Nov 13, 2020 2:35 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed for a bleak winter as its cases climb once again and confirmed deaths surpass 10,000.
Watch Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker speak on November 13, 2020, in the player above.
Amid growing calls for action, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker recently tightened restrictions but has resisted taking more drastic measures such as halting indoor dining. The governor insists Massachusetts is better prepared than it was in the spring, but says if the trends continue it will only be a matter of time before the state’s hospitals are once again stressed under a flood of patients.
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Mass General Brigham Congratulates Two Leaders Named to Biden-Harris Health Care Team
Mass General BrighamDecember 11, 2020 GMT
Boston, Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Mass General Brigham congratulates the two leading clinicians with deep roots at Mass General Brigham who have been named to President-elect Joe Biden’s health care leadership team. Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, Chief of the Infectious Disease Division at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has been named Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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“Rochelle is revered by her colleagues and peers and has built a reputation for not only being a world-renowned infectious disease expert, but also for being a deliberate, thoughtful and compassionate leader,” said Anne Klibanski, MD, Mass General Brigham President and Chief Executive Officer. “This is an incredibly proud moment for
CBS News
Local leaders work to combat coronavirus vaccine mistrust in African American and Latino communities
Boston-based Reverend Liz Walker preaches about three things: truth, love and lowering anxiety. And in the middle of a pandemic, Walker has shifted her focus to spreading the truth about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Skepticism surrounding the vaccine is widespread in communities of color, which have suffered disproportionately from the coronavirus.
When about half of the congregation at Roxbury Presbyterian Church told Walker they would not take a vaccine if given the opportunity, Walker knew she had to do something to counter the distrust that is commonly found in African American and Latino communities.
Oh, NOW CBS is concerned with vaccine skepticism?
This Morning hosts and reporters on Friday fretted that Americans, particularly African Americans and Hispanics, might be resistant to taking the newly-approved COVID vaccine. Yet nowhere in the segment did Gayle King or reporter Adriana Diaz remind viewers that Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris indulged in anti-science, anti-vaccine propaganda during the campaign.
King opened the segment by worrying, “The FDA could approve emergency authorization, rather, for Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine as soon as today. But no vaccine will be effective if the people don t take it. In our series Vaccinating America, we re looking at coronavirus vaccine hesitancy, is what it’s called. 60 percent of Americans said they would definitely or probably get a vaccine. But another survey shows only 14% of black Americans and 34 percent of Latinos trust that it will be safe.”