South Boston Convention Center Facility adds 1,000 beds to Massachusetts’ Healthcare System
Union construction workers are answering the call for more hospital beds, converting the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center into a 1,000 bed field hospital in just 3 days. With the state's health care system facing a shortfall of thousands of beds, members from Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 worked around the clock to adapt the convention center's air system for [...]
Ideas to Keep Kids Entertained During The Coronavirus
By: Tara Kerrigan Hayes These are scary times for everyone, including our children, so it’s important not just to occupy our kids, but also to find ways to emotionally support them. In an effort to capitalize on this unexpected gift of family time, (while struggling to keep our sanity in tact), I’ve compiled a list of activity ideas for indoors, [...]
WHAT YOU DO IS APPRECIATED
Brianne Fitzgerald RN, NP So starts the Queen's speech to the citizens of Great Britain yesterday. As we enter what is expected to be the most challenging phase of our collective Covid-19 experience, I beg all of us to follow both Mayor Walsh and Governor Baker's directives. Specific to what Boston Mayor Walsh said on Sunday that there are real [...]
South Boston Online 4/2/20
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THE SURGE IS COMING: STAY HOME, A PLEA TO THE PUBLIC
By: Tara Kerrigan Hayes The surge is coming. The word is out. So, why then, are the people? The stats are everywhere and the outlook is grim. Despite the US death toll eclipsing China’s and continuing to rise at a staggering rate, it seems, for some, the severity of the situation is simply not sinking in. New York infectious disease [...]
“Social Distancing” in Southie’s Open Spaces
Even when an event becomes an emergency, Americans can always come up with a couple of memorable words to describe it quickly. “Social Distancing” is just one good example. At first, Social Distancing sounds like a contradiction in terms, or an outright oxymoron like “jumbo shrimp”. After all, “social” is a word that implies getting together, not keeping your “distance”. [...]