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Disney, Walmart Change Vaccination Rules

Companies want to see more masks worn, as well

(Newser) - Walmart is requiring all workers at its headquarters, as well as its managers who travel within the US, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 4. The retailer also is reversing its mask policy for its employees in stores, clubs, distribution facilities, and warehouses, the AP reports. Going forward, they...

With Radio Host on Ventilator, His Brother Backs Vaccinations

Phil Valentine's listeners have said they changed their minds on the shots, too

(Newser) - Now that Phil Valentine, the conservative radio talk show host, has been hospitalized with COVID-19 and placed on a ventilator, some of his listeners are deciding to get vaccinated after all. One of them is his brother. "As soon as I found out this thing had hit him like...

'Sobering' Findings After Partying in Provincetown

Vaccines still keep serious illness at bay, but new CDC report suggests vaxxed can still spread virus

(Newser) - The CDC got more conservative with its face mask guidelines this week, ahead of unpublished research leaked to the Washington Pos t. On Friday, that study was released, and the Post calls its findings "sobering." Per the analysis in its weekly Morbidity and Mortality report , the agency notes...

Australia Brings in Military to Enforce Sydney Lockdown

PM unveils 4-step plan to reopen country

(Newser) - In Australia's biggest city, the fight against a COVID outbreak that spread from an unmasked airport limo driver is not going well. The five-week Sydney lockdown was recently extended for another month and with case numbers remaining stubbornly high, the military is being called in to enforce restrictions, CNN...

Florida Hospitals See Most COVID Cases of Entire Pandemic

'The slope is pretty steep, and we haven’t seen the end of it'

(Newser) - The numbers at two University of Florida hospitals in Jacksonville are stark: a pandemic high of 140 hospitalized COVID patients, up from just 14 five weeks ago, and 90% of them unvaccinated. Doctors say another 5% of patients are partially vaccinated and the others are vaccinated but have "significant...

Leaked CDC Document: The Vaccinated Are Spreading Delta

The document says the COVID-19 variant spreads as easily as chicken pox

(Newser) - A leaked Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document obtained by the Washington Post is quite a bombshell. The internal slide presentation focuses on the need for new messaging around COVID-19 now that the delta variant is surging in the US, and suggests that the variant is so contagious it'...

Japan Had Never Hit 10K COVID Cases— Until Yesterday

Country expands its virus emergency

(Newser) - Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared an emergency in Saitama, Kanagawa and Chiba, near Tokyo, as well as in the western city of...

Scientists Want to See Data Behind CDC Mask U-Turn
Scientists Have Questions 
About New Mask Guidance
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 29, 2021 3:50 PM CDT

Scientists Have Questions About New Mask Guidance

CDC has not released data that led to reversal

(Newser) - The CDC's U-turn on mask guidance this week has brought a return to mask mandates around the country—but some scientists say they want to see the unpublished data cited in the agency's report. The latest CDC guidance, which states that in areas where the virus is surging,...

Israel Rolls Out World First: COVID Booster Shots

They're being offered to people over 60 who received vaccinations 5 months ago

(Newser) - Israel on Thursday became the first nation to approve COVID booster shots for parts of its population, reports Haaretz . Starting Sunday, anyone in the country older than 60 who received their initial vaccination at least five months ago can get another dose from Pfizer, the nation's main vaccine supplier,...

2 African Countries Finally Relent on COVID Vaccines

Burundi is one of the last countries to accept vaccines

(Newser) - Burundi’s government now says it will accept COVID-19 vaccines, becoming one of the last countries in the world to embrace them. But the health ministry says that while it will store the doses, it will not take responsibility for any side effects they might cause, the AP reports. Health...

Australia's Biggest City Will Be Locked Down for Another Month

South Korea, Thailand report record numbers of new COVID cases

(Newser) - Australia’s largest city, Sydney, will remain in lockdown for another month. The New South Wales state government announced that the lockdown of the city of 5 million would last at least until Aug. 28, after reporting on Wednesday 177 new infections in the latest 24-hour period, the AP reports....

Google Tells Its Workers Vaccinations Are Required

The policy will eventually be rolled out to offices around the globe

(Newser) - Google is putting itself in the vaccination-mandate camp. CEO Sundar Pichai told employees in a Wednesday morning email that anyone working at its US campuses must be vaccinated. That policy will be expanded to its other locations around the globe in the coming months, he said, per the Wall Street ...

Pfizer Data: Booster Shot Provides an Actual Boost

Company data shows it increases protection against delta variant

(Newser) - For protection against the delta variant, new data from Pfizer suggests three doses are the way to go. In slides published ahead of a Wednesday earnings call, the company said that antibody levels against the delta variant were five times higher in the 18-to-55 age group after a third dose,...

Anti-Maskers Shut Down School Board Meeting on Masks

Broward County School Board postponed discussing mask requirements, will revisit Wed.

(Newser) - Florida's Broward County School Board had planned to discuss mask requirements for the coming school year on Tuesday. But that discussion will have to wait after 20 or so anti-mask protesters showed up at the school board headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, CNN reports. Board member Sarah Leonardi says the...

Olympian in Quarantine Blasts 'Inhuman' Living Conditions

Dutch skateboarder Candy Jacobs decries lack of fresh air at hotel, calls it 'mentally super draining'

(Newser) - An Olympic skateboarder who was put in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 called the conditions at the hotel "inhuman" on Wednesday. Candy Jacobs has been in isolation for eight days and missed the street event in skateboarding's debut as an Olympic sport, per the AP . She said...

Nevada Issues Emergency Mask Mandate

For 12 of its 17 counties

(Newser) - The mask reversals continue: Nevada on Tuesday afternoon announced an emergency order, taking effect Friday in 12 of the state's 17 counties, requiring masks in indoor public spaces regardless of vaccination status. The order applies to counties with substantial or high rates of COVID-19 transmission, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports....

CDC Is Backtracking on Its Mask Advice

Agency is expected to recommend that vaccinated people wear them again indoors

(Newser) - Back in May, the CDC told fully vaccinated people they could safely take off their masks in most indoor places. The new advice: Put them back on. The agency on Tuesday is expected to formally change its guidance because of the spike in cases caused by the delta variant, reports...

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,
...

Biden: COVID Long-Haulers Qualify for ADA Protections

'Many Americans who seemingly recover from the virus still face lingering challenges'

(Newser) - People with long-haul COVID could now be eligible for disability resources, President Biden said Monday. Some people recover from the acute symptoms of the disease, but struggle for months with fatigue, difficulty breathing, brain fog, loss of sense of smell, and other symptoms. A diagnosis of COVID doesn’t automatically...

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...

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