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CDC Chief: ‘We’re Not Counting on Vaccine Mandates at All’

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, said Sunday that the federal government is not “counting on vaccine mandates at all.”


223 People Have Died With COVID-19 After Getting Fully Vaccinated: CDC

Over 1,100 people in America have been hospitalized with COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated against the virus that causes it and over 220 have died, according to newly updated figures from a top U.S. health agency. The number of hospitalizations among the fully vaccinated is up to 1,136 and the number of deaths among the…


Orange County Reports 52 New Cases of COVID-19, One Death

SANTA ANA—Orange County reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death May 16. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals rose from 80 on May 15 to 82, while the number of those patients in intensive care decreased from 25 to 23, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The county…


CDC Director Says Change on Mask Guidelines Not Due to Political Pressure

Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Sunday morning that the latest update to the agency’s mask guidelines has nothing to do with political pressure. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Walensky was asked what went into the CDC’s decision to shift from its previous position on…


CDC Director Says Change of Mask Guidelines Not Due to Political Pressure

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said during an interview that the latest update to the agency’s mask guidelines has nothing to do with political pressure. In an May 16 interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Walensky was asked what factors went into the CDC’s decision to shift from…


CDC Recommends US Schools Continue to Use Masks

Schools in the United States should continue to use masks for the 2020–2021 academic year as all students will not be fully vaccinated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Saturday. The CDC in its latest guidance said all kindergarten through grade 12 schools “should implement and layer prevention strategies and…


34 GOP Lawmakers Press Pelosi to Lift House Mask Mandate in Light of New CDC Guidance

Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) led a group of 34 Republican lawmakers urging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to end pandemic-related restrictions on the House floor, including staggered voting and mask-wearing. In a letter (pdf) on Friday, Gibbs and his GOP colleagues called on Pelosi to end COVID-19-related restrictions on House operations, referencing a Thursday announcement…


Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Rare, Usually Result in Asymptomatic or Mild Disease: Walensky

People who are fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19 rarely contract the illness and when they do, it’s typically a no or low-symptom case, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. “For those breakthrough infections that can you know rarely occur, for the most part they are resulting in asymptomatic…


Fauci: 40 to 50 Percent of His Agency’s Employees Are Not Vaccinated

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said that about 40 percent of his agency’s employees have not received the COVID-19 vaccine, while a deputy at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the agency is reporting similar numbers. During a Senate hearing, Sen. Richard…


CDC Director Says Children Under 12 Should Still Wear Masks

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director (CDC) Director Rochelle Walenksy, after the agency eased its guidance on mask-wearing indoors, said that young children under the age of 12 should still wear masks indoors. “So it is very clear that in the context of the last 24 hours, where we have a new vaccine now…