The Vigil: Vaccinate the Children

Recently, Pfizer was approved by the FDA for children ages 5-11 to receive in defense of COVID, and in San Francisco, they will also be required to show their vaccine cards to gain entry to businesses. California has been given 1.2 million doses, enough to vaccinate all children five to eleven years old, a vital step in building herd immunity, as all children in the state will now be required to have received the vaccine to attend school.

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The Vigil: A Social Medium for Outrage

I wanted to play the role I prefer, and choose for myself. helpful, understanding, warm hearted. It’s funny; there’s that trend now on Twitter of all the different silly little red flags that one might see in a potential partner. I’m never unaware of those red flags anymore, it’s just something I’ve begun to ignore at certain points.

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Mayor Breed’s New Retail Crime Initiative

London Breed announced a police-led initiative to decrease retail crime rates in late September, partnered with retailers and regional law enforcement. The initiative has three main aspects; expanding and reallocating police budgeting and resources, restructuring of private and public deployments, and public-private funding to help report and solve cases.

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Roe v Wade In Texas Reflects Current State of Women’s Healthcare

The Supreme Court recently rejected a request to block a law in Texas that “bans physicians from providing abortions “if the physician detects a fetal heartbeat,” including embryonic cardiac activity, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy,” despite much protest from many Americans.

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The Vigil: Mayor London Breed’s Ethic Violations Reflect the Pure Irony of Our Justice System

Mayor London Breed was fined a total of $22,792 for ethics violation on several counts of misusing her title for personal gain; including accepting money for car repairs by the former head of public works department Mohammed Nuru, buying herself two floats in the city’s 2015 Pride parade, and sending a letter to former governor Jerry Brown requesting her brother be released from prison early.

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Administration’s Plans to Reopen Campus Receives Backlash

Administration recently proposed a plan to reopen campuses to in person learning, but there have been discussions about delaying it due to frustration with the lack of consideration and planning.

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Vaccine Eligibility and How Able-Bodied People are Cheating it

Gov. Gavin Newsom has made the claim that everyone in California will be vaccinated by the end of April, but some residents are cheating the lines and already receiving their doses before they are eligible.

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Author and Survivor Chanel Miller Speaks about the Importance of Community Support

Author Chanel Miller spoke to two different journalists and read from her memoir, Know My Name, through the San Francisco Public Library’s program, One City One Book.

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