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Pfizer booster

 

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine boosters are now available through Worcester Health for those eligible

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine boosters are now available through Worcester Health for those eligible

Time Machine: 1954, 1986, 1872, 1921, 1958.

 

March, 1954

The Morning News (Wilmington)

August, 1986 (excerpt)

Baltimore Sun

February, 1872

Wilmington Daily Commercial

December, 1921

                       

Marylander And Herald 

May, 1958

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 Anonymous said...

With all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over federal vaccination mandates it is important to note a fine point that almost everyone is unaware of.

When I was coming along it was mandated that all school children receive certain vaccinations as a condition of admittance to public school. Later, in approximately fourth or fifth grade it was mandated that we receive the Salk vaccine which was administered by a sugar cube impregnated with the vaccine. These vaccines were mandated by state and/or county rules, not by the federal government.

States, counties and local governments can do this because they have police powers. The US Constitution does not grant police powers to the federal government. So if Maryland or Worcester County mandates vaccinations that is a legal function of their governor or legislature. If Joe Biden or the United States Congress mandates vaccinations then it is certainly an overstepping of their authorities.

Carozza Sponsors Several Maryland Laws Effective October 1, 2021

(Press release from Senator Carozza)

 

October 1, 2021, marks the day that several Maryland laws go into effect, including key bills that Senator Mary Beth Carozza sponsored this past session. “Wade’s law becoming law is especially meaningful, given the challenges of a COVID-19 session and the five-year push to pass a bill that provides a fair and just penalty for criminally-negligent driving causing a life-threatening injury,” said Senator Mary Beth Carozza.

 

Wade’s Law, Primary Sponsor

The story of Wade’s Law starts on February 22, 2016, when two Worcester County road workers, Wade Pusey and Scott Tatterson, were struck by a criminally-negligent driver while they simply were doing their job along the highway. The violent crash killed Mr. Tatterson and Wade was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma with several life-threatening injuries, some of which he continues to live with today.

 

Prior to Wade’s Law, the penalty for criminally-negligent driving causing life-threatening injuries was only $500. Today, the passage of Wade’s Law provides a just penalty by allowing a person who is guilty of criminally-negligent driving causing a life-threatening injury to be imprisoned up to 1 year and/or be fined up to $5,000.

The final passage of Wade’s Law has been a long road with Wade Pusey and former Deputy State’s Attorney Bill McDermott (Wicomico & Worcester) consistently making the extra effort to testify the past five legislative sessions. In 2017, when Senator Carozza was a Delegate, she first introduced Wade’s Law, and it passed the House by a 140-0  unanimous vote but did not receive a committee vote in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. In  2019, Senator Carozza’s first session in the Senate, she reintroduced Wade’s Law and it passed the Senate 46-0 but did not clear the House, and the 2020 session was shut down early due to COVID-19 preventing Wade’s Law from moving forward. The sense of urgency to pass this legislation in 2021 was heightened with more victims telling their stories including Je’ Ani Lyles who suffered a severing of her T8 vertebrae, multiple surgeries, and paralysis from the chest down after a devastating and horrific crash in Harford County caused by a criminally-negligent driver.

 

“My parents always taught me that if you believe in a just cause or action, then you keep working it, not for yourself, but for people like Wade Pusey and Je’Ani Lyles and their families, and for all the unnamed victims and future victims,” said Carozza.

 

Interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, Primary Sponsor

This law establishes an interstate licensure compact for occupational therapists. This means that occupational therapists can work across state lines just as long as they are licensed by a member state of the compact. The Maryland General Assembly already has enacted similar legislation for nurses, physicians, and physical therapists.

 

“Many of our districts are hard hit by health care workforce shortages, especially in the rural parts of the state. Our hospitals, schools, long-term care facilities, and community providers need more flexibility in recruiting qualified health care providers to provide both in-person and telehealth services,” said Carozza.

Senator Carozza worked with Dorri Gowe-Lambert, occupational therapist and owner of Building Bridges Pediatric Services in Salisbury and Easton, and other members of the Maryland Occupational Therapy Association who made a strong case for this critical legislation which increases access across the state.

 

Alcohol and Drug Counseling - Practice Through Telehealth, Primary Sponsor

Overdoses in Maryland have spiked since COVID-19, and this alcohol and drug counseling telehealth bill allows for needed services for those with addictions. This law is intended to provide a permanent allowance for alcohol and drug trainees to provide services via telehealth after the current public health emergency declarations were lifted. Last spring, the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists recommended that alcohol and drug trainees – or ADTs – be allowed to provide services via telehealth. This is a life-saving measure as ADTs represent 40 percent of the overall workforce at the certified level.

 

“Access to alcohol and drug counseling through telehealth is increasingly important especially given the devastating data from the Maryland Health Department and Opioid Operational Command Center. There were 2,025 overdose deaths in Maryland in the first three quarters of 2020. That is a 12 percent increase from the same period in 2019. Also, there are disturbing trends related to the impact of opioid overdose deaths among Black and Hispanic communities,” Senator Carozza noted in her Senate hearing testimony.

Senator Carozza worked with several medical professionals across the state including Chesapeake Behavioral Health Services which provides telehealth treatment to many on the Eastern Shore.

 

Solid Waste Management – Prohibition on Releasing a Balloon Into the Atmosphere, Primary Sponsor

This law simply prohibits, with specified exceptions, a “person” from knowingly and intentionally releasing, or causing or organizing the release of, a balloon into the atmosphere. The purpose of this law is to educate individuals on the harmful effects that balloons have on our environment including killing wildlife, causing power outages, and polluting our trees and waterways. It does include a civil penalty of no more than $100 for those who intentionally release balloons into the environment.

Senator Carozza worked with her constituent, Director of Ocean Pines Chamber of Commerce, Kerrie Jones Bunting, who brought this bill to her and Delegate Wayne Hartman’s attention and made them aware of the local balloon release prohibition in Queen Anne’s County. 

“As a member of the Ocean City Surf Club’s “Adopt a Beach” program, I personally can attest to pieces of balloon that I have picked up during our volunteer beach clean-ups,” said Carozza.

 

During the Senate hearing, Senator Carozza highlighted the extraordinary work of another constituent, Nancy Gaither, the President of the Assateague Island Alliance. This local organization educates on ways to protect horses and other wildlife and to preserve their nature and health. As noted in Ms. Gaither’s testimony, “horses have been seen to ingest balloons, which is beyond troubling, and, of course, the balloons wreak havoc with sea animals.”

This law was endorsed by the Maryland Coastal Bays Foundation, the Assateague Coastal Trust, the Assateague Island Alliance, the Ocean City Surf Club, the Humane Society, the Maryland Farm Bureau, the National Aquarium, the Maryland Zoo, and several local chambers of commerce.

Time Machine Promo

 This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1954  ..   Railroad history is recalled by an Eastern Shore native whose boyhood home was  near the old Loretto Station in Somerset County.

1986  ..  Much needed hay from the north is donated to Worcester County farmers affected by drought conditions on the lower Eastern Shore.

1872  ..  Court rules on Wicomico's demand for school funding from its mother county Worcester.  The verdict was...

1921  ..  Ad- Ford vehicle dealership in Oriole, Md.

1958  ..  Editorial- Vaccine numbers:

Army vest order goes to Pocomoke's HARDWIRE

 

 (From press release)

Pocomoke City, MD — Sep 28, 2021 — Hardwire, LLC was awarded its first delivery order for the Army’s next generation Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) program.  The Army MSV program will replace heavy body armor systems with new lightweight armor and carriers.  The contract is scheduled to run for the next nine years.  The Army’s top priority for the MSV program is to "lighten the load” on its troops with a tailorable vest.  Hardwire’s patented armor was the lightest evaluated for the program and one of the first chosen for production.

 

Masks required for Somerset public school students

 

The Somerset County Board of Education has voted in favor of the statewide mandate that public school students wear masks at school. This will replace Somerset's optional mask policy. The late Tuesday afternoon vote was 3 to 2.

Paint Worcester winners

 (WBOC)

Thirty-five talented artists from five states painted their hearts out from Sept. 20-24 and competed for attractive cash prizes in the Paint Worcester County, plein air event sponsored by Worcester County Arts Council.

View news story:

Paint Worcester County Winners Announced - WBOC TV

 

Time Machine: This month 25 years ago.

 

September 19, 1996

    

                
               

Daily Times (Salisbury)

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This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

25 Years ago this month..

Somerset Board Of Ed Rescheduled Meeting Announcement

Posted on Somerset County Board Of Education website: 

"The Somerset Board of Education's regularly scheduled meeting on September 21, 2021 has been rescheduled for September 28, 2021 at 4p.m.  The meeting will be conducted virtually and live streamed to www.youtube.com/c/BoardMeetingSCPS . " 

Emailed comments can be sent to:  boardmeeting@somerset.k12.md.us .

Thumbs down from Accomack School Board on gender policy

 (Shore Daily News)

A tie vote, which included one abstention, at the Accomack County School Board meeting Tuesday night has killed the adoption of a transgender policy that would allow students to use the bathrooms and play on sports teams that correspond with their chosen gender identity for the time being.

View news story:

Tie vote kills adoption of transgender policy for Accomack County Public Schools - Shore Daily News

Free yearly flu shots in Pocomoke October 6th

(WBOC)

BERLIN, Md.- Atlantic General Hospital/Health System is providing community flu vaccination with a series of free clinics for those ages 13 and older.

No appointment is required. Clinic dates are subject to change based upon flu vaccine availability.

Flu Clinics:

Oct. 6, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Pocomoke Firehouse
1410 Market St.

View additional clinics and information:

Atlantic General Hospital to Provide Free Community Flu Clinics - WBOC TV

Tuesday's Somerset County school board meeting to be rescheduled.

 
Posted on the Somerset County Public Schools website:

"The 6p.m. open session of the Somerset Board of Education's regularly scheduled meeting on September 21, 2021, has been postponed. The new meeting date will be announced as soon as it can be rescheduled."