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Posted by Mary Chastain on February 01, 2021 25 Comments
The talks between Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) fell apart on Sunday, leaving the kids without a deal and sets up a potential teacher strike and lockout. Students have not been in the classroom since March 2020 when everything shut down due to COVID-19.

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2021 16 Comments
During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the biggest hot-button issues has been the closure of schools. While some states such as Florida reopened schools months ago, others have remained shut, often at the behest of teacher unions. Biden's pick for deputy secretary of education is Cindy Marten, the superintendent of schools in San Diego. She is on the side of unions and closure.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 28, 2021 14 Comments
During the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a state mandate that nursing homes must readmit residents sent to hospitals with the coronavirus and accept new patients deemed “medically stable.” The order was devastating. It led to a significant number of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among the state's elderly.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 26, 2021 11 Comments
An Israeli healthcare group reports that coronavirus infections have plunged among people aged over 60 who received the Pfizer vaccine.
The full effects of Pfizer’s vaccine are only slated to kick in around a month after the first shot, but data from Israel, home to the world’s fastest vaccination drive, has already shown that there is a stark drop in infections even before this point.

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 26, 2021 13 Comments

Top Chinese officials are again peddling false stories about the Wuhan coronavirus's origins and spreading rumors about the U.S. vaccines developed during President Donald Trump's presidency. 

China has intensified its pandemic misinformation campaign after independent trials found the much-feted Chinese vaccine to be highly ineffective. Clinical trials in Brazil showed that the Chinese Sinovac "vaccine is significantly less effective than previous data suggested - barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval," the BBC reported earlier this month. The Pfizer vaccine, in comparison, is 95 percent effective. 

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 25, 2021 33 Comments
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted not to return to classes on Monday, January 25, citing safety issues despite the fact that schools around the state and nation have opened without too many problems. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said that 130 private and parochial schools along with 2,000 learning centers returned to classrooms in the fall.
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