How religious leaders can help fight COVID vaccine hesitancy Salon 2 hrs ago Religious texts | COVID-19 Vaccine Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images
A nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that focuses on studying intersections between religion and politics released a survey on Thursday that is both hopeful and troubling: While millions of Americans remain hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine, religious leaders could actually help convince many people to do the safe and right thing.
The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) found that Protestant Christians are particularly likely to be hesitant to receive vaccines, including 42% of Hispanic Protestants who are vaccine hesitant and 15% who say they do not plan on getting vaccinated; 28% of white evangelical Protestants who are vaccine hesitant and 26% who say they will not get vaccinated; and 32% of African American Protestants who say they are vaccine hesitant and 15% who say they will not
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Pictured is the empty playground at Anne Frank Elementary School in Dallas on February 23, when the school closed due to severe storms.
There are few no-risk activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, but there are ways to mitigate risks. Fully vaccinated people are, of course, at much lower risk of contracting and spreading coronavirus than people who haven t been vaccinated. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen advises approaching your activity decisions with that in mind. (CNN)Playgrounds seem like and in many cases are a relatively safe pandemic activity, but there are factors that can complicate the issue.
How you and your kids can avoid Covid-19 at playgrounds
Playgrounds seem like and in many cases are a relatively safe pandemic activity, but there are factors that can complicate the issue.
Playgrounds are “a great opportunity to get families together and be outside and enjoy, but do so in a safe way,” said Dr. Ada Stewart, a family physician with Cooperative Health in Columbia, South Carolina, and the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Safety precautions are also important because the Covid-19 vaccines currently aren’t authorized for children under 16.
Fewer children than adults have been infected with coronavirus, but children like adults are still at risk for getting infected by breathing in droplets from the coughs or sneezes of infected people, or by virus accumulated in or flowing through the air. Infection by contact with contaminated surfaces is possible, but the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that this isn’t a p
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