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May 4, 2021 By David Murray Sometime very soon if it hasn’t happened already the United States will reach a point at which the supply of vaccines for COVID-19 will outrun demand. Hundreds of millions of vaccine doses have been given. Restrictions on outdoor activities are gradually being relaxed. Discrepancies in vaccine availability among the different states are declining, although states are differing in the timing and scale of how they are easing restrictions on outdoor activities. Some of the expected reduction in demand for the vaccines, however, is due to what is being called vaccine hesitancy, based on misperceptions about risk, fueled in some cases by misinformation. Some studies indicate that hesitancy is strongest among younger people who grew up with social media, where rumors and misinformation can be amplified. ....
âIâll see you in heaven.â It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization. Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation. ....
The Duneland School Corp. is looking to launch various long-term capital improvement projects in the coming year. Plans include closing Chesterton Middle School and building a new Newton Yost Elementary School. For more information on the projects, visit nwi.com, or view project documents at www.duneland.k12.in.us/domain/443. Connor Burge, The Times CHESTERTON â Community members largely voiced support for Duneland School Corp.âs multimillion-dollar long-term capital improvement project during the first of two public hearings required by law on Monday. Parents within the school district, and employees past and present, voiced support for the project, which aims to create equity in the districtâs school buildings, school leaders said Monday. ....