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Crafting their way through lockdown
An undated photo provided by Scott Wiggers shows Namita Gupta Wiggers in her stitched shirt, a pandemic artifact. She stitched the shirt for a year, adding Band-Aids in gold thread to signify her family members vaccinations. Scott Wiggers via The New York Times.
by Steven Kurutz
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Necessity is the mother of invention, and at the start of the pandemic, the thing everyone needed was masks. To help keep people safe, an army of home sewers banded together last spring to make face coverings and other personal protective equipment for health care workers, family members and strangers.
Armed with a mission to promote “world peace and friendship,” the Peace Corps has sent over 240,000 volunteers from the U.S. to 142 countries around the globe since the U.S. government program was established in 1961.
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COVID-19 vaccinations await arms at a Novant Health vaccination clinic at Friendship Baptist Church.
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes more widely available, colleges and universities across the nation weigh the decision of whether to require students to be vaccinated before returning to campus in the fall.
Duke University was among around a dozen schools nationwide to announce relatively early that they will require vaccination for the fall semester. However, more schools are following suit, and others are considering a vaccine mandate as well.
“Looking ahead, we know that widespread vaccination will be the only way to facilitate a return to normal and robust campus life,” Duke President Vincent E. Price said in a notice sent to students, faculty and staff announcing the school’s decision to require proof of vaccination.