In the news today: The FDA is widely expected to approve COVID-19 vaccination for children in coming weeks; in preparation for that moves, California is becoming the first state to require COVID-19 vaccination for all public school children who become eligible. Facebook, in the meantime, continues to allow deadly pandemic hoaxes to circulate on their platform. The tidal wave of pandemic evictions that has long been expected has yet to show up, but that doesn’t mean all is well for those requiring assistance.

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