Category Archives: COVID

My letter in today’s Boston Globe:

One important part of coming to grips with what’s happened to us over the past two years is bearing witness to the dead. Two weeks ago, Martha Katz, Susan Racine and I stood outside the Massachusetts State House for an hour. It was Martin Luther King Day, and we read the names of the COIVDContinue reading “Reading the names of the dead”

I enjoy running to work at Upham’s Corner Health Center, and my route takes me across Boston’s Franklin Park, which straddles Jamaica Plain and Dorchester. First I jog through a forest, and then I run along next to a golf course for about a mile. I’m always on the lookout for anything interesting, and aContinue reading “On groups and geese”

School nurses, parents, children, and community members gathered outside the Massachusetts State House at sundown today with a bullhorn and a list of demands for better COVID-19 precautions and services at Boston Public Schools. We called on state and local officials to ensure that every school has prompt and reliable COVID testing and contact tracing,Continue reading “Families and school nurses rally at State House for better COVID-19 precautions in schools”

Families, school nurses and allies will gather at the Massachusetts Statehouse on Wednesday afternoon at 4 PM to Shine a Light on COVID Safety in BPS.  Members of Families for COVID Safety (FamCOSa), the Boston Teachers Union, Boston Education Justice Alliance (BEJA) and other groups will call on the Boston Public Schools and Governor BakerContinue reading “Rally to Shine a Light on COVID Safety in the Boston Public Schools”