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Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe called on all of the state's employers to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine on Monday.
“Today, I am calling on every Virginia employer to require all eligible employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19," McAuliffe said in a statement.
"I have long said that the best way to defeat this deadly virus, keep our students in school and keep Virginia’s economy strong is by getting every eligible Virginian vaccinated as quickly as possible. Today’s announcement puts us one important step closer to reaching that goal," he continued. Read More
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Boise, Idaho – Governor Brad Little addressed the people of Idaho today in a video message regarding the positive news that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its full approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine.
View the Governor’s video message at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlguYAaeoro
Governor Little’s full message to the people of Idaho follows:
The United States of America reached a significant milestone today – the FDA announced it fully approved the first COVID-19 vaccine.
Close to 800,000 Idahoans and more than 200 million Americans have received the COVID-19 vaccine safely, and the FDA full approval for the Pfizer vaccine helps impart additional confidence for Idahoans still on the fence about getting the shot.
Experts in science and medicine rigorously evaluated the safety of the vaccine in accordance with very high standards.
President Donald Trump last year boldly moved our country forward with Operation Warp Speed – the first-ever public-private partnership of its kind – to enable faster approval and production of COVID-19 vaccines during the global pandemic. Read More
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Big news: the FDA has FULLY approved the Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine. Thanks to the historic Operation Warp Speed under the Trump-Pence Administration, Americans have access to three safe and effective vaccines in record time!
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) August 23, 2021
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WHO Head Calls for Two-Month Vaccine Booster Moratorium https://t.co/g71ZJ5MhhU
— NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) August 23, 2021
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Doctors across the country are reporting this trend, not seen in previous surges, largely in the South but also in states like California and Washington. As of Aug. 14, 76.2% of pregnant people were unvaccinated.
Pregnant women with Covid-19 are 15 times more likely to die, 14 times more likely to need to be intubated, and 22 times more likely to have pre-term birth than those who are uninfected, according to a study published this month in JAMA Network Open. “I have not seen risks like this,” said Linda Eckert, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Washington. Read More
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Adults of any age with the following conditions can be more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19. Severe illness means that a person with COVID-19 may need:
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We built Moderna on the guiding premise that if using mRNA as a medicine works for one disease, it should work for many diseases. And, if this is possible – given the right approach and infrastructure – it could meaningfully improve how medicines are discovered, developed and manufactured.
Recognizing the broad potential of mRNA science, we set out to create an mRNA technology platform that functions very much like an operating system on a computer. It is designed so that it can plug and play interchangeably with different programs. In our case, the "program” or “app” is our mRNA drug - the unique mRNA sequence that codes for a protein.
We have a dedicated team of several hundred scientists and engineers solely focused on advancing Moderna's platform technology. They are organized around key disciplines and work in an integrated fashion to advance knowledge surrounding mRNA science and solve for challenges that are unique to mRNA drug development. Some of these disciplines include mRNA biology, chemistry, formulation & delivery, bioinformatics and protein engineering. Read More
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline have been hospitalized in Chicago after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement on Sunday.
The 79-year-old political activist and minister contracted the virus despite being vaccinated back in January, in a publicity blitz meant to encourage black people to get a jab.
A month after getting vaccinated, Jackson, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, underwent gallbladder surgery.
He and his wife, 77, are being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Read More
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The Mississippi State Department of Health issued an alert on Friday ordering any coronavirus-positive individuals to isolate for at least 10 days or face up to a 5-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $5,000.
The isolation order comes amid surging COVID-19 cases in Mississippi, as the 7-day average for new cases in the state reached 4,316 on Friday, nearly double the highest point during the second wave in January, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
Friday's order, issued by State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs, says that anyone "infected with COVID-19 must remain in the home or other appropriate residential location for 10 days from onset of illness." Read More
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A Tennessee pastor spoke to his congregation using the subtlety of the Song of Songs — and Revelation-like ultimatums — to denounce mask wearing and COVID posturing inside his church.
Amen to that.
During a Sunday sermon, Pastor Greg Locke at Global Vision Bible Church — located in Nashville, TN — delivered some fiery warnings to pro-PPE philistines looking to shut down his church, and how he plans to clear his pews of anyone who adopts the Mark of the Least. Read More
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FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) – South Baldwin Regional Medical Center will be the first of Alabama’s coronavirus-crushed hospitals to get help from federal medical workers.
Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris announced the aid Friday during a briefing with reporters.
The team, from the National Disaster Medical System at the Department of Health and Human Services, began arriving Friday.
“The hospital will have a lot of say over how those folks are being used,” Harris said. “Some of it will be, maybe, adding additional capacity. Some of it may be replacing staff who were doing some things like, say, monoclonal antibody infusions so that that staff can be used in the hospital for other things. But it’s just a way of augmenting their capacity there.” Read More
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Companies are putting their foot down when it comes to COVID.
With the highly contagious Delta variant sweeping across the country—and only about half of Americans fully vaccinated—a big wrench has been tossed into many companies' fall plans to return to the office.
More of them are moving beyond offering incentives like water bottles, T-shirts, and cash bonuses—and have started requiring that their staffers get a COVID shot. In the first two weeks of August, a host of airlines, retailers, tech companies, banks, and health care companies have told employees that vaccinations will no longer be optional to come into the office—or in some cases, like at Ascension Health, even to work remotely. Some companies have more forgiving terms than others, by offering employees the option to keep working from home, rather than risk termination. Requiring vaccines is a move that most workers support (52% according to a recent Gallup poll), but a sizable chunk of the workforce (29%) is strongly opposed—likely some of the same people who are strongly opposed to the COVID vaccines in general.
Here’s a running list of the major U.S. corporations that have made moves to get their staff vaccinated, and the policies they’ve put in place. Read More
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