Pelosi, McConnell Get Coronavirus Vaccine, Urge Members To Do Same
4 years ago

Pelosi, McConnell Get Coronavirus Vaccine, Urge Members To Do Same

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The legislative branch of government is rapidly moving to receive the coronavirus vaccine, with both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell getting the shot on Friday and the top Capitol doctor urging all members of Congress to join them. The leaders’ vaccinations came hours after Vice President Mike Pence received it on live television and called it a “medical miracle.” The public displays from all three come as top U.S. health officials are trying to convince regular Americans who may be skeptical of the vaccinations to get them and allow the country to rebound from the pandemic. “As the vaccine is being distributed, we must all continue mask wearing, social distancing & other science-based steps to save lives & crush the virus.” The speaker said in October that she does not like getting shots and even had a hard time getting her ears pieced. Vaccines are how we beat this virus.” On Thursday, McConnell said that as a survivor of childhood polio, “I know both the fear of a disease and the extraordinary promise of hope that vaccines bring.” It is unclear whether all 535 members of the House and Senate will choose to get the vaccine.

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GOP senator: 'Everybody here has lost someone' — possibly from the COVID vaccine
3 weeks, 1 day 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 nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump nominees should ‘steer clear’ of undermining polio vaccine, McConnell says

LA Times  

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, wears a bandage on his face and wrist after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, says any of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees seeking Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of efforts to discredit the polio vaccine. “Anyone seeking the …

Biden aides to Congress: Fund COVID aid, don’t cut budget
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden aides to Congress: Fund COVID aid, don’t cut budget

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Congress should provide the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against COVID-19 without cutting other programs to pay for it, senior administration officials said Monday. McConnell said Republicans would consider the administration’s request but said they should use “some of this massive amount that was spent last year that’s not out the door yet. …

Conservatives fume at an unlikely target: A pro-vaccine Big Bird
3 years, 2 months ago

Conservatives fume at an unlikely target: A pro-vaccine Big Bird

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 Conservatives, including a Republican US senator, have a new target …

Biden meeting with CEOs in vaccine mandate push
3 years, 3 months ago

Biden meeting with CEOs in vaccine mandate push

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden is meeting with some of the biggest CEOs in the country on Wednesday as part of his efforts to get more coronavirus jabs into American arms. With the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus creating headwinds for the economic recovery in the United States, President Joe Biden is meeting with some of the biggest CEOs in …

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. …

Mitch McConnell reflects on childhood case of polio in ad urging Kentuckians to take ‘miracle’ vaccine
3 years, 5 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 …

Biden is considering a vaccine mandate for ALL federal employees
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden is considering a vaccine mandate for ALL federal employees

Daily Mail  

President Biden said on Tuesday he was weighing whether to require all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the nation faces surging infection rates and hospitalizations caused by the rampant Delta variant. President Biden said mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers were 'under consideration' during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, …

As Delta variant spreads, some conservatives course correct on vaccines ahead of 2022 midterms
3 years, 5 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 …

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, …

COVID-19 derails Texas Democrats lobbying in Washington
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 derails Texas Democrats lobbying in Washington

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers who hightailed it to the nation’s capital in a faceoff over voting rights said Tuesday that they’re pressing on with their mission to get Democrats in Washington, D.C., to bolster their cause, even as COVID-19 spreads through their ranks. Six of the more than 50 Texas state representatives who decamped to Washington last week have …

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 …

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.” …

Mitch McConnell ‘Perplexed’ By COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance His Own Party Is Pushing
3 years, 5 months ago

Mitch McConnell ‘Perplexed’ By COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance His Own Party Is Pushing

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell again urged Americans to get vaccinated to protect themselves and their loved ones from the deadly COVID-19 virus as the pace of vaccinations slows across the country. Everyone who knows the subject says that if you get the disease, chances are pretty good you’re not going to die from it if you …

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 …

Biden administration falls short of July 4 COVID-19 vaccination goal
3 years, 6 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 …

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 …

Biden’s coronavirus success threatened by political divisions he pledged to heal
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden’s coronavirus success threatened by political divisions he pledged to heal

LA Times  

Since President Biden took office, he’s talked about two goals more than any others — ending the COVID-19 pandemic to ignite a jobs boom, and uniting a politically divided country. “Vaccines can save your own life, but they can also save your grandmother’s life, your co-worker’s life, the grocery store clerk, or the delivery person helping you and your neighbors …

Biden Administration Looks For Help With Next Phase Of Pitching COVID Vaccines
3 years, 8 months ago

Biden Administration Looks For Help With Next Phase Of Pitching COVID Vaccines

NPR  

Biden Administration Looks For Help With Next Phase Of Pitching COVID Vaccines Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Biden administration is moving into a new phase of its campaign to vaccinate as many Americans as possible for the coronavirus, one where the government may not always be the best messenger …

Mitch McConnell encourages Republican men to get vaccinated
3 years, 9 months ago

Mitch McConnell encourages Republican men to get vaccinated

CNN  

CNN — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday encouraged “all Republican men” to get the Covid-19 vaccine, as new polls indicate many in the group are skeptical of getting the shot. I would encourage all Republican men to do that,” said McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, on Monday, when asked what kind of messaging he can push as the GOP …

Inside why all lawmakers still aren’t vaccinated after months of access to shots on the Hill
3 years, 9 months ago

Inside why all lawmakers still aren’t vaccinated after months of access to shots on the Hill

CNN  

CNN — As the political fight over vaccinations continues around the country, CNN has learned that several members of Congress still have not been vaccinated despite having had access to the vaccine on Capitol Hill since December. Later when Smith was asked about his vaccination status, he shot back, “The fact that you are asking them their health information, I …

Opinion: A year into the pandemic, health care workers have a new source of hope
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: A year into the pandemic, health care workers have a new source of hope

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Susannah Hills is a pediatric airway surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. After health care workers spent the last year fighting simultaneous battles against Covid-19 and misinformation about the virus — which oftentimes originated from Trump and other elected officials — the Biden administration’s support of science-based public health messaging feels like a …

Column: Unsurprisingly, Trump’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is an utter fiasco
4 years ago

Column: Unsurprisingly, Trump’s rollout of the COVID vaccine is an utter fiasco

LA Times  

For some mysterious reason, people are shocked — shocked! On Dec. 10, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar promised that 20 million Americans would be vaccinated in “the next several weeks.” It is up to the States to distribute the vaccines once brought to the designated areas by the Federal Government. Based on the judgment that 80% of Americans, …

Anger as Republican lawmakers who played down pandemic jump vaccine queue
4 years ago

Anger as Republican lawmakers who played down pandemic jump vaccine queue

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 A number of Republican US lawmakers who played down the …

Joe Biden to receive Covid-19 vaccine on live television
4 years ago

Joe Biden to receive Covid-19 vaccine on live television

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will be vaccinated against Covid-19 today in public view. Biden will receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American people that the inoculations are safe. “I don’t want to get ahead of the line, but I want to …

Biden to receive COVID vaccine as Trump remains on sidelines
4 years ago

Biden to receive COVID vaccine as Trump remains on sidelines

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. “When the time is right, I’m sure he will remain willing to take it,” …

Trump fights for a job that he’s not doing as coronavirus rages
4 years ago

Trump fights for a job that he’s not doing as coronavirus rages

CNN  

CNN — When the history of the pandemic is written, one of the great mysteries will be what President Donald Trump was doing in the waning days of his presidency as the number of Covid-19 deaths in the US soared past 3,000 each day, the virus spread unchecked and Congress dithered over the details of an emergency relief package that …

Joe Biden to receive COVID vaccine on Monday
4 years ago

Joe Biden to receive COVID vaccine on Monday

Al Jazeera  

Earlier on Friday, Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell received their first doses of the coronavirus vaccine. United States President-elect Joe Biden will receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, his press secretary announced, as Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking government officials to receive …

Biden Expected To Get First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Next Week
4 years ago

Biden Expected To Get First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Next Week

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Joe Biden is expected to get his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as next week, just days after thousands of Americans and frontline workers began receiving the shots amid the coronavirus pandemic. CNN first reported the news, noting Biden will get his vaccination in a public setting in an effort to encourage eligible …

Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell vaccinated by Capitol attending physician
4 years ago

Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell vaccinated by Capitol attending physician

CNN  

CNN — Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were both vaccinated against Covid-19 by Capitol Attending Physician Dr. Brian Monahan, the two congressional leaders announced separately Friday. McConnell said he was “disappointed to see early public sentiment that shows some hesitation towards receiving a vaccine.” “The only way to beat this pandemic is for …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Tuesday, December 15
4 years ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Tuesday, December 15

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the December 15 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. CNN — “I trust the science,” said Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse in New York, who was among the first people in the United States to be vaccinated on Monday. “I don’t ask people to do anything that I would not …

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week
4 years ago

Top US officials expected to get COVID-19 vaccine this week

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. officials will begin receiving coronavirus vaccines this week as part of updated federal continuity of government plans that now include terrorism and pandemics as threats to the nation, and its leaders. The effort comes after President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that White House aides should receive the COVID-19 vaccine “somewhat later in the program.” Still, …

Biden will ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days and says he’d take vaccine on TV
4 years, 1 month ago

Biden will ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days and says he’d take vaccine on TV

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. “And I think we’ll see a …

Trump’s Covid vaccine team will not brief Biden administration: US senators
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump’s Covid vaccine team will not brief Biden administration: US senators

Live Mint  

Officials working on vaccine distribution planning under President Donald Trump have no intention of briefing anyone on President-elect Joe Biden's transition team, Democratic senators said on Thursday, as Biden warned the failure to share information would cost lives. "Just off a conference call with Trump Administration vaccine distribution team," Senator Chris Murphy said on Twitter. The call, for all senators, …

November 18 coronavirus news
4 years, 1 month ago

November 18 coronavirus news

CNN  

The US Food and Drug Administration has called for a meeting of its vaccine advisory committee in three weeks to consider whether the agency should authorize two Covid-19 vaccines, according to a source familiar with the process. The FDA reached out last week to members of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, a group of outside experts, asking …

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts, says Kamala
4 years, 1 month ago

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts, says Kamala

Live Mint  

US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday said that Joe Biden's administration would get COVID-19 under control in the country which has crossed the 11 million mark. "The Biden-Harris administration will get COVID-19 under control by listening to the experts, implementing nationwide testing and tracing, and ensuring vaccines are safe and free for all," Kamala Harris tweeted. This comes after …

Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins
4 years, 1 month ago

Biden targets virus as his White House transition begins

Associated Press  

WILMINGTON, Delaware — President-elect Joe Biden signaled strongly on Monday that fighting the raging pandemic will be the immediate priority of his new administration, an abrupt shift from President Donald Trump’s more unworried approach to the virus, as the nation surpassed 10 million COVID-19 cases. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health administration, said that Americans must “double down” on the …

VP debate: Mike Pence accuses Kamala Harris of 'undermining confidence' in a Trump vaccine
4 years, 3 months ago

VP debate: Mike Pence accuses Kamala Harris of 'undermining confidence' in a Trump vaccine

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 Vice President Mike Pence …

COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging” for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election. “It’s so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine will …

Another federal official raises questions about Trump’s vaccine timeline
4 years, 4 months ago

Another federal official raises questions about Trump’s vaccine timeline

CNN  

CNN — Another federal official is making it clear that despite President Trump’s predictions, there’s hardly any chance a vaccine will be available to Americans by Election Day. Dr. Larry Corey, who’s leading a group set up by the National Institutes of Health to work on coronavirus vaccines, also said he doesn’t think there will be a vaccine available by …

McConnell and Pelosi ‘respectfully decline’ HHS offer to supply Congress with rapid coronavirus tests
4 years, 8 months ago

McConnell and Pelosi ‘respectfully decline’ HHS offer to supply Congress with rapid coronavirus tests

CNN  

CNN — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “respectfully” declined an offer from the Trump administration to deploy rapid coronavirus testing capabilities to Capitol Hill ahead of senators’ anticipated return to Washington in the coming week. Instead, the two congressional leaders said they want “to keep directing resources to the front-line facilities” battling the Covid-19 outbreak …

Pelosi And McConnell Decline White House Offer Of Coronavirus Tests For Capitol Hill
4 years, 8 months ago

Pelosi And McConnell Decline White House Offer Of Coronavirus Tests For Capitol Hill

NPR  

Pelosi And McConnell Decline White House Offer Of Coronavirus Tests For Capitol Hill Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a rare joint statement on Saturday, declined an offer from the White House to make rapid COVID-19 tests available for Congress. …

Coronavirus relief: Trump signs legislation into law
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus relief: Trump signs legislation into law

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a coronavirus relief package that includes provisions for free testing for Covid-19 and paid emergency leave. McConnell reiterated Wednesday that he would not adjourn the Senate until it passed what lawmakers are describing as a “phase three” economic stimulus package in response to the coronavirus outbreak. That’s particularly important …

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