Vaccinations

Biden's six-step Covid plan, explained

Fri, 2021-09-10 10:28 — mike kraft

Analysis: Biden's six-step Covid plan, explained The US Covid situation is as dire as ever, with 1,500 people dying each day -- an average of 150,000 new cases each day. Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN CNN

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President Biden's plan(read a full summary here) includes these points:

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Political reaction: Republican governors threaten to sue over Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandates

Fri, 2021-09-10 10:16 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: Republican governors threaten to sue over Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandates President Biden seemed unconcerned about escalating political tensions over his efforts to fight covid-19. Washington Post

Republican leaders are blasting Biden’s sweeping new coronavirus vaccine mandates for businesses and federal workers, decrying them as unconstitutional infringements on personal liberties and promising to sue.

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Webinar 12:30 PM Friday, Sept.10:: Check-Up" event on what's working to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 --Axios

Thu, 2021-09-09 20:27 — mike kraft

Join Axios for a Vitals "Check-Up" event on what's working to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19. We'll take a look at how the first FDA approval of the COVID-19 vaccine and the rise of mandates in businesses and schools have impacted vaccination rates and how public health officials plan to keep the momentum going as booster shots begin this fall.

Axios Health Care Reporter Caitlin Owens and Health Care Editor Tina Reed will host one-on-one conversations with:

Scott Gottlieb, M.D.
Author, Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic
Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Former Commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Administration

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Los Angeles, America's second-largest school district, will require coronavirus vaccine for students 12 and up

Thu, 2021-09-09 19:45 — mike kraft

Los Angeles, the nation’s second-largest school district, will require coronavirus vaccine for students 12 and up Los Angeles County school officials voted unanimously on Thursday to order Covid-19 inoculations for all students aged 12 and over, the largest school district in the United States to take that step. The Associated Press CNBC

The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

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UPDATE: Biden announces sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

Thu, 2021-09-09 16:37 — mike kraft

Biden administration to extend vaccine mandate to U.S. companies Labor Department will require all companies with 100 or more employees to ensure workers are vaccinated or tested weekly. Annie Linskey, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Seung Min Kim, Lisa Rein Washington Post

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Least Vaccinated States Lead Spike in Children’s Cases, Leaving Some Hospitals Stretched

Thu, 2021-09-09 08:51 — mike kraft

Least Vaccinated States Lead Spike in Children’s Cases, Leaving Some Hospitals Stretched Though serious illness in young people remains uncommon, more children are now being hospitalized for Covid-19 than ever before — especially in states where fewer residents have been vaccinated. The New York Times

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WHO calls for COVID-19 booster shot moratorium until 2022--White House calls it "false choice"

Thu, 2021-09-09 08:38 — mike kraft

WHO calls for COVID-19 booster shot moratorium until 2022 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called on rich countries to refrain from giving people booster doses of coronavirus vaccines until at least 2022, expanding an earlier plea that has Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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Americans are getting infected with COVID-19 at 10 times the rate needed to end the pandemic--Fauci

Thu, 2021-09-09 08:28 — mike kraft

Fauci warns COVID infections in U.S. are 10x too high to end pandemic The U.S. needs to drop from 160,000 to <10,000 new cases a day to get out of the pandemic phase. Eileen Drage O'Reilly Axios

Americans are now getting infected with COVID-19 at 10 times the rate needed to end the pandemic, which will persist until more people get vaccinated, NIAID director Anthony Fauci tells Axios.

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