Delta will charge unvaccinated employees $200 per month
3 years, 4 months ago

Delta will charge unvaccinated employees $200 per month

Associated Press  

Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline’s top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $50,000. The surcharge will only apply to employees who don’t get vaccinated and won’t be levied for spouses or dependents, a Delta spokeswoman said. The company spokeswoman had said the average hospital stay costs $40,000, contradicting the figure that Bastian used in his memo, and Delta later said both figures reflected a range of the average bill. Delta’s requirement for weekly testing of unvaccinated employees will start Sept. 12, and the requirement that the unvaccinated wear masks indoors takes effect immediately.

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Delta loses $408 million; 8,000 employees hit with infection
3 years ago

Delta loses $408 million; 8,000 employees hit with infection

Live Mint  

Delta Air Lines lost $408 million in the final quarter of 2021, dragged down by a COVID-19 surge that rocked the airline in December, and the carrier predicted Thursday that it will suffer one more quarterly loss before travel perks up in spring and summer. We need confidence in travel returning once the virus recedes.” Delta expects omicron infections to …

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister

NL Times  

Herd immunity against Covid-19 is no longer a realistic goal, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. The much more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus dashed the hope that a vaccination rate of 70 percent would end the pandemic, he said, NU.nl reports. But we do want the highest possible immunity," De Jonge said. …

Biden’s vaccine mandate is on hold, but companies are moving ahead anyway
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden’s vaccine mandate is on hold, but companies are moving ahead anyway

CNN  

Isidore CNN Business — For most employers it’s full-speed ahead on Covid vaccine mandates, regardless of whether the courts uphold or strike down President Joe Biden’s requirements. A Federal Court of Appeals put on hold the Biden administration’s plans to mandate vaccines or weekly tests for staff of businesses with 100 or more employees. For example, a federal court this …

Delta variant easily transmitted by vaccinated people in households: UK study
3 years, 2 months ago

Delta variant easily transmitted by vaccinated people in households: UK study

India Today  

The Delta coronavirus variant can transmit easily from vaccinated people to their household contacts, a British study found on Thursday, although contacts were less likely to get infected if they were vaccinated. Read: No evidence to suggest AY.4 variant of coronavirus has higher infectivity rate than Delta: Scientist They found infections in the vaccinated cleared more quickly, but the peak …

United firing 232 employees as US airlines grapple with vaccine mandates
3 years, 3 months ago

United firing 232 employees as US airlines grapple with vaccine mandates

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 United Airlines is firing …

United Airlines say 97% of US employees have been vaccinated
3 years, 3 months ago

United Airlines say 97% of US employees have been vaccinated

Associated Press  

DALLAS — United Airlines says more than 97% of its U.S.-based employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 now that there is less than a week before a deadline to get the shots or get fired. Six United employees sued United this week claiming that the airline is discriminating against employees who get exemptions from the vaccine mandate by placing them …

Delta Covid variant now spread to 185 countries: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Delta Covid variant now spread to 185 countries: WHO

India TV News  

The Delta Covid variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health organisation has said. "The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per cent of the sequences submitted to GISAID with a sample collection date," the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update …

Column: Should you believe the vaccine mandates will cause mass resignations? Probably not
3 years, 4 months ago

Column: Should you believe the vaccine mandates will cause mass resignations? Probably not

LA Times  

A passenger wearing a mask waits for a Delta Air Lines flight at the Atlanta airport. There, the resignations of six employees and the possibility that seven others would refuse to get vaccinated will force the hospital to temporarily “pause” maternity services starting next week, according to hospital officials. The hospital administrators say about 20 of their unvaccinated clinical staffers …

Unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC report finds
3 years, 4 months ago

Unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC report finds

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to the research, the three …

United lays out employee rules as vaccine requirement looms
3 years, 4 months ago

United lays out employee rules as vaccine requirement looms

Associated Press  

United Airlines says that more than half its employees who weren’t vaccinated last month have gotten their shots since the company announced that vaccines would be required. United said Wednesday, however, that employees whose bids for exemptions based on medical reasons or religious beliefs are denied will get five more weeks to get vaccinated. United says requests for medical exemptions …

Vaccination Rates Rose In August As COVID Cases Surged Due To The Delta Variant
3 years, 4 months ago

Vaccination Rates Rose In August As COVID Cases Surged Due To The Delta Variant

NPR  

Vaccination Rates Rose In August As COVID Cases Surged Due To The Delta Variant Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Vaccination rates were up in August as COVID-19 surges due to the delta variant led more people to seek the vaccine. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said …

Delta, health insurers are making the unvaccinated pay for their choice.
55 years ago

Delta, health insurers are making the unvaccinated pay for their choice.

Slate  

Refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was already a reckless health decision. Delta seems to be keeping all of this in mind, though all their spokesman would tell me when I asked about it was that the company “is well within the plan and legal parameters to make this change.” Simply mandating vaccines for employees might be the more straightforward …

Delta Air Lines to impose $200 monthly surcharge for unvaccinated employees, add testing requirements
3 years, 4 months ago

Delta Air Lines to impose $200 monthly surcharge for unvaccinated employees, add testing requirements

Live Mint  

Delta Air Lines Inc. is stepping up efforts to get employees vaccinated against Covid-19, introducing measures including weekly testing requirements and a $200 monthly health insurance surcharge for employees who don’t take the vaccines. Starting Sept. 12, Delta employees in the U.S. who haven’t been vaccinated will have to undergo weekly Covid-19 testing as long as community case rates remain …

Israel struggles with COVID surge despite mass vaccinations
3 years, 4 months ago

Israel struggles with COVID surge despite mass vaccinations

Al Jazeera  

Israelis flouting mask requirements may have been a main contributor to the rapid spread of the Delta variant in Israel, experts say. We can’t wait in line every day.” The requirement is the latest – and the most draconian – move in the Israeli government’s battle against the Delta variant, which has hit Israel hard. “It’s true that Moderna has …

Delta variant infects both vaccinated, unvaccinated people in Chennai: ICMR study
3 years, 4 months ago

Delta variant infects both vaccinated, unvaccinated people in Chennai: ICMR study

Live Mint  

An Indian Council of Medical Research study conducted in Chennai has found that the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus has the potential to infect both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, However, it added that the chances of mortality among the vaccinated group is reduced. “An ICMR study conducted in Chennai has found that the Delta variant has the potential to …

Pfizer, AstraZeneca Covid vaccines less effective against Delta variant: Study
3 years, 4 months ago

Pfizer, AstraZeneca Covid vaccines less effective against Delta variant: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

London: The COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and AstraZeneca are less effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus compared to the Alpha variant, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Oxford. However, Delta infections after two vaccine doses had similar peak levels of virus as those in unvaccinated people, the researchers said. Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech have …

Opinion: Here’s what the Delta variant means for the economic recovery
3 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: Here’s what the Delta variant means for the economic recovery

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mark Zandi is chief economist of Moody’s Analytics. The US economy’s immediate prospects appear inextricably tied to how the wave of infections and hospitalizations set off by the Delta variant of Covid-19 plays out. Retail sales for July declined, while the University of Michigan’s survey of consumer sentiment pulled back sharply in early August and is now lower …

L.A. County reports more than 4,200 new coronavirus cases as Delta variant continues to spread
3 years, 5 months ago

L.A. County reports more than 4,200 new coronavirus cases as Delta variant continues to spread

LA Times  

Dr. David Haim Bolour, center, explains the importance of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 to a visitor at a stall set up by the L.A. County Department of Public Health at Ted Watkins Memorial Park. Los Angeles County health officials on Saturday reported 4,229 new coronavirus cases and 21 related deaths as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to spread, noting …

United, Frontier, Hawaiian require employees to get vaccinated. Will passengers care?
3 years, 5 months ago

United, Frontier, Hawaiian require employees to get vaccinated. Will passengers care?

LA Times  

As travel bounces back from the pandemic, there’s a rift emerging in the airline industry over employee vaccination mandates. Business These companies are requiring employees get vaccinated As the Delta variant spreads, employers are increasingly establishing vaccination mandates for their workers. American Airlines said the carrier was also encouraging employees to get vaccinated, and is offering an additional day off …

Herd immunity not a possibility with Delta variant, warns U.K. vaccine expert
3 years, 5 months ago

Herd immunity not a possibility with Delta variant, warns U.K. vaccine expert

The Hindu  

The highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 has rendered the prospect of herd immunity, where the majority of a country’s population becomes immune to a virus, difficult, the head of the U.K.’s Oxford Vaccine Group has warned. Professor Andrew Pollard, who led the team behind the Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, told the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus on Tuesday that …

United Airlines will require US employees to be vaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

United Airlines will require US employees to be vaccinated

Associated Press  

United Airlines will require employees in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October, perhaps sooner, joining a rising number of big corporations that are responding to a surge in virus cases. A smaller carrier, Frontier Airlines, said later Friday that it will require employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1 or face “regular” testing for the …

United Becomes The 1st Major U.S. Airline To Require Employees Be Vaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

United Becomes The 1st Major U.S. Airline To Require Employees Be Vaccinated

NPR  

United Becomes The 1st Major U.S. Airline To Require Employees Be Vaccinated Enlarge this image toggle caption David Zalubowski/AP David Zalubowski/AP United Airlines has told its 67,000 U.S.-based employees that they will need to be inoculated against COVID-19 by late October to stay on the job. On the other hand, American Airline CEO Doug Parker has told The New York …

In England, hundreds of vaccinated people hospitalised with Delta
3 years, 5 months ago

In England, hundreds of vaccinated people hospitalised with Delta

Al Jazeera  

Public health experts warn that ‘vaccines do not eliminate all risk’ amid early signs jabs may not stop Delta transmission. From July 19 to August 2, 55.1 percent of the 1,467 people hospitalised with the Delta variant were unvaccinated, PHE said, while 34.9 percent – or 512 people – had received two doses. “However, we must also remember that the …

Analysis: Delta variant upends politicians’ COVID calculus
3 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Delta variant upends politicians’ COVID calculus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration drew up a strategy to contain one coronavirus strain, then another showed up that’s much more contagious. “The single biggest mistake of the Biden presidency when it comes to COVID 19 was the CDC’s precipitous and chaotic change in masking guidance back in May,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore health commissioner and …

US vaccination rates increase alongside spread of Delta variant
3 years, 5 months ago

US vaccination rates increase alongside spread of Delta variant

Al Jazeera  

COVID-19 vaccination rates increase by 16 percent across US as officials warn against highly contagious variant. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said an average of about 600,000 doses were being administered daily across the country as of July 29, a 16 percent increase from a week prior. The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr Anthony Fauci, who …

California sees significant rise in vaccinations as employers issue mandates
3 years, 5 months ago

California sees significant rise in vaccinations as employers issue mandates

LA Times  

Nursing student Joanna Aguilar, left, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to Maria Isabel Cruz during a clinic at the Providence Wellness and Activity Center in Wilmington on July 27. From July 14 to 20, the statewide average case rate among unvaccinated residents was 20.7 per 100,000 people per day — about six times the comparable rate of vaccinated individuals, according to …

What should I know about the delta variant?
3 years, 5 months ago

What should I know about the delta variant?

Associated Press  

What should I know about the delta variant? It’s the most contagious coronavirus mutant so far in the pandemic, but COVID-19 vaccines still provide strong protection against it. Still, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited the delta’s surge for its updated advice that fully vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in areas with high transmission. The …

COVID Delta variant: With vaccines, how to stay safe
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID Delta variant: With vaccines, how to stay safe

LA Times  

As cases surge with the dominance of the Delta variant, experts still agree that COVID-19 vaccines offer the safest route out of the pandemic. Wearing masks indoors Researchers have found that when infected with the Delta variant, both vaccinated and unvaccinated people had similar viral loads in their upper respiratory systems. The confidential CDC document also cites discouraging reports about …

For parents of unvaccinated kids, worsening Delta variant brings alarm, questions
3 years, 5 months ago

For parents of unvaccinated kids, worsening Delta variant brings alarm, questions

LA Times  

Registered nurse Julie Anne Buenaventura prepares doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the Pico-Union Project on July 23. “Those of us who have experienced last year, we know it.” Dr. Katherine Williamson, a pediatrician in Orange County, said she has seen an increase in coronavirus cases among young patients in recent weeks, as well as an uptick in parents who …

The war has changed: CDC calls for new response to Delta Covid-19 variant
3 years, 5 months ago

The war has changed: CDC calls for new response to Delta Covid-19 variant

India Today  

The war against Covid-19 has changed because of the highly contagious Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control said, proposing a clearer message, mandatory vaccines for health workers and a return to universal masking. The document, entitled "Improving communications around vaccine breakthrough and vaccine effectiveness", said the variant required a new approach to help the public understand the danger …

Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others
3 years, 5 months ago

Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others

Associated Press  

In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough infections carried about the same amount of the coronavirus as those who did not get the shots. Health officials on Friday released details of that research, which was key in …

Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause severe infection: Reports
3 years, 5 months ago

Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause severe infection: Reports

Deccan Chronicle  

New York: The Delta variant of the coronavirus may cause more severe illness than all other known versions of the virus and spread as easily as chickenpox, US media reports quoting an internal document from the US health authority said. The document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people might spread …

CDC document paints more dire picture of threat posed by Delta variant
3 years, 5 months ago

CDC document paints more dire picture of threat posed by Delta variant

LA Times  

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adjusts her face mask during a Senate hearing on the federal coronavirus response. A confidential document prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the highly transmissible Delta variant argues that even people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will need to take more aggressive steps …

COVID Delta variant as transmissible as chickenpox: US report
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID Delta variant as transmissible as chickenpox: US report

Al Jazeera  

Internal CDC report, quoted by NYT, says Delta variant likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines. The US report said that the variant was also more likely to break through protections afforded by the vaccines, adding that CDC’s decision to reverse course on masking guidelines for fully vaccinated citizens on Tuesday is based on the document. CDC Director …

Delta variant could be bigger danger for pregnant women, scientists warn
3 years, 5 months ago

Delta variant could be bigger danger for pregnant women, scientists warn

Daily Mail  

Laura Brunton, who is expecting her third child, said she was initially hesitant about getting the jab The Delta variant may pose a greater risk to pregnant women, scientists have warned, as they called on expectant mothers to get vaccinated. Marian Knight, the study’s chief investigator, said: ‘It is extremely good news that so few vaccinated pregnant women have been …

Trump's COVID-19 testing czar warns the unvaccinated: 'you will get the Delta variant'
3 years, 5 months ago

Trump's COVID-19 testing czar warns the unvaccinated: 'you will get the Delta variant'

Daily Mail  

Former President Donald Trump's coronavirus testing czar, Admiral Brett Giroir, warned unvaccinated Americans Thursday during an appearance on Fox News Channel that they will get the Delta variant of COVID-19. Giroir spoke with Fox's John Roberts and Sandra Smith, telling the anchors, 'It is just a matter of time,' that unvaccinated Americans contract the Delta variant of COVID-19. Admiral Brett …

New alarms over the Delta variant as L.A.’s coronavirus surge worsens
3 years, 5 months ago

New alarms over the Delta variant as L.A.’s coronavirus surge worsens

LA Times  

The coronavirus surge fueled by the Delta variant in Los Angeles County continues to worsen, according to new data released Thursday. The Los Angeles County Public Health Department announced 3,248 new cases, adding that the daily average case rate rose to 15.7 per 100,000 people, compared with 12.9 cases per 100,000 people last week. The science on this variant shows …

U.S. tells vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas to mask again
3 years, 5 months ago

U.S. tells vaccinated people in high COVID risk areas to mask again

The Hindu  

People vaccinated against COVID-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the top health authority said Tuesday, a major reversal in guidance that underscored the country’s struggle to suppress the Delta variant. President Joe Biden said the announcement showed that America needs to “do better” on vaccinations, adding that a vaccine mandate for the country’s …

US CDC to unveil new mask guidance for fully vaccinated people amid Delta surge: Report
3 years, 5 months ago

US CDC to unveil new mask guidance for fully vaccinated people amid Delta surge: Report

Hindustan Times  

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to announce revised guidance on face masks for fully vaccinated individuals amid rising cases of highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus, according to news agency Reuters. The CDC is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the US. …

CDC Urges Vaccinated People To Mask Up Indoors In Places With High Virus Transmission
3 years, 5 months ago

CDC Urges Vaccinated People To Mask Up Indoors In Places With High Virus Transmission

NPR  

CDC Urges Vaccinated People To Mask Up Indoors In Places With High Virus Transmission Enlarge this image toggle caption Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidance on wearing masks Tuesday. In a reversal of its earlier position, the agency is now recommending that some fully vaccinated people …

Growing evidence shows Delta variant is capable of infecting fully vaccinated people
3 years, 5 months ago

Growing evidence shows Delta variant is capable of infecting fully vaccinated people

India Today  

The Delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 the world has encountered, and it is upending assumptions about the disease even as nations loosen restrictions and open their economies, according to virologists and epidemiologists. Evidence is also mounting that it is capable of infecting fully vaccinated people at a greater rate …

California government, health workers must show proof of vaccination or be tested regularly
3 years, 5 months ago

California government, health workers must show proof of vaccination or be tested regularly

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. California state and healthcare employees will soon be required to show proof they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19, with those who …

Delta variant has even conservatives talking up the vaccine but reluctance remains
3 years, 5 months ago

Delta variant has even conservatives talking up the vaccine but reluctance remains

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. Now that the pandemic is isolated mostly to those who won’t get the vaccine, and vaccination rates lag particularly in red states, Republican governors who raced to pander to personal freedom and enact bans on mask and vaccine requirements are pushing their citizens to get the shot as Covid …

The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise In U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows
3 years, 5 months ago

The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise In U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows

NPR  

The Delta Variant Will Drive A Steep Rise In U.S. COVID Deaths, A New Model Shows Enlarge this image toggle caption Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/Denver Post via Getty Images Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/Denver Post via Getty Images The current COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — fueled by the highly contagious delta variant — will steadily accelerate through the summer and fall, peaking …

Covid infections in the fully vaccinated highlight need for caution: experts
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid infections in the fully vaccinated highlight need for caution: experts

Dutch News  

News that 9% of those testing positive for coronavirus last week were fully vaccinated is not surprising but does show that everyone should remain cautious about catching the virus, Dutch epidemiologists say. In particular, the more infectious Delta variant of the virus has been passed on to people who have been fully vaccinated, public health institute RIVM said on Monday. …

Covid infections in the fully vaccinated highlight need for caution: experts
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid infections in the fully vaccinated highlight need for caution: experts

Dutch News  

News that 9% of those testing positive for coronavirus last week were fully vaccinated is not surprising but does show that everyone should remain cautious about catching the virus, Dutch epidemiologists say. In particular, the more infectious Delta variant of the virus has been passed on to people who have been fully vaccinated, public health institute RIVM said on Monday. …

Delta Variant Now Makes Up 83% Of New U.S. COVID Cases: CDC Director
3 years, 5 months ago

Delta Variant Now Makes Up 83% Of New U.S. COVID Cases: CDC Director

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The more transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus now makes up about 83% of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring in unvaccinated people, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. “This is a dramatic increase up from 50%, the week of July 3,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky …

Vaccines are incredibly effective against Delta variant. So why do we need to wear masks indoors?
3 years, 5 months ago

Vaccines are incredibly effective against Delta variant. So why do we need to wear masks indoors?

LA Times  

Health experts agree the COVID-19 vaccines have proved to be extremely effective against the virus, including providing protection from the highly contagious Delta variant. All those hospitalized for COVID-19 in L.A. County’s public hospitals have not been fully vaccinated L.A. County’s massive public hospital system has not had to hospitalize anyone for COVID-19 who has been fully vaccinated, Health Services …

Vaccines for Kids, a Global Surge in Cases, and More Coronavirus News
55 years ago

Vaccines for Kids, a Global Surge in Cases, and More Coronavirus News

Wired  

Vaccinating children spurs controversy, the Delta variant fuels a global surge, and drugmakers and countries consider boosters. Headlines Vaccinating kids is poised to be the next politicized pandemic issue in the US This week, Tennessee fired its top vaccine official for notifying health care providers of a long-standing legal mechanism that allows minors over 14 to be vaccinated without parental …

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