Citing outsize case rates, critics call for racial equity in COVID-19 vaccination in Vt., N.H. Veterans wait in line inside the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during a walk-in clinic. A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots. Tyger Williams / AP
Published: 2/2/2021 4:10:43 PM
Like most Vermonters under the age of 75, Allene Swienckowski is still waiting for her turn to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In addition to having several underlying health conditions, Swienckowski, a 72-year-old Quechee resident, is Black, and people of color have been especially hard-hit in the pandemic.
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by Devon Green VAHHS Vice President of Governmental Relations Legislators! They’re just like us! And, just like us, they are deeply tired of saying things like “you’re on mute” over Zoom. We all continue to struggle with the extra steps it takes to do things from a distance, so it comes as a relief that the Governor’s budget address last Tuesday set the agenda for the session as spending the infusion of one-time federal funding to the state, increasing its revenues to $116 million as opposed to the agonizing cuts we were all anticipating a few months ago.
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Ilustration More than most, teachers tend to respect the rules, and Amy Cudney is no exception. The J.J. Flynn Elementary School librarian dutifully canceled her Thanksgiving plans last fall and ceased outdoor visits with friends as soon as Gov. Phil Scott restricted household gatherings. Cudney sent her husband, who works remotely, to retrieve their daughter from Syracuse University at the end of the fall term and saw that they quarantined upon return. Besides her time in Burlington school classrooms, Cudney said, her only out-of-home activities are bicycling to and from work and running errands. When Cudney fell ill last month with COVID-19, a likely source of her exposure seemed obvious. One of the classrooms she works in had just gone remote because a student had tested positive; Cudney had already been told by her principal to quarantine as a close contact, she said.
Some UVM students return next week: What to expect on COVID-19 safety Share Updated: 6:31 PM EST Jan 14, 2021 Matt Leighton Share Updated: 6:31 PM EST Jan 14, 2021
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