Most people could receive the vaccine regardless of common allergies, but those who are allergic to the vaccine's ingredients (e.g., polyethylene glycol, polysorbate, etc.) should not be vaccinated. In addition, those who have had a history of allergic reactions to vaccines could still be vaccinated and will be monitored for thirty minutes for severe reactions, but the relationship between previous reactions and present reactions has yet to be established.
So far, the outlook looks promising. With vaccinations on the way, the world will slowly recover from its losses during the COVID-19 period. Life will return to normal. School sessions will be held in classrooms, and lunches will be spent with friends; Distance learning will be no more. Social and physical contact and all that quarantine deprived us of will return. Until it does, keep safe and do not forget to follow safety measures.
Asian Hate Crimes Written By Trang Ly and Vivian Pham Anti-asian hate crimes have been increasing across major U.S cities since the early stages of the pandemic. According to California State University’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, there were a total of 122 incidents of hate crimes targeting AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in 16 of the most highly populated cities in 2020 making it almost a 150% increase over the past year. Instances worldwide have resulted in hospitalization, fear among the Asian American community, and even death. Although statistics of anti-Asian hate crimes have been on the rise, violence against Asian Americans is not new. Back in 1852, over 20,000 Chinese immigrants entered San Francisco looking for jobs due to a crop failure in China. The new arrivals resulted in a breakout of violence between white miners and the Chinese. Soon after, California enforced the Foriegn Miners Tax of $3 a month targeting Chinese miners in May 1852. Following an 1854 court case, it was ruled that the Chinese were suspended from testifying in court making it impossible for them to
report or claim justice for the violence against them. The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by Congress in 1882 to terminate the influx of Chinese immigrants, prohibited Chinese immigration to the United States for 10 years. After World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066, forcing over 110,000 Japanese Americans to relocate to internment camps. Japanese Americans who had no relation to the bombing of Pearl Harbor were affected due to their Japanese heritage. The deep-rooted racism and war hysteria caused the death of over 1,000 people in those camps. The casual racism and increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans is rooted in the history of the Asian American experience. However, change cannot happen if racism against Asians continues to be normalized. During the early stages of the pandemic, the Trump administration and other White House officials referred to COVID-19 as the “Chinese virus” or “Kung-Flu”. As the coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China, Asian Americans have automatically been blamed for the global pandemic, correlating the ethnicity to the deadly virus.