Just 29% of residents in majority
black and Hispanic NYC neighborhood
Far Rockaway have been vaccinated
against COVID even though it has one
of the highest death rates in the city
Posted By: NorthernDog, 5/25/2021 6:36:21 PM
In the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York, one in 146 people has died of COVID - one of the highest death rates in the city. Yet the neighborhood has the lowest vaccination rate of any in NYC - only 29 percent of residents have had at least one dose, and only 23 percent are fully vaccinated. Some Far Rockaway residents want to wait and see how well the vaccines work before getting a shot themselves, while others believe unfounded conspiracy theories about the shots. Though 52 percent of New Yorkers have had at least one dose, rates vary greatly within
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Parents outraged as Seattle
elementary school near homeless
encampment faces break-in, lockdowns 13 replies
elementary school near homeless
encampment faces break-in, lockdowns 13 replies
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Fail a Basic Mental Competency Test’ —
They Think Trump Won 36 replies
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With that said, I regret to inform all of you that the honeymoon is over. Who could have possibly foreseen this except everyone paying attention? This is the problem with seeking backslaps from Chuck Todd, Jake Tapper, The Washington Post, and the rest of the mainstream media. As a Republican, you are always just a tool
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The family of George Floyd met with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, urging him to work for and sign police reform legislation.
“If you can make federal laws to protect the bird, which is the bald eagle, you can make federal laws to protect people of color,” Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, told reporters after the meeting.
Prompted by their legal team, the Floyd family raised their fists in protest as Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter Giana said ,”Say his name!”
“George Floyd!” the group said together.
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Police in North Carolina has arrested a woman who was in a car that was stopped by BLM rioters in the street in Elizabeth City. She’s charged with two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill & more. She may face hate crime charges too.
Lisa Michelle O’Quinn, 41, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill by use of a motor vehicle, one count of careless and reckless conduct and one count of unsafe movement, Elizabeth City Police said in a news release. Investigators said they were still determining if the incident was a hate crime.
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Where is Fauci? His lecturing is falling on deaf ears in parts of NYC.