The state did the right thing to get teachers vaccinated, but masks should stay on | PennLive Editorial
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) was right to demand teachers and school staff be pushed to the head of the line for those getting vaccinated against COVID-19. And the state came up with the ideal way to do it without hurting seniors and those most vulnerable to death and serious illness from the virus.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is bringing a big sigh of relief to the thousands of people charged with keeping schools safe and children healthy. But in reality, it’s the kids who represented the threat to older teachers and school employees, who had good reason to worry about their interactions with hundreds of children – many of whom carried the virus.
An ‘encouraging’ sign: Average U.S. virus cases dip below 100K for 1st time in months
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, pharmacy technician Sochi Evans fills a syringe with a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Texas Southern University in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)AP
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ATLANTA Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections remain high and precautions to slow the pandemic must remain in place.
The seven-day rolling average of new infections was well above 200,000 for much of December and went to roughly 250,000 in January, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins University, as the pandemic came roaring back after it had been tamed in some places over the summer.
The city is easing some coronavirus restrictions that have been in place for months, including the reopening of some Free Library branches and city theaters, which have been closed since last spring.