinated?” I’ve been asking my well-informed, liberal friends. Their guesses range from the 40’s to the 50’s, but they confess that they’re really not sure. The one thing they know, though, is that it’s a lot less than the percentage of vaccinated Democrats. They’re not wrong about that. There is a considerable partisan gap in vaccination
Tania IsraelSep 09 2020
Analysis
The Coming Bout of COVID Polarization
An early flu season — something that begins spreading in late September or October in a state such as Minnesota or Wisconsin — could bring us to a boiling point.
Donald Trump sometimes calls the coronavirus “the invisible enemy.” Occasionally he comes up with an evocative phrase. And for me it evokes the way the disease harms the society that contends with it. By adopting quarantines,
National Review (News)