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Staff Editorials

Vaccine Update: The Path to Immunity

03/11/2021 Staff Editorial As of Wednesday morning, according to data obtained from Bloomberg, more than 319 million doses have been administered around the globe with the 7-day moving average sitting around 8.25 million doses per day. The vaccination rates of Israel, Seychelles and the United Arab Emirates currently exceed all other countries with doses administered per 100 people of 98.51, 87.99 and 56.01, respectively. In … Continue reading Vaccine Update: The Path to Immunity

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Opinions

The key to faster vaccine distribution may lie at independent pharmacies

02/11/2021 Mohammad Sajjad | Staff Columnist My mother recently asked me to help her find a location where she could receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Not being tech savvy, she sent me a link a friend had forwarded to her and asked me to investigate. After about half an hour of researching, I found out that despite being eligible to receive the vaccine, there were no … Continue reading The key to faster vaccine distribution may lie at independent pharmacies

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Perseverance in the face of a pandemic

02/04/2021 Noah Wilbur | Opinions Editor As we all brace and continue to mask ourselves for the daily hurdles of life, what occupies your attention throughout the day may be quite different than what you were preoccupied with in September of 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic shook all Americans to their core as everyday routines were abruptly changed around the country. This brought forth the need … Continue reading Perseverance in the face of a pandemic

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Vaccine is a glimmer of hope for Americans

Noah Wilbur | Opinions Editor 1/21/2021 With the spring semester commencing around America, college students will once again face a great deal of uncertainty as COVID-19 continues to sweep across the nation. One thing is certain though: the new semester will look very similar to this past fall. Institutions of higher learning are making it abundantly clear that the same stringent policies and social distancing … Continue reading Vaccine is a glimmer of hope for Americans

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