The anti-vaccine con job: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/vaccine-refusers-dont-want-blue-americas-respect/619627/ . A sociology professor tackles how to convince the vaccine refusers to get the jab.
Delta variant drives vaccination increases; US reaches 70% adult vaccination goal: https://news.yahoo.com/us-hits-bidens-70-percent-vaccine-goal-as-holdouts-in-hotspots-like-florida-and-louisiana-rush-to-get-shots-201515943.html . Fear of Delta may be more effective than sociology.
Delta variant travel warnings to the UK … and Florida: https://news.yahoo.com/delta-variant-doctor-cautions-americans-about-traveling-to-florida-145905680.html . More on CDC warnings: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cdc-adds-very-high-risk-travel-destinations/index.html .
WSJ: COVID breakthrough infection summary: https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-are-breakthrough-covid-19-cases-11627596643 .
WSJ: The booster shot debate: https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-third-shot-booster-11623421703 .
Florida and Texas account for 1/3 of new COVID cases: https://news.yahoo.com/florida-and-texas-accounted-for-one-third-of-all-new-us-coronavirus-cases-last-week-white-house-says-215900063.html .
Yet more evidence that anti-fact DeMentis is a mass murderer: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/08/02/florida-leads-the-nation-in-kids-hospitalized-for-covid/ . School re-opening without masks is a blueprint for disaster.
WSJ: The return of indoor mask mandates: https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-officials-recommend-masks-indoors-as-covid-19-cases-rise-11627925181 . More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/target-to-require-staff-to-wear-masks-in-high-covid-19-counties-11627920605 .
Delta variant upends return-to-office plans: https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/massive-delays-in-us-company-return-to-office-plans-blame-the-delta-variant . Employee desire for remote work may further upend these plans. My expectation is that for competitive reasons many employers will allow hybrid office-remote work scheduling. WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-delta-variant-rages-more-workers-are-on-edge-about-return-to-the-office-11627909200 .
Biden argues for protection of long COVID sufferers under ADA: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-launches-effort-protect-people-disabled-by-covid-19-2021-07-26/ .
Cuomo urges private businesses to limit admission to the vaccinated: https://www.axios.com/cuomo-new-york-vaccine-admission-d6730883-8bca-4971-880c-486a5061d470.html .
Lindsey Graham positive for COVID: https://news.yahoo.com/lindsey-graham-tests-positive-for-covid-19-i-am-very-glad-i-was-vaccinated-194804250.html . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/sen-lindsey-graham-tests-positive-for-covid-19-11627934530 . Graham is also positive about the Dark Side: https://www.axios.com/lindsey-graham-trump-destroy-republican-party-613ce2af-8914-4764-9492-80a8424c628c.html .
Wild deer have COVID: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/wild-us-deer-found-with-coronavirus-antibodies . So, given the significant animal reservoir of COVID, it will not be eliminated from the human population in the foreseeable future.
GOP state representative changes tune on COVID after it nearly kills him: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/565891-republican-who-went-maskless-now-says-coronavirus-wants-to-kill-us .
Republicans try to turn attention to Wuhan lab: https://news.yahoo.com/gop-report-says-evidence-proves-040100309.html . But there is nothing new here. The “ample evidence” remains weak circumstantial evidence.
Increased alcohol consumption during pandemic linked to 750,000 new cancer cases: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alcohol-use-cancer-cases-2020-study/ . COVID is the gift that just keeps on giving.
States in the South tend to have the worst health care: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-08-02/the-best-and-worst-states-for-health-care . So this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.
WSJ: Delta variant slows economic recovery in Asia: https://www.wsj.com/articles/delta-variant-stalls-asias-economic-recovery-after-early-rebound-11627922736 .