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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 Advertisement Reliable at home covid tests coming ThisContinue Reading

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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 Advertisement Link to Full Slides: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/BX8KMY529AC7/$file/Opening%20Schls%20Recovery%20Ed%20210112%20PPT.pdfContinue Reading

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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

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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

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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