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Vaccines Tag

During the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a state mandate that nursing homes must readmit residents sent to hospitals with the coronavirus and accept new patients deemed “medically stable.” The order was devastating. It led to a significant number of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths among the state's elderly.

An Israeli healthcare group reports that coronavirus infections have plunged among people aged over 60 who received the Pfizer vaccine.
The full effects of Pfizer’s vaccine are only slated to kick in around a month after the first shot, but data from Israel, home to the world’s fastest vaccination drive, has already shown that there is a stark drop in infections even before this point.

Top Chinese officials are again peddling false stories about the Wuhan coronavirus's origins and spreading rumors about the U.S. vaccines developed during President Donald Trump's presidency. 

China has intensified its pandemic misinformation campaign after independent trials found the much-feted Chinese vaccine to be highly ineffective. Clinical trials in Brazil showed that the Chinese Sinovac "vaccine is significantly less effective than previous data suggested - barely over the 50% needed for regulatory approval," the BBC reported earlier this month. The Pfizer vaccine, in comparison, is 95 percent effective. 

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted not to return to classes on Monday, January 25, citing safety issues despite the fact that schools around the state and nation have opened without too many problems. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) said that 130 private and parochial schools along with 2,000 learning centers returned to classrooms in the fall.

Joe Biden has reportedly chosen Ron Klain to be his chief of staff. Klain is already claiming that the Biden team is inheriting a "huge mess" from the Trump administration on the COVID vaccine. That's rich considering the fact that we probably wouldn't even have a COVID vaccine now without the efforts of the Trump administration.

Last week's unemployment claims went up by 181,000 to 965,000, which is another sign the economy is having a tough time with COVID-19 spikes. This is the biggest jump since August.