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OPINION: Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but COVID-19 may be different

Fri, 2021-10-22 18:54 — mike kraft

Parents were fine with sweeping school vaccination mandates five decades ago – but COVID-19 may be a different story Children and parents lined up for polio vaccines outside a Syracuse, New York school in 1961. AP PhotoThe ongoing battles over COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. are likely to get more heated when the Food and Drug Administration authorizes emergency use of a vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, expected later this fall.

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Current list of the U.S. companies mandating vaccines for all or some employees

Fri, 2021-10-22 10:12 — mike kraft

From McDonald's to Goldman Sachs, here are the companies mandating vaccines for all or some employees A nationwide spike in coronavirus cases is pushing companies to implement vaccine policies for some workers. NBC News

As the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus continues to strike communities nationwide, companies are stepping up their vaccine requirements, mandating that some or all employees get vaccinated or provide proof of vaccination.

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Waiting on U.S. Mandate rules, Some Nursing Homes Are Slow to Vaccinate Staff

Thu, 2021-10-21 11:30 — mike kraft

... nursing homes were not impervious to the highly contagious variant that swept through many states with lower vaccination rates. Ten states, including Florida, Michigan and Ohio, still report vaccination rates for nursing home staff under 60 percent.

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New York City extends vaccine mandate to all public workers, ends test-out

Wed, 2021-10-20 09:58 — mike kraft

NYC extends vaccine mandate to expand to all public workers, ends New York City on Wednesday announced that it is expanding its vaccine mandate to all public employees and it will also end the option of testing weekly instead of getting the vaccine. Lexi Lonas TheHill

New York City on Wednesday announced that it is expanding its vaccine mandate to all public employees and it will also end the option of testing weekly instead of getting the vaccine.

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U.S. Supreme Court won’t block vaccine mandate for Maine health workers

Tue, 2021-10-19 17:56 — mike kraft

US high court won’t block vaccines for Maine health workers PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to block a vaccine requirement imposed on Maine health care workers, the latest defeat for opponents of vaccine mandates. It was the first time the Supreme Court weighed in on a statewide vaccine mandate. AP NEWS

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Hospitals say vaccine mandates are working despite fears of prompting labor shortages.

Mon, 2021-10-18 10:23 — mike kraft

Vaccine mandates stoked fears of labor shortages. But hospitals say they’re working. The controversy surrounding fired hospital employees, lawsuits and protests obscured a simple fact: The vaccine mandates worked, administrators say. Washington Post

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Italy launches mandatory COVID-19 health pass, one of the world's strictest

Fri, 2021-10-15 09:46 — mike kraft

Italy launches mandatory COVID-19 health pass Italy on Friday launched one of the world's strictest anti-COVID measures — a mandatory COVID-19 health pass or ‘Green pass’ – for its workers. Sarakshi Rai TheHill

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Some U.S. pastors, advocacy groups are mobilizing against COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Thu, 2021-10-14 10:21 — mike kraft

U.S. pastors, advocacy groups mobilize against COVID-19 vaccine mandates From the outside, First Harvest Ministries in Waveland, Mississippi, could almost be mistaken for a storage shed were it not for the steeple. Tom Hals Reuters

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Legal issues: Texas' ban on Covid-19 vaccine mandates conflicts with the federal vaccine requirement

Wed, 2021-10-13 19:59 — mike kraft

What will happen when Texas' ban on Covid-19 vaccine mandates conflicts with the federal vaccine requirement Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's new executive order bans any entity in Texas from enforcing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate -- a rule that directly conflicts with President Joe Biden's proposed rules requiring Covid vaccines for federal workers and for large employers. So what will happen when the state rule and federal rule come up against each other? Eric Levenson, CNN CNN

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Maine can bar religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate; Arkansas allows opt-outs

Wed, 2021-10-13 19:44 — mike kraft

Maine can bar religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandate, judge rules A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that Maine can bar religious exemptions to its requirement that healthcare workers in the state get vaccinated against COVID-19, a day after a judge ordered New York to allow such exemptions to its mandate. Tom Hals Reuters

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