Month: July 2021

Sacramento County officials said the number of people choosing not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is concerning. KCRA 3 News looked into the reasons why some people are holding off on getting the shot.One Sacramento resident, who did not want to be identified publicly, said he is waiting for the vaccines to get the full Food and Drug Administration approval instead of just the current emergency-use authorization."Mostly just for safety concerns," he said. " I just want it to be held to the same standard as all the other vaccines that are out there, just been waiting for that to happen."He said he is not against vaccines in general and is still taking other precautions against COVID-19 in the meantime, like wearing a mask. When it comes to others who have not gotten the shot yet,...

Los Angeles County said Thursday that residents will be required to wear masks indoors once more, regardless of vaccination status, amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of COVID-19. The new ordinance will go into effect late Saturday night and comes just a month after California dropped most restrictions for vaccinated people and restarted its economy.  “We’re not where we need to be for the millions at risk of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something will be too late given what we’re seeing now,” Dr. Muntu Davis, the county’s health officer, said during a news briefing. “This is an all-hands-on-deck moment.” Previously, those who were fully vaccinated were allowed to remove their masks across California, but health officials said the new...

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. – For the first time since January, Missouri is reporting more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases.  The University of Missouri continues testing wastewater for COVID, but now researchers said they are finding the Delta variant in nearly every single sample.  The lab at Mizzou is the sole location wastewater from around the state is tested. Marc Johnson, a Mizzou professor who is leading the study, says the variant spread so fast, they barely had time to warn the state.  “We’re pretty fast with our testing but that virus almost outran us,” Johnson said. “It’s amazing how fast that thing spread.” It’s a dirty, but important job. For more than a year, a lab inside the Bond Life Science Center at Mizzou has been testing hundreds of samples of wastewater.  ...

Rich Eisen announced on Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19, despite being vaccinated. The NFL Network analyst shared his thoughts on Instagram, and delivered a message to his followers, urging them to "get vaccinated." "Double-vaxxed. COVID+ It’s possible, folks," Eisen wrote. "As someone sitting Day 4 in quarantine fighting off symptoms, I can personally attest you still need to be careful and, most importantly, get vaccinated. "Why? Especially since mine didn’t keep COVID from my body?" CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM He added, "So there aren’t any more variants to pierce highly-effective vaccines that would ordinarily get all of us back to normal life. But if you want an answer maybe a bit more personal to you: get vaccinated so you won’t go to the ...

Just a month ago, Los Angeles County and the rest of California celebrated a long-awaited reopening, marking the tremendous progress made in the battle against COVID-19 by lifting virtually all restrictions on businesses and other public spaces. Now, the coronavirus is resurgent, and the nation’s most-populous county is scrambling to beat back the pandemic’s latest charge. Starting Saturday night, residents will again be required to wear masks in indoor public spaces, regardless of their vaccination status. The latest order not only puts the county further at odds with both the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — both of which continue to maintain that vaccinated people need not cover their faces indoors — but puts officials i...