Southwest Airlines CEO 'not in favor' of vaccine mandates

Oct 12 2021

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said Tuesday that he opposes requiring his employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but acknowledged that his company must mandate the shot to comply with the Biden administration's federal contractor rules.

Source: The Hill

Pfizer Asks F.D.A. to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine for Children 5 to 11

Oct 12 2021

The agency has promised to move quickly on the request and tentatively plans to meet on Oct. 26 to consider it. A decision could come soon after Halloween.

Source: The New York Times

CDC Urges Flu Shots For Americans; OKs Getting COVID Shot at Same Time

Oct 12 2021

Though vaccination pushes in the U.S. have been largely focused recently on halting the spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Americans not to forget about immunization against another virus: the flu.

Source: Newsweek

Faced with losing their jobs, even the most hesitant are getting vaccinated

Oct 12 2021

In the quest to get more Americans vaccinated, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: Vaccine mandates work.

Source: NPR

In major decision, WHO recommends broad rollout of world’s first malaria vaccine

Oct 12 2021

The World Health Organization, acting on the advice of its scientific advisers, announced Wednesday that it would recommend a broad rollout of a much-needed malaria vaccine, saying pilot testing had shown that it was safe and could be effectively deployed in remote and rural settings.

Source: STAT

Hundreds of Police Officers Have Died From Covid. Vaccines Remain a Hard Sell.

Oct 12 2021

Far more law enforcement officers in the U.S. have died from Covid-19 than from any other work-related cause in 2020 and 2021. Even so, police unions are fighting vaccine mandates.

Source: NYT

Here's why the once vaccine hesitant are changing their minds

Oct 12 2021

There's a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US. Transportation, translation and a trusted source of vaccine information have been among the barriers, but public health workers and a new initiative are working to overcome that.

Source: CNN

Breakthrough infections might not be a big transmission risk. Here's the evidence

Oct 12 2021

Conventional wisdom says that if you're vaccinated and you get a breakthrough infection with the coronavirus, you can transmit that infection to someone else and make that person sick.

Source: NPR

The U.S. will reopen its land borders for fully vaccinated travelers.

Oct 12 2021

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions at the borders with Canada and Mexico starting in November for fully vaccinated travelers, reopening the doors of the United States to tourists and separated family members who have been sealed out of the country during the pandemic.

Source: NYT

Get rid of religious exemptions for vaccines

Oct 11 2021

Too often the faithful get the wrong idea about the freedom that the First Amendment accords religion, and they take it to mean that their claim to it supersedes other rights — even the right to life. What’s worse, misguided policies of the state encourage this attitude.

Source: Colorado Newsline