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Personally noting ideas regarding workplace democracy, higher ed, healthcare, leukemia, organized labor, preposterous uses of chocolate, etc.

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The minimum salary to be happy in Massachusetts is $139,125, according to Purdue study masslive.com/news/2022/03/th…

The minimum salary to be happy in Mass. is $139,125, according to study

Massachusetts had the highest income level in New England.

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What's the hospital of the future? A prize-winning designer has some ideas healthcareitnews.com/news/wh…

What's the hospital of the future? A prize-winning designer has some ideas

Nick Culley, director of ExR, gives an advance look at his HIMSS22 session, where he will offer his vision of how hospitals should function with leading-edge technology.

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“If hospitals continue to be overwhelmed with patients who have not been vaccinated against the virus and administrators don’t find a way to provide relief to medical staff, many will leave areas where they care for Covid patients – or exit healthcare…” theguardian.com/world/2022/j…

‘It’s a war zone’: healthcare workers show signs of stress similar to combat veterans

After nearly two years of caring for Covid patients, many providers are leaving the field amid hospital staffing shortages

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“Everybody wants to believe that the system is holding up just fine, but it isn’t….It’s breaking down. And when it breaks down, patients are harmed,” said Dr. Eric Dickson wbur.org/news/2022/01/14/hos…

As health care breaks down in Massachusetts, patients die waiting for care

Rona Tsantinis-Roy says doctors suggested her father might have survived if he’d been transferred to a larger hospital. Typically, that’s what happens when a patient at a community hospital needs...

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Intestinal bacteria could be behind Japan's low COVID deaths, study says | The Japan Times japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/0…
How long you can wear your N95, according to experts cnn.com/2022/01/13/health/n9…
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Robert Reich
@RBReich12 Jan 2022
Why are strikes sweeping the country? I guess it's a mystery. In other news, if wages had kept pace with productivity gains since 1968, the current minimum wage would be more than $24 an hour.
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“A vendor promising an entity not to worry, “we're never going to go down,” is a thin argument.” We need to make better backup plans in healthcare. scmagazine.com/feature/cloud…
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How anti-vaccine activists and the GOP are growing closer npr.org/2021/12/06/105734456…
Here's why Gen Z is unionizing cnn.com/2021/11/21/economy/g…
Workers in Massachusetts cannot collect unemployment after voluntarily resigning or being fired for violating an employer’s company policy, including a vaccination requirement cnn.com/2021/12/03/politics/…
Harvard study: Vaccinated people with COVID-19 may be infectious for a shorter period of time boston.com/news/coronavirus/…

Harvard study: Vaccinated people with COVID-19 may be infectious for a shorter period of time

The study found that breakthrough cases are infectious for two days less than cases in unvaccinated individuals.

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Republicans threaten to shut down government over vaccine mandates axios.com/gop-government-shu…
Amazon Warehouse Workers Get To Re-Do Union Vote In Alabama npr.org/2021/11/29/102238473…

Amazon warehouse workers get to re-do their union vote in Alabama

A federal labor official has ordered a revote in the biggest Amazon union election in the U.S. The agency found the company's anti-union tactics tainted the original vote that rejected unionizing.

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Supreme Court: Mass General Can Fire Unvaccinated Workers patch.com/massachusetts/acro…

Supreme Court: Mass General Can Fire Unvaccinated Workers

Mass General Brigham told employees they would be terminated if they did not receive their first shot by Nov. 5.

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“The present findings underscore the possibility of Delta variant transmission between fully vaccinated individuals in a healthcare setting, despite the high efficacy of vaccines in preventing severe disease.” news-medical.net/news/202111…

Breakthrough infections from SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant among vaccinated healthcare workers

A new study published on the medRxiv* preprint server employed in-silico techniques, combining genomic and epidemiological data, to determine possible Delta-variant transmission events between...

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10 states sue Biden administration over COVID vaccine mandate for health care workers npr.org/sections/coronavirus…

10 states sue Biden administration over COVID vaccine mandate for health care workers

The state attorneys general argue the vaccine mandate will lead to shortages of health care workers and could threaten the jobs of millions.

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Study shows dramatic decline in COVID vaccine effectiveness - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/science/story/20…
Florida now has America's lowest COVID rate. Does Ron DeSantis deserve credit? news.yahoo.com/florida-now-h…
Mass General Brigham employees lose bid to halt unpaid leave over vaccine mandate bostonglobe.com/2021/10/20/b…

Mass General Brigham employees lose bid to halt unpaid leave over vaccine mandate - The Boston Globe

A federal lawsuit says the workers’ disability and religious exemptions had been wrongly denied without explanation or “meaningful interactive process” and “without a showing of undue hardship.”

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