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With Rising Cases Come Vaccine Mandates
This Week, a 'Turning
Point' on Vaccinations
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 27, 2021 10:05 AM CDT

This Week, a 'Turning Point' on Vaccinations

As case numbers rise once again, vaccine mandates gain support

(Newser) - The US has reached a turning point in the pandemic, with businesses, state governments, and even a federal government agency now backing mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for employees. How'd we get here?
  • A 'groundswell': "With vaccination rates stagnating and the delta variant driving yet another wave of cases,
...

Pfizer, Moderna to Add Children to Trials

FDA wants more data on myocarditis

(Newser) - The availability of coronavirus vaccines for younger children could be delayed, after the Food and Drug Administration asked Pfizer and Moderna to expand its trials. The agency wants to know if a rare inflammation of the heart muscle that has surfaced in young adults would more of a problem in...

NYC to City Workers: Get Vaccinated by Sept. 13

The alternative will be weekly testing, mayor says

(Newser) - New York City will require all of its municipal workers—including teachers and police officers—to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The rule is expected to affect about 340,000 city employees, making the city one of the largest...

Major Medical Groups Just Issued a Big Call on Vaccines

AMA, dozens of others say health care workers should be required to get vaccinations

(Newser) - As pushback continues against requiring coronavirus vaccines on cruise ships , in the NF L, and on college campuses , there's a new lobby for mandatory vaccination. The Washington Post and CNN report that 50-plus medical groups representing millions of health care professionals released a statement Monday calling for health care...

Biden Officials Planning For Possibility of Booster Shots

Administration buys 200 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

(Newser) - Experts are studying the question of whether people vaccinated against COVID will need a booster shot, and President Joe Biden’s administration is paying attention. “Requiring additional shots in the future is obviously a foreseeable potential event,” Andy Slavitt, who is on Biden’s COVID response team, said....

NFL Assistant Coach Fired Over Vaccine Stance

Rick Dennison out at Minnesota Vikings

(Newser) - Rick Dennison, an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings, won't return next season after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, per sources cited by ESPN . As of Friday, the team maintained in a statement that they were in continued discussions with Dennison over the issue. Dennison served as Vikings offensive line...

NFL Threatens Unvaccinated Players With Forfeits

If a COVID-19 outbreak disrupts the schedule, paychecks for game will be canceled

(Newser) - An effort by Washington last month to persuade its players to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, by having an expert talk to the team, didn't go anywhere with defensive end Montez Sweat. He said afterward that he's "not a fan" of the vaccine, USA Today reports. Sweat...

Hannity Endorses 'Science of Vaccination'

He implores Fox viewers to 'take COVID seriously,' and Steve Doocy does the same

(Newser) - Comments made by two Fox News hosts on Monday were generating attention in regard to COVID, but not for reasons critics of the network might expect:
  • Sean Hannity: "Please take COVID seriously, I can't say it enough," said the prime-time show host, per the Hill . "Enough
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University's Vaccine Mandate Upheld in Federal Court

Judge says the 'balance of harms and the public interest favor Indiana University'

(Newser) - A federal judge has ruled against students who argued that Indiana University's requirement for students and staff to receive COVID vaccines violates both state law and the Constitution. Judge Damon Leichty declined to block the mandate, saying the "balance of harms and the public interest favor Indiana University,...

Biden to Facebook: You're Not Killing People

President clarifies comments, renews call to stamp out misinformation

(Newser) - President Biden was pretty ticked at Facebook . Then Facebook got pretty ticked at Biden . Now Biden wants everyone to just get along—and work together to stop the antivaccine misinformation campaign. After saying Facebook and other social media giants that give platforms to antivaxxers are "killing people," CNBC...

Facebook Pushes Back on Biden's 'Killing People' Claim

The social media giant said in a statement that it provides valuable, accurate information

(Newser) - Facebook hosts a lot of good information about the COVID vaccine on its platform, and doesn’t deserve to be blamed for deaths, its vice president of integrity said. Guy Rosen pushed back on President Joe Biden’s claim that social media companies are “killing people,” CNBC reports....

'Disinformation Dozen' Pushes Most Antivaccine Content

73% of false conspiracy theories on Facebook come from accounts of 12 people

(Newser) - Twelve people are responsible for 73% of COVID misinformation on Facebook. A group called the Center for Countering Digital Hate says it looked at content posted on Facebook and antivaccine Facebook groups in February and March, and then monitored how the content was shared. The group says antivaccine influencers make...

Nurses Join Vaccine Protest
Nurses Join Vaccine Protest
Jul 17, 2021 4:35 PM CDT

Nurses Join Vaccine Protest

More than 100,000 people march in France against new coronavirus measures

(Newser) - Over 100,000 people protested across France on Saturday against the government's latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and curb rising infections by the delta variant of the coronavirus. In Paris, separate protest marches by the far right and far left wound through different parts of the...

Biden Says Social Media is 'Killing People'

President slammed tech firms for not doing enough to combat vaccine misinformation

(Newser) - The president has come out swinging at big tech companies he says aren't doing enough to combat vaccine misinformation on social media platforms. “They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated," Biden told reporters at the White House on Friday, per The ...

CDC's Warning: 'Pandemic of the Unvaccinated'

Outbreaks of highly transmissible delta variant burning through areas with low rates

(Newser) - With COVID cases rising sharply because of the delta variant, the CDC chief on Friday cast things in stark terms: "This is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated," said Rochelle Walensky, per the Hill . "We are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have...

Vaccines for Kids Under 12 Are Still Months Away

FDA official says emergency approval could be granted by midwinter

(Newser) - Coronavirus vaccines for children under 12 are still months away, with emergency authorization for at least one vaccine expected by midwinter and full approval likely coming soon afterward, a Food and Drug Administration official says. The official tells NBC that many families are hesitant because no COVID vaccine has received...

DeSantis T-Shirt: &#39;Don&rsquo;t Fauci My Florida&#39;
DeSantis Mocks
Fauci With Merch
Jul 14, 2021 4:17 PM CDT

DeSantis Mocks Fauci With Merch

The two have disagreed about pandemic restrictions throughout

(Newser) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has put his opposition to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci in writing—on T-shirts and koozies. The governor, who's up for reelection next year, has begun selling anti-Fauci and anti-pandemic restrictions merchandise online. The launch comes during an increase in coronavirus cases: Florida's...

Vax Fight Between Cruise Line, Florida Heats Up

Norwegian wants 100% of crew, passengers vaxxed, sues Fla., which says that's discrimination

(Newser) - The cruise industry is taking shaky steps back into the water, and Norwegian Cruise Line just made a move it hopes will help keep its business safe and afloat. On Tuesday, the company sued Scott Rivkees, the surgeon general of Florida, over the state's ban against businesses asking for...

Tennessee Stops All Youth Vaccine Outreach After GOP Backlash

This applies to all routine vaccines, not just COVID-19 vaccines

(Newser) - Internal documents show the Tennessee Department of Health has ended all vaccine outreach to minors—not just related to COVID-19. This comes days after the state's top vaccination official said she was fired to appease Republican state lawmakers upset by a department memo mentioning a long-standing doctrine that allows...

Fired Vaccine Official: I'm Afraid for Tennessee

Dr. Michelle Fiscus says government is caving to ignorant politicians

(Newser) - Tennessee has fired its top vaccination official, who claims she was scapegoated to placate Republican state lawmakers upset by efforts to vaccinate teenagers. Dr. Michelle Fiscus served as director for vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization programs at the Tennessee Department of Health before her termination Monday. Though her termination letter offers...

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