Americans need easy access to rapid home tests
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COVID-19 delta variant: Americans need easy access to rapid home tests
By The Editorial Board
Instances when Americans might need to know whether they have COVID-19 and need to know now are legion, especially with a winter season of the delta variant and flu approaching.
Examples? Your child's elementary school reports another student with COVID. Your employer wants proof of vaccination or twice weekly testing. There's an upcoming in-door wedding with elderly attendees. Or a vaccinated member of your household has a sore throat and worries about a break-through infection.
A rapid test at home would provide an answer in 15 minutes.
Today's Editorial Cartoon
Inhumane policies against Haitian migrants must end
By Bernice A. King
Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed the gross mistreatment of our Haitian brothers and sisters who were seeking refuge under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. I believe it is important to understand the factors that lead Haitian migrants to the southern border of the United States – searching for stability and jobs after fleeing a country devastated by natural disasters and political turmoil.
When my father wrote, “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly,” he knew the idea of America would have to include compassion and empathy for all if that idea were ever to become a reality.
The shocking abuse many migrants near the southern border of Texas experience at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents while attempting to seek asylum in the United States is unacceptable, and we must not allow the images taken and the trauma endured to go unchecked.
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This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos.