Research finds vaccinated people are less likely to spread COVID
Posted by Catherine Reed / October 2, 2021According to researchers in England, vaccinated people are less likely to spread COVID than the unvaccinated. Essentially, you are 65% less likely to get COVID if the person you come into contact with has been vaccinated. In the first half of 2021, fully vaccinated Brits made up only 1% of COVID deaths, demonstrating the efficacy …
Read MoreCalifornia to enforce vaccination mandate for school children
Posted by Annie May / October 2, 2021California is set to enforce the nation’s first vaccination mandate for schoolchildren. The order won’t take effect until the vaccines have been fully approved for children. AT&T is requiring 90,000 frontline employees be vaccinated. This represents an expansion of its vaccination policy from August requiring managers to be vaccinated. Almost all Fox News employees have …
Read MoreNational School Boards Association asks for federal help policing meetings
Posted by Thomas Bush / October 1, 2021The National School Boards Association has asked President Biden for federal help in policing increasingly school board meetings made increasingly tense and unruly by COVID. Police were called to the scene of an Arizona school, where a father threatened to zip tie principal over a COVID quarantine policy. A vocal anti-mask father in Florida has …
Read MoreUnited says reluctant workers got vaccinated when faced with termination
Posted by Thomas Bush / October 1, 2021When United mandated that workers get vaccinated, some were reluctant…that is, until they were threatened with termination. AT&T is requiring 90,000 frontline employees be vaccinated. This represents an expansion of its vaccination policy from August requiring managers to be vaccinated. Almost all Fox News employees have now been vaccinated, even as hosts go on the …
Read MoreMany still suffering from pandemic anxiety
Posted by Thomas Bush / September 30, 2021Canadian psychologists tracking pandemic anxiety since March 2020 report that higher levels of anxiety persists, even though life is returning to normal. Partly responsible: continued news of rising COVID cases. The rate of daily COVID deaths has climbed to the highest levels since March. It is timely, therefore, that the FDA has authorized booster shots …
Read MoreAT&T requires 90k union employees to get vaccinated
Posted by Thomas Bush / September 30, 2021AT&T is requiring 90,000 frontline employees be vaccinated. This represents an expansion of its vaccination policy from August requiring managers to be vaccinated. Almost all Fox News employees have now been vaccinated, even as hosts go on the air and cast doubt on vaccine efficacy. The US Army mandated that all active duty soldiers must …
Read MorePfizer requests approval from FDA for kids aged 5-11
Posted by Josh Taylor / September 29, 2021Pfizer has sent data tot he FDA in order to get approval for vaccines among children 5 to 11. Last month, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they were planning to ask regulators for approval to administer vaccines to children older than five. If granted, that should help reduce the risk COVID poses to school children. …
Read MoreNearly 60k marijuana convictions to be overturned in LA county
Posted by Annie May / September 29, 2021Los Angeles County is planning to dismiss nearly 60,000 marijuana convictions going back three decades, part of a larger, nation-wide trend that began last year when t29heĀ governor of Illinois has signed into a law a bill making marijuana legal for recreational use. Residents can now purchase one gram of pot at a time, while non-residents …
Read MorePfizer working on anti-COVID pill
Posted by Thomas Bush / September 28, 2021Pfizer is developing a pill to help people fight off COVID if they’ve been close contact with someone who has the virus. In other COVID-related news, Pfizer and BioNTech are planning to ask regulators for approval to administer vaccines to children older than five. If granted, that should help reduce the risk COVID poses to …
Read MoreR. Kelly found guilty of federal crimes
Posted by Thomas Bush / September 28, 2021He faces decades in prison. R. Kelly’s indictment was updated last year to include charges of having sex with a girl as young as 14 or 15 in the 1990s. These charges also seek forfeiture of assets from R. Kelly’s production company and another firm owned by his manager. R. Kelly married Aaliyah when she …
Read MoreNorway abandons all COVID restrictions
Posted by Josh Taylor / September 27, 2021Norway has abandoned masks, social distancing, and all other COVID restrictions in a bid to return to life as normal. The move is in stark comparison to the situation in the United States. There, the rate of daily COVID deaths has climbed to the highest levels since March. It is timely, therefore, that the FDA …
Read MoreAlaska now has the highest COVID case rate in the nation
Posted by Thomas Bush / September 27, 2021Alaska has the highest COVID case rate in the nation, according to the most recent numbers. Alabama has verified more than a thousand COVID deaths in the past week alone, as the state faces the worst COVID crisis in the country in terms of deaths. The rate of daily COVID deaths has climbed to the …
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