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Sep 14 2023
News
Are businesses ready for another wave of Covid-19 cases?
The onset of the pandemic caught companies and workers by surprise. If cases tick up again, are they prepared to absorb the shock?
As students return to school and employers call their workers back to offices, Covid-19 cases are once again rising globally. Two new variants of note – BA.2.86 (Pirola) and EG.5 (Eris) – have already shown up around the world, including in the US and UK.
BBC NewsJun 25 2020
Opinion
COVID-19 Disinformation Must Be Combated
As the coronavirus continues to scorch its way across the U.S. and nations throughout the world, the coronavirus pandemic is swiftly becoming one of the defining global missteps and challenges of the early 21st century.
As governments across the world continue to lock down cities and implement social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus; in hopes of buying medical
Daily ChelaFeb 26 2024
News
Posts Mislead About COVID-19 Vaccine Safety With Out-of-Context Clip of FDA Official
Given the extra scrutiny and large number of doses, reports of possible side effects to a vaccine safety monitoring system increased with the COVID-19 vaccines. The high number of reports does not mean the vaccines are unsafe, contrary to suggestions made by posts sharing a clip of a Food and Drug Administration official acknowledging the surge.
How do we know vaccines are safe?
FactCheck.orgAug 10 2021
News
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account has been suspended for a week for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account has been suspended for a week after she tweeted misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The temporary ban came after the Georgia Republican wrote on Twitter on Monday evening that the vaccines are "failing."
"The FDA should not approve the covid vaccines. There are too many reports of infection & spread of #COVID19 among
Business InsiderDec 14 2022
Fact Check
Blood Transfusion Doesn’t Transfer COVID-19 Vaccine
A blood transfusion from a vaccinated person doesn’t transfer the inoculation to an unvaccinated person. But high-profile purveyors of misinformation have been promoting the long-standing false claim that it does.
How do we know vaccines are safe?
Most people in the U.S. — about 80% — have gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and they’ve been able to donate blood since
FactCheck.orgFeb 10 2021
News
YouTube Deletes Top Pro-Life News Outlet’s Channel For ‘Violating Our COVID-19 Misinformation Policy’
YouTube deleted a pro-life news outlet’s channel for “violating our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” a spokeswoman told the Daily Caller News Foundation Wednesday.
LifeSite News announced the ban Wednesday morning, noting that it cut the site off from its 300,000 followers.
“This isn’t a temporary ban,” the site said in a post. “Every single one of our videos is completely gone.
The Daily CallerMay 11 2023
News
Covid-19 Public-Health Emergency Is Over
The federal government formally ended its crisis response to a pandemic that has killed more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. and infected many millions more. Much of the country has moved on from the Covid-19 pandemic. Deaths have declined by 95%, and hospitalizations are down nearly 91% since January 2021. Still, public-health experts have said future surges are possible as the virus
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 27 2021
Analysis
Comparing the COVID-19 vaccines
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorizations for three COVID-19 vaccines so far. We compare the different available shots, and several still in the approval process for use in the Untied States.
USA TODAYFeb 06 2024
News
Not wearing mask during COVID-19 outbreak isn’t protected by free speech, court rules
A federal appeals court in New Jersey ruled Monday that residents’ refusal to wear face masks at a school board meeting during the COVID-19 pandemic is not protected as a free speech right. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two similar cases that stemmed from lawsuits against officials in Freehold and Cranford, New Jersey. The plaintiffs refused to wear masks during public
The HillJan 02 2021
Analysis
The Immune Havoc of COVID-19
We may well remember the 21st century in two halves: the time before SARS-CoV-2 and the time after. Despite decades of warnings about the potential for a deadly global pandemic, public health systems worldwide were completely outmatched. The first COVID-19 patients were admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, on December 16, 2019, and several of them died. Many Americans assumed that even if
Scientific American