2021 will soon start to feel more normal, like before the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we handle it?
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Dining on the sidewalk at Arooga s Downtown on Second Street in Harrisburg. People enjoy a March day with temperatures in the mid to upper 60-degree range, March 10, 2021.
Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com
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There’s no flick-of-the-switch moment for when the pandemic will be over, they say.
And there’s obvious truth to that line of thinking. Different groups of people are getting vaccinated at different times. No vaccines have been approved for most school-age children yet. Some folks will refuse to get the vaccine at all. And above all, the virus isn’t going to just disappear.
Suburban Philly officials question whether Pennsylvania is distributing COVID-19 vaccines equitably phillyvoice.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phillyvoice.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
. HARRISBURG In early February, more than a month into Pennsylvania’s rocky vaccine rollout, state officials were once again facing questions about missing data on race and ethnicity. The Department of Health had failed to enforce its order requiring providers to collect and submit the information, crucial to understanding if shots were being equitably distributed. UPMC one of the state’s biggest health systems admitted it wasn’t doing so at the time.
Coronavirus Coverage Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam vowed to take action, warning providers that their vaccine allocations could be reduced or suspended if they failed to follow the order.