If you have not received your vaccine yet, multiple places and opportunities exist for you to get one. Kensington Voice has compiled a list of answers to frequently asked questions about the vaccine and neighborhood vaccination sites. | From Kensington Voice (Read more.)
Philadelphia is receiving a big cash infusion from the federal government to restore our funding levels and services after the pandemic-induced budget crunch last year, and there are a lot of questions out there about how strategically city elected officials are using that money. | From The Citizen (Read more.)
As the pandemic eases and businesses return to in-person work across the state, a large swath of parents hoping to rejoin the workforce are experiencing the same stress. | From The Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more.)
Federal guidance supports employers’ right to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees who physically enter the workplace, allowing for religious and medical exemptions when possible. But implementing vaccine mandates can be a tough decision, said employers and employment attorneys, and a gray area remains. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
El COVID-19 ha puesto en evidencia la brecha de salud que divide desde hace mucho tiempo las comunidades de nuestra ciudad, pero sus efectos van mucho más allá del virus. | From: AL DÍA (Read more.)
Programa de pago de renta ahora incluirá pago de utilidades
The city plans to prioritize four specific groups within 1C for vaccines: sanitation workers, maintenance and janitorial staff, utility workers, and postal and package delivery workers. The Philadelphia Health Department has asked providers to help these groups set up appointments first. | From: WHYY (Read more.)
Our experience reveals that getting people vaccinated — doing the education and outreach necessary to even get people signed up— requires a lot of time and labor, especially in communities of color.
But in Philadelphia, the individuals and organizations doing the work are doing it for free without any funding from the city for outreach. The data on who’s and where’s getting the vaccine the fastest reveals a public cost to this ad-hoc strategy: a chasm that affects communities of color across the city and region. | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)
While online learning, hybrid or not, continues for the majority of students, Mejía said she and her fellow students deserve a better plan from the school district. That plan should address accessibility issues, like internet (Read more.)
Apart from general vaccination information, the panel discussed access to immigrant and undocumented communities, how to get the vaccines in Philadelphia, and the FEMA sites available, both in Center City and in North Philadelphia at (Read more.)
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