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People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Doesn’t Live That Long.

Cuomo Still Underreporting the Total Count of COVID Nursing Home Deaths (New York) - Hundreds of COVID-19 deaths among New York state’s nursing home residents still have not been formally acknowledged by the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to the Empire Center, a public policy think tank in Albany.

Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September (Washington DC) - Children as young as first graders may be able to get the coronavirus vaccine by the time school starts in September, presuming trials are successful in those age groups, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with ProPublica.

Owner of a New Southland Restaurant Receives Award (Country Club Hills, IL) - The owner of a Country Club Hills, IL restaurant received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award last week.

Guest: Dr. Matthew Glowiak - Dr. Matt Glowiak discuss the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and America’s recent increase in civil unrest on the individual persons mental health.

Cook County Announces Second Large Scale Community Vaccination Site at Triton College (Chicago, IL) – Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Health System CEO Israel Rocha announced that Cook County will open a vaccine administration site at Triton College beginning Wednesday, February 3, 2021 to continue vaccinations for individuals eligible under 1b.

After Hundreds of Meatpacking Workers Died From COVID-19, Congress Wants Answers (Waterloo, IA) - A key congressional panel launched an investigation this week into the wave of COVID-19 infections that killed hundreds of workers at meatpacking plants nationwide last year and highlighted longstanding hazards in the industry.

Thousands more New York state nursing home residents may have died of COVID-19 than Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has publicly acknowledged, according to a report issued Thursday by the state’s attorney general.

A federal economic relief package passed by Congress in March promised to provide a lifeline for hospitals, particularly those in rural communities where many facilities struggled to survive even before the coronavirus pandemic.

Caroline Chen reflects on the current COVID pandemic, the lives lost, and the vaccine chaos.