May 21, 2021
Fifteen-year-old Felipe Caceres isn’t fond of shots and needles. But when his school district in Davis opened a vaccine clinic for students his age, he quickly hopped in line.
“We don’t know everything, and there’s always a possibility you could get sick, but the goal is to be safe,” said Caceres, who is the last in his household to get a vaccine. “I’m a little nervous, I’m not that good with shots. But this is for the greater good.”
On May 10, the Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency authorization of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 and up. Following the announcement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health gave their approvals for using the vaccine in individuals 12 and older.
Podcast: Review Roundup
Stories have been an important source of inspiration and entertainment throughout the pandemic. We review the new movie, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, the 2003 mystery book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and we see what books costumers of the Avid reader are enjoying. Packages by: Jihan Moon, Genna Olavarri, Benjamin Mitchell, and Bridget Nagle.
The Mitchells vs. the Machines, the 2003 mystery book,
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, and we see what books costumers of the Avid reader are enjoying. Packages by: Jihan Moon, Genna Olavarri, Benjamin Mitchell, and Bridget Nagle.
Davis school district bond program moves forward with MPR groundbreakings
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The Davis school board and Superintendent John Bowes pose for a groundbreaking photo at North Davis Elementary. DJUSD/Courtesy photo
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Major construction funded by the Davis Joint Unified School District bond program has kicked off in recent weeks with three groundbreaking ceremonies, and one more to come, to begin the construction of four new elementary school multipurpose rooms.
All the MPRs which are going up at North Davis Elementary, Birch Lane Elementary, Willett Elementary and César Chávez Elementary will be finished in about a year, and several other bond construction projects will be going on over the next few years. The projects include the Pamela Mari Tech Hub at Da Vinci Charter Academy; an early-learning center at Korematsu Elementary; an aquatics center and a STEM building at Davis Senior High School; science labs at Da Vinci and Emerson J
Decline in testing raises concerns for Healthy Davis Together leaders
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Healthy Davis Together reported an uptick in new COVID-19 cases as well as the test positivity rate recently. HDT provides asymptomatic testing to everyone who lives or works in Davis as well as their family members.
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B.1.1.7 variant now accounts for 75 percent of local cases
Asymptomatic COVID-19 testing by Healthy Davis Together has given Davis one of the lowest test-positivity rates in California, but those overseeing the unique city-campus partnership are alarmed by the decline in testing among community members.
That testing, along with the genotyping by the UC Davis Genome Center, has helped officials identify multiple variants of concern circulating in Davis. While the B.1.1.7 variant now represents 75 percent of all positive test results picked up through community and campus testing, other variants present locally include the P.1.