As he highlighted his administration’s progress in the massive vaccination campaign against the coronavirus Thursday, President Joe Biden made a plea for Americans not to let their guard down despite a dwindling number of infections and hospitalizations in recent weeks.
“This is not a time to relax,’’ Biden said as he warned about the possible impact of virus variants. “We must keep washing our hands, stay socially distanced, and for God’s sake – for God’s sake – wear a mask.’’
Biden made the comments as part of a ceremony to mark 50 million vaccine doses being administered since he took office Jan. 20. He had promised 100 million shots in his first 100 days – a goal critics later decried as not ambitious enough – and the halfway point was reached on his 37th day.
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“Children and adolescents are experiencing a prolonged state of physical isolation from their peers, teachers, extended families, and community networks,” the authors wrote. “Duration of quarantine, fear of infection, boredom, frustration, lack of necessary supplies, lack of information, financial loss, and stigma appear to increase the risk of negative psychological outcomes.
“Social distancing and school closures may therefore increase mental health problems in children and adolescents, already at higher risk of developing mental health problems compared to adults at a time when they are also experiencing anxiety over a health threat and threats to family employment/income.”
In an email, Rhode Island Health Department spokesman Joseph Wendelken said his office has “not observed an increase in the number of suicides to date” but the proportion of emergency-department visits among Rhode Islanders age 10 to 17 “relating to suicidal thoughts and actions was approxim
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As he highlighted his administration’s progress in the massive vaccination campaign against the coronavirus Thursday, President Joe Biden made a plea for Americans not to let their guard down despite a dwindling number of infections and hospitalizations in recent weeks.
“This is not a time to relax,’’ Biden said as he warned about the possible impact of virus variants. “We must keep washing our hands, stay socially distanced, and for God’s sake – for God’s sake – wear a mask.’’