Top FDA Vaccine Officials Resign Over Fast-Tracked Booster Shot Approval by CDC and White House
Two of the FDA’s senior vaccine officials are stepping down. The news comes as boosters and children’s shots are being weighed by the department. In a letter sent to staff and obtained by BioPharma Dive, the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research announced the departure of Marion Gruber and Phil Krause, two of the […]
CDC Lacking Data on Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections
Back in May, the CDC decided to only track severe breakthrough COVID cases in order to better monitor overall conditions. But, according to a piece in Politico, the agency is using outdated and unreliable data and it’s impacting the Biden administration’s ability to make major pandemic decisions, including who needs to get booster shots and […]
Some Nurses Willing to Pay Hefty Price to Not Get COVID-19 Vaccine
These nurses are unvaccinated against COVID by choice. They’re part of a growing number of health care workers statewide protesting vaccine mandates in hospitals. [This nurse] says being forced to take a vaccine is against his religious beliefs. His wife […] says because she’d already had COVID her immunity is sufficient. The couple point to […]
NYC Vaccine Mandate Putting Restaurant Owners in Impossible Position
New York City’s vaccine mandate for indoor activities starts today, but many restaurants are pushing back. … A lot of restaurant owners say this puts them in an impossible position—the expectation they mandate proof of vaccine of their patrons, many of those patrons who have been supporting them over the past year and a half. […]
Some Health Care Workers Choosing Not to Get COVID Vaccine
Show of hands… How many of you have gotten a COVID vaccine? (These are four health care workers from different hospitals in North Carolina.) We don’t know what the long-term side effects are. It also hasn’t been proven to be effective. The CDC and many public health experts say that it’s more than 90 percent […]
New York Mandates COVID Passports, Dubbed ‘Key To NYC’
“Bill de Blasio announced that, beginning August 16th, anyone who wants to enjoy indoor entertainment, such as bars, restaurants or movie theaters, and anyone entering an indoor gym, must show proof of vaccination. He’s calling it the Key to New York City. After innumerous other attempts to entice people into vaccination, from $100 gift cards […]
