For ten years, George Garvey had a routine. He’d set his alarm for 4:30 a.m., jump in the shower, grab his coffee and be out on the streets of New York City collecting trash at 6 a.m. Nowadays, he gets up, makes breakfast for his teenagers before school, finds things to do around the house […]
Tag: Vaccine mandate
Congress could end military’s vaccine mandate
Congress could soon end the military’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Democratic leaders in both the House and Senate are considering allowing a Republican bill to suspend the mandate to advance, two Republican aides and one Democratic aide familiar with the matter told NBC News. The bill, as it is currently written, would direct the Secretary of […]
COVID is ‘not over,’ but CDC says most of America doesn’t need to wear a mask. Should you listen?
No matter where you are in the U.S. these days, it’s likely you’ll be greeted by unmasked faces in public. Today, more than 98% of the nation’s counties no longer fall under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to mask up. Last month, the CDC changed its guidance for masking to include hospital […]
What rising Covid-19 infections in the UK and Europe could mean for the US
Two weeks after the United Kingdom dropped its last remaining Covid-19 mitigation measure — a requirement that people who test positive for the virus isolate for five days — the country is seeing cases and hospitalizations climb once again. Covid-19 cases were up 48% in the UK last week compared with the week before. Hospitalizations […]