Tag: vaccination

Facts Matter (Jan. 13): Fully Vaccinated People Hospitalized For Virus Surpass Unvaccinated, in Australia

In Australia, new government data was recently released that showed that despite the country having some of the most draconian vaccine mandates in the world, at this moment, there are more fully vaccinated patients who are hospitalized with COVID-19 compared to the number of unvaccinated patients. Meanwhile, in America, new death certificate data that came…


Queensland Govt Denies Teacher Vaccine Mandates Delayed Start of School Term

The Queensland government has denied that vaccine mandates have contributed to the delay of the start of the new school year after it began standing down teachers once the deadline passed for a survey to determine who was vaccinated. This comes as the Australian state has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases since the state…


Hershey Office Workers Face Jab or Job Choice

Office workers at The Hershey Company say that while they must be vaccinated or face job loss, employees working in food production and Chocolate World, the company’s retail outlet stores, do not have a vaccination requirement. The Pennsylvania snack company has continued food production operations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Its retail stores are now fully…


Canada Resists Pressure to Drop Vaccine Mandate for Cross-Border Truckers

OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing ahead with a vaccine mandate for international truckers despite increasing pressure from critics who say it will exacerbate driver shortages and drive up the price of goods imported from the United States. Canada will require all truckers entering from the United States to show proof of vaccination starting on Saturday as part of its fight against COVID-19. That could force…


Kids COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout begins in Australia Ahead of School Term

Australia’s vaccination rollout to children aged between five and 11 has begun ahead of the return to school on Jan. 28. Children aged five to 11 are now eligible to receive two doses of the Comirnaty (Pfizer) vaccine, eight weeks apart, and the dose will be one third that of kids aged 12 and over….


Ex-head of UK Vaccine Taskforce Calls for End to Mass Vaccination

Mass vaccination against COVID-19 should come to an end and the UK should focus on managing it as an endemic disease like flu, the former chairman of Britain’s vaccine taskforce has said. Dr. Clive Dix, who played a key role in helping pharmaceutical firms create the COVID-19 vaccines, said that mass vaccination should end after…


Facts Matter (Jan. 6): Omicron Spreads Faster Than Delta Within ‘Fully Vaccinated and Boosted’ Individuals: New Study

Researchers in Denmark recently published a pre-print study that found that the Omicron variant spreads faster than the Delta variant within vaccinated people—specifically when you compare them to unvaccinated people. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic has just fired over 700 of its unvaccinated employees. This came on the heels of the Biden administration reimposing…


Quebec to Require 3 Doses for Vaccine Passport, Announces New Restrictions

The Quebec government is warning Quebecers that a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be required in order to maintain a valid vaccine passport. “I’m warning people today that the third dose will be adjusted for the passport, and we better be ready for that,” said Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé in a press conference…


T Cells Generated From Vaccination or Prior COVID-19 Infection Protect Against Omicron Variant: Studies

Two new studies released this week have suggested that the T cell response generated by vaccination or from previous COVID-19 infection may provide sufficient protection against the Omicron variant of the virus. T cells are a type of white blood cell that is an essential part of the adaptive immune system. They work to eliminate infected cells…


COVID-19 Vaccination Bookings Open for Australian Kids Aged 5 to 11

Parents across Australia are now able to book COVID-19 vaccinations for their children aged 5 to 11. Bookings opened from Dec. 15, with inoculations for this age group set to commence on Jan.10 through state and territory-run clinics, pharmacies, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, and Commonwealth Vaccination Centres. Children aged 5 to 11 will receive two…