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Kroger grocery chairn ending some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated staff

Tue, 2021-12-14 11:18 — mike kraft

Kroger ending some COVID-19 benefits for unvaccinated staff | AP News Kroger, the country's biggest traditional grocery chain, is ending some benefits for unvaccinated workers as big employers attempt to compel more of their workforce to become vaccinated with cases of COVID-19 again rising. AP NEWS

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Unvaccinated workers will no longer be eligible to receive up to two-weeks paid emergency leave if they become infected, a company spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. That policy was put into place last year when vaccines were unavailable.

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Editorial: Pragmatic steps to be smart about Covid and improve lives--NY Times

Mon, 2021-12-13 20:55 — mike kraft

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A year of vaccinnes: Medical science successes underminded by misinformation and needless deaths

Mon, 2021-12-13 20:07 — mike kraft

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost | AP News One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packed vials of a COVID-19 vaccine that had proved wildly successful in clinical trials fanned out across the land, bringing shots that many hoped would spell the end of the crisis. AP NEWS

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The U.N.'s Covax is likely to deliver less than half of the promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest icountries in 2021.

Mon, 2021-12-13 13:36 — mike kraft

Covax promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest in 2021. It won’t even deliver even half that. The U.N.-led initiative is now aiming for 800 million doses to be delivered by the end of the year, but that isn't assured. Adam Taylor Washington Post

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Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end

Mon, 2021-12-13 12:16 — mike kraft

EXCLUSIVE Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation programme said on Monday. Edward Mcallister Reuters

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About 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has died from COVID

Mon, 2021-12-13 10:16 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of a second year, the United States stands on the cusp of surpassing 800,000 deaths from the virus, and no group has suffered more than older Americans. All along, older people have been known to be more vulnerable, but the scale of loss is only now coming into full view.

ALSO SEE: Millions of America's seniors are vulnerable to Omicron because they have not received booster shots, specially in nursing homes

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