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A Harvard professor strikes a chord in poem dedicated to frontline workers fighting the pandemic Tags:  Blurred figures of people with medical uniforms in hospital corridor (VILevi) HOUSTON – A Harvard Medical School professor and doctor of internal medicine published a poem as an ode to essential workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic and their families and it’s now circulating widely on social media. Wendy Stead, MD authored the poem “An Essential Worker’s List of Pandemic Chores ...

We were thinking of putting together a thread of dancing frontline medical workers the other day because we kept seeing so many on our Twitter feed. Sure, you could argue that they’re under a ton of pressure and just letting off a little steam by doing these dance routines. Or maybe they just tick you off. Reminder: how the pandemic was overwhelming our frontline warriors over Xmas… pic.twitter.com/uY40PYJM6I This crap pisses me off. They can sing and dance. Meanwhile, I had to wait almost ...

Essential workers illustrate the Heart of the Hutch While buildings remain more than half empty, hundreds of people keep science going and campus running amid pandemic Isma Lubega stands in front of his car in Kampala, Uganda. Lubega is the driver for the UCI-Fred Hutch Collaboration, a program born out of a longstanding relationship between Fred Hutch’s Global Oncology program and the Uganda Cancer Institute. Photo courtesy of Raquel Sanchez / Fred Hutch Global Oncolo...

“Equity.” That’s the top word for the vaccine now. The New York Times has pitched it (more than once) and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has embraced it. States are putting it into their plans. And the people who advocate it are lying about the underlying meaning. Every US state has been advised to consider ethnic minorities as a critical and vulnerable group in their vaccine distribution plans, according to Centers for Disease Control guidance. As a resu...

a- Our government’s most fundamental ethical assumption of 2020 is that Black Lives Matter more than All Lives Matter, as seen in this CDC presentation on vaccine priorities: The CDC’s advisory group’s thinking is that 21 million healthcare personnel should go first of all. First, that’s 42 million doses, which will take into the New Year to deliver. And that’s the smallest of the four groups the CDC is thinking about prioritizing. A general criticism is that the CDC’s approach is w...

Created: December 14, 2020 08:07 PM Restaurant workers across New York are demanding a full minimum wage with tips to be able to survive this pandemic. Workers held a rally in Albany on Monday. They gathered alongside "Elena The Essential Worker," a 24-foot tribute to the famous Rosie the Riveter icon. It was part of a statewide movement. Workers say tips are roughly 50% to 75% of what they were before the pandemic began. Theyre calling on Gov. Cuomo to be a hero, and announce a full...

Homes. the biggest wind emergency of the year, theyre now saying tonight. and the other threat this evening, yet another hurricane headed toward the u.s. tonight, where there are already states of emergency. good evening and its great to have you with us here as we start another week together. eight days to go until election day, of course, a week from tomorrow. more than 62 million already voting. tonight, the president and joe biden in pennsylvania. the president in his closing argument sa...

Five members of vice president pences team are currently infected, including the vice presidents personal assistant and his chief of staff, who is almost always by his side. this, a month after the first big outbreak at the white house infected more than two dozen people, including the president and the first lady. pence is the head of the white house coronavirus task force. >> why are you still traveling and holding campaign events when people close to you have covid? >> reporter: today, he was...

Tonight, the race to the finish. president trump and joe biden both in pennsylvania, eight days left. the president tonight again saying we are rounding the corner on the virus, as the nation marks an all-time record for new cases this weekend since this pandemic began. and the new outbreak involving several people close to vice president mike pence, including his body man and chief of staff. mike pence still out campaigning and not quarantining. as cdc guidelines suggest. the white house saying...

"america strong." the essential worker who says all of your thank yous matter. terrell hegler from philadelphia, he starts his mornings every day at 5:30 a.m. hes a garbage man, and hes been posting videos online. >> if you see your trash man today, smile, wave, show him love. >> reporter: hes documented the kindness from families along his route, the donations, cold drinks, waters. all of the acts of kindness, large and small. >> the morale in my yard is just picking up. people are like, yo, pe...