Coronavirus

Mets-Nats Opening Series Postponed: 3 Players COVID+

The New York Daily News reports: The Mets will have to wait through the weekend to play ball. Their series against the Nationals was postponed, Major League Baseball announced on Friday, due to continued follow-up testing and contact tracing involving members of the Nationals organization. The Nationals, as of Friday morning, had three players who tested positive for COVID-19 with …

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CDC: Fully Vaccinated Americans May Travel Freely

The Washington Post reports: Federal health officials gave the green light Friday for fully vaccinated people to resume travel as an estimated 100 million Americans have had at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, and evidence mounts of the shots’ effectiveness. The long-awaited guidance from the CDC is welcome news for the growing number of vaccinated adults who want greater …

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US Reported Over 78,000 New COVID Cases Yesterday

The Wall Street Journal reports: The U.S. reported more than 78,000 cases for Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University that was published early Friday. Thursday’s figure was higher than Wednesday’s revised total of 67,029 and is similar to levels reached in late February, when the country’s worst wave of infections, which peaked in January, was waning. The …

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STUDY: Pfizer Vaccine Effective For At Least Six Months

CNN reports: The ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine confirms its protection remains high for at least six months after the second dose, the companies said Thursday. Protection likely lasts even longer than that, vaccine experts say, but they say having data showing good protection six months after people were vaccinated is good news. The vaccine remains …

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Biden Urges Faith Leaders To Get Behind Vax Outreach

The Washington Post reports: President Joe Biden acknowledged Thursday a rise in coronavirus cases and asked faith leaders to urge their communities to get vaccinated and to not be too “cavalier” when it comes to social distancing and traveling. “They’re going to listen to your words, more than they are me, as president of the United States,” Biden told the …

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Hawaii Govt Readying Launch Of Vaccine Passport App

Honolulu’s NBC News affiliate reports: State officials are moving toward issuing some type of vaccination passport to travel in and out of Hawaii as thousands of Hawaii residents get vaccinated against COVID-19 every day. Lt. Gov. Josh Green says the state can have travelers use the vaccination card as proof while waiting for an app to be ready. Officials at …

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Mask Mandate

The Associated Press reports: The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate, ruling that the Democrat exceeded his authority by issuing the order. The 4-3 ruling from the conservative-controlled court is the latest legal blow to attempts by Evers to control the coronavirus. It comes after Republicans in the Legislature voted to repeal the …

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Sarah Palin: I’m Sick With COVID, Please Wear Masks

People Magazine reports: Sarah Palin has tested positive for COVID-19, and she’s urging others to continue taking the pandemic seriously. The former governor of Alaska confirms in a statement to PEOPLE that she contracted the coronavirus as did some of her family members, including 12-year-old son Trig. Palin, 57 — who is a mom to five children with ex-husband Todd …

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France Enters National Lockdown, Closes Schools Again

The BBC reports: French schools will close for at least three weeks as part of new national restrictions to fight rising Covid cases, President Emmanuel Macron says. Mr Macron said that schools would move to remote learning from next week. Lockdown measures, introduced in some areas of France earlier this month, are also being extended to other districts. All non-essential …

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COVID Was Third-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020

CNBC reports: The coronavirus was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 3.3 million deaths were reported in the U.S. last year, a 16% increase over 2019, according to provisional data published Wednesday compiled by …

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Pfizer Reports Vaccine Is Highly Effective In Adolescents

The New York Times reports: The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is extremely effective in adolescents 12 to 15 years old, perhaps even more so than in adults, the companies reported on Wednesday. No infections were found among children who received the vaccine in a recent clinical trial, the drug makers said; the children produced strong antibody responses and experienced no serious …

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Study: Florida Grossly Undercounted COVID Deaths

Yahoo News reports: New research published earlier this month in the American Journal of Public Health argues that Florida is undercounting the number of people who died from COVID-19 by thousands of cases, casting new doubt on claims that Gov. Ron DeSantis navigated the coronavirus pandemic successfully. Conservatives have celebrated DeSantis for his handling of the pandemic, which has killed …

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Fourth Wave Feared As Week’s Cases Jump To 63,000

The Washington Post reports: New coronavirus cases in the United States continued to rise in the past week, jumping by as much as 12 percent nationwide, as senior officials implored Americans to stick to public health measures to help reverse the trend. The seven-day average of new cases topped 63,000 for the first time in nearly a month, according to …

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Court: NY Must Offer Vax To All Prisoners Immediately

The New York Times reports: New York must immediately begin to offer Covid vaccines to all incarcerated people in the state’s prisons and jails, a judge ruled on Monday, making the state one of few in the nation to provide doses to such a broad population behind bars. The order, the first involving any of the country’s largest correctional systems, …

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FL Covidiot Fired For Selling Fake Vaccination Cards

Axios reports: A Tampa-area man lost his job at a marketing and web design company after a TikTok user exposed his video advertising a fake COVID-19 vaccine card business. James Koncar’s fake vaccination card video — which included the caption “F*ck masks” — was highlighted by Mississippi pharmacist Savannah Malm. Malm also showed Koncar’s LinkedIn profile and several other TikToks …

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McConnell Urges “All Republican Men” To Get Vaccine

Mediaite reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R- KY) said on Monday that “there’s no good argument” not to get vaccinated. During an event in Kentucky at the Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hazard Clinic promoting vaccines, McConnell was specifically asked about vaccine hesitancy among Republican men. Polling earlier this month showed almost half of Republican men saying they wouldn’t get the …

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Biden Calls On Governors To Reinstate Mask Mandates

ABC News reports: “I’m reiterating my call for every governor, mayor, and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate – please,” Biden said at an event announcing more vaccine eligibility. “This is not politics. Reinstate the mandate if you let it down. And businesses should require masks as well. The failure to take this virus seriously — precisely …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Gives Update On COVID Response

ABC News reports: President Biden on Monday plans to provide an update on the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the “state of vaccinations,” during remarks from the White House. His latest assessment comes as the number of new cases in the United States has been on the rise, with more people letting down their guard amid the spread …

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COVID Vaccines 90% Effective In “Real World” Study

STAT News reports: A new study suggests the messenger RNA vaccines produced by Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech partnership appeared to be 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infection in a real-world setting. The study was released Monday in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, an online journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccine effectiveness following two doses …

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Journalists Attend $623 Anti-Vaccine “Boot Camp”

Canada’s CBC reports: Sherri Tenpenny [photo], a Cleveland, Ohio-based osteopath and self-proclaimed grandmother of the anti-vaccination movement in the U.S., runs the six-week online course. She has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media and has appeared on popular far-right conspiracy podcasts, such as Infowars. CBC journalists signed up for the $623 Mastering Vaccine Info Boot Camp to find …

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