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Senate President Sweeney, Honorable Members of the NJ Legislative Disability Caucus & Advocates from the Disability Community Hold First Meeting of Bipartisan Disability Caucus Focusing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities January 27, 2021, 1:15 pm | in
Senate President Sweeney, Honorable Members of the NJ Legislative Disability Caucus & Advocates from the Disability Community Hold First Meeting of Bipartisan Disability Caucus Focusing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities
TRENTON, NJ New Jersey Legislative Disability Caucus Chair Senate President Steve Sweeney, honorable legislative caucus members and advocates from the disability community met virtually on January 26th for the inaugural meeting of the Caucus to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities. With the COVID-19 pandemic taking a disproportionate toll on people with disabilities, the topic led to a robust discussion among
The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has sparked hope that schools will be able to return to normal following a pandemic that has upended traditional learning.
But many questions remain about how and when vaccines will be given and when schools can resume daily, in-person operations. Teachers have yet to get the shots, while a children’s version of the inoculation still is in the clinical trial phase.
The success of the vaccination program also depends on whether enough people participate at a time when many Americans still express skepticism and mistrust in the newly developed medicines. Lawmakers could require it for students, but a loophole for religious exemptions remains on the books.
Getting the COVID vaccine protects you and others from coronavirus infection and is the biggest step yet toward getting the world back online. Still, because of the newness of the disease and the speed of the vaccine development, there are lots of concerns and theories floating around the web regarding the vaccines side effects and safety, some of which are more valid than others.
One major topic circulating on social media that s been a source of misinformation: A claim that the vaccine causes infertility. (Before we go any further, to set the record straight, doctors and scientists say this is NOT TRUE more on why below.) One such Facebook post even shared an article that alleged a Pfizer researcher likened the vaccine to “female sterilization.” The post has now been marked as “false information” by the platform.
No, the COVID Vaccine Doesn t Cause Infertility Shape 1/8/2021
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Getting the COVID vaccine protects you and others from coronavirus infection and is the biggest step yet toward getting the world back online. Still, because of the newness of the disease and the speed of the vaccine development, there are lots of concerns and theories floating around the web regarding the vaccines side effects and safety, some of which are more valid than others.
One major topic circulating on social media that s been a source of misinformation: A claim that the vaccine causes infertility. (Before we go any further, to set the record straight, doctors and scientists say this is NOT TRUE more on why below.) One such Facebook post even shared an article that alleged a Pfizer researcher likened the vaccine to “female sterilization.” The post has now been marked as “false information” by the platform.
Credit: Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center
March 19, 2020: Ranvir Singh, RN, cares for a patient in the intensive care unit at Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck.
Like something from science fiction, 2020 was upended by a minute, spike-crowned virus that spread aggressively among people, caused unprecedented disease and death, and altered the way we do everything from celebrate holidays to vote for president.
The novel coronavirus put immense stress on all our public structures, but the impact was particularly profound for health care systems nationwide and in New Jersey, which was among the first states to diagnose cases of COVID-19 the disease caused by the virus and which remains among those hardest-hit by the pandemic.