(JTA) With summer coming and COVID-19 vaccines being deemed safe for children as young as 12, some camps are talking about the possibility of a mask-free summer for vaccinated campers.
But one Jewish camp being planned for the summer is taking a different approach: barring any vaccinated camper or staff from attending at all.
Advertisements for Camp Hikon, planned for upstate New York, appeared on email listservs popular in the Orthodox Jewish community just days after a private school in Miami made news for discouraging teachers from getting the vaccine and telling children they were not to have contact with vaccinated people.
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NYC Primary Care Physician Group Serving Asian Americans Receives Private Equity Investments
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Rendr, a primary care focused physician group serving Asian American patients in New York City, receives private equity investments from Ascend Partners to expand its services. NEW YORK (PRWEB) May 10, 2021 Rendr, a primary care-focused physician group serving approximately 100,000 Asian American patients in New York City, today announced a significant equity investment from Ascend Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm. Rendr is dedicated to providing quality, comprehensive healthcare to underserved Asian American residents throughout New York City, and will use the funding to further expand its clinical offering, invest in state-of-the-art facilities and technology for its physicians and patients, and expand its patient education, community outreach and care management programs to immigrants fr
A poster encouraging people not to get COVID-19 vaccines in an Orthodox neighbourhood of Brooklyn.
With summer coming and COVID-19 vaccines being deemed safe for children as young as 12, some summer camps in the USA are talking about the possibility of being mask-free for vaccinated campers.
But one Jewish camp being planned for the summer is taking a different approach: barring any vaccinated camper or staff from attending at all.
Advertisements for Camp Hikon, planned for upstate New York, appeared on email listservs popular in the Orthodox Jewish community just days after a private school in Miami made news for discouraging teachers from getting the vaccine and telling children they were not to have contact with vaccinated people.
AAPI adults have the highest vaccination rate in NYC, but advocates say figure masks wide disparities
Asian American and Pacific Islanders in New York City have the highest rate of vaccination among adult residents with at least one Covid-19 shot, according to New York City’s Citywide Immunization Registry.
However, community advocates say the achievement hides disparities that remain between groups that happen to fall under the same demographic umbrella.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian and additional Pacific Islander adults over the age of 18 come first citywide, with 69% reported to have received at least one shot in arm. The next-highest group is Native American and Alaska native, with 63% of city adults with at least one dose, according to city data.