After months of anticipation at times bordering on the obsessive (with news helicopters following the arrival of the vaccine at the airport), it was an unflappable 84-year-old who became the first person in Australia to be given the jab. Jane Malysiak, who survived the second world war and immigrated to Australia from Poland more than 70 years ago, sat alongside the prime minister as the injection was delivered. Malysiak said she was grateful.
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Foster Children Hurting During Holidays Because of COVID Pandemic Foster Children Hurting During the Holidays . Victims of COVID Crisis
Being in a pandemic sucks for everyone, but foster kids across the country are finding it especially tough . and it s heartbreaking.
Julie Brown, the Executive Director of Holy Family Services the oldest adoption agency in Southern California tells TMZ there s a 50 percent decline in the number of people volunteering to foster kids from the same time last year.
She says surging COVID cases have scared potential foster parents . for obvious reasons.
And, it gets worse . COVID is keeping some foster kids from visiting their biological families. As you may know, some of these kids are from loving families that just don t have the resources to care for them. The fact these kids can t visit their birth families during the holidays has created anxiety and depression.