February 2022

Almost 80% of school districts with significant Covid 19 issues

Despite a few signs that the Omicron Wave of infections may have peaked in parts of the United States, Covid-19 hospitalization in Arkansas surged yesterday (Wednesday) to a new pandemic high of 1,819. An official at the Arkansas Department of Health noted that because the state in not tracking positive results from at-home tests, the number of infections reported daily by the agency is only “the tip of the iceberg,” and urged Arkansans to continue to take precautions.
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What Doctors Want You to Know to Protect Yourself from Omicron

Omicron is between 1.5 to 3 times more transmissible than the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Additionally, people who manifest symptoms are doing so more quickly than with previous strains -- sometimes just two to three days after exposure. And recent evidence shows daily Omicron deaths in the United States have exceeded those from the Delta variant. Amid these troubling facts, there is pervasive confusion about what steps individuals should be taking right now to protect themselves.
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Almost 40% lie about being vaccinated

With restrictions regarding COVID-19 constantly changing, adults, vaccinated or not, have considered lying about their vaccination status. In fact, 38% of adults said they’d consider lying about their COVID-19 vaccination status in order to work, travel, or avoid conflict according to a recent study by Safe-Home.org Even celebrities do it.
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National Governors Association

As Governor, I’m a member of the National Governors Association, which was founded in 1908 to promote bipartisanship. In politics, we call that “reaching across the aisle.” I became chair of the National Governors Association last summer, and in that role, I have seen more clearly than ever that if we are going to overcome big challenges, we must set aside our differences to get things done.
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Programs

January 28, 2022 LITTLE ROCK – Last year Arkansas joined a rental assistance program to help people who have lost jobs or businesses from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. So far, the state Department of Human Services (DHS) made 31,373 payments, totaling $64.6 million.
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