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COVID endangers fragile health systems in Pacific nations

Tue, 2022-02-01 14:35 — FNUOvviyaa

COVID endangers fragile health systems in Pacific nations: Report Palau and Fiji have high vaccination rates allowing it to contain virus but countries like Solomon Islands lag behind. Al Jazeera Al Jazeera

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New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations

Tue, 2022-02-01 14:28 — FNUOvviyaa

New Orleans will be the first major school district to mandate COVID vaccinations Waivers for those opposed to vaccination are easy to obtain under state regulations, and schools will work with students who aren't inoculated, the district's superintendent said. NPR.org

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Outrage as Paris hospitals chief raises idea of charging unvaccinated patients

Mon, 2022-01-31 10:12 — FNUOvviyaa

Outrage as Paris hospitals chief raises idea of charging unvaccinated patients Martin Hirsch’s remarks have provoked anger across political spectrum in France the Guardian

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Biden Administration’s Rapid-Test Rollout Doesn’t Easily Reach Those Who Need It Most

Fri, 2022-01-28 10:44 — FNUOvviyaa

Biden Administration’s Rapid-Test Rollout Doesn’t Easily Reach Those Who Need It Most Two rapid-testing initiatives the Biden administration released in the past week are inaccessible to some residents of multifamily housing, people who don’t speak English well, or those without int… khnhannahr Kaiser Health News

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OPINION: The Two COVID Americas

Wed, 2022-01-26 13:36 — mike kraft

Two COVID Americas COVID-19’s starkly different impact on the young and old has been one of the virus’s defining characteristics. It tends to be mild for children and younger adults but is often severe for the elderly. More than three-quarters of all U.S. COVID deaths have occurred among people 65 and older. Given these patterns, it seems obvious that older Americans should be more fearful of COVID than younger Americans. Yet they’re not. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times That’s one of the YahooNews

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OPINION: A form of human sacrifice: the conservative campaign against vaccination has claimed thousands of lives for no ethically justifiable purpose.

Wed, 2022-01-26 13:23 — mike kraft

The Anti-vaccine Right Brought Human Sacrifice to America Since last summer, the conservative campaign against vaccination has claimed thousands of lives for no ethically justifiable purpose. Kurt Andersen The Atlantic

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Biden administration officially withdraws business vaccine mandate rule

Tue, 2022-01-25 17:32 — mike kraft

Biden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to get vaccinated or face regular COVID testing requirements. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed the withdrawal Tuesday. AP NEWS

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COVID politics: Race as a factor in treatment, School masks issue in Virginia

Mon, 2022-01-24 12:01 — mike kraft

New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce COVID-19 treatments, saying the protocols discriminate against white people. AP NEWS

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Anti-vaccine rally in D.C. marked by claims of similarities to the Holocaust

Mon, 2022-01-24 10:59 — mike kraft

Thousands descend on DC for anti-vaccine mandate rally Thousands of demonstrators protesting vaccine mandates descended onto Washington, D.C., on Sunday, mostly maskless, with some sporting far-right and pro-Trump memorabilia and others drawing Joseph Choi TheHill

Thousands of demonstrators protesting vaccine mandates descended onto Washington, D.C., on Sunday, mostly maskless, with some sporting far-right and pro-Trump memorabilia and others drawing comparisons between the vaccine and the Holocaust. ...

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WHO chief warns against talk of ‘endgame’ in pandemic

Mon, 2022-01-24 09:59 — FNUOvviyaa

WHO chief warns against talk of 'endgame' in pandemic GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it's dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame,” while saying the acute phase of the pandemic could still end this year — if some key targets are met. AP NEWS

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