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Alabama
Montgomery: After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade. The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to take effect next year, by two years. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. The high-stakes promotion requirement is set to take effect at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, but supporters argued it would be unfair to force the requirement on students who were out of the traditional classroom for long stretches during the pandemic. The bill would move the implementation to the 2023-2024 school year. “These kids have had 14 months of not normal schooling. All they are asking for is a little c
Mississippi health officials talked tackling vaccine hesitancy, the recent pause of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot and the state s COVID-19 cases during a Friday afternoon discussion.
Vaccine hesitancy among residents looks different now than it did back in December when the shots first came into Mississippi, State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said Friday. Seventy-three percent of Mississippians are a yes on vaccines, he said, citing a recent trust survey. Only 10% are a no.
While vaccine hesitancy is waning, Dobbs said continuing to get residents vaccinated will become more of a ground campaign where medical providers go door-to-door.
That would include looking into opening walk-up vaccination options at clinics and having medical providers vaccinate at jails, nursing homes and houses of homebound people.
Mississippi health officials: Fully vaccinated people account for 78 positive COVID-19 tests, 1 death Sarah Haselhorst, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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Since being fully vaccinated, state health officials said 78 people in the state have tested positive for COVID-19. One person died. We knew we would see some because (the vaccine s) not 100% effective at preventing any illness, State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said during a Tuesday media briefing. It s been fortunately an uncommon thing.
The Moderna vaccine is more than 90% effective against COVID-19 six months after the second dose is administered, according to the most recent study. Pfizer said its vaccine is 91.3% effective in preventing the coronavirus. While Johnson & Johnson has a lower effectiveness against COVID-19 at 66%, it s highly successful at preventing hospitalization and death in infecte
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