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ITEMS: Superspreaders, tests, European and Australian demonstrations

Sat, 2021-08-21 21:57 — mike kraft

Euro 2020 final at Wembley was a "superspreader" event The Euro 2020 soccer final between England and Italy in July was a "superspreader" event due to the level of COVID-19 infection found in or around London's Wembley Stadium on the day, according to official data published on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Mississippi threatens fines, jail time for Covid patients who don't isolate

Sat, 2021-08-21 21:27 — mike kraft

Mississippi threatens fines, jail time for Covid patients who don't isolate Mississippi State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs indicated sentences as long as five years could be in store for Covid-19 patients who fail to isolate. NBC News

Mississippi's top health official Friday threatened jail time for people diagnosed with Covid-19 who don't isolate in their homes. ...

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Florida's COVID surge 'a crisis of unprecedented proportions -- school districts battle for masks, other updates.

Sat, 2021-08-21 21:08 — mike kraft

Florida's COVID surge 'a crisis of unprecedented proportions,' doctor says; school districts battle for masks. Latest COVID-19 updates Florida school districts are in the middle of a tug-of-war between state and federal authorities over mask mandates. The latest COVID updates. Jeanine Santucci and Christine Fernando USA TODAY

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As more around world get vaccinated, fewer give blood

Fri, 2021-08-20 11:55 — mike kraft

In COVID hangover, as more around world get vaccinated, fewer give blood From Seoul to Paris, and Moscow to Bangkok, concerned citizens are lining up for shots as COVID-19 case numbers swell. That may ease pressure on stretched hospitals around the world, but with it comes a hangover - a severe shortage of blood donors. Sangmi Cha Reuters

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Gulf Coast's beloved 'Redneck Riviera' now a virus hotspot

Fri, 2021-08-20 10:46 — mike kraft

Gulf Coast's beloved 'Redneck Riviera' now a virus hotspot GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Tourists and servers alike dance atop tables and in the aisles at one restaurant on the “Redneck Riviera,” a beloved stretch of towns along the northern Gulf Coast where beaches, bars and stores are packed. AP NEWS

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Georgia governor bars local governments from enacting mask, vaccine mandates

Fri, 2021-08-20 10:14 — mike kraft

Georgia bars local governments from enacting mask, vaccine mandates Local governments in Georgia will be barred from enacting mask or vaccine mandates for businesses under an executive order signed Thursday by Gov. Brian Kemp (R). Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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Tight U.S. labor market impediment to vaccine mandates

Fri, 2021-08-20 09:49 — mike kraft

Your boss wants to make you get the vaccine. The labor shortage is stopping them At Kevin Smith's home health care agency in Massachusetts, only 52% of his 400 staff members have been vaccinated. He'd like to order them all to get the shot, but he says he can't risk a mass exodus. Chris Isidore, CNN Business CNN

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Texas Supreme Court temporarily allows school mask mandates to remain

Fri, 2021-08-20 09:26 — mike kraft

Texas Supreme Court temporarily allows school mask mandates to remain Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Gov. Greg Abbott wanted the high court to disallow mask mandates in Texas school districts. Justices dismissed their request on a technicality, without issuing a… Erin Douglas and Joshua Fechter The Texas Tribune

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Biden calls out governors who oppose school mask mandates as war over masks deepens

Wed, 2021-08-18 20:06 — mike kraft

Biden calls out governors who oppose school mask mandates President Biden on Wednesday called out Republican governors who have been preventing local schools from requiring masks, and said the administration was prepared to pay the salaries of teachers and Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that all nursing homes will have to require all staff be vaccinated against Covid to keep receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.

Wed, 2021-08-18 17:27 — richard schachter

Biden to require nursing homes mandate vaccinations for staff or lose federal funds The new regulation will affect about 15,000 nursing homes, which employ more than 1.3 million people. NBC News

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ITEMS: Superspreaders, tests, European and Australian demonstrations

Mississippi threatens fines, jail time for Covid patients who don't isolate

Florida's COVID surge 'a crisis of unprecedented proportions -- school districts battle for masks, other updates.

As more around world get vaccinated, fewer give blood

Gulf Coast's beloved 'Redneck Riviera' now a virus hotspot

Georgia governor bars local governments from enacting mask, vaccine mandates

Tight U.S. labor market impediment to vaccine mandates

Texas Supreme Court temporarily allows school mask mandates to remain

Biden calls out governors who oppose school mask mandates as war over masks deepens

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that all nursing homes will have to require all staff be vaccinated against Covid to keep receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.

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