public health
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PublishedSeptember 21, 2021
Maine Voices: Either we change and adapt to COVID, or we sicken and die of it
We have the ability to consciously alter the course of natural selection, but too many of us still are choosing to do what we’ve always done.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2021
Another View: Mocking vaccine resisters isn’t helping
Complex reasons are often behind refusals to take the shots.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2021
Maine Voices: Vaccine opposition both causes death and blocks others from care
My husband, who recently lost his unvaccinated twin to COVID, is himself awaiting surgery – and I don’t want anti-vaccine caregivers anywhere near him.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2021
Our View: A safe, in-person school year is possible, but it requires sacrifice
Events in two central Maine districts show that schools can’t stay open without effective COVID precautions in place.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Our View: Coronavirus pandemic edges toward grim milestone
For more than a century, the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was the deadliest in our history, a record that will soon be broken by COVID.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Our View: Maine CDC should speed up processing of COVID tests
Along with the nationwide shortage of tests, the backlog of positive results is making it harder to fight the virus.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2021
Commentary: In response to delta variant, FDA must fast-track COVID vaccine for kids under 12
Faster authorization will save tens of thousands of child hospitalizations, hundreds of child deaths and, through reduced spread, thousands of adult lives.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2021
Our View: Losing patience with Maine’s COVID surge
Even the usually reassuring Dr. Nirav Shah is telling us that things are bad and are going to get worse.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2021
Our View: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine years in the making
Fully approved Monday, the shot was created and received emergency approval in record time, but it is the result of a long commitment to science.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2021
Our View: Anti-mask parents are teaching the wrong lessons
If we don’t want our kids to act out, be selfish or refuse to listen to instructions, then we shouldn’t behave that way, either.
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