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COVID 19

Deadline looms for Orange County’s Covid-19 Eviction Diversion Program

Federally funded rental assistance program pays past-due rent for those facing imminent eviction.

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MASK MANDATE

Let's see OCPS Superintendent Barbara Jenkins's mask "requirement" as an opportunity

It opens the door to blowing off all kinds of things we should do.

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COVID-19

What you need to know about the new Delta variant

It's contagious. It's nasty. And cases are doubling every two weeks among unvaccinated people. Infectious disease specialist Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University gets us up to speed.

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COVID-19

New coronavirus variants detected. What does that mean for our back-to-normal summer?

VoxPopuli asked William Schaffner, M.D., professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to weigh in with the details.

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COVID-19

Yes, I got my 15-year-old the Pfizer shot

Vaccines are the golden ticket out of this pandemic. But for this to work, we all need to get on board.

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COVID-19

Vaccine expert answers vaccine skeptics

We ran the top concerns of vaccine skeptics, culled from a Nextdoor thread, by Paul Offit, MD, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Here's what he had to say.

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CONNECTIONS

The FCC wants to pay your Internet bill. Really.

The Emergency Broadband Benefit aims to close the digital divide with $50-a-month payments for Internet service, plus $100 toward new computer equipment.

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COVID-19

Orange County Mayor announces 3-phase plan for relaxing mask use, social distancing

As vaccinations increase and the positivity rate decreases, mask restrictions ease. Mayor aims for 70 percent vaccination of eligible population to rescind mask mandate.

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COVID-19

FL residents 18 and up will be eligible to get Covid-19 vaccine by April 5; 16 and 17 year olds OK'd for only Pfizer doses

Beginning Monday, Florida residents 40 and older will be eligible to get a Covid-19 vaccine. The following Monday, anyone 18 and up can also get it. Plus, the state will allow 16 and 17 year olds to get only the Pfizer vaccine.

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COVID 19

Orange County residents 40 and older can make an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine starting Monday

Beginning Monday at 9 a.m., Orange County residents between the ages of 40-59 can register for Covid-19 vaccine appointments at the Orange County Convention Center’s drive-thru site.

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