Month: January 2021

Kids aren’t alright.. suicides forcing schools to bring kids back

Student suicides raise concerns about the cost of school closuresIn a stark reminder of the toll the pandemic is taking on young peoples’ mental health, the nation’s fifth-largest school district announcedWHP The kids aren’t alright. The New York Times reported that Clark County School District, which includes Las Vegas, saw a spate of suicides since … Read moreKids aren’t alright.. suicides forcing schools to bring kids back

INTERNET OUTAGE EAST COAST

worked better in 2001 than it does in 2021? Tens of thousands of people reported outages from Boston to New York to Washington and locations in between, according to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks complaints about service disruptions.  People also reported outages on several other services, including Gmail, Zoom and Slack as well.Verizon acknowledged the disruption … Read moreINTERNET OUTAGE EAST COAST

Back from the not dead: Spanish woman who ‘died’ of COVID returned 10 days later-newspaper

Spanish woman who ‘died’ of COVID returned 10 days later-newspaper HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SPAIN:Spanish woman who ‘died’ of COVID returned 10 days later-newspaperNEWS.TRUST.ORG The great awakening!! After a mix-up over names, the family of Rogelia Blanco were informed that the pensioner died of COVID-19 on Jan. 13 and her funeral was the next day, the La Voz de … Read moreBack from the not dead: Spanish woman who ‘died’ of COVID returned 10 days later-newspaper

Fauci was ‘knocked out’ by second dose of Covid vaccine

Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert, said he suffered mild side effects after receiving a second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. “I was hoping that I wouldn’t get too knocked out. I did for about 24 hours. Now I’m fine,” he said at a White House event Thursday. Fauci, an adviser to President Joe … Read moreFauci was ‘knocked out’ by second dose of Covid vaccine

California pauses Moderna vaccine at one location after allergic reactions

MORE.. After several people had apparent allergic reactions at one California clinic, state health officials on Sunday told providers across the state to pause administering doses from one COVID-19 vaccine lot that arrived from Moderna. The move, made “out of an extreme abundance of caution,” means that 330,000 doses distributed to 287 providers across the … Read moreCalifornia pauses Moderna vaccine at one location after allergic reactions

A child with a dream

Martin Luther King skipped the ninth and eleventh grades and never graduated from high school. He enrolled in Morehouse College in 1944 when he was just 15. He completed his doctorate at Boston University when he was 25. His actions and words eventually worked to modernize and change a world that severely needed it. While … Read moreA child with a dream