employees will be forced out of work if the mask mandate remains in effect. the order is unfair, they say, because it does not apply to other city employees who routinely deal with the public and who are allowed to keep working if they submit to weekly covid testing in lieu of getting vaccinated. the emergency appeal is in the hands of justice sotomayor who s assigned to handle appeals of this kind from the region. she s expected to reply and may refer it to the full court for decision. just in time, a new clinical trial out of the uk finds there is no harm in getting a flu shot and a second dose of a covid-19 vaccine at the same time. the preliminary report has not been published in the scientific journal. many are bracing for a positive in flu cases as social distancing measures are relaxed. a group of 90,000 school board officials around the country is