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Opinion: Act Now to Keep Masks in Healthcare, Virtual Phone Bank Slated for April 20

Written by MARY JIRMANUS SABA Posted April 19, 2023 Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed

A collection of medical masks. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

On Thursday April 20, 1-2 p.m. MACHE will host a phone bank via Zoom: Together participants will call healthcare companies and elected officials, to keep masks in MA healthcare—with the message that masks are a cornerstone of infection control, and that equitable access to all healthcare settings for all residents must be maintained.

Filed Under: COVID, Op-Ed Tagged With: Activism, advocacy, call to action, coronavirus, COVID-19, Health, Healthcare, Mary Jirmanus Saba, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity, opinion

For the Latest Pandemic Info, Check Out the ‘People’s CDC’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 23, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"No, the pandemic is not over." Collage by Jason Pramas, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0.--using "Joe Biden" by Gage Skidmore, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grassroots network of researchers and frontline medical workers publicizes hard data on the ongoing coronavirus crisis; encourages political activism for science-based public health policy

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, America, Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, COVID, Democracy, grassroots, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, medicine, pandemic, People's CDC, public health, research, science, United States, vaccination, vaccine

EDITORIAL: DIGBOSTON SUSPENDING PRINT EDITION, GOING DIGITAL-ONLY (AGAIN)

Written by CHRIS FARAONE, JOHN LOFTUS, AND JASON PRAMAS Posted April 19, 2022 Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

DigBoston box among the boxes of defunct newspapers in Union Square, Somerville, Mass. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

But with your support we can bounce back fast!

Filed Under: COVID, Editorial, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: business, Chris Faraone, coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, criticism, DigBoston, digital-only, donation, economy, editorial, EIDL, fundraising, government, help, investment, Jason Pramas, John Loftus, Journalism, loan, media, news, newspaper, pandemic, PPP, print, small business, solidarity, support

HOPING FOR A ‘HOT SPRING’

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted February 21, 2022 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"Hoping for a Hot Spring." Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

If we want to live in a democracy, we all have to take to the streets … and stay there

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: abortion, anti-racism, Apparent Horizon, Attorney General Maura Healey, Boston, Column, contingent work, coronavirus, COVID19, debt, Democracy, Democratic Party, DoorDash, evangelical, gig work, Healthcare, Instacart, Jason Pramas, loan, Lyft, Massachusetts, Medicare for All, middle class, military, Peace, Politics, President Joe Biden, Protest, public health, racism, Republican Party, Russia, student, Uber, Ukraine, United States, voting rights, war, Women, worker, working class

ANOTHER LONG, COLD WINTER FOR RESTAURANTS?

Written by MARC HURWITZ Posted December 27, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, Eats

Nearly two years into the pandemic, it feels in some ways that dining and drinking spots are back to square one. But there are differences this time around

Filed Under: COVID, Eats Tagged With: COVID, eats, Restaurants

IN 2022, GIVE SCIENTISTS SOME LOVE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 27, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Biotechnology Research" by Idaho National Laboratory is licensed under CC BY 2.0

We can criticize the institutions that employ them without dismissing their vital work

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, biotech, Boston, Column, coronavirus, corporation, COVID-19, Democracy, holiday, holidays, humanity, J&J, Jason Pramas, Johnson & Johnson, love, Massachusetts, medcine, Moderna, new year, Omicron, pandemic, Pfizer, pharma, pharmaceutifcal, research, SARS-CoV-2, science, scientist, usa, vaccine

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOSTON’S UPCOMING VAXX REQUIREMENTS

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 21, 2021 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The details of B Together, Boston’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for select indoor spaces

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: COVID, news, news to us, pandemic

SEASON’S PLEADINGS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Frame made of Christmas toys and gifts and a medical mask with the inscription covid in the middle" by wuestenigel is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Be kind this holiday season, wear a mask indoors

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, assist, Boston, Christmas, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, friend, Give, global, Hanukkah, Health, help, holiday, holidays, international, Jason Pramas, KN95, Kwanzaa, love, mask, Massachusetts, N95, neighbor, Ōmisoka, pandemic, public health, SARS-CoV-2, surgical, usa, world

THE OMICRON SYNDROME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 29, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"President Cyril Ramaphosa sees off Coronavirus COVID-19 quarantined citizens from The Ranch Resort" by GovernmentZA is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

New COVID-19 variants inevitable until pharmas are stopped from privatizing public vaccine research and development

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Africa, Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, corruption, criticism, Democracy, development, Dr. Anthony Fauci, global, Health, international, J&J, Jason Pramas, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, NIAID, NIH, Omicron, Pfizer, pharma, pharmaceutical, political economy, privatization, public, public health, research, south africa, vaccination, vaccine, variant

MA SCHOOLS NEED FREE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 6, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"3M N95 Particulate Respirator.JPG" by Banej is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

And the federal government should start providing them for all US residents ASAP

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Cambridge, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, faculty, Family, FFP2, Health, Jason Pramas, KF94, KN95, MA, mask, Mass, Massachusetts, N95, pandemic, policy, public health, school, staff, student, teacher, usa

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