Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Is it your time? Only if you let it be; the Lord works in mysterious ways, except when He doesn’t, writer says, urging vaccination
This photo, by Nicole Hester of mlive.com, appeared with Whitmire’s column on al.com. —– By Kyle Whitmire Alabama Media Group I was 10 years old when my mom died. She was killed...
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As Covid-19 sets hospital records, Beshear calls out National Guard to help, meets with legislators empowered by high court
State Department for Public Health graph —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear shifts to a new role of executing and not making pandemic policy,...
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Covid-19 vaccination is on the rise in Kentucky; as Pfizer vaccine gets permanent approval, Rep. Guthrie immediately promotes it
Coronavirus vaccinations are accelerating in Kentucky, and when permanent federal approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was announced Monday, Second District U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green immediately joined another effort to urge...
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Sense of community and common sacrifice missing among many in pandemic, especially some politicians, Silas House writes
House (Berea College photo) —– In a 1,634-word article for The Atlantic, Appalachian Kentucky writer Silas House explores the resistance to masking to fight the coronavirus. He begins by recalling his grandmother’s stories of...
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State high court tells lower court to dissolve its injunction blocking laws legislature passed to limit governor’s emergency powers
Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron at the latter’s December 2019 swearing-in —– Kentucky Health News Laws that the legislature passed last winter to put time limits on...
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30% of new cases Fri. were 18 and younger; infections close schools; Ky. rate is 6th in U.S.; state’s ventilator count sets record
Screenshot of interactive New York Times map shows how Kentucky’s infection rate is sixth in U.S. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health NewsAs the pandemic keeps accelerating in Kentucky, and almost all schools...
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Vaccination needed to keep hospitals from being overrun, they say; Beshear says he’s considering another mask mandate
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky keeps surging faster, so “At this rate we...
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Paul and Massie repeatedly use Twitter to cast doubt on public-health experts’ opinions on vaccination and masking, CJ reports
Massie and Paul (Huntington Herald-Dispatch photo) —– U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Fourth District Rep. Thomas Massie have made repeated posts in Twitter “casting doubt on public health experts’ consensus that...
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Dear Covid: I’d like to say goodbye, but if even if you linger, ‘I’ve taken some positives’ from your intrusion, pastor writes
David Whitlock —– By David Whitlock Republished from The Lebanon Enterprise Dear Covid et al., I’ve hesitated about writing, but you might as well know how I feel about you...
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Covid-19 patients in ICUs set record; worse than it seems due to staff shortages, likely to worsen due to misinformation, Stack says
Cartoon by Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the number of Kentucky Covid-19 patients in intensive care set a record...