The coming fights over cost and access to COVID treatments are guaranteed to displease most Americans.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Time to prepare for an even more deadly pandemic
As lethal as this coronavirus has been, a novel influenza – for example – could be worse.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Still closing time for Maine bars
With coronavirus infections on the rise, it makes sense to slow the scheduled reopenings of some businesses.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine needs no advice about COVID from South Dakota
But as cases here rise, we should remember to remain vigilant.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Wear your mask to save a life, and a Maine business
The key to reopening safely, and staying open, is to protect our health.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: ‘Don’t mess with COVID,’ says someone who knows
Getting infected with the coronavirus can have serious health effects even for those who survive.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s up to community to make young people feel that they matter
The Maine Resilience Building Network is starting a conversation that will affect our state’s economic and public health.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine schools need flexibility to spend federal aid
Managing schools during a pandemic is hard enough without artificial deadlines on spending.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: COVID will disrupt holiday plans
A traditional family Thanksgiving seems less wholesome when coronavirus is on the guest list.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Don’t be part of the ‘twindemic.’ Get a flu shot
You can contract COVID and the flu at the same time – and though the flu vaccine isn’t perfect, it will at least blunt the effect of the influenza infection.