Covid and Vaccines Recents News Roundup – 2/2/21 – AstraZeneca Vaccine, Instant Tests
This is a recent Covid and Vaccine news roundup instead of the usual sharing of single links. I hope you like it Learning Disabilities Lead to Higher Risk Study shows people with learning disabilities at higher risk of death due to Covid. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-learning-disability-deaths-vaccine-b1796604.html Reliable at home covid tests coming This hasContinue Reading
Maryland Has Now Vaccinated More People Than Have Tested Positive – Weekly MD/MOCO Vaccine Charts Plus Analysis
A look at Maryland and MOCO vaccination trends. This week, more people in Maryland have received at least one vaccination dose than have tested positive of COVID-19 during pandemic in Maryland.Continue Reading
MCPS BOE Meeting 1/28/21 Unofficial Notes – “Opening Schools In the Recovery of Education”
Here is the PDF of the notes (with clickable table of contents) of the reopening section of the 1/28/21 meeting:Continue Reading
Lack Of Succinct, Clear, And Standardized Communication From Scientific Community Causes Uncertainty Regarding Vaccine And New Variants
As with most things these days, there is a lot of conflicting information going around regarding vaccine efficacy as it pertains to new variants. This article aims to provide some clarify. Continue Reading
Unofficial MCPS BOE Meeting Notes – Schools Will Stay Closed Until At Least March 15
Link to full PDF (with links and clickable table of contents): Link to full Resolution on Delay Opening Schools: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BX9FLK66B363/$file/05.01%20ADOPTED%20Delay%20Opening%20Schools%20210112.pdf Link to full Resolution on Academic Eligibility: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BX9FUA68D6CF/$file/05.01%20ADOPTED%20Extension%20Academic%20Eligibility%20Suspension%20210112.pdf Link to Full Slides: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BX8KMY529AC7/$file/Opening%20Schls%20Recovery%20Ed%20210112%20PPT.pdfContinue Reading
Local Hospitals Fill Up Wednesday Night (1/6/2021) – MOCO Issues Code Blue – Many Hospitals Issue Alerts
As of 11:50pm on Wednesday night, the Montgomery County EMS Jurisdictional system has issued a Blue alert. This means that the county hospital systems are temporarily taxed beyond their limits. Additionally, several individual local hospitals were in Red or Yellow alert. We track these, a few red of yellows areContinue Reading
Governor Hogan Vaccinations Press Conference 1/5/2021 Slides and Highlights
Full slides: https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Jan-5-Slides.pdf Hogan Highlights: Vaccine distribution will be the greatest peacetime undertaking in history Some hospitals doing good, some are ramping up still 5 counties are at 80% or more of Phase 1 vaccines given out they have received. Includes Moco. We will use ALL available resources to getContinue Reading
National Capital Region Lagging Significantly Behind Rest of Maryland for Vaccinations (1/2/2021) – Includes Moco
Here are a few charts that show vaccination data for the state of Maryland. The first graph shows the percent of the population that has been vaccinated by 1/02/2021. It shows that the National Capital Region (which includes MOCO is lagging significantly behind the rest of the state. Note thatContinue Reading
12/15/20 MCPS Board of Education Meeting – “Opening Schools in Recovery of Education” Unofficial Notes
Full notes with table of contents and links: We’re using our reach to help locally owned small businesses. If you’re looking for pet sitting services, check out Happy Paws.Continue Reading
MCPS SEAC (Special Education Advisory Committee) Meeting Unofficial Notes 12-14-2020
Link to PDF (Clickable table of contents): Also check out our Full MCPS Reopening Notes Repository: We’re using our reach to help locally owned small businesses. If you’re looking for pet sitting services, check out Happy Paws.Continue Reading