Fully vaccinated Mainers can celebrate, as long as they don’t celebrate the end of the pandemic too soon.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Long-haul COVID a bigger risk than vaccine side effects
People who are afraid of what we don’t know about the vaccine should be more worried about the disease.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, New England, News
Prominent Maine dentist was removed from association prior to his suicide
Dr. Jonathan Shenkin, 50, died by suicide on Aug. 23, a day after he lost his post on the Maine Dental Association.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: More Maine venues should require vaccine proof
The Cross Insurance Arena and the Portland Expo are operating as safely as possible while sending a message to the unvaccinated.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. faces a double virus surge as omicron advances, delta rages
Health officials call on Americans to get vaccinated, get their booster shots, wear masks indoors and get tested before traveling and before holiday gatherings.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Insight: Too much information?
A database of vaccine side effects may have sown doubt in the efficacy of vaccinations.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: We must save the world from COVID in order to save ourselves
Omicron should trigger a shift of mindset in the West to start large-scale allocation of resources toward vaccinating the rest of the world.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Tests, shots fail to keep up with Maine virus surge
This failure is helping fuel the historic number of cases – and it will do the same during the next spike if something doesn’t change.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
U.S. vaccine demand grows amid omicron concerns, booster eligibility expansion
In October, about a million shots a day were being administered. In the past three days, the numbers have exceeded or neared 2 million.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Leonard Pitts: Anti-vaxxers use deeply offensive symbol to play-act at victimhood
By wearing yellow Stars of David, these self-obsessed whiners are co-opting pain that doesn’t belong to them.