Newsom casts political blame in new California vaccine push
3 years, 5 months ago

Newsom casts political blame in new California vaccine push

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Making a fresh push for vaccinations as coronavirus cases climb in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom turned political as he announced new requirements for state workers and health care employees to show proof of vaccination, blaming “right wing” politicians and media for perpetuating misinformation about the shots. “They’re misinforming people, they’re literally putting people’s lives at risk,” Newsom said on MSNBC, echoing similar comments in a news conference and on CNN Monday, where he specifically criticized Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Fox News host Tucker Carlson. On Sunday night, she likened decisions by business owners to exclude unvaccinated customers to “segregation.” Monday’s announcement allows Newsom to take a clear step aimed at boosting the vaccination rate while avoiding imposing broader mandates and restrictions that could further frustrate voters. “He’s really showing leadership to strengthen the case for vaccination, which the entire country is trying to make,” said Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious diseases professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

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Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
3 months, 1 week ago

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism

Raw Story  

More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. In a recent tour with former Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, Kennedy …

California’s public health tax is dead for the year, as talks with Newsom continue
2 years, 6 months ago

California’s public health tax is dead for the year, as talks with Newsom continue

LA Times  

Jeanina Rumbaoa, a registered nurse with the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency in Chula Vista, leans into the vehicle of Chula Vista resident Alberto Damian, 45, to administer a nasal swab to test for COVID-19 in April 2020. “If not, we’ll push hard in 2024.” Campaign spokesperson Amelia Matier told Kaiser Health News that organizers are willing …

Gov. Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’
2 years, 7 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild symptoms’

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom said he tested positive for the coronavirus Saturday, making him the latest government official to contract the virus that relentlessly continues to challenge healthcare systems across the nation and around the world. I tested positive for COVID-19,” Newsom, who is vaccinated and has received two booster shots — the most recent on May 18 — announced in a …

California bills target doctors, websites pushing vaccine misinformation
2 years, 11 months ago

California bills target doctors, websites pushing vaccine misinformation

LA Times  

The California Assembly casts votes on Sept. 12, 2019, at the Capitol in Sacramento. California lawmakers are targeting doctors and websites that promote COVID-19 misinformation in the latest batch of bills introduced by a group of Democrats pushing for stronger vaccination laws in the state. Assembly Bill 2098 by Assembly Member Evan Low would make it easier for the Medical …

Column: California is headed for another bruising vaccine fight. Newsom should embrace a school mandate
2 years, 11 months ago

Column: California is headed for another bruising vaccine fight. Newsom should embrace a school mandate

LA Times  

State Sen. Richard Pan prepares to announce a bill that adds COVID-19 vaccines to California’s list of required inoculations for attending K-12 schools at Arleta High School on Jan. 24 in Los Angeles. Most significantly, Pan’s bill would treat the COVID-19 vaccination like the other shots: There could be no exemption for a “personal belief,” a previously much abused excuse …

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation

LA Times  

Vaccine protester Jessica Holloway of Lake County urges California lawmakers and Gov. “It’s important that we continue to push for vaccine mandates the most aggressively we possibly can,” said Wicks, who faced death threats over her vaccine legislation last year. “We can’t let ourselves be held hostage by these right-wing conspiracy theorists who are perpetrating hate and violence.” ‘The firestorm …

Gov. Newsom to push vaccines in Southern California swing
3 years, 2 months ago

Gov. Newsom to push vaccines in Southern California swing

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, added to the intrigue on Sunday night with a since-deleted tweet telling people to “please stop hating and get a life.” But Tuesday, Newsom said his absence was nothing more than a chance to recharge with his family after a frenetic three years in office that included an unprecedented pandemic, …

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers
3 years, 2 months ago

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers

NPR  

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Charles Rex Arbogast/AP For hundreds of public employees in the state of Washington, where a new vaccine mandate for state employees went into effect this week, Monday was their last day on the job. Sponsor Message As vaccine …

Parents in California protest student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, keep kids home
3 years, 2 months ago

Parents in California protest student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, keep kids home

LA Times  

Parents and students hold signs and shout at a protest Monday against the state’s pending student-vaccine mandate in front of Birmingham Community Charter High School in Lake Balboa. Groups of parents and children kept out of school in protest lined the sidewalk outside Birmingham High School in Lake Balboa on Monday, part of statewide demonstrations against California’s mandate requiring all …

How Joe Biden Is Winning the Culture War Over Vaccines
55 years ago

How Joe Biden Is Winning the Culture War Over Vaccines

Slate  

On Thursday, President Joe Biden went to Chicago to make his case for COVID-19 vaccination mandates. These politicians accuse progressives of “shaming” vaccine refusers and treating them like “second-class pariahs.” Often, they borrow language from the abortion rights movement, framing vaccination as a matter of “personal choice.” Last week, Sen. Ted Cruz defended NBA players who have declined COVID shots, …

Newsom sets COVID vaccine mandate across California schools
3 years, 3 months ago

Newsom sets COVID vaccine mandate across California schools

LA Times  

The COVID vaccine mandate would apply to students 12 and older after they become eligible for a fully approved vaccine. The mandate would take effect for grades seven through 12, starting with the school term following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the vaccine for children ages 12 and older, Gov. “The governor missed an opportunity to …

Two of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s children test positive for Covid-19
3 years, 3 months ago

Two of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s children test positive for Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — Two of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four children have tested positive for Covid-19, his office said in a statement Friday. “Yesterday, two of the Governor’s children tested positive for Covid-19,” said spokesperson Erin Mellon. “The family is following all COVID protocols.” The Democratic governor, his wife and their two other children have since tested negative for the virus, …

California recall could boost Newsom’s clout for 2022
3 years, 4 months ago

California recall could boost Newsom’s clout for 2022

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The recall election that once threatened to derail California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political future has instead given it new life, offering a rare midterm vote of confidence that could fuel an ambitious legislative agenda featuring new coronavirus vaccine mandates, housing for the homeless and health insurance for people living in the country illegally. “Things that you may …

Vaccines and Trump: Will Newsom’s formula for beating the recall work for Democrats in 2022?
3 years, 4 months ago

Vaccines and Trump: Will Newsom’s formula for beating the recall work for Democrats in 2022?

LA Times  

President Biden, right, onstage with Gov. The question facing Democrats is, “how do you wake up that base to not fall to historical trends of midterm low performance and turnout?” said Juan Rodriguez, Newsom’s campaign manager. “The governor and his team found what they needed to make sure Democrats were sufficiently angry in order to turn out in a weirdly …

Biden announces new vaccine requirements in US to combat COVID
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden announces new vaccine requirements in US to combat COVID

Al Jazeera  

President Joe Biden says companies with 100 employees or more must require vaccination or test staff weekly. US President Joe Biden has announced a series of measures to boost vaccination rates against COVID-19 in the United States, including requiring federal employees to get inoculated and mandating that large employers ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly for the virus. …

Gov. Newsom calls GOP rivals ‘anti-vax,’ but are they?
3 years, 4 months ago

Gov. Newsom calls GOP rivals ‘anti-vax,’ but are they?

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO — California Gov. “I’ve been vaccinated because of my age, because of a blood condition I have, and my doctor strongly advised me to become vaccinated.” To him, Newsom is promoting “a lie” about his GOP rivals to alarm voters and distract attention from the state’s surging crime rate, widespread homelessness, struggling small businesses and housing crisis. In a …

With COVID-19 infections rising, recall candidates say they would lead differently than Newsom
3 years, 4 months ago

With COVID-19 infections rising, recall candidates say they would lead differently than Newsom

LA Times  

Republican gubernatorial recall candidates, from left, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and businessman John Cox participate in an Aug. 17 debate held by the Sacramento Press Club. California Democratic lawmakers drop idea for a California statewide vaccine mandate Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks said she will not pursue the proposal this year after drafts of her bill language …

Democratic lawmakers drop idea for a California statewide vaccine mandate
3 years, 4 months ago

Democratic lawmakers drop idea for a California statewide vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, shown in 2020, said she will not pursue a proposal this year for a vaccine mandate. Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks said she will not pursue the proposal this year after drafts of her bill language were leaked last week, saying she needed more time to craft “the strongest bill possible.” However, dropping the proposal before the Legislature adjourns …

California lawmakers grapple with whether to impose a statewide COVID-19 vaccination mandate
3 years, 4 months ago

California lawmakers grapple with whether to impose a statewide COVID-19 vaccination mandate

LA Times  

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks wears a face mask as she calls on lawmakers to approve a measure to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot to allow state legislators to vote remotely during emergencies. “I think that the Legislature doing this takes a little bit of heat off of the governor, but at the end of the day, the buck …

FDA vaccine approval is a shot in arm for President Biden’s COVID campaign
3 years, 4 months ago

FDA vaccine approval is a shot in arm for President Biden’s COVID campaign

LA Times  

FDA’s approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine comes at a key time for Biden, with Americans growing disenchanted with his handling of the pandemic. The battle against COVID-19 passed a regulatory milestone Monday when the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer’s vaccine, a decision that could boost President Biden’s effort to control the pandemic. Although Americans may …

California to require vaccine or testing for state workers
3 years, 5 months ago

California to require vaccine or testing for state workers

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will require millions of health care workers and state employees to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly, announcing a broad measure Monday to try to slow rising coronavirus infections in the nation’s most populous state, mostly among the unvaccinated. Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, has reimposed an indoor mask mandate, …

New Vaccine Mandates Are Coming For Government Employees And Health Care Workers
3 years, 5 months ago

New Vaccine Mandates Are Coming For Government Employees And Health Care Workers

NPR  

New Vaccine Mandates Are Coming For Government Employees And Health Care Workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Appleton/New York City Mayoral Photography Office Michael Appleton/New York City Mayoral Photography Office Across the country, officials are rolling out new requirements for mandatory vaccines for public employees — and the possibility of penalties if they fail to comply — as cases …

Newsom calls out the unvaccinated, blasts Tucker Carlson for COVID-19 misinformation
3 years, 5 months ago

Newsom calls out the unvaccinated, blasts Tucker Carlson for COVID-19 misinformation

LA Times  

California will require state employees and all healthcare workers to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly, tightening restrictions in an effort to slow rising coronavirus infections in the nation’s most populous state, mostly among the unvaccinated. “We’re exhausted by the right-wing echo chamber that has been perpetuating misinformation around the vaccine and its efficacy and safety,” …

More GOP lawmakers embrace vaccine but still aren’t calling out misinformation about it
3 years, 5 months ago

More GOP lawmakers embrace vaccine but still aren’t calling out misinformation about it

CNN  

CNN — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s “perplexed” why so many people in the country still aren’t vaccinated. Buddy Carter, a pharmacist and member of the House GOP Doctors Caucus, said on CNN that fellow Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – whose Twitter account was recently suspended for vaccine misinformation – has “every right” to her opinion, …

CPAC conference shows why America is failing to vaccinate Republicans
3 years, 6 months ago

CPAC conference shows why America is failing to vaccinate Republicans

Salon  

The far-right is gathering this weekend in Dallas for the 2021's second, annual Conservative Political Action Conference. In addition to pushing Trump's "Big Lie" about election fraud, hindering America's response to the coronavirus pandemic was a major theme. One panel featured Alex Berenson, who was labeled "The Pandemic's Wrongest Man" by The Atlantic. "Cleary, they were hoping — the government …

Bearing gifts instead of bad news, Newsom’s political fortunes rise as California reopens
3 years, 7 months ago

Bearing gifts instead of bad news, Newsom’s political fortunes rise as California reopens

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom juggles numbered balls used in a lottery-style giveaway to vaccine recipients after the end of a news conference celebrating California’s full reopening Tuesday. “The recall thrived because of the pandemic, and now it’s going to wither because of the pandemic,” said Democratic political consultant Rose Kapolczynski, who was former Sen. Barbara Boxer’s chief campaign advisor. “In the end, …

Op-Ed: How to convince Republicans to get vaccinated
3 years, 8 months ago

Op-Ed: How to convince Republicans to get vaccinated

LA Times  

One of the biggest challenges in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic over the last year has been political polarization on public health measures — whether it’s the shuttering of stores, physical distancing or mask wearing — and vaccines are no exception. But partisan identity is now the biggest predictor of vaccine hesitancy — 44% of Republicans say they do not intend …

Newsom’s plan to reopen California may be less risky than it seems
3 years, 9 months ago

Newsom’s plan to reopen California may be less risky than it seems

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza in Los Angeles on April 1. “But our expectation is, if we’re vigilant, if we don’t spike the ball, if we don’t announce mission accomplished and continue to do the good work that we’ve done, that by June 15 we’ll be beyond that blueprint and we’ll be …

Facing recall, Newsom’s political future is tied to California vaccine effort
3 years, 9 months ago

Facing recall, Newsom’s political future is tied to California vaccine effort

LA Times  

Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency, left, inoculates Gov. “It’s been an extraordinarily challenging year,” Newsom said Thursday at a vaccine clinic at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. But now, growing optimism about our fate and future — not only here in Los Angeles, in Southern California, but all across our state.” More than …

Embattled Gov. Newsom: ‘Brighter days ahead’ for California
3 years, 10 months ago

Embattled Gov. Newsom: ‘Brighter days ahead’ for California

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — California Gov. “People are alive today because of the public health decisions we made — lives saved because of your sacrifice,” Newsom said Tuesday night in his third State of the State address. Newsom painted a rosy picture of the state’s future, saying the state’s vaccine program is “allowing you to visit your parents again, go to …

Governors tell Biden in letter some Covid vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency
3 years, 11 months ago

Governors tell Biden in letter some Covid vaccine efforts are creating confusion and inefficiency

CNN  

CNN — A bipartisan group of governors expressed concern Monday at the Biden administration’s vaccine rollout, writing in a letter to the White House that better coordination is needed between the federal government and states on distributing doses to prevent confusion and duplicative efforts. The executive committee of the National Governors Association, comprised of Democrats and Republicans, raised alarm over …

Column: He’s been a target of anti-vaxxers. Now he has a warning for the rest of us
3 years, 11 months ago

Column: He’s been a target of anti-vaxxers. Now he has a warning for the rest of us

LA Times  

Anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists protest outside the COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium last weekend. Our democracy and our lives depend on it.” Pan told me this week he was incensed but far from surprised when dozens of vaccine protesters showed up at the COVID-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium last weekend, shouting conspiracy theories, waving ridiculous signs and …

California’s early vaccine rollout was chaotic and filled with problems. Here’s what went wrong
3 years, 11 months ago

California’s early vaccine rollout was chaotic and filled with problems. Here’s what went wrong

LA Times  

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, far right, and California Gov. “It would be a mistaken assumption to say you don’t need to do education even among healthcare workers,” said California Sen. Richard Pan, who has worked to tighten California’s childhood vaccine laws. Barbara Ferrer, the head of L.A. County’s public health department, said she had been forced to dispatch “data teams” …

Amid recall push, Newsom blasted by Democrats for COVID-19 response
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid recall push, Newsom blasted by Democrats for COVID-19 response

LA Times  

There’s an unspoken rule in politics: Don’t publicly criticize your party’s leader. “It’s like he’s putting us out to die,” said Sandra Díaz, vice president and political director of SEIU United Services Workers West, which represents janitors, security personnel and other essential workers who were recently removed from the state’s vaccine priority tiers by the Newsom administration. “So the best …

Trump's ‘Narcissistic Detachment’ Over Capitol Attack Leaves People Angry During Final Week as President
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump's ‘Narcissistic Detachment’ Over Capitol Attack Leaves People Angry During Final Week as President

News 18  

The final full week of Donald Trump’s presidency ended with a nation in disarray — fearful about the threats surrounding Inauguration Day in a capital city that has become a fortress; unsettled by new details of the harm that rioters could have inflicted on lawmakers during last week’s insurrection; and angry at the revelation that the administration’s pledge to release …

Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments
4 years ago

Governors complain over pace of COVID-19 vaccine shipments

Associated Press  

Governors bitterly accused the Trump administration Friday of deceiving the states about the amount of COVID-19 vaccine they can expect to receive as they ramp up vaccinations for senior citizens and others. Oregon had announced earlier this week that it would expand vaccine eligibility to roughly 760,000 residents 65 and older, as well as teachers and child care providers, because …

Newsom’s state budget earmarks billions in COVID-19 help for workers and schools
4 years ago

Newsom’s state budget earmarks billions in COVID-19 help for workers and schools

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom sent a budget to the California Legislature on Friday that calls for a swift and expansive boost in the state government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, earmarking much of an unallocated tax revenue windfall for efforts to help workers and businesses, boost public health and speed up the reopening of public school classrooms. The plan he unveiled last …

‘We won’t take anyone’s word for it’: California to independently review coronavirus vaccines
4 years, 2 months ago

‘We won’t take anyone’s word for it’: California to independently review coronavirus vaccines

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Californian authorities “will not …

Poll shows Californians give Newsom high marks on COVID-19, low marks on addressing homelessness
4 years, 3 months ago

Poll shows Californians give Newsom high marks on COVID-19, low marks on addressing homelessness

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic helped put him in such good graces with California voters that his approval rating is among the highest of any governor in the past 50 years at the same point in their first term, according to a new poll by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies. But the poll released Tuesday also …

Trump seeks political shot in the arm in vaccine push
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump seeks political shot in the arm in vaccine push

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic put his political fate in grave jeopardy. Mr. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were both visiting vaccine development sites on Monday, marking the beginning of the largest vaccine research trial yet. Mr. Trump’s standing in the polls, trailing former Vice President Joe Biden less than 100 days before the election, underscores …

Newsom enlists Musk and Cook in coronavirus fight, moves California to ‘targeted’ testing
4 years, 9 months ago

Newsom enlists Musk and Cook in coronavirus fight, moves California to ‘targeted’ testing

LA Times  

California’s battle to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus has been joined by some of the state’s most prominent technology companies, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Saturday, while its health officials are looking to pay new attention to what he called “targeted” testing of the state’s residents. “We need to have, I think, a different conversation in this country …

Californians strongly back vaccine law in new statewide poll
5 years, 3 months ago

Californians strongly back vaccine law in new statewide poll

LA Times  

Daisi Minor gives an MMR vaccine to Kristian Richard, 1, being held by his mother, Natasha. Californians strongly support a state law creating new oversight of vaccine medical exemptions for schoolchildren in a statewide poll released Monday, with backing across a spectrum of political affiliations, income and education levels, and geography. Still, 67% of conservative voters who participated overwhelmingly supported …

Gov. Gavin Newsom defends his actions on new California vaccine laws
5 years, 4 months ago

Gov. Gavin Newsom defends his actions on new California vaccine laws

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom, seen here in a file photo, defended his position on controversial vaccine legislation in comments to reporters on Monday. Gavin Newsom defended his actions on the newly enacted vaccine law Monday, downplaying questions about why he demanded additional changes to the contentious legislation after agreeing to sign it. Sometimes I have to ask myself if people read things.” …

California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol
5 years, 4 months ago

California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol

LA Times  

California will enact sweeping new restrictions on medical exemptions for vaccines under bills signed by Gov. Newsom said the legislation “provides new tools to better protect public health, and does so in a way that ensures parents, doctors, public health officials and school administrators all know the rules of the road moving forward.” Together the two bills would create state …

California vaccine bill undergoes major changes and wins support of former critic Newsom
5 years, 6 months ago

California vaccine bill undergoes major changes and wins support of former critic Newsom

LA Times  

A nurse prepares the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in New York. These amendments, Ghaly added, will ensure the bill “protects the doctor-patient relationship, strengthens the state’s ability to target doctors who abuse the medical exemption process and gives state public health officials the tools to identify and protect schools and communities where herd …

Gov. Newsom criticized the new vaccine bill. Anti-vaccine activists are celebrating
5 years, 7 months ago

Gov. Newsom criticized the new vaccine bill. Anti-vaccine activists are celebrating

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom thrust himself into a debate over one of California’s most controversial legislative proposals by suggesting he did not agree with a bill to tighten vaccine exemptions because it would create an immunization bureaucracy. Opponents of the bill immediately latched onto Newsom’s comments, with anti-vaccination advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praising the governor Monday for “his wise and sober …

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