September 16, 2021

The costs of vaccine mandates come due in Europe. France suspends around 3,000 health workers after a September 15 deadline for its 2.7 million health care staff to get vaccinated, and Italy announces that from October 15 every worker will need a “green pass” showing vaccination, recent recovery, or a negative test, or face suspension without pay. Both governments impose the rules while their hospitals warn of staffing strain.

In the United States, Alaska’s largest hospital says the crush of COVID patients is forcing it to ration care, echoing Idaho and Montana. Scientific American runs a piece built around “antiscience politicians,” naming Ron DeSantis and asserting that studies prove school mask mandates work, framing that treats the contested evidence on child masking as settled.

CNN examines why Fauci and the NIH backed boosters before the FDA and CDC had ruled, exposing a rift between the White House and its own regulators the day before an FDA advisory panel is set to weigh in.

New York City's Rikers Island jail spirals into chaos amid pandemic

New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex has been troubled by years of neglect and now has spiraled into turmoil during the coronavirus pandemic.

PBS

Single-cell immune profiling reveals distinct immune response in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Nature

Early outcome detection for COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports

Nature

Why Covid Took Off in California, Again (Published 2021)

The New York Times

In Texas, a Quarantine Camp for Migrants With Covid-19 (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Oregon and Idaho are running out of I.C.U. beds as Covid cases hit records. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

There’s no evidence COVID-19 vaccines hurt fertility. Here's what's fueling the myth

This moment could be an opportunity to address the consequences of leaving pregnant people, women and their unique health concerns out of medical trials and conversations.

PBS

Italy requires COVID-19 pass for all workers from Oct. 15

The measure underscores the government's determination that Italy will not face another lockdown even as the numbers of new virus cases creep up, mostly among the unvaccinated.

PBS

Anti-vaxxer mother and daughter die from Covid in Belfast hospital

Heather Maddern and her daughter, Sammie-Jo Forde, were care workers and Maddern had shared conspiracy theories online

The Guardian

Which countries are enforcing mandatory Covid jabs – and how?

Joe Biden has introduced a vaccine mandate affecting millions, but some countries have gone further

The Guardian

White House says it offered to set up call between one of its doctors and Nicki Minaj after star spread coronavirus misinformation online

The Washington Post

On Fox News, Vaccination Pleas Intensify, but Skepticism Persists (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Masks Protect Schoolkids from COVID despite What Antiscience Politicians Claim

Florida governor Ron DeSantis and politicians in Texas say research does not support mask mandates. Many studies show they are wrong

Scientific American

Sorry, a Coronavirus Infection Might Not Be Enough to Protect You

Anyone who’d rather have COVID-19 than get vaccinated is taking two gambles: that immunity will stick around, and that symptoms won’t.

The Atlantic

A doctor called coronavirus vaccines ‘fake.’ Now he sits on an Idaho regional health board.

The Washington Post

Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate

AP News

Report Tracks Crime Trends in California and the U.S. during the COVID Pandemic

California Policy Lab

Leeds German Christmas market 2021 cancelled due to coronavirus

Organisers say uncertainties over restrictions led to an early decision to cancel the Leeds event.

BBC

Thousands of healthcare workers suspended in France after failing to get vaccinated | CNN

CNN

Putin says ‘several dozen’ in his inner circle test positive for coronavirus | CNN

CNN

Why Fauci and the NIH backed Covid-19 vaccine boosters before the FDA and CDC | CNN

CNN

Mass shootings in the US increased during the coronavirus pandemic, study finds | CNN

CNN

Covid-19: How effective is a third vaccine dose?

From squandering global vaccine supplies to the possibility of undermining immunity from the first two doses, booster programmes are a surprisingly complicated business.

BBC

Pandemic Politics: Why Gavin Newsom beat the recall and Ron DeSantis is in trouble

The gubernatorial elections in California and Florida have national significance by demonstrating how Americans feel toward how states and the federal government are handling the pandemic.

Brookings

1 in every 500 US residents have died of Covid-19 | CNN

CNN

Covid restrictions force some retailers to rethink Vietnam as a manufacturing hub

Prolonged shutdowns in Vietnam because of the Covid pandemic are becoming a bigger headache for retailers.

CNBC

Vaccines Are Free. Covid Care Is Not. Who Should Pay? | KFF

In this commentary for Barron's, Cynthia Cox explores the impact to the American public as the U.S. health insurance system adjusts to the COVID-19 pandemic. She uses the experience of the past year and a half to raise questions about broader issues of fairness in the distribution of health care costs in the country.

KFF

Florida surpasses 50,000 coronavirus deaths, a quarter have come this summer

MarketWatch

How Fox pushes COVID misinformation while privately vaccinating its employees

Despite having a stricter vaccine mandate than the Biden administration, Fox continues to spread misinformation about the coronavirus. A study finding that 59 percent of Fox vaccine segments this summer included claims undercutting immunization. This comes as COVID infections among children are exploding nationwide.

MSNBC News

Did the coronavirus jump from animals to people twice?

A preliminary analysis of viral genomes suggests the COVID-19 pandemic might have multiple animal origins — but the findings still have to be peer reviewed.

Nature

Alaska's Largest Hospital Says The Strain Of COVID Is Forcing It To Ration Care

Hospitals in Alaska, Idaho and Nevada are reporting a crush of new coronavirus cases and limited medical staff, forcing some facilities to prioritize resources.

NPR

3,000 Health Care Workers In France Have Been Suspended For Not Getting A COVID Shot

French law had set a Sept. 15 deadline for the country's 2.7 million health care workers to get vaccinated. The ones who didn't get a jab were suspended, the country's health minister says.

NPR

They Relied on Chinese Vaccines. Now They’re Battling Outbreaks. (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Pandemic prompts more teachers to consider early retirement or new career

Health concerns, being older than 55 and having to switch to online or hybrid lessons were all factors that made some teachers want to quit or retire.

The Conversation

Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Impacts and Vaccinations for Children | KFF

COVID-19 has disproportionately negatively affected the physical and mental health, academic growth, and economic security of children of color. At the same time, the limited data available to date suggest some children of color may be less likely to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, leaving them at elevated risk as the virus continues to spread and as many return to in-person school.

KFF

COVID-19 early detection for imbalanced or low number of data using a regularized cost-sensitive CapsNet - Scientific Reports

Nature

Here's who's covered by COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the U.S. so far

Overlapping vaccine mandates at the federal, state and local levels aims to reduce the number of unvaccinated Americans.

PBS

The pandemic has created a nation of insomniacs

Why we still can’t sleep, and what to do about it.

Vox

September 16, 2021

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