ao year old katherine woolf from swansea was working on the 97th floor of the north tower, when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified. her husband, charles, says there is no question the war was justified and that he had certainly celebrated the death of osama bin laden. but that he s been shocked by recent events. the situation that just occurred in afghanistan over the weekend was inexcusable, absolutely inexcusable. what they did was pull out. how they did it was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. after this debacle last weekend, i do not feel proud of our leaders. i feel proud about our nation, but not our current leaders. each room has a little piece ofjoe in it. christine lemmfeels a huge amount of pride for her husband, joe. he was in the new york police at the time of the 9/11 attacks and was one of those who pulled
but some of those relatives left behind are now among those who are furious at how it has all ended. ao year old katherine woolf from swansea was working on the 97th floor of the north tower, when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified. her husband, charles, says there is no question the war was justified and that he had certainly celebrated the death of 0sama bin laden. but that he s been shocked by recent events. the situation that just occurred in afghanistan over the weekend was inexcusable, absolutely inexcusable. what they did was pull out. how they did it was absolutely wrong, absolutely wrong. after this debacle last weekend, i do not feel proud of our leaders. i feel proud about our nation, but not our current leaders.
in the soaring skyline of lower manhattan, there remains a heart rending gap where the towers of the world trade center once stood. their footprints turned into memorials for the victims. within a month of the horrific acts that took their lives, 7,000 miles away, military operations were being launched. well, the war in afghanistan, of course, was started in the name of those who died at this spot nearly 20 years ago. in trying to find their killers, in trying to ensure an attack like that never happened again. but some of those relatives left behind are now among those who are furious at how it has all ended. ao year old katherine woolf, from swansea, was working on the 97th floor of the north tower, when it was struck by a plane. no remains of hers were ever identified. her husband, charles, says there is no question the war was justified and that he had certainly celebrated the death of 0sama bin laden.
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Up to a quarter of British healthcare workers have expressed hesitancy towards Covid-19 vaccines, the first comprehensive study of NHS and care staff suggests. Conspiracy beliefs, a paucity of black and ethnic minority participants in vaccine trials, or assuming immunity to Covid-19 because of previous infection were some of the key reasons cited.
“Understanding these drivers is important, because without this understanding you can’t implement any interventions,” said Dr Manish Pareek, associate clinical professor in infectious diseases at the University of Leicester who led the study.
Pareek and his colleagues previously identified lower rates of vaccine uptake among black and south Asian health staff, workers under 30, and those living in more deprived areas. To better understand the reasons for this hesitancy, they recruited 11,584 clinical and non-clinical staff working for the NHS and other health providers, such as dental prac
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Fresh calls have been made for strategies to “build trust and dispel myths” surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine after a new study revealed almost a quarter of UK health workers have hesitations – with this being more common among those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Concerningly, researchers also warned that experiences of discrimination and structural inequalities had “contributed to a lack of trust in the vaccine” among staff.
“We urgently need strategies to build trust and dispel myths surrounding the Covid-19 vaccine
Katherine Woolf
The latest UK-REACH study, led by the University of Leicester, explored ethnic differences in Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among more than 11,500 clinical and non-clinical health workers in the UK.