[co-author: Shannon Finnegan]
On May 13, 2021, the CDC updated its
guidance for fully vaccinated individuals (Vaccination Guidance), stating that fully vaccinated people (fully vaccinated means two weeks after receiving a second dose of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines or two weeks after a first dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine) can:
Resume indoor and outdoor activities without wearing masks or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance
Resume domestic travel and refrain from testing before or after travel or self-quarantine after travel
Refrain from COVID-19 testing before leaving the United States for international travel (unless required by the destination) and refrain from self-quarantine after arriving back in the United States
U.S. Department of Labor’s DOL Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing that the nonfarm economy added only 266,000 jobs in April 2021, well short of the 1 million jobs that many economists were predicting.
Struggling with long-haul COVID
Published: 5/15/2021 2:00:38 PM
In March 2020, Caroline Boyd Tricarico contracted what she thought was a mild case of COVID-19. Now, more than a year later, she’s been forced onto short-term disability and early retirement as debilitating symptoms linger.
Boyd Tricarico, a former executive at several top financial firms as well as CEO of the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire, went from being a leader to having days she couldn’t even get out of bed. Her symptoms have included short-term memory loss, “brain fog,” auditory and visual hallucinations, and insomnia. She developed a trial fibrillation (irregular, rapid heartbeat), which was not present prior to COVID-19. And her COVID symptoms have exacerbated her fibromyalgia. On a good day, she can maybe make breakfast, cross stitch or go for a short walk, she says.
San Francisco, California, the United States Civil rights organisations and Dalit rights groups are adding urgency to their calls to end caste-based discrimination in the US after incidents in California and New Jersey have thrust the issue into the spotlight.
Dalits, who were formally referred to as “untouchables”, occupy the lowest position in the complex Hindu caste system and have historically faced discrimination and violence at the hands of members of other castes in India and other parts of South Asia.
Advocates say this discrimination has unfortunately migrated to the US along with workers from the region and is now running rampant in several US industries.
Take that thing off your head : Muslim firefighter told to remove his head covering, complaint alleges
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San Antonio Firefighter John McNees, seen in an undated photo, filed a federal complaint against the city of San Antonio in April 2021 alleging three of his supervisors discriminated against him by asking him to take off his taqiyah, a rounded skullcap worn by Muslim men.Provided /Attorney for John McNees
A San Antonio firefighter alleged in a federal complaint that three of his supervisors discriminated against him by asking him to take off his taqiyah, a prayer cap worn by Muslim men for religious purposes.