Category: OPINION
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Somerset doctor says spread, strength of Delta variant mean it’s too late to ‘vax it or mask it’; both needed in high-spread areas
By Kevin Kavanagh Republished from Infection Control Today Dr. Jerome Adams, surgeon general in the Trump administration, said this month that the guidelines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued in May...
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Opinion: Unvaccinated people needed vaccine information should get it from health-care providers, who should be proactive about it
By Dale Toney and Sarah Moyer There’s no doubt it’s been an incredibly difficult year for health care providers around the world. Stories of nurses, doctors and other medical professionals...
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Opinion: We can’t wish Covid-19 away, so get a shot; when Beshear and McConnell ‘agree on something, we should listen’
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Kevin Kavanagh This Fourth of July I was able to celebrate with my immediate family, all but the children have been fully vaccinated. We are...
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Writer recalls what it was like to visit her unvaccinated relatives
By Teri Carter Seven of us are crowded around a table for six in a packed Missouri restaurant called The Southerner, waiting for entrees that are taking forever to arrive. “Aw,...
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Louisville-based columnist for Washington Post includes Beshear and two other governors among list of heroes of the pandemic
Govs. Andy Beshear, Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Jay Inslee (Wash.) —– By Perry Bacon The Washington Post I was relieved in 2019 when voters in Kentucky, where I live, rejected...
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‘Only in our anti-truth hellscape could Dr. Anthony Fauci become a super-villain,’ says headline on Washington Post column
By Margaret Sullivan The Washington Post Right-wing commentators are pretending that thousands of newly released emails from Dr. Anthony S. Fauci represent some kind of smoking gun against the government’s...
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As vaccinations slack again, mutant virus variants still threaten us
Kentucky Covid-19 vaccinations slacked off considerably last week, falling below 10,000 a day. (Chart of CDC data by The Washington Post, updated and relabeled by Kentucky Health News) —– If you think the pandemic...
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Nursing-home chief: How to know when it’s time to look for one, post-pandemic, and some suggestions on what to look for
By Mary Haynes Nazareth Home President & CEO Most people wouldn’t expect social media, virtual tours, online support groups or VR training curriculum to be synonymous with modern skilled nursing...
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A little moderation on masks could go a long way in rural areas like hers, Kentucky writer tells a national audience
Teri Carter —– Writing from Anderson County for The Washington Post, columnist Teri Carter says some advocates of mask wearing go too far for rural areas like hers. “Even as Americans...
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It’s Nurses Month, recognizing the largest segment of health-care workers and the professionals that Americans say they trust most
Donna Meador and Delanor Manson (L-R) —– By Donna Meador and Delanor Manson Kentucky Nurses Association A little more than a year ago, none of us could have imagined anything...