11 reasons why it feels like the coronavirus pandemic will never end (opinion)
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
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Will the pandemic ever end? Sometimes it feels not.
Here are some of the reasons why.
Catherine O Hare, an assistant nurse manager in Staten Island University Hospital s critical care unit, prepares one of Staten Island s first COVID-19 vaccines at the hospital s Ocean Breeze campus on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
The vaccine supply mess
We were told for months that we would turn pandemic around once a vaccine was available. Turns out it wasn’t that simple. There are vaccine shortages all over the world. Did Pfizer and Moderna over-promise what they could deliver? The Biden administration has ordered another 200 million doses, but it will be six months until that supply is fully available. Meanwhile, approval of the much-anticipated one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine remains weeks away.
Here is a list of the 15 New York City vaccine hubs that were closed Monday that will now reopen following this week s restock (scroll down for a detailed map of tri-state providers):
Abraham Lincoln High School 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn
Bushwick Educational Campus 400 Irving Avenue, Brooklyn
Canarsie High School 1600 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn
George Westinghouse Vocational HS 105 Johnson Street, Brooklyn
Marta Valle Secondary School 145 Stanton Street, Manhattan
Wadleigh Campus/I.S. 88 215 West 114 Street, Manhattan
August Martin High School 156-10 Baisley Boulevard, Queens
Beach Channel Educational Campus 100-00 Beach Channel Drive, Queens
Hillcrest High School 160-05 Highland Avenue, Queens
Aviation High School 45-30 36th Street, Queens
When will more COVID-19 vaccines arrive in NYC? Will there be enough?
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
Posted Jan 24, 2021
With one million coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine first doses already administered in New York City, many New Yorkers are eagerly awaiting a second shipment of the shot. And many are wondering if there will be enough to satisfy the already booked appointments.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. With more than one million coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine first doses already administered in New York state, many residents are eagerly waiting to get the shot. And many New Yorkers are wondering if there will be enough to satisfy the already booked appointments.
This story is part of a group of stories called First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about public education.
As Kamala Harris becomes the first woman, the first African American, and the first person of South Asian descent to become U.S. vice president, many girls of color will be celebrating the multiple historic barriers coming down with a single oath.
In the days leading up to the inauguration of Joe Biden and Harris, Chalkbeat spoke with Black, brown, and Asian teenagers about the significance of this moment. They discussed the importance of having elected officials who look like them, wondered why it took so long to get here, and told us how they plan to hold the new administration accountable. These young women also shared their wide-ranging policy priorities, including COVID relief, combatting climate change, increasing the minimum wage, and defunding the police.
NYC posted wrong deadlines for specialized high school exam, report says
Updated Jan 20, 2021;
Posted Jan 20, 2021
The city Department of Education posted incorrect registration deadline information for the specialized high school exam, causing confusion among parents, according to a recent report. Graduates at Staten Island Technical High School are shown here in this file photo, taken before the coronavirus pandemic. (Staten Island Advance)Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. There was confusion and panic among New York City parents this weekend, after the city Department of Education (DOE) posted incorrect registration deadlines for the specialized high school exam, according to the New York Post.