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Preparing the Workplace for Vaccine Requirements

In this Quick Start Guide, employers can help the employees in the workplace to understand the importance of safeguarding their co-workers as well as themselves. Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed deep vulnerabilities in our nation’s public health infrastructure. We’ve lost lives, intensified inequities and eroded years of progress across our economy. Getting back to our lives—ba...
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Report Shows 100% COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Rate Amongst Youth

A recent report by NPR stated that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has a 100% efficacy rate amongst youth ranging from 12-15 years old, based on clinical trials.   The trial included 2,260 participants; the results are even better than earlier responses from participants ages 16 to 25. To read more, click the link below: https://n.pr/2PghNa4
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Fordham Law School Publishes Article on Biden’s Federal Private Prison Order

The National Center for Community Strategies commends Fordham Law School on this article. The action is part of the admistration’s effort to address racial inequity in the country and make good on Biden’s campaign promises to Black Americans — who were integral to securing his presidential win. What does Biden's Prison Order Mean? “When it comes to private prisons, the impact of this orde...
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Seniors and Pandemic Pods During COVID-19

Over the past month, seniors have been discussing whether to see family and friends indoors this fall and winter.  But anyone can also create a pandemic pod this does not only apply to seniors.  Some seniors think they should, so long as people have been taking strict precautions during the coronavirus pandemic.  They are so not convinced it's safe, given the heightened risk of viral transmi...
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day

When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he did not "discover" a wild, untamed land. He, and the colonists that followed, displaced and decimated generations of Native American people who had rich cultures and societies of their own. While that's not the history many of us learned in school, we are working to remedy that by recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the second Monday i...
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Things that Grandparents can do with their Grandchildren during this Covid-19 Pandemic

Grandparents are making so many changes and adjustments in their lives just to keep safe and somehow keep InTouch with their Grandchildren.  Some use video chat technology to communicate with their newborn grandchildren.  Grandparents just want to hold and snuggle up with newborn grandchildren who have been just born.  But the coronavirus pandemic has prevented them from doing so. Being at a...
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Coping with mental health through the Covid-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been stressful for many people both young and old. Both fear and anxiety about a new disease and what could happen can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Public health actions, such as social distancing, can make people feel isolated and lonely and can increase stress and anxiety. However, these actions are necessa...
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Reset Button for the United States at This Point of COVID-19

  Even though coronavirus cases are spiraling in several states, 150 key medical experts have sent the Trump administration a letter calling for a "reset."   Dr. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, believes "If certain states or cities are in phase two of the guidelines of opening America again, you might want to either pause or go back to phase...
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