How Americaâs Vaccine System Makes People With Health Problems Fight for a Place in Line
At least 37 states allow people with certain health conditions to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, according to a New York Times survey. But a new skirmish has emerged over who will go first.
Waiting in line for Covid vaccines at a mass vaccination site in San Francisco.Credit.Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Published March 9, 2021Updated March 27, 2021
As states have begun vaccinating Americans with medical conditions that may raise their risk for a severe case of Covid-19, they are setting widely varying rules about which conditions to prioritize.
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By Madeleine Muzdakis on February 14, 2021
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a must-see for art lovers who happen to find themselves in New York City. An abstract, modern building on Fifth Avenue north of the Metropolitan Museum, the institution contains works from legendary artists of the past century. Color field abstraction paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, early landscapes by Piet Mondrian, and dramatic colors from Wassily Kandinsky are just some of the stunning works to be found within the spiral-shaped galleries of the museum. The building itself designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was the fantastic product of over 700 sketches, six working drafts, and 13 years from commission to ribbon-cutting.
WHEELING, W.Va. The day had finally arrived.
After nearly a year in lockdown for the residents of Good Shepherd Nursing Home eating meals in their rooms, playing bingo over their television sets and isolating themselves almost entirely from the outside world their coronavirus vaccinations were finished and the hallways were slowly beginning to reawaken.In a first, tentative glimpse at what the other side of the pandemic might look like, Betty Lou Leech, 97, arrived to the dining room early, a mask on her face, her hair freshly curled.
“I’m too excited to eat,” she said, sitting at her favorite table once again.
âWe Are Forgottenâ: Grocery Workers Hope for Higher Pay and Vaccinations
Booming business during the pandemic hasnât always meant better wages, and they have largely been left off vaccine priority lists.
Workers protesting outside the Food 4 Less in Long Beach, Calif. Kroger plans to close the store after the city required âhero payâ for grocery workers.Credit.Maggie Shannon for The New York Times
Feb. 8, 2021
It has been an exhausting 10 months for Toni Ward Sockwell, an assistant manager at Cash Saver, a grocery chain, in Guthrie, Okla. She has been helping to oversee about 40 anxious employees during a deadly pandemic, vigilantly disinfecting counters at the store and worrying about passing the coronavirus to her elderly mother while dropping off produce.
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