COVID-19 – Page 12 – Broke in Philly

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COVID safety tops Philly students’ concerns before return to school

August 27, 2021

Jemille Duncan, a senior at Philadelphia’s Multicultural Academy Charter School, will be glad to finally see his classmates when school starts next week, but he worries about the spread of COVID with so many students returning to in-person learning.

“The district is in a really hard predicament because they are facing a lot of backlash from parents, and even some students who want to go back in person. And for good reason, lots of people perform better in person and teachers teach better in person,” said Duncan, who heads advocacy and policy for the student-run UrbEd Advocates. “However, I just don’t think we are prepared.” | From: Chalkbeat Philadelphia (Read more.)

Fully Vaxxed and Worried About Delta? Here’s What You Need to Know Now

August 27, 2021

We took a look at the latest science and spoke to epidemiologists about breakthrough infections and how to weigh the risks of those vaxxed-only, mask-off environments. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)

The results of Philadelphia’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery? ‘Discouraging’

August 25, 2021

Back in June, Philadelphia organized a sweepstakes program to get more people vaccinated against COVID-19. Now, the researchers who helped organize the program say it did not lead to meaningful increases in the number of people who got the shot. | From: WHYY (Read more.)

The Pandemic Exposed Our Broken Higher-Education System. It’s Also Given Us a Chance to Make Things Better

August 21, 2021

The chaos of COVID could mean the start of a new era in saner, fairer college admissions. Sometimes it takes a revolution to build a better world. | From: Philadelphia Magazine (Read more.)

Thousands of Philly foster youth are still waiting for pandemic relief money

The $1.1 million in federal funding is being distributed via $200 gift cards. | From: Billy Penn (Read more.)

View from the economic top

For Philadelphia’s upper middle class, the COVID-19 economic crisis barely hurt and has, the experts contend, essentially ended. | From: Generocity (Read more.)

West Philly state rep. to introduce bill banning sheriff sales through August

State Rep. Amen Brown, who represents the 190th District in West Philly, issued a memo Wednesday seeking co-sponsors for a bill to suspend the auctions “until after the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration has been lifted.” | From: PlanPhilly (Read more.)

City of Philadelphia holds first Latino roundtable on Covid-19 vaccine, four months into rollout

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.)

Trans vaccination Philadelphia: LGBTQ clinic hosted at William Way

The community center is hosting a clinic for people in Phase 1A or 1B.

Buscan detener subastas en línea de propiedades en Filadelfia, Pensilvania.

Las subastas del alguacil se detuvieron hace un año al comienzo de la pandemia.

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