California and New York City announced the mandates for their employees, while the Department of Veterans Affairs said frontline health care workers must get vaccinated or face possible termination. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Vaccination and Immunization”
Homeless People Are Moved From Midtown Hotels Back to Shelters
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2021
Many homeless people who had been living in New York City hotels were frustrated and confused as they were loaded onto buses and taken to group shelters. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Expected to Require City Workers to Be Vaccinated by Mid-September
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision comes after he announced a similar mandate for public health care workers. Source: New York Times
The Delta Variant Is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal
By Gotham Rex on July 25, 2021
There are almost as many reasons for vaccine hesitancy and refusal as there are unvaccinated Americans. But this problem, not the variant, lies at the root of rising infection rates. Source: New York Times
Vaccine Requirements Loom in New York City: ‘Time for More Mandates’
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
The debate over whether to require vaccinations is intensifying as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus surges in many parts of the United States. Source: New York Times
How to Survive a Plague, Part 2
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
The resistance to Covid vaccinations is eerily familiar to those who lived through the early days of the AIDS crisis. Source: New York Times
They Live in an N.Y.C. Virus Hot Spot. But They Won’t Get Vaccinated.
By Gotham Rex on July 23, 2021
Staten Island’s recent uptick in coronavirus cases foretold a larger increase across New York City. Source: New York Times
31 Children Test Positive for Coronavirus at Summer Camp in NY
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2021
The outbreak at Camp Pontiac in Columbia County, N.Y., occurred among children too young to be vaccinated. No children were seriously ill. Source: New York Times
Variants and Vaccinations: The State of the Virus in N.Y.C.
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2021
The Delta variant has driven up coronavirus case counts, and some experts worry that the vaccination effort is moving too slowly. Source: New York Times
Olympics Virus Cases Raise Tricky Questions About Testing
By Gotham Rex on July 21, 2021
Frequent screening of healthy, vaccinated people will pick up even the mildest infections. How much testing is too much? Source: New York Times
New York to Require Vaccination or Weekly Testing for City Health Workers
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2021
The new city policy takes aim at improving vaccination rates at public hospitals. Across the city, 70 percent of hospital workers are fully vaccinated. Source: New York Times
J.&J. Vaccine May Be Less Effective Against Delta, Study Suggests
By Gotham Rex on July 20, 2021
Many who received the shot may need to consider boosters, the authors said. But federal health officials do not recommend second doses. Source: New York Times
As Delta Variant Spreads, Coronavirus Cases in NYC Rise
By Gotham Rex on July 15, 2021
But because of vaccines, health experts don’t expect the recent increase to reach the levels seen in New York City’s first and second waves. Source: New York Times
New N.Y.C. Data Shows How Few Fully Vaccinated Were Infected This Year
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2021
The data underscored that the real-world performance of the vaccines can meet and even exceed trial results in preventing virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths, the city said. Source: New York Times
What Parents Need to Know About the C.D.C.’s Covid School Guidelines
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2021
The agency’s advice on distancing, masks and vaccination bring the coming school year a bit more into focus. Source: New York Times