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Ohio is asking federal authorities to bank nearly half-a-million vaccine doses as demand begins to slow. The state s doses will be held for new providers as the focus switches to vaccine clinics at doctors offices, businesses, and schools.
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Ohio stockpiling nearly 500K vaccine doses
Ohio is asking federal authorities to bank nearly half-a-million vaccine doses as demand begins to slow. The Columbus Dispatch reports the move follows a directive from President Joe Biden’s administration that states can choose to reduce their vaccine allocation and redistribute supplies to states and programs with more demand. Ohio’s doses will be held for new providers as th
Originally published on May 5, 2021 2:29 pm
The Board of Education for a southwest Ohio school district has voted to defy the state’s mask mandate.
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The Blanchester Public Schools’ board in rural Clinton County has voted that its students and staff can immediately go without masks when they are outdoors or on buses, as long as the windows are opened a little bit. But on June 1st, they’ll become the first Ohio district to decide that students and staff can quit wearing masks indoors. Ohio Education Association President Scott DiMauro says this seems illegal. And he says he s puzzled as to why the school board would want to shed masks right now anyway.
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