A federal appeals court upheld a decision to temporarily block the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors in three states. A judge in Louisville, Kentucky, issued a ruling blocking the mandate for Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee in November. And on Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the injunction in a…
US Appeals Court Upholds Decision to Block Vaccine Mandate for Contractors in 3 States
Navy Discharges First Sailors From Service for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
The U.S. Navy announced that it discharged 20 sailors for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Wednesday news release, while the Marine Corps confirmed that 251 Marines have been discharged. The service said that as of Jan. 5, there have been 20 “entry level separations” due to COVID-19 vaccine refusals, which is…
New York Protesters Rally Against Vaccine Bills in Albany: ‘We Need Civil Disobedience in This Country’
New York state lawmakers returning for the 2022 legislative session were met with hundreds of demonstrators, who gathered outside the state Capitol in protest against a host of measures that would tighten the already strict COVID-19 vaccine rules across the state. As New York Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her first-ever State of the State address,…
New York Protesters Rally in Albany Against Vaccine Bills: ‘We Need Civil Disobedience in This Country’
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York state lawmakers returning for the 2022 legislative session were met by hundreds of demonstrators who gathered outside the state Capitol to protest a host of measures that would tighten already strict COVID-19 vaccine rules across the state. As Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her first State of the State address, the protesters on…
White House Maintains Two COVID-19 Shots Fulfill ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Status
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday defended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for not deciding to change its definition for “fully vaccinated” to include a booster dose. Earlier this week, the CDC’s director, Rochelle Walensky, said during a COVID-19 briefing that “we are now recommending that individuals stay up to date…
Global COVID-19 Cases ‘Increased Sharply’ as Deaths Decrease 10 Percent: WHO
Worldwide cases of COVID-19 “increased sharply” in the past week but the overall number of deaths dropped, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in its weekly epidemiological update on Thursday. Between Dec. 27, 2021, and Jan. 2, 2022, the number of cases increased by 71 percent compared to the previous week, according to the U.N….
Florida Secures 1 Million At-home COVID Tests to Go to Seniors First
Florida has secured approximately 1 million self-administered COVID-19 tests and will be distributing them to nursing homes and senior facilities first, it was announced Jan. 6. Kevin Guthrie, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said the at-home tests will begin to be sent out immediately. The number of tests shipped out will be dependent…
Prime Age Mortality up 40 Percent, Majority Not COVID-19
Mortality among young-to-middle-age Americans went through the roof last year. The majority of the increase didn’t involve the COVID-19 disease, according to official death certificate data. Deaths among people aged 18–49 increased more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019, before the pandemic, based on…
Prime Age Mortality up 40 Percent, Majority of Deaths Not From COVID-19
Mortality among young-to-middle-age Americans went through the roof last year. The majority of the increase didn’t involve the COVID-19 disease, according to official death certificate data. Deaths among people aged 18–49 increased more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019, before the pandemic, based on…
‘Potentially Catastrophic’: US Postal Service Asks for Waiver From Biden OSHA Vaccine Requirement
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) asked federal officials for a temporary waiver from President Joe Biden’s CCP virus vaccine mandate due to potential staffing and supply chain shortfalls. “Given the significant challenges that our nation’s supply chains are already experiencing, we respectfully suggest that the nation cannot afford the additional potential substantial harm that would be…
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