Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said masks were needed to combat the infectious delta variant and rising Covid-19 hospitalizations, which are on track to overwhelm the state’s healthcare system in a matter of weeks.
Category: Policy
How to start reversing the clinician shortage today
The pandemic may have caused a nationwide labor shortage in the short term. Employees resigning on the spot. Businesses shortening operating hours. Employers offering signing bonuses. However, due to the ongoing urgency and lethality of COVID, very few…
Eradicate the disability tax, before it’s too late
A disability tax is the additional expense people with disabilities pay in society for accommodations that people who are able-bodied do not need, whose impact is often capitalized on top of the inability to perform at the level required by potential e…
United Airlines Mandates Covid Vaccines For All U.S. Employees
The airline is the first major U.S. carrier to mandate the vaccine for all employees, who will be fired if they don’t comply and are not covered by a limited set of exemptions.
United Airlines Mandates Covid Vaccines For All U.S. Employees
The airline is the first major U.S. carrier to mandate the vaccine for all employees, who will be fired if they don’t comply and are not covered by a limited set of exemptions.
How Does Wearing A Mask Protect Me (And Others) Against Covid’s Delta Variant?
The CDC recommended that fully vaccinated people start wearing masks last week after the agency confirmed an increasing number of rare breakthrough cases due to the Delta variant in people who had already received the vaccine.
Who Can Mandate Covid-19 Vaccination?
As the Delta variant complicates return to “normal,” universities, employers and municipal governments take the “soft mandate” route—get vaccinated or face the consequences.
A view from Canada: In defense of vaccine passports
The Quebec government recently announced plans for a vaccine passport system, which, in the event of a fourth wave of COVID-19, will bar people who are not fully vaccinated from entering indoor settings such as bars, restaurants, gyms, and entertainmen…
The local and global concerns of COVID-19
The world is ill-prepared to respond to threatening public health emergencies. What is most disturbing is how our global leaders continue to lack the moral and scientific premises of health equity. At the beginning of 2020, the novel coronavirus rampag…
Why Hasn’t The FDA Fully Approved Any Covid-19 Vaccines Yet?
It’s a long and arduous process that requires tons of data. Plus, the agency wants to rebuild trust after coming under attack during the Trump Administration.
