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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

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

THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER YET

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 14, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Cambridge, MA restaurant sign, June 13, 2021. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2021 Jason Pramas.

Mass residents need to stop running amok in public spaces

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, epidemic, genomic sequencing, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, pandemic, Politics, public health, testing, usa, vaccination, vaccine

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 19, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Massachusetts National Guard by The National Guard is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Keep wearing masks and social distancing until public health officials say it’s safe to stop

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, cdc, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, discussion, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Family, Health, how-to, Jason Pramas, Johnson & Johnson, mask, Massachusetts, Moderna, pandemic, Pfizer, public health, social distancing, vaccination, vaccine

WHAT THANKSGIVING AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SHARE

Written by JOSEPH NEVINS - SUREN MOODLIAR - ELENI MACRAKIS Posted November 24, 2020 Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics

Massasoit statue, Plymouth, MA. Photo courtesy of the authors.

[B]oth the holiday’s development and epidemiological reasons for its present-day decline are rooted in a settler colonial project centered on the pursuit of wealth and ecological exploitation

Filed Under: COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Politics Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, economy, Health, history, Massachusetts, Massasoit, National Day of Mourning, opinion, Plymouth, Politics, public health, thanksgiving, Wampanoag

THANKS, SOCIOPATHS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bob DeLeo, Charlie Baker, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, MBTA, policy, Politics, public health, social distancing, tax, taxation, transportation, usa

MASKHOLES: HOW NOT TO COVER YOUR FACE IN A PANDEMIC

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 6, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos

Jason Pramas with mask not covering nose and the word WRONG. Photo by Jason Pramas.

A Visual Guide with Photos (for the Thickheaded or Sociopathic)

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Photos Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, Health, how-not-to, how-to, humor, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, photo essay, public health, slider, usa

RECLOSE AMERICA: DON’T FOLLOW FASCISTS IN THE SERVICE OF WALL ST TO YOUR GRAVES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 29, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

image with President Trump surrounded by quotes about right-wing protests to end coronavirus stay at home orders

Do back politicians calling for immediate national living wage checks and Medicare for All

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, Bernie Sanders, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, DigBoston, fascist, hard right, Health, Jason Pramas, Koch, labor, Medicare for All, middle class, nazi, news analysis, pandemic, Paycheck Security Act, Protest, public health, Reopen America, right wing, slider, stay at home, United States, Wall St, white supremacist, worker, working class

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