Though vaccines are coming, health officials urge residents to ‘stay the course’ to fight Covid

With two new Covid-19 vaccines poised to receive F.D.A. authorization, there’s a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel, but Pinellas County health officials warn it’s going to take a long time before herd immunity is achieved. 

“We can’t stop wearing masks, social distancing and hand washing,” Gayle Guidash, assistant director for the Florida Department of Health in Pinellas County, told city council members at a meeting Thursday, adding that the vaccine may not work for everyone. “We need to stay the course and keep doing what we’re doing.”

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The gun violence that’s marred one of St. Petersburg’s Black neighborhoods recently is compelling community leaders to pursue solutions beyond the usual marches, scolding, pleading and prayers.

Questions are many, but here’s one: Why, in the midst of a pandemic that’s been disproportionately tragic for Black people, are there continuing to be large gatherings, some that can spawn deadly disputes?

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