Bad behavior : Airlines are stiffing passengers out of COVID flight credits
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Flight credits that many passengers were issued in exchange for canceled trips may not be the win-win they had thought.Hinterhaus Productions/Getty Images
While virtually every U.S. airline has significantly loosened their change and cancellation policies during the pandemic, some of those changes began to be rolled back or restricted in recent months. Worse still, the flight credits that many passengers were issued in exchange for canceled trips may not be the win-win they had thought.
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, these vouchers meant airlines didn’t have to refund tickets but could instead offer vouchers for future travel. Passengers could theoretically recoup losses for trip cancellations some travel insurance companies wouldn’t cover while airlines retained those passengers future business.
A sure sign of normality: Brunch is back, big time
A.M. Shan
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While much is returning as the pandemic softens, nothing is returning more aggressively than brunch.
A sunny Sunday in Oakland this past weekend triggered an instinctual search for Benedicts and chilaquiles for folks who, when asked, never even thought about Prosecco in the past 12 months. With the sun shining, as it does every day, they thought, naively, that it was an outdoor lunch they might go get, given that it was 1:30 p.m. The search led them to one taqueria that was out of tacos, another that was closed for the sabbath, and a bagel shop with a line that led back to San Francisco, where it likely merged with another taqueria line.
Don t let your guard down this St. Patrick s Day
Our Health: Don’t let your guard down this St. Patrick’s Day
March 10, 2021
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. This resulted in a nationwide cancelation of traditional St. Patrick’s Day festivities – the first of many holidays that would be impacted by this pandemic. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising against attending large gatherings once again this St. Patrick’s Day.
“Often, St. Patrick’s Day is a time when many generations come together and celebrate. Please remember to keep your families safe. You don’t want to get your parents or grandparents sick with COVID because they will be at the highest risk. Continue to practice the same precautions you have done to get us to the state we are in now,” said Bill Walsh, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, OSF HealthCare Little Company of Mary Medical Center.
RACINE â Jeremy Laffin, owner and pharmacist at Racine Hometown Pharmacy, walked back and forth.
He spent a few minutes behind the pharmacistâs counter, preparing doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. When he left the counter, he administered the vaccine to incoming patients.
Laffin would do this on Tuesday until all 96 appointments the pharmacy had booked for that day were fulfilled. This week, Laffin said the pharmacy has a total of 300 vaccines to administer, not including the hundred it would distribute to teachers.
âWhen we do a flu clinic, our peak is about 40 shots a day,â Laffin said. Of COVID-19 vaccinations: âWeâre going to do 96 today, 96 tomorrow, 102 on Friday.â
What the CDC s COVID Vaccination Guidelines Mean for Families
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Any grandparent will tell you that occasional video chats or socially distanced, masked get-togethers on the back porch don’t count as sufficient quality time with their grandkids. What grandparents want what they have
craved all these long months are big hugs and grins they can actually see in real life. And finally, the CDC says they can have it with some caveats, of course.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its recommendations this week for people who have been fully vaccinated (and waited two weeks for the full protection to take effect). Here’s the biggest takeaway for grandparents (or aunts or uncles) who have been vaccinated: