It is a dangerous situation with roots in racism and broken trust, but which is key to curbing the emergence of worrying new strains and saving lives from the world's biggest outbreak.
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Bacon Free Library is currently closed to the public. Please contact us anytime and someone will get back to you: call 508-653-6730 or email bfl@minlib.net.
Due to the increased risk of COVID-19, Bacon Free Library is discontinuing in-house appointments until further notice. In the meantime, the library s curbside pickup service has expanded.
CURBSIDE PICKUPS: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. While the library building remains closed, Bacon Free Library offers curbside pickups! Check the catalog to see if an item is available at Bacon Free Library, call 508-653-6730 or email bflpickups@gmail.com and wait for confirmation, then head to the library and wait in the designated pickup area. Note that the library building remains locked and will not be accessible to the public at this time. Visit the library’s website for full instructions and remember that digital resources are alway
The following is a selection of three Petrie Dish episodes for your consideration in the radio/podcast category. Please click on the bolded links to listen to audio and to see the full online presentation for each story.
COVID-19 has exposed all Americans to increased risk, even while doing the most mundane things: shopping at the grocery store, going to work, and taking walks. But it’s also exposed how communities of color are largely defenseless in the fight against an enemy that does not discriminate, but rather reveals to us our own discrimination.
This program explores the complex challenges faced by three different communities during the pandemic and how residents of color are coping with disparities in resources and healthcare.
Medical ethicist: Race is the most important predictor of environmental harm By Maya Bell
02-02-2021
In the inaugural Climate and Racial Justice Talk, Harriet A. Washington debunks myths and asks her own tough questions.
When clinical trials to test the first vaccines for COVID-19 began last year, Harriet A. Washington remembers medical journalists decrying the fact that too few Black people were signing up and that their absence could skew the results, even delay the vaccines.
But noticeably missing from the reports, Washington said during the University of Miami’s inaugural Climate and Racial Justice Talk on Monday, was any supporting documentation. So, the acclaimed medical ethicist, science writer, and researcher requested data from Johns Hopkins University, which showed that about 10 percent of the participants in the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech trials were Black people who constitute more than 12 percent of the U.S. population.