An additional 29 inmates at the Forsyth County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19 since the outbreak started in late November, according to the latest numbers from the N.C. Department
The Forsyth County Health Department will move its vaccination operations to the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds on Sunday, a move that should allow health officials to almost double their rate of vaccinations
Vaccination appointments are scheduled to resume online Wednesday for the Forsyth County Department of Public Health, including accepting individuals ages 65-74 for the first time.
Selective misperception
The writer of the Jan. 13 letter âPelosiâs obsessionâ says that House Speaker Nancy Pelosiâs hatred for President Trump is obvious. He says that Pelosi must be leading the movement to impeach President Trump a second time because she hates him.
Is the writer unaware of Trumpâs incitement to insurrection on Jan. 6? He didnât mention it at all.
I suppose one might think that Pelosi was motivated by hatred if one wasnât aware of Trumpâs attempt to overthrow a democratic election by inciting a mob to attack the Capitol building.
One would have to work hard to not be aware of that. It was in the news. Everywhere.
President-elect Joe Bidens plan comes at a time when the nation needs all the help it can get fighting the coronavirus. More than 4,200 people in the United States died of COVID this past Tuesday, a new daily record high. The president-elects plan includes a national vaccination program, setting up community vaccination sites nationwide, scaling up testing and tracing, investing in high-quality treatments, providing paid sick leave to contain spread of the virus, and addressing health disparities. His proposal suggests investing $20 billion in a national vaccination program. Right now, much of the vaccine rollout has been left to the states, which have struggled to get vaccines into arms at a faster pace because they dont have enough money or people. That people problem could be addressed by a funding emergency hiring for a community health worker program Bidens putting forward, aiming to cover 100,000 public health workers.That would nearly triple the countrys comm