Port Authority of Allegheny County leaders will require all employees to be vaccinated against covid-19 by mid-March or face firing, officials said Monday. There will be no option for increased testing requirements for those who aren’t vaccinated. The policy goes into effect Feb. 1, and employees must be fully vaccinated
Coalition offers free valet bike parking at Thompson’s Point
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PORTLAND Bicycle-riding music fans are to be able to safely park their bikes for free at all 11 Thompson’s Point concerts this year, the Bicycle Coalition of Maine announced July 28 in a joint statement with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
“We’re really excited to be partnering with the BCM to bring this free service back to the State Theater Summer Concert Series at Thompson’s Point,” said Patrick Hazlett, Sierra Nevada field marketing manager, according to a news release from the coalition. “We previously tested this concept in 2019 and the response was overwhelmingly positive.”
Sam Ruland, York Daily Record
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About this series: Over the next several weeks, reporters with USA Today s Pennsylvania network will take a look back at the impact COVID-19 has had on the commonwealth over the past year, and what the future holds.
Neighborhoods across the state some lined with million-dollar homes, others by more modest dwellings struggled to survive this year as the coronavirus pandemic uprooted the lives of Pennsylvanians everywhere. But while the unprecedented catastrophe was shared by millions adjusting to their new normal, the suffering was not equally spread.
For low-income Pennsylvanians like Elena, a mother of two without reliable income to pay the bills, surviving the pandemic was made harder by financial and structural imbalances that almost ensure the most marginalized residents bear the heaviest burdens of a public health crisis.
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Much of the language surrounding the coronavirus pandemic is comparable to that of warfare.
We talk about fighting the disease. Having a battle plan. Deploying assets. And more than anything, we talk about the front lines.
As in any war, that is where things get real. With covid-19, the front lines are the places where people who keep the world turning interact with the masses and, therefore, the virus.
Foremost, there are the medical personnel who treat the sick in emergency rooms, intensive care units and nursing homes. There are the emergency medical technicians and paramedics who staff ambulances and respond to 911 calls. There are the home health workers.