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U.S. lawmakers are racing to nail down a Covid relief bill after months of negotiating, as a Friday deadline to fund the government approaches and key aid measures are set to expire. Leaders from each side of the aisle met Tuesday afternoon and appeared to make progress. A final deal could include extended unemployment benefits, temporary student loan relief, a continued eviction moratorium and additional funding for small businesses. It s unclear whether a bill would send a second round of checks to Americans, but any combination of those efforts would help millions of people during a period of historic unemployment. ....
By Cherranda Smith Dec 16, 2020 “If the biggest hotspots for [coronavirus] are prisons, doesn’t it make sense to inoculate everyone from the guards to the prisoners?” Justice reform advocate Ashish Prashar spoke at a webinar on December 4, highlighting the dilemma incarcerated people and the prison system face in light of vaccine rollouts. “All of the guards, all of the healthcare workers, all of the individuals that go in and out of prison are spreading it in society,” Prashsar said as reported by CNBC News. “Wouldn’t you start at the hot spots and stop that?” According to a study conducted by the National Commission on COVID-19 and Criminal Justice, incarcerated individuals in America are nearly four times more likely to contract COVID-19 than non-incarcerated people. They’re also twice as likely to die. ....
U.S. lawmakers are racing to nail down a Covid relief bill after months of negotiating, as a Friday deadline to fund the government approaches and key aid measures are set to expire. Leaders from each side of the aisle met Tuesday afternoon and appeared to make progress. A final deal could include extended unemployment benefits, temporary student loan relief, a continued eviction moratorium and additional funding for small businesses. It s unclear whether a bill would send a second round of checks to Americans, but any combination of those efforts would help millions of people during a period of historic unemployment. ....
In the U.K., the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has said the top priority for the COVID-19 vaccination program should be to prevent death and support the maintenance of health and social care systems. There is no specific mention of prisons in the committee s guidance, but it is understood the allocation plans will be applied similarly to those incarcerated. Both countries have administered the first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of trial conditions in recent days, boosting hopes that a mass rollout of safe and effective vaccines could soon bring an end to the pandemic. However, as coronavirus cases and related deaths continue to surge, experts are questioning the ethics of how governments plan to distribute the first vaccines. ....
In the U.K., the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has said the top priority for the COVID-19 vaccination program should be to prevent death and support the maintenance of health and social care systems. There is no specific mention of prisons in the committee s guidance, but it is understood the allocation plans will be applied similarly to those incarcerated. Both countries have administered the first shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine outside of trial conditions in recent days, boosting hopes that a mass rollout of safe and effective vaccines could soon bring an end to the pandemic. However, as coronavirus cases and related deaths continue to surge, experts are questioning the ethics of how governments plan to distribute the first vaccines. ....