Tag: vaccination

Nets’ Kyrie Irving’s Unable to Play in Home Games Due to Not Revealing Vaccination Status

Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving is expected to miss home games due to refusing to comply with New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Irving was allowed to practice with the team after the Nets’ training facility was considered private. His return to the team’s home court, however, will remain restricted. “I think we recognize he’s not…


Court Sides With Unvaccinated Michigan Athletes in Mandate Case

Sixteen unvaccinated athletes won another round in their legal battle to play sports, despite Western Michigan University’s mandate that all of its inter-collegiate athletes get the COVID-19 vaccination shot. In a unanimous published decision issued Oct. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio, held that the university violated the…


‘Gotcha’ Questions on Pennsylvania Religious Exemption Forms: Attorney

Attorney Jeff Schott’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since President Joe Biden announced a mandate requiring vaccination or termination for health care workers and those who work for any company with more than 100 employees. In some cases, noncompliance with the order for a 100 percent vaccinated workforce will result in the loss of federal funds….


Dear June: When Being Unvaccinated for COVID-19 Causes Personal, Professional Issues

Dear June, I’m writing not for medical advice, but regarding the confronting aspects of my decision to remain unvaccinated for COVID. Let me start by saying that I am by no means “Anti-Vax.” I believe the speed of creation and the efficacy of the vaccines to be a technological achievement. My 73-year-old mother has ovarian…


New Studies Suggest People Who Have Recovered From COVID-19 Should Still Get One Vaccine Dose

New research from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and University of Minnesota (UMN) suggest that individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 should still receive one vaccination shot. The research from UCSF was published on Sept. 25. Scientists evaluated the humoral and cell-mediated response elicited by the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in individuals who had contracted COVID-19 and those who…


Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to Have Mainland China Spectators Only

Tickets for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be sold only to people from mainland China due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday. The stance differs from this year’s Tokyo Olympics Games which were not open to spectators. Specific requirements for spectators of the February event and the details…


Canadians Increasingly Divided Over Vaccination Status, Poll Finds

The Canadian population is increasingly split into people who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who are not, according to a new poll, with other polling data suggesting Canada is generally more divided since the recent federal election. Conducted by Leger for the Association of Canadian Studies, the survey found that more than three in…


Orange County Sees Drop in COVID-19 Hospitalizations

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped and the county is nearing 2.1 million fully vaccinated residents, according to the latest data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA). The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 326 Wednesday to 304 Thursday, with the number of patients in intensive care ticking…


Chinese Authorities Conceal Reports of Deaths Linked to Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccines

Several families in China’s southwest Chongqing city are being silenced by local authorities after speaking out about the recent deaths of their loved ones, which they claim were linked to adverse reactions caused by homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, sources told The Epoch Times. The data on the efficacy and safety of Chinese-made vaccines are heavily censored…


Chinese Authorities Conceal Reports of Deaths Following Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccines

Several families in China’s southwest Chongqing city are being silenced by local authorities after speaking out about the recent deaths of their loved ones, which they claim were linked to adverse reactions caused by homegrown COVID-19 vaccines, sources told The Epoch Times. The data on the efficacy and safety of Chinese-made vaccines are heavily censored…