With new variants spreading even as vaccination rates are rising, keep wearing masks, socially distancing and limiting non-essential travel.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Focus on vaccinations, not passports
The best way to open up safely is to maximize the number of people who can’t catch or spread COVID-19.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine employers navigate complexities of office reopening
Companies would like to start bringing more workers back to the office, but the process is fraught with legal, ethical and health concerns.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s time for Maine children to go back to school
Onerous state requirements are making full-time public K-12 education impossible and placing a heavy burden on our kids.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: U.S. vaccine hoarding is alienating the world
The world had hoped ‘America First’ would end when Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as president. It hasn’t.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine has been tested in year of COVID
Twelve months since the state’s first case, we are among the safest in the country – with much work left to do.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Age-based vaccination plan right for Maine
An efficient system that’s easy to understand is the right way to manage COVID risks.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Nation mourns 500,000 COVID deaths
Our worst disease outbreak in a century is still taking too many lives.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Lessons learned from fighting COVID can help combat Maine’s overdose epidemic
One lesson is understanding that government can’t do it all. There has to be a communitywide commitment to understanding the disease.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Systemic racism has no home in our state
The Hancock County sheriff’s racist reaction has left Mainers without essential public health services. He should resign.