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Around eight months into her pregnancy, Kiki Jordan felt disappointed in the prenatal care she’d been receiving at a nearby hospital.
“As a Black woman, I didn’t feel like I was really seen,” Jordan, who is based in Oakland, California, told HuffPost. “I didn’t feel like I was being listened to. I was seeing a different provider every time I went in for my prenatal visits. I knew that I wasn’t going to know who would deliver my baby. I had these very short 15- to 30-minute visits, and there was no one speaking to me.”
With limited testing and incomplete data, questions linger over COVID-19 in schools
Experts lack data on how the coronavirus is moving among K-12 students back in school for in-person instruction. Written By: C.S. Hagen | ×
Patrons walk in for free COVID-19 testing at the former Thomas Edison school at 1110 S. 14th St. in Moorhead. David Samson / The Forum
FARGO Amongst all the data and research on COVID-19, there s still the question of how much the coronavirus is spreading in schools now that many students are back in crowded classrooms, hallways and cafeterias.
No one seems to have a clear answer yet, but incomplete data, including studies from Brown University, reports by JAMA Pediatrics, and most recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suggest school infection rates are lower than community spread and that the benefits of in-person education outweigh the pandemic dangers.
The Possibility of Required Double-Masking in Minnesota
Public health officials at both the state and national levels are now encouraging citizens to double up on facemasks to protect from contracting COVID-19 and the new variants showing up.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has endorsed the idea of wearing multiple face masks at once, with the argument that the more layers are more effective. Locally, Susan Arnold, a professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health has weighed in on the topic. Susan s team has actually been studying the effectiveness of masks during the pandemic.
In an interview with Kare11, she shared that the effectiveness of doubling up masks depends on the mask itself: