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| There are several elections happening throughout the country today, including a mayoral race in New York City and a governor's race in Virginia. We have a column regarding the Virginia race from David Mastio, a columnist and voter who will be voting for a Democrat while his heart is truly with Republicans. |
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| By Dr. Sterling N. Ransone Jr. |
| The United States is preparing to vaccinate approximately 28 million children ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19. And amid a strained public health system, misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, this will be no easy task. |
| Fortunately, the best resources available to move us toward this goal already exist: our nation's family physicians. As federal, state and local governments prepare for the next phase of the vaccine rollout, it is critical that public health officials and policymakers further engage family physicians and their primary care colleagues to help increase vaccination rates and ultimately stop the spread of COVID-19. |
| At the crux of family medicine is the trust between a patient and physician – and this includes the children we treat and their families. Patients trust the country's roughly half a million primary care physicians to answer their questions and administer vaccinations to prevent pneumonia, the flu and other infectious diseases. A survey published in June by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that, of people who are taking a "wait and see" approach to the COVID-19 vaccine, 46% were more likely to get vaccinated if the vaccine was offered to them at a place they normally go for health care. |
Today's Editorial Cartoon |
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| By Nina Rees |
| By the hundreds of thousands, families made the decision last school year to enroll their children in charter schools – public schools that had the flexibility to adapt quickly during the crisis. Across the country, charter schools rapidly met children's and families' needs through remote learning, adapted curriculum, individual family outreach, even food and internet security. |
| A report by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools found charter school enrollment increased across the country as district public school enrollment decreased. Across 42 states, charter schools gained nearly 240,000 students, a 7% increase from the previous school year to 2020-21. Other public schools, including district-run schools, lost more than 1.4 million students, a 3.3% decrease from the previous school year. |
| A pandemic anomaly, skeptics might say. Not so. Parents have been trying to tell us all along. |
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| By David Mastio |
| I am going to vote for Terry McAuliffe for Virginia governor on Tuesday. I sure hope he loses. |
| And no, I am not insane; my head and my heart just disagree. |
| The best thing about the Democrat, the only good thing as far as I know, is that he isn't a threat to our democratic republic. He'll get elected, he'll do the liberal things that even moderate Democrats do these days, and then he'll leave office. Someone else will have a chance to fix McAuliffe's mistakes. |
| I am not so sure about Glenn Youngkin. |
Other columns to read today |
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Columns on qualified immunity |
| We are doing a series examining the issue of qualified immunity. For more on the series read here. |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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