Mainers will have to pick up the pace if we are going to meet the deadlines in the new vaccine law that was upheld by voters in March.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Welcome back, Massachusetts
It’s been a long summer, but we’re happy you can visit again without having to quarantine.
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Maine Voices: Republican social Darwinists buy into illusory COVID herd immunity
That avowed pro-lifers are advocating letting the unfit perish for the sake of the fit is nothing short of paradoxical.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: COVID-19 prevention measures are there for a reason
Carelessness and failed leadership turned a few cases of the coronavirus into Maine’s biggest outbreak.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: COVID-19 vaccine won’t keep us from having to wear masks
We’ll need face coverings to contain infections once a vaccine does become available and people let their guard down.
Posted inThe Forecaster
City providing free flu vaccine clinics
PORTLAND — Starting this week, Portland’s Public Health Division is offering no-cost flu vaccines at clinics throughout the city. Clinics will be held Wednesday, Sept. 23, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Monument Square and on Monday, Oct. 5, from noon to 6 p.m. in Room 24 at City Hall via the Myrtle Street […]
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Maine Voices: For many kids, distance learning makes healthy eating a lot harder
Kids are protected from COVID at home, but they’re exposed to digital junk food ads on educational platforms – unless the USDA takes action.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: The school/college reopening conundrum – face-to-face or remote learning?
We need appropriate distance education tools, not as fallback approaches, but rather as an effective and desirable alternative.
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Maine Voices: ‘What’s in it for all of us?’ is the right metric to live by
Respecting our community – picking up beer cans, wearing masks, picking up after dogs – is a habit that’s easy to drop without practice.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Millinocket wedding outbreak shows why COVID rules matter
Infections linked to one event have spread across the state.