Covid: Congressional Democrats have 100% vaccination rate
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid: Congressional Democrats have 100% vaccination rate

CNN  

Washington CNN — Democratic lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have a 100% vaccination rate against Covid-19, a CNN survey of Capitol Hill found this week, significantly outpacing Republicans in the House and Senate and illustrating the partisan divide over the pandemic. On the Republican side, 46 of 50 senators report being vaccinated, while two won’t publicly announce their vaccine status and two others – Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rand Paul of Kentucky – are refusing to get vaccinated, arguing they already got the disease and therefore don’t need it. “What’s really been emphasized back home is that for many, many North Dakotans … the privacy is more important than the issue,” Cramer said. The Indiana Republican cited many reasons Americans may choose not to get the shot, such as “allergies, personal or religious objections, or concerns over underlying health conditions” and argued “it isn’t proper to intrude on any American’s personal health decisions” in a statement that his office provided to CNN. He contended, though, that the personal choice mindset is a “philosophy that we might have in a place like Indiana.” Asked if he thinks it’s important to help promote getting a Covid vaccine by having the shot and publicly announcing it, as many Republicans remain hesitant, Braun said, “No, I think that’s something that is a step too far.” At the same time, both Cramer and Braun recommend Americans get a vaccine to help end the pandemic if they want to.

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GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine
5 days, 19 hours ago

GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine

Raw Story  

A Republican senator launched into an anti-vaccine rant Tuesday when reporters asked about confirming noted health conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Health and Human Services. There is no evidence that the modern vaccine schedule "overwhelms" or "overloads" a baby's immune system. The senator then went on to baselessly suggest that "everybody" in …

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

LA Times  

President Trump once celebrated the COVID-19 vaccines released at the end of his first term as “one of the greatest achievements of mankind,” echoing the sentiments of mainstream medical officials who praised their rapid development as pivotal in combating the then-raging pandemic. There’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who …

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

One-third of Americans don’t trust the COVID vaccines, survey finds

Salon  

Across the U.S., 35% of adults reported that they did not trust COVID-19 vaccines, without much variation across years 2021-2023, according to a survey published in the journal Vaccine: X this week. Vaccine hesitancy is one piece of a growing distrust in public health exacerbated by the government’s pandemic response that many experts fear will only deepen with the new …

Trump leads — on vaccine skepticism
2 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Column: This GOP-leaning political polling firm has turned into a purveyor of anti-vaccine propaganda
6 months ago

Column: This GOP-leaning political polling firm has turned into a purveyor of anti-vaccine propaganda

LA Times  

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, seen here with his political patron Gov. It’s true that Rasmussen had a detectable pro-Republican “house effect,” in polling parlance — but one that was consistent enough to compensate for in published polling averages. In March 2023, Rasmussen reported the results of a poll it had conducted four months after the election, purportedly finding that …

2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show
1 year, 1 month ago

2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert called the rates “abysmal.” The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from a national survey of thousands of Americans, conducted two weeks …

Republicans' excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a study says
1 year, 4 months ago

Republicans' excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a study says

NPR  

Republicans' excess death rate spiked after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, a study says Enlarge this image toggle caption Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images The pandemic inflicted higher rates of excess deaths on both Republicans and Democrats. Sponsor Message More specifically, the researchers say, their adjusted analysis found that "the excess death rate among Republican voters was …

House Republicans Gave America's Most Prominent Anti-Vaxxer A Platform To Insist He Isn't Anti-Vaccine
1 year, 5 months ago

House Republicans Gave America's Most Prominent Anti-Vaxxer A Platform To Insist He Isn't Anti-Vaccine

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the leaders of the modern anti-vaccine movement, falsely insisted he was not opposed to vaccinations during a House hearing Thursday that quickly descended into a culture war circus. The hearing, held by the chamber’s special subcommittee on the purported “weaponization” of the federal government to target conservatives, was …

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report
2 years ago

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report

India TV News  

In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has found that more vaccinated people are now dying of the Covid disease and 58 per cent of coronavirus deaths in August in the US "were people who were vaccinated or boosted". The death among vaccinated people is increasing due to the waning efficacy of Covid vaccines and "increasingly contagious strains of …

President Biden to visit Washington, DC, site offering Covid-19 vaccines to kids under 5
2 years, 6 months ago

President Biden to visit Washington, DC, site offering Covid-19 vaccines to kids under 5

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit a Washington, DC, vaccine clinic offering Covid-19 vaccinations to children under the age of 5 on Tuesday, a White House official told CNN, in an effort to highlight the rollout of the newly authorized vaccines for the youngest Americans. The White House official previewing the visit to CNN …

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle
2 years, 10 months ago

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is telling Congress that it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19, officials said. Two people familiar with the administration’s plan confirmed key details on Tuesday: $17.9 billion for vaccines and treatments, $4.9 billion for testing, $3 billion to cover coronavirus care for uninsured people, and $3.7 billion to …

'A race to the bottom': House GOP gets slammed for ‘really disgraceful’ anti-vaccine tweet
2 years, 11 months ago

'A race to the bottom': House GOP gets slammed for ‘really disgraceful’ anti-vaccine tweet

Raw Story  

At a time when former President Donald Trump is surprising his critics by encouraging Americans to get vaccinated for COVID-19, the House Judiciary GOP posted an anti-vax tweet this week. On Thursday, a tweet from @JudiciaryGOP read, “If the booster shots work, why don’t they work?” In fact, booster shots of the COVID vaccines have been shown to significantly increase …

AP-NORC poll: Omicron raises COVID worry but not precautions
3 years ago

AP-NORC poll: Omicron raises COVID worry but not precautions

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — As the omicron variant sparks worldwide fears of renewed COVID-19 outbreaks, Americans’ worries about infection are again on the rise, but fewer say they are regularly wearing masks or isolating compared with the beginning of the year. The poll also shows that 57% of Americans now say they’re wearing masks always or often when around other people outside …

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate

CNN  

CNN — The White House on Monday announced that 95% of the federal workforce is in compliance with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. “Ahead of tonight’s deadline, the federal government has achieved 95% compliance, and 90% of the 3.5 million federal workers are already vaccinated,” White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a press briefing, confirming previous CNN …

Covid Thanksgiving: Fully vaccinated family members can celebrate the holidays without masks, Fauci says
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid Thanksgiving: Fully vaccinated family members can celebrate the holidays without masks, Fauci says

CNN  

CNN — If you and your family members are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, it’s OK for you to ditch the masks this holiday season when you’re around each other, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Sunday. “That’s what I’m going to do with my family,” Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN’s Dana Bash …

Unvaccinated feeling more negative as Covid infections soar
3 years, 1 month ago

Unvaccinated feeling more negative as Covid infections soar

NL Times  

Now that coronavirus cases are rising sharply, 40 percent of unvaccinated people indicate that they are doing worse. That percentage is significantly higher than among vaccinated persons, 24 percent of whom said they've started feeling mentally less well in the past month, EenVandaag reports based on its own research. After introducing the coronavirus access pass, 29 percent of unvaccinated people …

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were less likely to die from any cause compared to unvaccinated people, study finds
3 years, 2 months ago

People who got Covid-19 vaccines were less likely to die from any cause compared to unvaccinated people, study finds

CNN  

CNN — People who got Covid-19 vaccines were not only less likely to die from the virus, but they were less likely to die from any cause over the following months, researchers reported Friday. That’s in addition to the mounting evidence from other studies showing that the COVID-19 vaccines are effective against COVID-19 infection, serious illness, and death.” The team …

Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance

Associated Press  

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. — President Joe Biden on Thursday championed COVID-19 vaccination requirements, determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledged that mandates weren’t his “first instinct.” Biden had ruled out such requirements before taking office in January, but they now are a tactic he feels forced into using by …

Biden vaccine mandate splits US on party lines: AP-NORC poll
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden vaccine mandate splits US on party lines: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

A survey of Americans on President Joe Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 finds a deep and familiar divide: Democrats are overwhelmingly for it, while most Republicans are against it. “I don’t believe the federal government should have a say in me having to get the vaccine or lose my job …

Biden’s vaccine mandate splits U.S. along party lines, poll finds
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden’s vaccine mandate splits U.S. along party lines, poll finds

LA Times  

A survey of Americans on President Biden’s plan to require most workers to get either vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 finds a deep divide: Democrats are overwhelmingly for it, while most Republicans are against it. “I don’t believe the federal government should have a say in me having to get the vaccine or lose my job or get tested,” …

An Idaho nurse’s training didn’t protect her from Covid vaccine misinformation. Now, she’s one of the victims in the state’s Covid crisis
3 years, 3 months ago

An Idaho nurse’s training didn’t protect her from Covid vaccine misinformation. Now, she’s one of the victims in the state’s Covid crisis

CNN  

CNN — Natalie Rise was a registered nurse in Idaho who loved her job as a home health care worker before she decided to stay at home with her special-needs twins, according to her brother, Daryl Rise. “I think it was from misinformation, I think it was falling into negative social media and bloggers, YouTubers.” His sister didn’t think there …

Joe Biden announces sweeping measures to vaccinate Americans
3 years, 3 months ago

Joe Biden announces sweeping measures to vaccinate Americans

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced wide-ranging measures to push Americans to get vaccinated. While over 170 million Americans have been fully vaccinated as per official data, almost 80 million are yet to have their first shot, resulting in what Mr. Biden called a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”. “We’ve been patient,” Mr. Biden said to unvaccinated Americans on Thursday evening, …

Biden announces new vaccine requirements in US to combat COVID
3 years, 3 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. …

COVID-19 vaccinations lagging despite FDA’s full approval of Pfizer shots
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccinations lagging despite FDA’s full approval of Pfizer shots

LA Times  

Angela Saveva, 21, a teacher’s assistant at San Fernando Middle School, receives the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Tracy Jones, a licensed vocational nurse. “We haven’t seen a boost here,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said last week. Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous, reported 9,310 first-dose vaccinations in the week before the FDA’s …

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

The Share Of U.S. Adults Willing To Get Vaccinated Ticks Up, A New Poll Finds
3 years, 3 months ago

The Share Of U.S. Adults Willing To Get Vaccinated Ticks Up, A New Poll Finds

NPR  

The Share Of U.S. Adults Willing To Get Vaccinated Ticks Up, A New Poll Finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Joe Raedle/Getty Images The share of adults saying "no" to getting the COVID-19 vaccine dropped 5 percentage points in a month, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll conducted after the Food and Drug Administration granted full …

Pandemic of distrust: The Hindu Editorial on resisting COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 4 months ago

Pandemic of distrust: The Hindu Editorial on resisting COVID-19 vaccination

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden and the director of the CDC warned this week that the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. was becoming a “pandemic of the unvaccinated”. This came on the back of the firm commitment by the Biden administration to follow the science in the tackling of the pandemic, and quickly secure pledges from vaccine manufacturers — including Pfizer, Moderna …

A landslide majority of American adults have been vaccinated. Here’s how that stacks up against other commonplace activities.
3 years, 4 months ago

A landslide majority of American adults have been vaccinated. Here’s how that stacks up against other commonplace activities.

CNN  

CNN — The US has now vaccinated 70% of adults with at least one shot against Covid-19, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, belatedly reaching a milestone the Biden administration had hoped to hit by July 4. With coronavirus cases again surging among unvaccinated Americans and America’s vaccination rate now lagging behind …

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine
3 years, 4 months ago

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is recalling his own experience …

GOP's vaccine push comes with strong words, few actions
3 years, 4 months ago

GOP's vaccine push comes with strong words, few actions

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think they’ve finally realized that if their people aren’t vaccinated, they’re going to …

As Delta variant spreads, some conservatives course correct on vaccines ahead of 2022 midterms
3 years, 4 months ago

As Delta variant spreads, some conservatives course correct on vaccines ahead of 2022 midterms

CNN  

CNN — Alabama Republican Gov. “It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down.” Ivey’s deliverance of hard truth followed a week of troubling Covid headlines, when some other Republican governors also redoubled their efforts to get their constituents vaccinated, including Missouri’s Mike Parson, West Virginia’s Jim Justice and Florida’s Ron DeSantis. “It’s fairly obvious that that polling must have …

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 5 months ago

Conservative media offers mixed messages on COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Two recent exchanges in recent days on Fox News Channel’s popular morning show, “Fox …

GOP’s vaccine push comes with strong words, few actions
3 years, 5 months ago

GOP’s vaccine push comes with strong words, few actions

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican politicians are under increasing pressure to speak out to persuade COVID-19 vaccine skeptics to roll up their sleeves and take the shots as a new, more contagious variant sends caseloads soaring. “I think they’ve finally realized that if their people aren’t vaccinated, they’re going to get sick, and if their people aren’t vaccinated, they’re going to get …

GOP Lawmaker Tries To Shame Democrats On Vaccinations. Except They’re All Vaccinated.
3 years, 5 months ago

GOP Lawmaker Tries To Shame Democrats On Vaccinations. Except They’re All Vaccinated.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Rep. Ronny Jackson on Thursday tried to shame Democrats for not saying whether they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 ― except every Democratic lawmaker is vaccinated and has confirmed as much, unlike a huge portion of Republicans who either aren’t vaccinated or won’t say. ”How many of the Democrats are willing to say whether or not they’ve been …

FACT CHECK REVEALS BIDEN FALSELY CLAIMED VACCINE WOULD PREVENT COVID
3 years, 5 months ago

FACT CHECK REVEALS BIDEN FALSELY CLAIMED VACCINE WOULD PREVENT COVID

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. ___ BIDEN, when asked after the town hall about vaccinated people who get infected: 'It may be possible, I know of none where they're hospitalized, in ICU and or have passed away so at …

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, …

Biden grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden grappling with ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths — and the limitations of his ability to combat the persistent vaccine hesitance responsible for the summer backslide. “Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated,” Biden said Friday, echoing comments made earlier …

Biden grapples with a ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden grapples with a ‘pandemic of unvaccinated’

The Hindu  

Two weeks after celebrating America’s near “independence” from the coronavirus, President Joe Biden is confronting the worrying reality of rising cases and deaths — and the limitations of his ability to combat persistent vaccine hesitancy. Cases of COVID-19 have tripled over the past three weeks, and hospitalisations and deaths are rising among unvaccinated people. Just four states with low vaccination …

Fox News Hammered With How Its Vaccine Coverage Will Go Down In History
3 years, 5 months ago

Fox News Hammered With How Its Vaccine Coverage Will Go Down In History

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CNN “New Day” anchors Brianna Keilar and John Berman hammered home the same point over and over on Wednesday — that 99% of people who are now dying from COVID-19 in the United States are unvaccinated. “Millions of Americans are seeing this nonsensical, nonscientific propaganda instead of this,” said Berman, cutting to a public service announcement from …

Analysis: Politics is causing needless deaths in the fight against Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Politics is causing needless deaths in the fight against Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — In what is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated, almost every adult American can make a choice not to die a needless death from Covid-19. “That’s part of how we protect patients from infection and patients coming into hospitals are often vulnerable,” Murthy told CNN’s “New Day.” “I think that’s a very reasonable thing for hospitals to do.” …

US coronavirus: States with low vaccination numbers have Covid-19 case rates that are significantly higher than others
3 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: States with low vaccination numbers have Covid-19 case rates that are significantly higher than others

CNN  

CNN — When you compare states with high vaccination rates to states that are lagging, the difference in the number of people getting Covid-19 is staggering. “We really need to get more people vaccinated, because that’s the solution,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday on “CBS This Morning.” “This virus will, …

CPAC conference shows why America is failing to vaccinate Republicans
3 years, 5 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 …

How long-standing mistrust of government is hurting our vaccination efforts
3 years, 5 months ago

How long-standing mistrust of government is hurting our vaccination efforts

CNN  

CNN — Americans have lacked trust in the federal government since the 1970s. Their most recent poll shows that 17% of Americans have a great deal of trust in the federal government information to give accurate information about the virus. Breaking it down further, we see that 91% of adults fully vaccinated have a great deal of trust in the …

REVEALED: All 92 COVID-19-related deaths in Maryland were among people who were unvaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

REVEALED: All 92 COVID-19-related deaths in Maryland were among people who were unvaccinated

Daily Mail  

Every single one of the 92 COVID-19 deaths recorded in Maryland in June was among unvaccinated people. Ricci also revealed that unvaccinated people accounted for 95 percent of total cases and 93 percent of hospitalizations in the state last month. In Wisconsin, for example, public health official announced at the end of June that 95 percent of deaths since March …

A *very* unlikely leader of the Covid-19 vaccine push
3 years, 5 months ago

A *very* unlikely leader of the Covid-19 vaccine push

CNN  

CNN — In 2020, Donald Trump won West Virginia with 69% of the vote. “Today I will tell you as West Virginians, I can’t help you anymore being a Democrat governor,” Justice said at the rally. “If you’re out there in West Virginia, and you’re not vaccinated today, what’s the downside?” Justice said during a televised coronavirus briefing earlier this …

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal

India TV News  

The Biden administration has fallen short of the July 4 COVID vaccination goal to have 70 per cent of Americans at least partially vaccinated. Citing the CDC data, Fox News reported that 67 per cent of adults in the country had received at least one vaccination shot as of Saturday. In terms of total numbers, that amounts to just under …

Biden urges July Fourth celebration but COVID concerns remain
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden urges July Fourth celebration but COVID concerns remain

Al Jazeera  

Health officials raise concerns over disparities in vaccinations, as 1,000 US counties have rates below 30 percent. Joe Biden says Americans have reason to celebrate this Fourth of July, but the United States president has fallen short of his goal of getting 70 percent of people vaccinated against COVID-19 by the country’s independence day holiday on Sunday. “I’m going to …

Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated

LA Times  

Karen McKnight holds two books written by her brother Ross Bagne, who did not get the COVID-19 vaccine and died of the disease on June 4. An Associated Press analysis of available government data from May shows that “breakthrough” infections in fully vaccinated people accounted for fewer than 1,200 of more than 853,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations. And CDC Director Dr. Rochelle …

Is Rand Paul mixing up the vaccine message for COVID survivors?
3 years, 6 months ago

Is Rand Paul mixing up the vaccine message for COVID survivors?

Salon  

Last week, Sen. Rand Paul posted a Twitter thread asserting that people who have survived a covid-19 infection were unlikely to be reinfected and have better immunity against variants than those who have been vaccinated against — but not infected by — SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid. However, Dr. George Rutherford, an epidemiologist at the University of California-San Francisco, …

Biden administration faces uphill battle to meet its July 4 vaccination goal
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden administration faces uphill battle to meet its July 4 vaccination goal

CNN  

CNN — The United States faces an uphill battle to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults with at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine by July 4, according to a CNN analysis. But closer to 564,000 adults would need to initiate vaccination each day to reach Biden’s goal by July 4 – a rate that the …

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