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Comment: Covid scolding is exhausting; and it isn’t helping

It provides a false sense of security, is ineffective and may encourage people to conceal illness.

Berinda Wolitarsky gets her second vaccine shot Saturday morning at Snohomish High School on March 13, 2021. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

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COVID survivor, teacher, walker, she’s grateful for each step

“I almost died, but people prayed for me,” says Berinda Wolitarsky, who’s back in Snohomish schools.

Jessica Cain, right, answers a question about an assignment for Solyana Makele during her hybrid second grade class on Friday, March 12, 2021 in Lynnwood, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Governor: All schools statewide must reopen by end of April

Districts will be required to offer at least two days of on-campus instruction per week.

Northwest

First case of Brazil COVID-19 variant found in Washington

Three mutations have now been detected in the state.

President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nation-World

Biden: All adults will be eligible to be vaccinated on May 1

The president raised the hope of beginning an “independence from this virus” by the Fourth of July.

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County vaccine taskforce to host second-dose vaccine clinics

Arlington Airport and Evergreen State Fairground sites will open this weekend for second doses only.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee said that the Seattle Mariners baseball team, the Seattle Sounders MLS soccer team and the National Women's Soccer League's OL Reign will soon be able to welcome a limited number of fans to their stadiums under a 25% seating capacity when they open their seasons. The easing of restrictions will also apply to high school sports, and was one of several aspects of the state's ongoing re-opening plan developed during the COVID-19 pandemic that were announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Moving to Phase 3: Fans in stadiums and more indoor dining

Gov. Jay Inslee’s reopening plan will allow businesses to operate at 50% capacity starting March 22.

President Joe Biden speaks before signing the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nation-World

Biden signs $1.9 trillion relief bill before speech to nation

The president is set to deliver his first prime-time address since taking office on Thursday evening.

Opinion

Commentary: Covid has resisted both sides’ political scripts

Fitting the pandemic into a particular narrative hasn’t worked well for conservatives or liberals.

Stations where COVID-19 vaccines will be administrated are shown set up at a mass vaccination site, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and other officials announced Wednesday that the site would begin operation Saturday, and said it would be the largest civilian-led vaccination site in the country. Lumen Field is the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team and the Seattle Sounders MLS soccer team. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Northwest

COVID vaccination site in Seattle expected to operate daily

With enough supply, the site at the Lumen Field Event Center could inoculate 22,000 people per day.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announces the House has approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nation-World

What’s inside the $1.9T COVID-19 bill passed by Congress

Democrats say it will help defeat the coronavirus. Republicans say it’s too expensive.

Opinion

Comment: We must treat pyschic traumas of health-care workers

The devastation that the pandemic’s front-line workers have witnessed echoes that of the Civil War.

Alaina Livingston, a 4th grade teacher at Silver Furs Elementary, receives her Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic for Everett School District teachers and staff at Evergreen Middle School on Saturday, March 6, 2021 in Everett, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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90% of incoming vaccines are reserved for second doses

That follows a statewide policy. Meanwhile, Snohomish County’s call center now offers a wait list for seniors.

Farmer Frog volunteer Amy Drackert helps load potatoes into cars on Friday, March 5, 2021 in Woodinville, Wa. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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County wants non-profit food distributor to find a new home

Farmer Frog is operating on unleased land and could cause environmental harm, the county alleges.

The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is prepared for injection Friday at Angel of the Winds Arena. (Snohomish Health District) 20210305

Local News

New vaccination site opens at Angel of the Winds Arena

Meanwhile, supply is still an issue now that teachers and child care workers are seeking shots.

Northwest

Whatcom County sees 13 new B.1.1.7 variant COVID-19 cases

Snohomish County has 2 known cases of the mutation, also called the “U.K. variant.”

Opinion

Comment: Digital divide now clear in access to covid vaccine

Seniors and lower-income communities often don’t have adequate internet access to sign up.

A syringe of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is shown Thursday, March 4, 2021, at a drive-up mass vaccination site in Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle. Officials said they expected to deliver approximately 2500 second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the site Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Northwest

Vaccine eligibility to expand to more groups on March 22

Included will be workers in agriculture and grocery stores, as well as law enforcement and others.

Frances McDormand in "Nomadland." (Searchlight Pictures) 20210304

Local News

Masked in a nearly empty theater, a movie outing at last

Just four of us were in the audience for a matinee showing of “Nomadland” at Stanwood Cinemas.

FILE - This Dec. 2, 2020, file photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows vials of the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States. The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two  (Johnson & Johnson via AP)

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Inslee OKs use of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine

With the first doses arriving this week, Everett schools planned a clinic to vaccinate school employees.