COVID has become more and more ‘commonplace’, but the virus is still a danger so consider getting the jabs
Isn’t it time to get our shot together?
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Isn’t it time to get our shot together?
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Straight Talk | Hear about Johns Hopkins COVID study?
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk | Hear about Johns Hopkins COVID study?
It was shocking to learn the country’s major news networks and newspapers failed to report results of the Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis coronavirus study regarding the effects of the ordered lockdowns. Of course, if the national media doesn’t cover the…
Science Brief | Vaccine Hesitancy
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Science Brief | Vaccine Hesitancy
The unvaccinated may not be who we think they are, according to The New York Times. In a recent analysis, The Times reported that the United States has among the world’s highest COVID-19 deaths per capita, but vaccinations are widely…
Vaccine hesitancy
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Vaccine hesitancy
As much of the world desperately struggles to access COVID-19 vaccines, the Unites States marinates in skepticism and misinformation. Despite the availability of safe, free and readily available vaccines, too many Americans are still unvaccinated and that weakens immunity for…
Home healthcare workers: Are you vaccinated?
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Home healthcare workers: Are you vaccinated?
Renée Mullen is science savvy, and she was totally caught off guard by some totally unscientific public policy. Mullen has a PhD and taught in the science department at Eureka College for years. She has conducted scientific research around the…
Letter to the Editor | Vaccination and cell line from aborted fetuses
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Letter to the Editor | Vaccination and cell line from aborted fetuses
With the approval of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, concerns have been raised by some religious leaders that it was developed using cell lines from fetuses aborted decades ago. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has recommended that…
Real Talk | Miseducation about the vaccination –– why people of color mistrust medicine
by Kamara Taylor • • Comments Off on Real Talk | Miseducation about the vaccination –– why people of color mistrust medicine
As I write this article, I have spent the last year as most of us have –– isolated, socially distanced and careful often times in fear or thinking about the unknown such as where did this virus come dfrom? Why…
OpEd | Vaccinate prison inmates for societal well-being
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Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, we learned that individuals in congregate settings such as nursing homes were particularly vulnerable to infection. Residents gathered for activities and meals, and staff members attended to a number of residents and often put in…
Peoria attorney wakes up each morning grateful to be alive
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Peoria attorney wakes up each morning grateful to be alive
Peoria attorney Christopher McCall looks back and calculates he must have contracted COVID around Election Day even though he has always strictly adhered to CDC guidelines. He always wears a face mask, he practices social distancing (preferring 10 feet rather…
Inequality: An “apartheid” system of vaccine distribution
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Inequality: An “apartheid” system of vaccine distribution
Israel is basking in positive international recognition for truly rapid and efficient COVID-19 vaccination rates among citizens. However, the Israeli militarily occupies the West Bank and Gaza and the under-reported story there is that the population has no or limited…