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Overcaution Carries Its Own Danger to Children
Incessant pessimism about the coronavirus is hard to kick, but the vaccines are banishing any doubt about reopening schools.
February 27, 2021
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The past year of COVID-19 has been so terrible that many people struggle to imagine any return to normalcy. More than 500,000 Americans have died. The continued shutdown of schools has led to rising rates of depression and anxiety, unhealthy weight gain, and self-harm among students. Now, because of the rapid development and distribution of highly effective vaccines against COVID-19, a long period of devastation for American families including the children who have been out of classrooms for so long is coming to an end. Despite the amazing solution of vaccines, however, many educators, government officials, and media commentators cannot seem to permit themselves any optimism yet about when school closures and other emergency restrictio
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Health workers who refuse Sinovac vaccine will remain on priority list – Malacañang
Feb 27, 2021 3:46 PM PHT
Healthcare workers who refuse Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine will remain on the government s priority list for vaccination, Malacañang said on Saturday, February 27.
In an interview with state-run PTV, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said healthcare workers who will refuse the Sinovac vaccine will still be prioritized when their preferred vaccines arrive in the country.
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Walang sapilitan. Walang mahuhuli sa pila, walang mawawala sa pila,” Roque said. (It’s not mandatory. No one will be pushed to the end of the line, no one will be removed from the line.)