To the editor: The Times Editorial Board misrepresents the state of online learning in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Quoting statistics based on a survey conducted in part by the anti-union Educators for Excellence is very misleading.
The very next day, buried in a different article, you reported the results of a survey of United Teachers Los Angeles-represented employees: About three-quarters of them want to continue online learning.
Teachers need to be vaccinated before we resume in-class instruction. The situation is so bad that even Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s 9-year-old daughter contracted coronavirus. Germany had students in class when it had one-eighth the death rate of the U.S.; schools were once again closed when nationwide COVID-19 fatalities hit 22,000.
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Extra doses in Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine vials are safe and should be used, FDA says
From CNN s Lauren Mascarenhas
A medic holds a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida on December 18. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images
The extra doses in Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vials are safe and should be used, US Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said Friday.
It’s possible to squeeze out extra doses of Pfizer’s vaccine from the vials, if there is solution remaining in them after the standard five doses are given, the FDA said earlier this week.
As COVID-19 rapidly spreads throughout L.A. County, some areas pay the cruelest price [Los Angeles Times]
The December surge in COVID-19 had spread widely into communities across Los Angeles County, touching more lives than ever before and making the chances of being exposed to the virus much more likely than ever.
New daily cases have hit levels that are hard to fathom, including one day this week when more than 20,000 new COVID cases were reported in the county. An estimated one in 80 people in L.A. County are now contagious with the virus; that’s far worse than in late September, when scientists calculated that one in 880 county residents were infectious.
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Election 2020 Today: Biden s rocky transition, historic pick
The slights and slip-ups of President-elect Joe Bidenâs interactions with Congress during the transition leave the impression his team is misreading the Capitol Hill audience heâll be relying on for legislative outcomes
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President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Hereâs whatâs happening Friday in Election 2020 and President-elect Joe Biden s transition.
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ROCKY TRANSITION: Despite all his experience, President-elect Joe Biden s transition has stumbled, exposing the challenges of navigating Congress. Biden rolled out an almost all-white national security team when allies were expecting diversity. He filled top posts with familiar