Like their counterparts across Virginia, Alexandria’s healthcare workers are eager to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Demand for the vaccine is definitely there, as more than 20,000 city residents have registered to receive the inoculation, according to the Alexandria Health Department.
Many of those 20,000 are increasingly frustrated, however, as the problem rests with the supply: The city has not come close to vaccinating – or even scheduling vaccination appointments – for all of its eligible residents.
According to the Virginia Department of Health’s online data tracker, 9,473 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Alexandria as of Wednesday. Of those who received their first dose, just under one-tenth, 905 residents, have received their second dose. The reported numbers include vaccines administered through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pharmacy partnership with Walgreens and CVS.
Big internet outages hit East Coast, causing issues for Verizon, Zoom, Slack, Gmail
In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans. Users across the northeast U.S. reported widespread internet outages Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Verizon reported a fiber cut in Brooklyn via Twitter, although it s not clear if that issue is responsible for the entire outage. According to DownDetector and user reports on Twitter, the problem appears to extend from Washington to Boston, and is affecting internet and cloud providers as well as a number of Google services, Facebook and other major sites. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Big Internet outages hit the East Coast, causing issues for Verizon, Zoom, Slack, Gmail
Rachel Lerman, The Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2021
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WASHINGTON - People across the East Coast were having trouble accessing core Internet services Tuesday morning, just as they were logging on for work and school.
Users reported trouble loading Gmail, Slack and Zoom - apps that have become necessities to keep work-from-home life running smoothly during the coronavirus pandemic. Downdetector, which tracks reports of outages, showed widespread issues with Verizon, Google, Zoom, YouTube, Slack, Amazon Web Services and others Tuesday just before noon.
The issue seemed to be stemming from problems with the Verizon Fios Internet service, though the company did not quickly confirm issues. Verizon s customer support team said on Twitter on Tuesday that a fiber had been cut in Brooklyn, which could possibly account for some of the issues. The support account on Twitter quickly beca
A simmering mental health crisis for U.S. schoolchildren
Donna St. George and Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post
Jan. 21, 2021
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John Nwosu, a school counselor outside Atlanta, says counselors need to be more intentional and active in their work.Photo courtesy of Chanelle Joseph-Nwosu
More than 10 months into the pandemic, mental health is a simmering crisis for many of the nation s schoolchildren, partly hidden by isolation but increasingly evident in the distress of parents, the worries of counselors and an early body of research.
Holed up at home, students dwell in the glare of computer screens, missing friends and teachers. Some are failing classes. Some are depressed. Some are part of families reeling with lost jobs, gaps in child care or bills that can t be paid.
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This data is from the ACPS Department of Accountability and Research report: Academic Year 2020-21
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By Allison Hageman |
At the Jan. 7 Alexandria School Board meeting, Erika Melman described why virtual learning does not work for her son, an elementary aged Alexandria City Public Schools student with disabilities.
He is hard of hearing and cannot always hear or lip read the sometimes delayed audio of his Virtual PLUS+ classes, Melman said. Her child’s school has tried various options, without success, and so it falls to her, a single mom and essential worker, to be her son’s instructional aide. The months of virtual learning have also caused her son to lose confidence, struggle to reach his goals and develop school avoidant behaviors, she said.