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Why ‘vaccine passports’ are a good idea and good business
By: DOYLE MCMANUS, LOS ANGELES TIMES – APRIL 11, 2021 After a year of angry battles over lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccinations, a new front has opened in the coronavirus culture war: vaccine “passports.” If you travel overseas this summer, European countries will demand a document proving you’ve been vaccinated ... -
More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall
By: Elissa Nadworny, NPR – April 11, 2021 Duke University in North Carolina has announced that it will require students to have a COVID-19 vaccine when they return this fall. And the list of campuses with such policies is growing. Rutgers University in New Jersey was the first, and since then more than ... -
Americans with 2 COVID vaccine doses can travel, CDC says
By LUKE MONEY, LOS ANGELES TIMES – APRIL 2, 2021 People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely travel within the United States and abroad as long as they continue to take precautions like wearing a mask in public, according to new guidance released Friday by the the Centers for ... -
From taco vendors to flyers: The epic outreach to vaccinate California’s most vulnerable
By MAYA LAU, LAURA J. NELSON, LOS ANGELES TIMES – MARCH 22, 2021 As workers set up a COVID-19 vaccine clinic under tents in a vast park, volunteers in South Gate hit the streets, knocking on doors and chatting up street vendors to spread the word. In Chinatown, outreach workers are ... -
Any COVID Vaccine is good
BY THE TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD, LA TIMES – MARCH 16, 2021 Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s Health and Human Services secretary, rolled up his shirt sleeve before TV cameras and reporters Thursday at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza to get inoculated with the newest COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the U.S., ... -
Andrés Manuel López Obrador dice confiar en que EE.UU. ayudará a México con la vacuna ...
El presidente mexicano asegura que "no nos van a faltar" dosis para inocular a todas las personas de su país. Por: EFE , La Opinión – 14 de Marzo 2021 El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo este domingo estar seguro de que el gobierno de Estados Unidos ... -
Fully vaccinated people can have small gatherings indoors with other vaccinated people but should continue ...
By: Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times - March 8, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited advice to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19, freeing them to take some liberties that the unvaccinated should not, including gathering indoors in small groups without precautions while still ... -
CDC greenlights small indoor gatherings for Americans with COVID-19 vaccines
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, ELI STOKOLS, LA TIMES – MARCH 8, 2021 WASHINGTON — Less than two months after taking office, President Biden has reached a pivotal week at the anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdowns, one that could shape the rest of his tenure in the White House. Once Congress gives final ... -
Life, death and grief in Los Angeles
By Meridith Kohut and Fernanda Santos, New York Times – March 2, 2021 Photographs by Meridith Kohut With more than 10 million residents, Los Angeles County is the most-populous county in the United States. It is a world of extremes, with multimillion-dollar mansions at one end and cramped apartments housing ... -
The False Dilemma of Post-Vaccination Risk
By: JAMES HAMBLIN, The Atlantic – FEBRUARY 26, 2021 Every day, more than 1 million American deltoids are being loaded with a vaccine. The ensuing immune response has proved to be extremely effective—essentially perfect—at preventing severe cases of COVID-19. And now, with yet another highly effective vaccine on the verge ...