The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
COVID Bits
The UN World Health Organization has backed a goal of 40 percentglobalvaccinations this year—and 70 percent in 2022.
Vaccines are recommended—even for adults and children who previously contracted COVID. It’s unclear how well natural immunity protects against new infection and how long it lasts.
Only Maine, New York and Rhode Island have vaccine mandates for health care workers that lack religious exemptions.
According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, undergraduate enrollment—from the fall of 2019 to this semester—the number of undergraduate students has fallen by 6.5 percent.
“The main reason to authorize vaccines for young kids is not an altruistic one of safe-guarding other vulnerable people; it’s to protect the kids themselves.”—CNN medical analyst Dr. Leana S.Wen, former health commissioner of Baltimore.
More than 5 million eligible Floridians remain unvaccinated.
Florida is still the only state that updates its COVID caseloads and data just once a week.
Bribe vibe: Pinellas County commissioners have approved a program to pay $750 to each county employee who gets vaccinated.