Disease Prevention

Analysis:The U.S. may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one because of threats, resignations and politics--NY Times survey .

Mon, 2021-10-18 12:06 — mike kraft

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State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic.

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South Korea will donate 1.6 million vaccine doses to Vietnam and Thailand.

Fri, 2021-10-15 13:30 — mike kraft

South Korea plans to ship almost 1.6 million doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam and Thailand this week, the foreign ministry announced Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian nations struggle to contain the spread of the virus.

The donation comes as South Korea’s vaccination program has accelerated rapidly, with 70 percent of the population expected to be inoculated by the end of the month.

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US to donate an additional 17 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines to African Union

Fri, 2021-10-15 13:21 — mike kraft

US to donate more than 17 million Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines to African Union The US will donate more than 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine to the African Union, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday. Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN CNN

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Italy launches mandatory COVID-19 health pass, one of the world's strictest

Fri, 2021-10-15 09:46 — mike kraft

Italy launches mandatory COVID-19 health pass Italy on Friday launched one of the world's strictest anti-COVID measures — a mandatory COVID-19 health pass or ‘Green pass’ – for its workers. Sarakshi Rai TheHill

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African women are behind in vaccination efforts

Thu, 2021-10-14 16:44 — mike kraft

Women left behind: Gender gap emerges in Africa's vaccines SARE GIBEL, Gambia (AP) — The health outreach workers who drove past Lama Mballow's village with a megaphone handed out T-shirts emblazoned with the words: “I GOT MY COVID-19 VACCINE!” By then, the women in Sare Gibel already had heard the rumors on social media: The vaccines could make your blood stop or cause you to miscarry. AP NEWS

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Vaccination could have prevented 90,000 deaths over four months, study says

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:47 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: FDA advisory panel meets on Moderna booster shots; Biden to address public Approximately 90,000 covid-19 deaths could have been avoided over four months of this year if more U.S. adults had chosen to be vaccinated, a new study found. Washington Post

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Florida fines key county $3.5 million for mandating vaccines

Tue, 2021-10-12 19:47 — mike kraft

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has issued its first fine to a county it says violated a new state law banning coronavirus vaccine mandates and for firing 14 workers who failed to get the shots.

The Florida Department of Health on Tuesday issued the $3.5 million fine for Leon County, home to the state capital, saying the municipality violated Florida’s “vaccine passport” law, which prohibits businesses and governments from requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. ...

The law took effect last month and can result in a $5,000 fine per violation. It is being challenged in court and conflicts with a Biden administration order that companies with more than 100 employees require their workers to be vaccinated or face weekly testing. ..

In a statement, Leon County Administrator Vincent Long said the county believes its vaccination requirement is legally justifiable and necessary to keep people safe.

“The governor’s position in this instance unfortunately appears to be less of a public health strategy and more about political strategy,” he said. ...

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Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate faces problems with understaffed enforcement agency

Tue, 2021-10-12 10:18 — mike kraft

Name, shame and fine: How the Biden administration could enforce its vaccine mandate The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was already a strained agency before the president announced the new requirement. NBC News

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A different approach to reach vaccination holdouts in rural areas

Mon, 2021-10-11 11:14 — mike kraft

New Ads Target Vaccine Holdouts in Rural Pennsylvania Three groups turn to local newspapers for public health messaging Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

As rural counties in Pennsylvania continue to see lower COVID-19 vaccination rates than other parts of the state, three organizations have deployed a unique approach to hopefully reach more holdouts.

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