Coronavirus

Florida Pastor And Wife Are Sorry About Something

West Palm Beach’s ABC News affiliate reports: A husband and wife remain hospitalized on Friday at Jupiter Medical Center after contracting COVID-19. They both did not get vaccinated, and the wife is now sharing their story, hoping more people will take the virus seriously. Her husband has been put on a ventilator and is in critical condition. Juan is a …

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POLL: 70% Back Vax Proof Requirement For Air Travel

Axios reports: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they’d support federal, state or local governments requiring everyone to get a coronavirus vaccine, according to a new survey conducted by The COVID States Project. Why it matters: This kind of blanket mandate hasn’t even been proposed, at any level of government. But more piecemeal requirements are rapidly becoming more popular, and the …

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Florida Cases Surge 50% To 110,000 In One Week

The Hill reports: The number of coronavirus cases in Florida has jumped 50 percent over the past week, officials said Friday, as the state that already makes up a large chunk of the nation’s total cases sees a surge in new infections. The Florida Department of Health said there were more than 110,000 new cases recorded this week, a jump …

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Disney Orders All Employees To Get Vax Within 60 Days

The Hill reports: The Walt Disney Company is requiring its employees to get the coronavirus vaccine within 60 days. “We are requiring that all salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. working at any of our sites be fully vaccinated,” the company said in a statement Friday. “Employees who aren’t already vaccinated and are working on-site will have 60 …

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DeSantis To Ban Public Schools From Requiring Masks

Orlando’s NBC News affiliate reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will soon sign an executive order that he’s calling the parents’ rights bill that will prevent mask mandates for children attending school in Florida. The governor made the announcement on Friday at Two Meatballs in the Kitchen restaurant in Cape Coral. “I want to empower parents to make the …

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Broadway Theaters To Require Vax Proof And Masks

The New York Daily News reports: Broadway audiences, performers and staff will have to provide proof of vaccination for COVID-19 and wear face masks inside the theater at least through October, the Broadway League announced Friday. The policy, which applies to all 41 Broadway theaters in New York City, will require guests to be fully vaccinated, meaning they must show …

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Trump’s Testing Czar: If You’re Unvaccinated, You Will Get The Delta Variant, It’s Just A Matter Of Time [Video]

“Anyone who’s not vaccinated and who did not have COVID previously, the Delta variant is so contagious that you’re going to get it. It is just a matter of time. “If you have prior immunity you do have some protection, but more and more data are telling us that that protection is not so good against Delta. “Remember, you can …

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“Strongly Conservative” Man Is Sorry About Something

The Associated Press reports: Daryl Barker was passionately against a COVID-19 vaccination, and so were his relatives. Then 10 of them got sick and Barker, at just 31, ended up in a Missouri intensive care unit fighting for his life. “I was strongly against getting the vaccine,” Barker said through labored breathing. “Just because we’re a strong conservative family.” He …

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CDC: Delta Variant Is As Contagious As Chickenpox

The Washington Post reports: The delta variant of the coronavirus appears to cause more severe illness than earlier variants and spreads as easily as chickenpox, according to an internal federal health document that argues officials must “acknowledge the war has changed.” It captures the struggle of the nation’s top public health agency to persuade the public to embrace vaccination and …

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Pentagon: Biden’s Vax Mandate Applies To Military

Via press release from the Department of Defense: The Department of Defense is moving quickly to meet President Biden’s commitment to defeat COVID-19, and that includes being able to ensure every member of our civilian and military workforce is protected. In accordance with the guidance the President issued today, all military and civilian DoD personnel will be asked to attest …

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WI Republicans Seek To Block University’s COVID Tests

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports: A Republican-controlled committee plans to block the University of Wisconsin from instituting COVID-19 testing, masking and vaccination protocols on campuses across the state, a move that comes as health officials sound warnings about the rapidly spreading, highly contagious delta variant. State Sen. Steve Nass [photo] said Wednesday that he would be moving to require the university …

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Australia Won’t Open Border Until 80% Are Vaxxed

Reuters reports: Australia will have to vaccinate 80% of its adults against COVID-19 before it can consider reopening its border, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday as he announced a four-stage plan to greater freedom. Australia is now in phase A, or the suppression phase of the plan, with large parts of the country plunging in and out of …

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TX Gov To Fine Anyone Who Enforces Mask Mandate

CNBC reports: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Thursday, reiterating his opposition to mask mandates, Covid-related business restrictions and vaccination requirements and issuing fines of up to $1,000 on those who fail to comply. The measure bans government agencies from requiring individuals to get vaccinated or provide proof of vaccination. Public and private entities receiving state funding are …

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MS Man Regrets Refusing Vax After Leg Amputation

New Orleans’s Fox News affiliate reports: Bryan Thompson, 43, is married to Audrey. He has a 6-year-old son named Endymion. He works for an IT company from home. He says he’s otherwise a healthy man, but he is unvaccinated against COVID-19. “I was unvaccinated, yeah, I myself was a little skeptical and I felt it got rushed, I wanted to …

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Anti-Vaxxer Chokes Out Regrets About Something

Sacramento’s NBC News affiliate reports: As the delta variant fuels a rise of COVID-19 cases in San Joaquin County, 25 people are in the ICU due to the virus. One of them is Philly Baird, a Ripon man who KCRA 3 first met in 2018. Baird had been so devoted to his beloved NFL team, the Philadelphia Eagles, he had …

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Masks Again Required Indoors At Disney Theme Parks

Orlando’s ABC News affiliate reports: Face coverings will once again be required indoors and aboard all Resort transportation, regardless of vaccination status, at the Walt Disney World Resort beginning on Friday, July 30. Guests ages 2 and up will also be required to wear facial coverings in the queues for attractions at the four theme parks. Masks will continue to …

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Apple Reinstates Mask Requirement At Most US Stores

The Verge reports: Apple will be requiring customers and staff at most of its more than 270 US retail stores to wear masks even if they are vaccinated, according to a new Bloomberg report, bringing back a requirement that had been removed starting in June. The change goes into effect Thursday. “After carefully reviewing the latest CDC recommendations, and analyzing …

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New York City To Pay $100 For Getting COVID Vaccine

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor de Blasio’s putting his money where his mouth is. Hizzoner announced Wednesday that his administration will pay New Yorkers $100 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at any city-run immunization sites as the virus continues to surge in the Big Apple. The cash incentive will start Friday and is aimed at turning the tide …

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Geraldo Lashes Out At “Arrogant, Selfish” Anti-Vaxxers

The New York Daily News reports: Geraldo Rivera went off on anti-vaxxers Tuesday, which did not go over well with Fox News viewers who witnessed his blunt invective. “If you are unvaccinated, you are an arrogant, selfish SOB,” Rivera declared. Fox News’ observers on social media went ballistic on the mustached TV newsman, who is frequently at odds with his …

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GOP Iowa Gov Blames Migrants For COVID Surge

The Des Moines Register reports: Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday that “part of the problem” with rising COVID-19 cases in the United States is unvaccinated immigrants entering the country via the southern border. “Part of the problem is the southern border is open and we’ve got 88 countries that are coming across the border and they don’t have vaccines so …

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