Need a boost for the new year? Pacific Northwest geeks share the different things that inspire them
December 30, 2020 at 9:48 pm
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Need a little inspiration to make it out of 2020 and into 2021? We’ve been asking data scientists, video game designers, engineers, doctors, students and startup founders all year where they find theirs.
We’ve read more than enough about what has bummed us out over the past year. It might seem difficult to find something or someone that will make things look better or provide a motivating force in the coming months.
School Workers May Get Early Shot at COVID-19 Vaccine. Will They Take It?
As states develop their vaccine rollout plans and some governors including in Arizona announce plans to prioritize educators, many are hoping that the vaccination effort will make it easier and safer for schools to stay open for in-person instruction. While most students will not be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine any time soon, the adults in school buildings are at higher risk for serious illness due to COVID-19. Concerns for their health and safety have led to pushback against reopening schools during the pandemic.
But although many school employees are eager to be inoculated against the coronavirus, there may be a sizable contingency of educators who refuse to take the vaccine, at least right away. A nationally representative EdWeek Research Center survey found that 17 percent of educators said they were “very” unlikely to take the vaccine, and 12 percent said they were “somewhat” unlikely.
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With one COVID-19 vaccine now in emergency use and potentially more to follow Pennsylvania’s weary teachers, parents, and students can see a path back towards normalcy.
A vaccine, if effective, could make in-person schooling substantially safer and lead to thousands of children reentering classrooms for the first time since mid-March.
But that hope is far from certainty. There are many unanswered questions about timing, compliance, and safety.
Keystone Crossroads canvassed experts to better understand what the latest vaccine news means for education.
Who is going to be vaccinated first?
School staff will get vaccinated before most students. That much is clear.
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With one COVID-19 vaccine now in emergency use and potentially more to follow Pennsylvania’s weary teachers, parents, and students can see a path back towards normalcy.
A vaccine, if effective, could make in-person schooling substantially safer and lead to thousands of children reentering classrooms for the first time since mid-March.
But that hope is far from certainty. There are many unanswered questions about timing, compliance, and safety.
Keystone Crossroads canvassed experts to better understand what the latest vaccine news means for education.
Who is going to be vaccinated first?
School staff will get vaccinated before most students. That much is clear.
S.C. Stays Silent as Other States Reveal Vaccine Plans South Carolina has refused to name the 15 receiving sites, making it unclear when health-care centers will receive the vaccines for distributions. Some believe the state is keeping the plan quiet to mitigate security risks. Sam Ogozalek, The Island Packet | December 14, 2020 | Analysis
(TNS) North Carolina residents know exactly which hospitals will get doses first from the state s initial supply of coronavirus vaccines.
N.C. officials on Thursday released a list of 53 medical centers and health care systems that will soon receive shipments of Pfizer and BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine, which federal regulators are expected to approve for emergency use this weekend.