Tag: vaccines
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The pandemics of racism and COVID-19 are a deadly mix
phillynews215 11/05/2023
The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic highlights deep racial inequities in wages, health, and vaccination rates—but it’s a century of racist public policy that laid the foundation for these disparities. Dr. Lawrence Brown, author…
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Refusing to vaccinate prisoners is both CRUEL and DANGEROUS
phillynews215 11/05/2023
Public health experts and advocates continue to shine a light on the horrifying statistics of COVID-19 infections within the prison-industrial complex. Those same experts, moreover, have shown that outbreaks in prisons and jails spread quickly…
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‘Zionist’ is not hate speech, activists say
phillynews215 11/04/2023
A Saturday Night Live joke about Israel’s vaccine apartheid sparked outrage from some ardent supporters of the Israeli government, but the controversy speaks to larger threats to free speech in the digital age, especially when…