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The CDC should have updated its surface-cleaning guidelines much sooner, Dr. Ashish Jha says (Me: I don’t understand why articles like this are pushed by editors and writers… they undermine confidence and ignore how many want visible action they can be a part of during an emergency)

Source: The CDC should have updated its surface-cleaning guidelines much sooner, Dr. Ashish Jha says

RIP… For This Hospice Nurse, the Covid Shot Came Too Late | Kaiser Health News

Antonio Espinoza loved the Los Angeles Dodgers. He loved them so much that he was laid to rest in his favorite Dodgers jersey. His family and friends, including his 3-year-old son, donned a sea of blue-and-white baseball shirts and caps in his honor.

Espinoza died at age 36 of covid-19, just days after he got his first dose of a covid vaccine. He was a hospice nurse who put his life in danger to help covid patients and others have a peaceful death.

Source: For This Hospice Nurse, the Covid Shot Came Too Late | Kaiser Health News

Electric school buses: a part of Biden’s infrastructure plan with big benefits – Vox

Overall, the strongest case for electric school buses is a simple one. When children are sent off to school on diesel buses, society is sabotaging them: asking them to learn and study while breathing in air that makes that harder. It’s worth spending some money and solving some technical challenges to give every child the breathing room to learn. Source: Electric school buses: a part of Biden’s infrastructure plan with big benefits – Vox

Myanmar Regime Detains Family of NLD Fugitive, Including Three Children

Myanmar’s security forces have detained the family of a Bago Region National League for Democracy (NLD) information officer, including three young children, after failing to arrest him.

Ko Ja Lay is in hiding after he was charged under Article 25 of the Disaster Management Law in February for allegedly interacting with a crowd during the coronavirus pandemic. Following the coup, he led anti-regime protests in Thayawady Township, Bago Region. The military has since pressured his family, demanding he hand himself in to the police.

Source: Myanmar Regime Detains Family of NLD Fugitive, Including Three Children

A New Coronavirus Wave Hits Chile, Despite Vaccine Success – The New York Times

But experts say the country’s speedy and efficient vaccination drive — only Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Seychelles have vaccinated a larger share of their populations — gave Chileans a false sense of security and contributed to a sharp spike in new infections and deaths that is overloading the health care system.

The surge in cases, even as more than one-third of Chile’s population has received at least the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, serves as a cautionary tale for other nations looking to vaccination drives to quickly put an end to the era of beleaguered economies, closed borders and social distancing. The rise in cases prompted a new set of strict lockdown measures that have restricted mobility for much of the country, affecting nearly 14 million people.