Coronavirus
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Mayor Eric Adams looks To Roll Back Vaccine Mandate For Private Sector Employers, But No Exceptions Coming
The NYC Mayor hints at repealing the private sector mandate, but is “not going to be rushed in based on a season schedule.”
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Former President Barack Obama Tests Positive for COVID-19
Barack Obama announced in a tweet that he tested positive for Covid but ‘feeling fine.’
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Florida Department of Health Tweaks Covid-19 Vaccine Guidance For Children
The updated statement now says vaccination efforts should focus on youngsters with underlying conditions.
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Chicago Public Schools to End Mask Mandate for Staff and Students
Starting March 14, masks will become optional for staff and students. Something the Chicago Teachers Union is bound to fight.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams Announces that City Will End School Mask Mandate and Proof of Vaccination
Mayor Adams said the mandate requirements would end on March 7 as long as COVID cases decrease
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Almost 1,500 NYC Workers Fired after Refusing Vaccination [Updated]
New hires and workers on unpaid leave until Feb 11. to get the vaccine or they'd be terminated from their jobs.
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Dems Walk Out on Florida Surgeon General With “Strange” Covid Views
Joseph Ladapo's Harvard medical degree hasn't kept him from saying questionable things about the pandemic
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Is Not Feeling John Stockton’s Anti-Vaxx Stance: ‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’
The two Hall of Famers are on opposite ends of the COVID-19 vaccine debate.
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Study: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy has Dropped Among Black People
The hesitancy has come from past trauma such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the unethical use of cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks
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Stephen A. Smith Keeps It 100 on COVID-19 Battle: ‘Had I Not Been Vaccinated, I Wouldn’t Be Here’
The veteran journalist finally returned to ESPN's First Take after revealing his COVID-19 diagnosis in late December.