Can the nation avoid an eviction wave? The end of the pandemic and lifting of federal eviction moratorium could create a renewed housing crisis. (Source: Gray DC) By Kyle Midura | April 22, 2021 at 6:14 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 9:51 PM
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - When the country ultimately emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, millions of families will lose a protection that helps keep them in their homes.
The C.D.C.’s eviction moratorium is scheduled to end at the beginning of July. The protection, which has been extended multiple times, is primarily aimed at preventing COVID’s spread by keeping Americans housed. Once the virus is no longer a major threat to public health though, experts expect it will be allowed to expire.
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A woman walks past newspaper billboards during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
As vaccines arrive, South Africa faces widespread scepticism over safety Top News Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - As a nurse in a country battling deadly diseases, Rich Sicina sometimes vaccinates other South Africans, but he says there is no way he will take a COVID-19 shot - he doesn’t believe it will be safe or effective. South Africa’s decision on Sunday to suspend plans to roll out AstraZeneca’s vaccine, after data showed it may not offer sufficient protection against the country’s dominant coronavirus variant, has only added to Sicina’s concerns.
The majority of the almost 11,000 citizens who were surveyed and showed willingness to take the vaccine were ANC supporters.
When it came to the opposition parties, the survey revealed that where the party leaders have advocated or supported the vaccine, its members seemed more receptive of it.
“Nearly 80% of ANC voters [who took part in the survey] either would or probably would take the vaccine. These figures mirror the views of how well the president has done in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said sociology professor Kate Alexander.
“Those who have done a good job are much more likely to accept the vaccine than those who think he has done a bad job,” Alexander added. “It does seem very clear that people who identify with the president in particular, are more willing to take the vaccine so leadership matters and it has had an impact on whether people think [the vaccine] is something or something bad.”
‘Black Africans more likely to be willing to accept a vaccine than white people, new survey reveals 17 February 2021 - 19:30 Gauteng health MEC Dr Nomathemba Mokgethi receives a vaccine against Covid-19 on February 17 2021 at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg. Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times
Black South Africans who don t have matric are seemingly more willing to take the Covid-19 vaccine than white and better-educated people.
That is according to a University of Johannesburg study, whose findings were made public on Wednesday coinciding with the first administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccines which were given to some of the country’s health-care workers and high-ranking government officials including President Cyril Ramaphosa.