Tag Archives: COVID Vaccine

Talk Radio Giant Orders Mandatory Vax For Employees As Anti-Vax Host Still In Critical Condition On Ventilator

Radio Insight reports: Cumulus Media has become the first large radio group operator to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for all employees. In a memo to all employees sent out this afternoon, the company states that all staffers must have had their shots by September 27 in order to return to the offices two weeks later on October 11. In explaining why …

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Los Angeles To Require Vax Proof For All Indoor Spaces

Deadline reports: The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 today to have the city attorney prepare an ordinance requiring people to show proof of at least partial vaccination against COVID-19 to enter most public indoor spaces in the city, including restaurants, bars, gyms, concert venues, movie theaters and even “retail establishments.” Council President Nury Martinez — who is currently in …

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FDA Poised To Approve Vax Booster Shots For Some

NBC News reports: The Food and Drug Administration is poised to amend the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines Thursday to allow people with compromised immune systems to get a third dose, according to two sources familiar with the plans. The move would come after a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control …

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CA Becomes First State To Mandate Vax For Teachers

The New York Times reports: Schoolteachers and school staff in California must have proof of vaccination against Covid-19 or else face weekly testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Wednesday, making the state the first in the nation to make the move. The move comes as such mandates gain momentum both among public and private employers as cases across the United …

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Anti-Vax German Nurse Accused Of Swapping COVID Vaccine With Saline Solution, 8600 Must Be Re-Vaxxed

CNN reports: A nurse is being investigated by police in Germany for allegedly replacing Covid-19 vaccines with saline solution. The nurse replaced the vaccines between March and April this year at Roffhausen immunization center in Friesland, northwest Germany, the Friesland district administrator, Sven Ambrosy, said on Facebook Tuesday. “Today I had the sad duty to inform around 8,600 people who …

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Hospitalized Texas Man Wanted Vaccine For Something

Houston’s ABC News affiliate reports: A former athlete recovering from COVID-19 says he is lucky to have survived and was brainwashed by misinformation. “I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t even walk 10 steps,” said Andres Perekalsk, who is now home, tethered to an oxygen tank. The father of two told ABC13 he was asking for a vaccine from that bed, certain …

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Pentagon: All Troops Must Get Vaxxed By Sept 15th

ABC News reports: The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press. That deadline could be pushed up if the vaccine receives final FDA approval or infection rates continue to rise. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says in his memo that he will seek …

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France: Vax Passport Now Required For Trains, Hospitals

The Associated Press reports: France took a big step Monday into a post-pandemic future by requiring people to show a QR code proving they have a special virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants and cafes or travel across the country. The measure is part of a government plan to encourage more people to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot and …

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Anti-Vaxxers Fall For GOP Candidate’s “Snitching” Site

Vice News reports: A website purportedly offering money to people willing to snitch on their unvaccinated family, friends, and neighbors for breaching vaccine mandates has gone viral in anti-vaxxer circles. But just like so many other things shared in these groups, the “anonymous unvaccinated reporting system” is completely fake. Not only that, the website was designed and built by David …

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Federal Court Rules Cruise Line May Require Vax Proof

Miami’s NBC News affiliate reports: A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction, which paves the way for the Norwegian Cruise Lines to require documentation confirming a guest’s vaccination status prior to boarding. This order will now allow the company to operate with 100% vaccination of all guests and crew when sailing from Florida ports. Norwegian’s first scheduled departure from …

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Queen’s Brian May: Anti-Vax Rockers Are “Fruitcakes”

Spin Magazine reports: Brian May considers Eric Clapton one of his “heroes,” but that doesn’t mean he’s okay with anti-vaxxers. During an interview with The Independent, the Queen guitarist labelled anti-vax rock stars “fruitcakes,” including Clapton, Verve’s Richard Ashcroft and Stone Roses’ Ian Brown, who all have said they won’t play shows that require “COVID passports” to gain admission. Last …

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35+ COVID Cases At Florida Megachurch, Six Deaths

Jacksonville’s NBC News affiliate reports: A Jacksonville church pastor said in the last 10 days, six of his church members have died from COVID-19, and more of their members are currently in the hospital. Now the church is pushing to get as many people vaccinated as possible. Senior Pastor George Davis at Impact Church in Arlington told News4Jax on Friday …

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US Now Averaging 100,000 New COVID Cases Daily

The Associated Press reports: The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States crossed 100,000 new confirmed daily infections Saturday, a milestone last exceeded during the winter surge and driven by the highly transmissible delta variant and low vaccination rates in the South. It took the U.S. about nine months to cross 100,000 average daily cases in November before peaking at about …

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Woman Regrets Faith-Based Decision About Something

Salt Lake City’s NBC News affiliate reports: A Utah County woman was convinced her faith-based decision to keep her family-of-six unvaccinated was right, but that feeling didn’t last long after her husband contracted a severe case of COVID-19. Now, he’s fighting for his life in the hospital. Months ago, Mindy Greene’s husband, Russell, told her to decide what the family …

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AP: Some Are Gaming The System To Get Booster Shots

The Associated Press reports: Health care providers in the U.S. have reported more than 900 instances of people getting a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines in a database run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an Associated Press review of the system’s data found. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said at a recent news briefing that he knew of …

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New Advisory: Federal Workers Who Lie About Their Vax Status Could Face Fines, Termination, Or Prosecution

The Hill reports: Federal employees who lie on a form attesting to their coronavirus vaccination status could be fined, removed from their position or even prosecuted, according to a copy of the form published Friday. President Biden announced last week that his administration would require federal employees and onsite contractors to attest that they are vaccinated or, if they are …

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Indiana Students Petition SCOTUS On Vax Mandate

USA Today reports: Eight college students challenging Indiana University’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to consider immunization mandates for the first time since the pandemic began. Indiana’s public university said in May that students and faculty would be required to take the vaccine to attend classes in person with exceptions …

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White House: 50% Of All Americans Now Fully Vaxxed

The Hill reports: Half of the total U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official said Friday. White House Data Director Cyrus Shahpar announced in a tweet that 50 percent of all Americans are fully vaccinated as part of an update on daily vaccination data. The updated data showed more than 821,000 doses were administered, including …

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Feds To Approve Boosters For Immuno-Compromised

The Washington Post reports: Federal health officials are racing to ensure that millions of Americans with weakened immune systems can get additional shots of coronavirus vaccines to protect them against the highly contagious delta variant. The actions could mean the extra shots would be authorized in days or weeks, according to federal officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity …

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Philippine Vax Sites Overwhelmed Amid False Reports

The Associated Press reports: Thousands of people jammed coronavirus vaccination centers in the Philippine capital, defying social distancing restrictions, after false news spread that unvaccinated residents would be deprived of cash aid or barred from leaving home during a two-week lockdown that started Friday. Officials placed Metropolitan Manila back under lockdown until Aug. 20, as a new spike in COVID-19 …

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