We need Beijing to provide guidance as we prepare for an onslaught of COVID-19 cases.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Our health care system is about to become completely overwhelmed’
An emergency physician with roots in Maine describes ‘a turning point’ on the COVID-19 unit of the out-of-state ER where she works.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: U.S. response to coronavirus falling behind in key areas
The Trump administration must act to end the shortage of necessary health care equipment and supplies.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: How to make decisions about non-urgent care in the face of COVID-19
Deciding how, when and whether to seek care? Consult your health care provider first.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Republican Party has paved the way for U.S. to be overtaken by COVID-19
The crisis is the result of the demonization of government, the diminishment of the role of science and support for a president who’s not fit to lead.
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Maine Voices: On the road home, trying to stay a step ahead of coronavirus
The highway is no place to be as the declaration of a pandemic casts a snowbird sojourn in a scary light.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t forget Maine food service workers when crisis ends
It’s important to shut down restaurants and bars to slow the growth of COVID-19, but it comes with a cost.
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Leonard Pitts: Crises unite Americans, but coronavirus has divided us
We were capable of common cause after Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and 9/11. Are we still?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The virus means more of us will be voting by mail – but that won’t be easy
Replacing Election Day receipt laws in Maine and other states with the more intuitive postmarked-by-Election Day standard is essential.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s homeless, incarcerated vulnerable during outbreak
Officials must take steps now to protect Mainers who can’t go home right now.