Waging Peace
Making Lasting Contact with Iran in 2021 By Kate Cavanaugh on January 1, 2021 at 9:30 AM
Like many older Americans who live alone, I’ve spent the last ten months without tactile contact with another human being. So, like everyone else, I’m eager for universal mask-wearing and the widespread distribution of a vaccine, so we can reach herd immunity, stop “socially distancing,” and get back to being literally in touch. Meanwhile, among the many parallels that this pandemic has suggested, the events since the death of George Floyd have reinforced how systemically white Americans are distanced from people of color, especially Blacks, and how much all racial and ethnic groups need to have meaningful contact with each other to finally lead to some real change in this historical and ongoing inequality
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We have entered the final week of 2020. As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout offers hope, the virus’ path of destruction continues.
The stark reality is that 2.1 million Californians, and counting, have tested positive for the coronavirus. In each instance,
the diagnosis sentences a person to a weeks-long isolation, away from family, friends and roommates. Some suffer alone, in a hospital room. Others are able to return to their living spaces. But even then, home can become a haven and a confine.
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For one couple, the infection arrived on the heels of a traumatic pregnancy loss. Alyssa Fetters awoke her fiancé one November morning in severe pain. A ruptured ectopic pregnancy sent her into emergency surgery for internal bleeding. When she was safely out, she learned that she had tested positive for the coronavirus. She was rushed to the COVID-19 wing, where her emo
A pregnancy loss, a coronavirus diagnosis and a recovery in isolation [Los Angeles Times]
In the predawn hours on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Alyssa Fetters awoke her fiancé in severe pain.
Fetters was six weeks pregnant and had learned about two weeks prior that her pregnancy was ectopic when the egg grows outside of the uterus. Learning that there would be no way for the egg to survive and that her own health could be in danger, she had already started the difficult treatment to stop the cells from growing.
On that Saturday morning, something had gone wrong.
Mark Fitzgerald drove his pregnant partner to the emergency room and then, due to COVID-19 protocols, was forced to wait for word outside the walls of the hospital. Over the phone, he would learn that the egg had ruptured and that Fetters would be prepped for emergency surgery to tend to her internal bleeding.
Central Pennsylvania Power Players December 18, 2020
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Central Penn Business Journal is pleased to introduce 28 people who are leaders in their field. You may not know their names, but their colleagues do. They were selected by our reporters and editors based on our reporting and in consultation with knowledgeable people in their fields. We know there are many who, like them, do their best with no expectation of public recognition, but we believe it is important to highlight the bright lights in our community. We hope you will join us in congratulating all of our honorees.
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Tipperary County Council has voted unanimously to call on the Health Minister and Government to pay student nurses in this academic year.
The motion was brought forward by Fine Gael representatives of the Council yesterday, who say that it’s necessary “as unpaid student nurses cannot seek part time work due to the environment they work in.”
The Government controversially voted against a People Before Profit motion earlier this month, which also called for pay for student nurses.
Fine Gael councillor Mark Fitzgerald believes their motion is worded better and will be submitted to Government for consideration.