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Florida Man Home After Six-Mo. Covid Hospital Stay

Lloyd Jarrell feels fortunate despite spending half the year in the hospital and rehab after catching COVID-19 back in February.

Troops Seek To Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Since President Joe Biden asked the Pentagon last week to look at adding the COVID-19 vaccine to the military's mandatory shots, former Army lawyer Greg T. Rinckey has fielded a deluge of calls. His firm, Tully Rinckey, has heard from hundreds of soldiers, Marines and sailors wanting to know their rights and whether they could take any legal action if ordered to get inoculated for the coronavirus. "A lot of U.S....

Hospitals Run Out Of Beds, Rooms Amidst Covid Crush

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are suspending elective surgeries and putting beds in conference rooms, an auditorium, and a cafeteria. In Georgia, medical centers are turning people away for lack of space. And in Louisiana, the sick are left waiting and waiting some more in the emergency room before being airlifted elsewhere. Coronavirus hospitalizations are surging again as the more contagious delta variant rages across the country, forcing medical...

Current Vaccines Projected To Fail

London (CNN) An analysis by British academics, published Friday by the UK Government's official scientific advisory group, says that they believe it is "almost certain" that a SARS-Cov-2 variant will emerge that "leads to current vaccine failure." The analysis has not been peer-reviewed, the early research is theoretical, and does not provide any proof that such a variant is in circulation now. Documents like it are released "as pre-print publications that have provided the...

Deja Vu All Over Again: Wuhan’s Huge Covid Outbreak

China Orders Mass Testing In Wuhan As COVID Outbreak Spreads BEIJING (AP) — China suspended flights and trains, canceled professional basketball league games and announced mass coronavirus testing in Wuhan on Tuesday as widening outbreaks of the delta variant reached the city where the disease was first detected in late 2019. While the total number of cases is still in the hundreds, they are far more widespread than anything China has dealt with since the initial...

Florida, Texas Are Covid Epicenters

TUESDAY, AUG 3 2021 Florida And Texas Are Covid Epicenters With Third Of US Cases Reported There In Florida, criticism grows over Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' lack of response to skyrocketing covid case counts and record hospitalizations. And local leaders in some parts of Texas take new steps to fight the outbreak. USA Today: One-Third Of All COVID Cases Reported In Florida And Texas Florida and Texas had one-third of all COVID cases reported last week, White House...

Vaccine 99.999% Effective Against Deadly Covid-19 Breakthroughs

(CNN)More than 99.99% of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 have not had a breakthrough case resulting in hospitalization or death, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The data highlights what leading health experts across the country have highlighted for months: Covid-19 vaccines are very effective at preventing serious illness and death from Covid-19 and are the country's best shot at slowing the pandemic down and avoiding further...

Hospital Workers Protest Vaccine Requirement

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER – Hundreds of Charlotte-area healthcare workers and supporters protested Sunday against Atrium Health’s new coronavirus vaccination policy. The protest from Freedom Park to Atrium Health - Main was organized to stand against the mandated vaccinations issued for Atrium Health employees. Atrium Health, one of the biggest healthcare systems in Charlotte, recently announced its employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The hospital system said there’s an urgent need for its employees to be fully vaccinated...

People Get This Wrong About HIPAA Privacy Rules

THE CONVERSATION – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Privacy Rule is a federal law prohibiting health care providers, businesses and the people working with them – including administrative staff, laboratories, pharmacies, health insurers and so on – from disclosing your health information without your permission. When people talk about HIPAA, they typically refer to the Privacy Rule provision established in 2003, which is just one part of a broader law initially passed by...

Former Trump Health Official Urges Americans To Get Vaccinated

If you aren't vaccinated and haven't had COVID, you will get Delta variant: Brett Giroir

People Of Faith Are Finally Embracing Vaccines

CHRISTIANITY TODAY – Americans with a faith are becoming increasingly accepting of the Covid-19 vaccine, research has found. The study by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) found that acceptance was up and hesitation down across nearly all religous and demographic subgroups in the US since March. Researchers attribute the shift to faith-based approaches encouraging people in the faith community to get vaccinated. The study looked at the views of 5,123 adults...

Mask Sales Rise 24% As Delta Variant Spreads

NEW YORK — A spot check of U.S. stores and other data sources shows mask sales are rising again amid concerns about surging coronavirus cases from the delta variant. Retail analysts expect mask sales will increase further after The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week recommended vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the cases are surging. Sales of masks rose 24% for the week ending Tuesday,...

People Are Wearing Disguises To Vaccine Appointments

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS – As Missouri’s public officials feud over mask mandates, and COVID cases and deaths surge, anti-vaxxers – of which there are many in the state, given its 50% full-vaccination rate – are resorting to sneaking around in disguises to get shots, according to one doctor. Dr. Priscilla Frase is a hospitalist and chief medical information officer at Ozarks Healthcare. She said in a video the health care facility posted to Facebook: “I...

Covid Cases Skyrocket In Kansas

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Kansas has managed to travel backward in pandemic time. Suddenly, it’s February again. Except this time, the state faces a version of COVID-19 that’s twice as contagious. The delta variant is plowing through a lightly vaccinated population, and multiplying fast. In mid-June, Kansas saw hundreds of new cases a week. Now, there are thousands of new cases per week. That’s why time really matters. Say you get a shot of Pfizer tomorrow,...

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