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ANALYSIS: The CDC, two in-depth articles on its struggles

Tue, 2021-06-22 20:33 — mike kraft
America is ready to return to normal. Biden’s CDC chief isn’t so sure. The CDC faces its biggest test yet: loosening its public safety guidance as the pandemic recedes, while simultaneously trying to prevent infection rates from spiking. Erin Banco POLITICO

The newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had one big request for agency employees at an all-hands meeting in March: Don’t talk to the press without permission.

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New book: Inside the Trump Administration's Reesponse to the Pandemic

Tue, 2021-06-22 20:19 — mike kraft
New book offers fresh details about chaos, conflicts inside Trump’s pandemic response At one point, the president mused about repatriating infected Americans in Asia to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Dan Diamond Washington Post
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Nearly 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID during first year of pandemic

Tue, 2021-06-22 19:35 — mike kraft
Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for the coronavirus, according to government records obtained by a government watchdog group. Secret Service records show that 881 people on the agency payroll were diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021, according to documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. AP NEWS
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Biden urges young adults to get shots; variant concern grows

Tue, 2021-06-22 18:59 — mike kraft
Biden urges shots for young adults as variant concern grows WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to get younger Americans vaccinated for COVID-19 as the White House acknowledges it will miss two key vaccination benchmarks and as concern grows about the spread of a new variant that threatens to set the country back in the months ahead. AP NEWS
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White House confirms administration likely to miss its vaccination goal. y

Tue, 2021-06-22 18:46 — mike kraft
Biden administration likely to miss July 4 vaccine target as new Covid strain surges The setback comes amid a drop in the nation’s vaccination rate and difficulties in convincing younger Americans in particular to seek out the shot. POLITICO
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OPINION: It's not only politics behind the low vaccination rate in the South

Tue, 2021-06-22 12:32 — mike kraft
Opinion: It's not only politics that's driving the low vaccination rate in the South The pandemic dramatically revealed the inequitable delivery of American health care. Now, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout is demonstrating another open secret: public distrust in all institutions, including health care, writes Dr. Kent Sepkowitz. Opinion by Kent Sepkowitz CNN
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Coronavirus outbreak in Florida government building killed 2 people, hospitalized 4; a vaccinated employee wasn't infected

Tue, 2021-06-22 12:13 — mike kraft
A coronavirus outbreak hit a Florida government building. Two people are dead but a vaccinated employee wasn't infected Two people are dead and four of their coworkers were hospitalized after a Covid-19 outbreak swept through a government building in Manatee County, Florida. Jamiel Lynch, CNN CNN
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Government study: U.S. Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:16 — mike kraft
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. AP NEWS
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Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid but help is scarce

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:02 — mike kraft
Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid. Where’s help for them? More than 46,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent to Covid-19. Finding support for them remains a challenge. NBC News

Five months after her husband died of Covid-19, Valerie Villegas can see how grief has wounded her children.

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CDC launches Covid-19 WhatsApp chat in Spanish to spur more Latino vaccinations

Tue, 2021-06-22 10:43 — mike kraft
The CDC is launching a Covid-19 vaccine WhatsApp chat in Spanish to get more Latinos vaccinated. The CDC is launching a WhatsApp chat in Spanish with information about Covid-19 vaccines as it seeks to increase the number of Latinos who are vaccinated. NBC News
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