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Court keeps on hold South Carolina school mask mandate ban

Tue, 2021-10-05 17:44 — mike kraft
Court keeps South Carolina school mask mandate ban on hold South Carolina districts can continue to require face coverings to protect against the coronavirus in the state's schools under an appellate court's decision this week. On Tuesday, the 4th U.S. AP NEWS

... the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied state Attorney General Alan Wilson’s request that South Carolina’s law prohibiting school mask mandates be allowed to take effect while a lawsuit over the COVID-19 pandemic measure goes forward. ...

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Attorney General Garland takes steps to respond to ‘disturbing spike’ in threats against educators

Tue, 2021-10-05 17:37 — mike kraft
Garland taps FBI in response to ‘disturbing spike’ in threats against educators Recent school board meetings have been packed with protestors who denounce Covid-19 mask mandates, political interpretations of critical race theory and other highly-politicized issues. Juan Perez Jr. POLITICO

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday ordered federal law enforcement authorities to huddle with local leaders in the coming weeks to address what the nation’s top prosecutor called a recent “disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence” against educators and school board members.

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Arizona ordered to stop using federal COVID money for anti-mask grants

Tue, 2021-10-05 17:27 — mike kraft
Arizona can't use COVID money for anti-mask grants, feds say The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state’s federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education grants that can only be directed to schools without mask mandates. AP NEWS

The Biden administration on Tuesday ordered Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to stop using the state’s federal pandemic funding on a pair of new education grants that can only be directed to schools without mask mandates.

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Efforts to reach persons who try to evade vaccine mandates--with compassion

Tue, 2021-10-05 09:56 — mike kraft
Many are searching for vaccine mandate loopholes. These are the people trying to stop them. How do you police people who are trying to evade vaccine mandates? Sometimes with compassion. Ashley Fetters Maloy Washington Post
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Full FDA approval of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine had only a modest impact on uptake. Here's what mattered more

Tue, 2021-10-05 09:38 — mike kraft
Pfizer full approval had only a modest impact on vaccine uptake. Here's what mattered more Despite hopes that full approval of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine would convince large numbers of vaccine-hesitant Americans to roll up their sleeves, a federal government analysis provided to CNN suggests approval was not a silver bullet. Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent CNN
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American teachers are leaving their jobs in record numbers; COVID-19 a factor

Mon, 2021-10-04 19:51 — mike kraft
‘Exhausted and underpaid’: teachers across the US are leaving their jobs in record numbers Unsafe Covid protocols, disrupted schedules and overwork are driving teachers out the schoolhouse door the Guardian
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Utah: Hundreds pack hearing to oppose Biden vaccine plan

Mon, 2021-10-04 17:53 — mike kraft
Hundreds pack Utah hearing to oppose Biden vaccine plan SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of people not wearing masks packed a legislative hearing Monday to urge Utah lawmakers to fight President Joe Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19. AP NEWS
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Fauci: Immigrants 'absolutely not' driving coronavirus infections in US

Mon, 2021-10-04 11:07 — mike kraft
Fauci: Immigrants 'absolutely not' driving coronavirus infections in Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease specialist, is swatting down the suggestion that a recent surge of immigrants into the United States is driving coronavirus infection rates Dominick Mastrangelo TheHill

Dr. Anthony Fauici, the nation's leading infectious disease specialist, is swatting down the suggestion that a recent surge of immigrants into the United States is driving coronavirus infection rates nationwide.  

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Mandates: Vaccination holdouts continue to plague U.S. police and fire departments

Mon, 2021-10-04 10:24 — mike kraft
As coronavirus cases mount and vaccine mandates spread, holdouts plague police and fire departments Public health experts say the continued reluctance of scores of first responders to be vaccinated poses a particular risk to the public. Mark Berman Washington Post
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Mandates: COVID vaccine mandate takes effect for NYC teachers, staff

Mon, 2021-10-04 10:14 — mike kraft
COVID vaccine mandate takes effect for NYC teachers, staff NEW YORK (AP) — New York City teachers and other school staff members were all supposed to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when the bell rang Monday morning in one of the first school district mandates in the country requiring employees to be inoculated against the coronavirus. AP NEWS
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