Too many people are getting seriously ill and dying for us to be worried about the feelings of those who won’t accept a free vaccination.
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Our View: Return to full-time school is something for Maine to celebrate
Mask requirements should not detract from a positive development for families and the economy.
Our View: Three Portland restaurants lead the way on vaccine proof
Other businesses are going to need to follow their lead, as COVID spreads among stubborn vaccine skeptics.
Maine Voices: It’s time to lower financial barriers to vaccination
The Maine delegation can help by supporting Protecting Seniors Through Immunization, letting those on Medicare access all recommended shots at no extra cost.
Maine Voices: You have the chance to live – seize it
A Bridgton woman’s family history is a lesson in the impact on the loved ones left behind when otherwise-rational adults refuse vaccination.
Commentary: For heaven’s sake, get the COVID-19 vaccination
Conservative inoculation opponents frame the issue as a matter of rights when in fact it’s a matter of everyday morality.
The Maine Millennial: The climate time bomb keeps ticking more loudly
As we continue to make Earth more hospitable to pests and less hospitable to humans, Mainers age 40 and under are going to pay the highest price.
Our View: Everybody wins if more Mainers get vaccinated
For some reason, the chance to win a $1 million prize grabs the imagination in a way that preventing illness does not.
Maine Voices: Pandemic will have lasting effects on our children, teens
All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.
The Maine Millennial: When the brain says ‘nope’
As COVID recedes, many are experiencing what those of us with anxiety deal with all of the time.