While the CDC was making steps to approve vaccines for kids aged five to 11, local health agencies made plans on how they would distribute those vaccines to kids in
local-health officials say they have been intimidated or have been receiving threats for those opposed to mask wearing. an executive from the national association of sitting county health officials said, conversations quote sometimes are turning nasty and out of control. it s, of course, one more symptom of science clashing with politics almost every step during the course of the pandemic. earlier in the program, we heard from florida s republican governor criticizing president biden about his covid response. somehow, trying to commingle border policy with science. look no further than tennessee. there, dr. michelle fiscus was fired last month from her position as director of the immunization programs for the state. she says it was after she sent a memo to medical providers informing them about a decades-old tennessee law that essentially says teenagers can get the vaccine, without their parents permission, in some cases. dr. fiscus and her husband, brad, who s a former teacher and a
Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs), Career Executive Service Eligibles (CESEs) and Career Service Executive Eligibles (CSEEs) attentively listen to a presentation during a CESB Leadership Conclave with the Theme: Govergence: Cultivating Exemplary Service. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Ernesto Alcanzare, Yes For Peace - Bayanihan ng Bayan lead organizer)
The Whole of Nation approach to ending the armed conflicts being pursued by the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflicts (NTF-ELCAC) is anchored on good governance and would entail direct people’s participation.
Given limited resources of the government, the NTF-ELCAC has focused on eight hundred (800) barangays liberated from the influence and clutches of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to prove that the communist armed conflict can be ended through good governance.