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Commentary: The most pernicious anti-vaccine talking point

Tue, 2021-11-23 19:11 — mike kraft

Analysis | The most pernicious anti-vaccine talking point Even those who have promoted vaccines are citing the context-free claim that they don't prevent the spread of the virus. They do. Aaron Blake Washington Post

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Poll: Many people in the U.S and Africa, fewer in Europe, believe the 'truth about harmful effects of vaccines' is being deliberately hidden

Tue, 2021-11-23 11:32 — mike kraft

Exclusive: 28 percent of Americans surveyed believe the ‘truth about harmful effects of vaccines’ is being deliberately hidden from the public The findings are part of global research conducted by the YouGov-Cambridge Globalism Project, which looks at how different countries perceive a variety of conspiracy theories.<

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Kansas Republican lawmakers pass bill helping workers defy COVID mandates

Tue, 2021-11-23 10:42 — mike kraft

Kansas GOP lawmakers OK helping workers defy COVID mandates | AP News TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas approved a measure Monday night to make it easy for workers to claim religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates and provide unemployment benefits to people fired for refusing the shots. AP NEWS

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As winter COVID surge begins, 74 percent of Americans say their lives have returned to 'normal' --Poll

Tue, 2021-11-23 10:29 — mike kraft

Poll: As winter COVID surge begins, 74 percent of Americans say their lives have returned to 'normal' As the coronavirus pandemic enters its 21st month in the United States, most Americans now characterize their own lives as either "very normal" (21 percent) or "somewhat normal" (53 percent), considering “the impact of COVID-19.” YahooNews

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Most Americans to celebrate holiday with those outside immediate households: poll

Tue, 2021-11-23 10:25 — mike kraft

Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans are ready to play COVID roulette for Thanksgiving Vaccinations and boosters are giving people more confidence to share Thanksgiving with unvaccinated family and friends. Margaret Talev Axios

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Europe’s COVID crisis pits vaccinated against unvaccinated

Tue, 2021-11-23 09:47 — mike kraft

Europe's COVID crisis pits vaccinated against unvaccinated | AP News BRUSSELS (AP) — This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once again embrace holiday festivities and one another. Instead, the continent is the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases soar to record levels in many countries. AP NEWS

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With infections spiking again despite nearly two years of restrictions, the health crisis increasingly is pitting citizen against citizen — the vaccinated against the unvaccinated.

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Politics: Republican officials embrace natural immunity as substitute for vaccines

Mon, 2021-11-22 10:45 — mike kraft

GOP embraces natural immunity as substitute for vaccines TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republicans fighting President Joe Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandates are wielding a new weapon against the White House rules: natural immunity. They contend that people who have recovered from the virus have enough immunity and antibodies to not need COVID-19 vaccines, and the concept has been invoked by Republicans as a sort of stand-in for vaccines. AP NEWS

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U.S. COVID-19 cases rise with Thanksgiving gatherings on the way

Mon, 2021-11-22 09:51 — mike kraft

CHICAGO — A month ago, new coronavirus cases in the United States were ticking steadily downward and the worst of a miserable summer surge fueled by the Delta variant appeared to be over. But as Americans travel this week to meet far-flung relatives for Thanksgiving dinner, new virus cases are rising once more, especially in the Upper Midwest and Northeast.

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What Is Driving the Decline in Americans' Willingness to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? --study

Fri, 2021-11-19 17:18 — mike kraft

What Is Driving the Decline in People’s Willingness to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine in the United States? Over the past few months, there has been an indisputable decline in the number of people in the US who say they plan to get the vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) when one becomes available.

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Study of unvaccinated U.S. health care workers--30 percent were uinvaccinated as of mid September

Thu, 2021-11-18 19:57 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccination coverage among hospital-based healthcare personnel reported through the Department of Health and Human Services Unified Hospital Data Surveillance System, United States, January 20, 2021-September 15, 2021

An estimated 30 % of health care workers in the U.S. were still unvaccinated as of Sept 15, 2021.

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