Month: August 2021

(NEXSTAR) – Last year, at the height of our summer surge, the U.S. saw an average 66,784 new COVID-19 cases per day, according to New York Times data. Over a year later, we have three vaccines on the market, roughly 60% of adults fully vaccinated and summer is looking fairly normal. Oh, except for the fact that we’re seeing more new COVID-19 cases than we were last summer. On Sunday, the 7-day-average of new cases topped 79,000. The epidemiological curve is still climbing; we haven’t seen the peak yet. How in the world is that possible? It comes down to three factors, according to the doctors we spoke to. The summer of ‘wild abandon’ When we reopened, we really, really reopened. Hardly any mask mandates, capacity limits or social distancing. “In s...

A COVID-19 outbreak in Provincetown prompted the CDC to update its mask guidance for vaccinated people. But that does not mean that vaccines don't work, CDC director Rochelle Walensky told the BBC.  There were few hospitalizations and no deaths among vaccinated people who were infected, she said. Loading Something is loading. ...

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CHARLOTTE — Mecklenburg county is putting some COVID-19 safety protocols back in place. Starting next month, some county employees will need to show proof of vaccination or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. [WANT TO WATCH ON OUR STREAMING APPS? CLICK HERE] County Manager Dena Diorio said in an email this new policy will apply only to county government employees, not general county employees. NEW: County Manager Dena Diorio is mandating masks for all 5,600 county employees. The county is also verifying the vaccination status of all county employees and unvaccinated workers will have to take a weekly COVID-19 test starting September 7 #MeckBOCC @wsoctv— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) August 3, 2021 Starting Sept. 1, those county workers will have to show proof of vaccination. Anyone who i...

The vast majority of those hospitalized were not vaccinated, hospital officials said. That is discouraging nurses and others hospital staff who say a surge could have been prevented had more people opted for the vaccine. Caption Paul P. Hinchey, president and CEO at St. Joseph’s/Candler health system in Savannah, GA (Photo courtesy of St. Joseph's/Candler) “Caregivers feel betrayed,’' said Paul P. Hinchey, president and CEO at St. Joseph’s/ Candler Health System in Savannah. “These caregivers, if you come into any of the hospitals in this state and you go through the windshield of your car or you have a heart attack or you cut yourself or you fall out of a tree, they are all over you ... Their empathy is through the roof ... But we’ve got to help them.” Elizabeth Larkins, ex...