Public Attitudes

Why one third of US Troops may be refusing the COVID vaccine

Thu, 2021-02-18 11:32 — mike kraft

One-Third of US Troops Are Refusing the COVID Vaccine. History May Help Explain Why After botching anthrax shots decades ago, the Pentagon’s hands are tied. Only the president can order troops to take new vaccines. Elizabeth Howe Defense One

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ANALYSIS: The problem of peoplegetting picky over which vaccine--Why false perceptions overlook facts

Wed, 2021-02-17 23:56 — mike kraft

The myth of 'good Covid vaccines' and 'bad Covid vaccines' Experts fear false narratives about vaccines could slow down the task of inoculating people and create other problems in the future. Helen Branswell STAT

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Too early for states to roll back mask mandates--CDC Director

Wed, 2021-02-17 06:20 — mike kraft

CDC director: Too early for states to roll back mask mandates “It's encouraging to see these trends coming down but they're coming down from an extraordinarily high place,” Rochelle Walensky said. Jesse Naranjo POLITICO

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Sunday said it was too premature for state officials to roll back mask mandates, arguing that while coronavirus metrics were trending down, cases and deaths were still too high.

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Pamdemic trend: More people are choosing to die at home instead of in hospitals

Mon, 2021-02-08 04:21 — mike kraft

In pandemic, more people choose to die at home MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since the pandemic hit. With COVID-19 devastating... AP NEWS

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since the pandemic hit.

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Global vaccine trust rising, but France, Japan, others sceptical

Thu, 2021-02-04 08:43 — mike kraft

Global vaccine trust rising, but France, Japan, others sceptical People's willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is rising around the world and more than half of those questioned said they would take the shot if it were offered next week, an updated survey of global vaccine confidence found on Thursday. Reuters Staff U.S.

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CDC Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots

Tue, 2021-02-02 22:59 — mike kraft

Report: Many US nursing home staff decline first COVID shots A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control... AP NEWS

A little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting COVID-19 vaccines when the shots are first offered, U.S. health officials said Monday.

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Do Curfews Slow the Coronavirus?

Mon, 2021-01-25 07:39 — mike kraft

With coronavirus infections rising and a contagious new variant threatening to accelerate the pandemic, France has implemented a stringent 6 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. Citizens nationwide are sequestered indoors, and businesses must close down.

In Quebec, Canadian officials imposed a similar restriction earlier this month, running from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. It has frayed nerves: Notably, a woman who was walking her boyfriend on a leash at 9 p.m. has argued that this was permitted during the curfew, surely one of the pandemic’s most unexpected moments.

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With painstaking effort, Black doctors’ group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy

Sat, 2021-01-23 00:19 — mike kraft

Black doctors' group takes aim at Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy A professional society of African American doctors is trying to learn about communities' concerns — and address them. Eric Boodman STAT

In September, after the Food and Drug Administration authorized Covid-19 treatments based more on presidential puffery than on clinical data, some physicians decided to take matters into their own hands.

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Covid misinformation takes its toll on British doctors, teachers

Wed, 2021-01-20 00:46 — mike kraft

Conspiracies thrive in U.K. as as doctors struggle with Covid variant "In the U.K., we can look at the U.S. and take that as a warning sign of where things may be heading," one misinformation expert said. NBC News

LONDON — British front-line workers who were applauded on doorsteps in the early weeks of the pandemic now confront a torrent of polarization and misinformation.

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