Will anyone take an unsafe vaccine? AstraZeneca halted global trials of its coronavirus vaccine, after a participant contracted an inflammatory syndrome that affects the spinal cord. Vaccine safety is important or no one will take it.  Just 2 in 10 Americans would take a free coronavirus vaccine were it released this year according to a poll.

“It’s all going to go away!” Here is a letter to the editor for Staten Island Live. It is the president who is at fault for the deaths in the nursing homes. The president ignored his intelligence briefing book that clearly and repeatedly cited the virus threat over a dozen times in January and February.

ABC News reported that front line heroes are begging for safe staffing to help fight the coronavirus. Nurses on the front lines are calling for the state to enact minimum staffing standards before the second wave. Under legislation, NY would set safe minimum nurse-to-patient ratios including a standard of one nurse for every two patients in

We need to protect front line caregivers and other essential workers.  Before the second wave hits soon, we need to make sure these essential workers have the training, supplies, and safe staffing needed to prevent hundreds of thousands of additional deaths. The Department of Health and Human Services is sending nursing homes 750,000 COVID-19 point-of-care

Under federal law, nursing homes have a duty to facilitate residents’ rights, including voting.  Nursing homes must let them vote. Hundreds of thousands of residents of nursing homes may not be able to vote. Lockdowns, short-staffing, and the failure of officials to help. In fact, North Carolina actually prohibits nursing home workers from helping residents

People with disabilities must be able to cast their vote safely during the pandemic.  Their votes must be counted. Our elected officials are meeting in September to make changes to election rules during the pandemic. The general assembly should consider the following changes: Permit all South Carolinian’s to vote absentee Eliminating the requirement for a