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Isa Sheikh | Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Jay Bhattacharya, an epidemiologist and economist from Stanford, was “blacklisted” by Twitter the day he joined the app. He carries a business card identifying himself as a “fringe epidemiologist,” quoting an email from Francis Collins, then the director of the National Institutes of Health, to Anthony Fauci. Bhattacharya, an academic at the center of many
Bella Laufenberg | Monday, April 11, 2022
Hi. My name is Bella, and I would like to tell you my story. A story of resilience, like many of us have, and imperfection. A story without a happy ending, but a hopeful one. Before I begin, I wanted to tell you that there is so much more to the story than I have
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 30, 2021
In an email Tuesday morning from COVID Response Team Chair and executive director of retention strategy Mona Bowe, Saint Mary’s announced immediate changes to its masking policies. “Effective immediately everyone on campus will be required to wear a mask indoors, regardless of vaccination status,” Bowe said in the email to students. “This protocol includes employees
Andrew Sveda | Monday, October 11, 2021
When it comes to vaccine mandates, many conservatives are borrowing a pro-choice mantra: “My body, my choice.” On one hand, this is a smart tactic. It points out a logical inconsistency in the pro-choice, pro-COVID-19 vaccine mandate camp. If what I do with my body is my choice, how can you force someone to take
Evan McKenna and Alysa Guffey | Friday, September 17, 2021
As a nationwide vaccine rollout began in early 2021 and continued in full force through the following months, many across the country felt a strong sense of hope, one that didn’t exist just a few months prior. With the opening of a mass vaccination clinic on the University’s campus in March, the Notre Dame community
Elizabeth Prater | Tuesday, April 20, 2021
While isolation due to disease may seem like a new, pervasive issue that has erupted after the onset of COVID-19, the notion is not completely foreign to the colony of Kalaupapa. Located in Moloka‘i, Hawaii, this was the location for people exiled from the 1860s through the 1960s because of their contraction of Hansen’s disease,
Claire Reid | Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Spending time with grandparents. Enjoying a home-cooked meal. An Easter egg hunt with her little cousins. For Notre Dame sophomore Ariana Arce, Easter every year is a time dedicated to family and coming together and rejoicing in another’s presence. This year, the Northern Indiana native looked forward to seeing her aunt, grandparents and parents —
Isabella Volmert | Friday, March 12, 2021
Just over a year ago, March 6, 2020, I was riding passenger side with a friend as we drove home for spring break to Washington, Missouri. We talked a little about the concerns of the coronavirus, but the conversation probably didn’t last much longer than the first 20 minutes of the seven-hour drive. Five days
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
This report was updated at 2:58 p.m. Students who are in quarantine or isolation after testing positive or being exposed to COVID-19 will have to follow special move-out procedures, according to an email from the Notre Dame Care and Concern Team to students currently in quarantine or isolation. The email was sent to these students
Observer Staff Report | Monday, October 12, 2020
University President Fr. John Jenkins has completed his medically recommended isolation period after contracting the coronavirus, Paul Browne, the office of public affairs and communications vice president, said in a press release Monday evening. Jenkins began his isolation period two weeks ago on Sept. 28. He initially entered quarantine of his own volition after receiving