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What parents should know now about COVID

Louie Villalobos   | Paste BN

Chances are there is a child or family in your life that is wrestling with the idea of going back to school in a delta variant world. So, what questions need to be asked? We have just the column for you. 

Is my child safe?

Dr. Rajiv J. Shah

At a time when parents should be searching for the perfect lunchbox and picking out their children’s first day of school outfits, many are instead worried about skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in children due to the delta variant.

Pediatric infections have surged  – more than 121,000 COVID-19 cases in children were added in the past week. And as 1,900 children were hospitalized on Saturday, a record for the pandemic, pediatric hospitals in many areas are full or overstretched.

Today's editorial cartoon 

Biden abandoned his moral authority 

By Naheed Farid

After my home province of Herat, Afghanistan, was taken last week, the Taliban came to my home to kill me and my family. They didn’t find us, but they ransacked our house and stole our possessions. I am now among the tens of thousands of displaced persons fleeing Afghanistan because of threats on our lives.

While my exit from the country was harrowing, I watched in horror as the U.S. government limited or stopped Afghan civilians from leaving the country only to prioritize its own personnel, whom the Taliban are not hunting.

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