The CDC puts smokers with the groups who are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms. Author: Briana Ray-Turner Updated: 9:16 PM EST February 3, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Cigarette smokers are one of the priority groups to get vaccinated.
“It’s not a big surprise actually because smoking is certainly associated with other chronic diseases like heart disease and lung disease and so on, said Dr. Elizabeth Ransom, executive vice president and chief physician executive for Baptist Health.
Dr. Ransom explained a study that was done in the Journal of American Medical Association.
“That confirmed people who are smokers or who have been previously smokers have a more severe course of covid-19 and are more likely to be hospitalized and become severely ill, said Dr. Ransom.
Mayor Garcetti discusses distance learning impact on students and desire to reopen schools
LOS ANGELES - During a press briefing Wednesday, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti touched on the challenges surrounding distance learning and the need to reopen schools for students. I think our highest priority has to be our children. We ve got cardrooms open and our schools not. Let s get our priorities straight, and don t get me wrong, jobs are important too but our children have been suffering and our children that already suffer the most are suffering the most on top of it. They are literally losing a year of their education and in many ways, maybe sending them on a pathway where they will never be able to recover so I hope all stakeholders, our districts, our federal government, our local governments, our teachers, our school employees are all unified in let s get schools open as quickly as we can and safely as we can, he said.
Rolling Stone Skateboarding Is Your New Pandemic Boredom Buster Here’s Why It’s Never Too Late to Start
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In addition to roller skating and patience-testing puzzles, skateboarding was among the activities that saw an unexpected boom last year and not just because the sport was slated to make its debut in the Tokyo Olympics (which has been postponed to this year). As cities went under lockdown in 2020, house-bored citizens seeking al fresco activities found themselves dusting off their old deck or hopping onto a board for the first time.
Can schools safely reopen? Doctors weigh in By Elizabeth Elkind Schools debate reopening after CDC findings about COVID
As the Biden administration pushes for more resources toward safely reopening schools, tensions between school districts looking to return to in-person schooling and teachers unions across the country are coming to a head. Students and parents, frustrated and confused, are left asking Is it safe for my child to go back to school? A number of studies internationally and from the CDC now look at the fact that schools are not a source of transmission with the right things in place, internal medicine specialist Dr. Neeta Ogden said on CBSN Wednesday. We re really going to see schools as a quite safe place for children to be.