Club Updates – Dec. 22
Omicron infections have jumped sixfold over the previous week as the strain becomes the dominant COVID-19 variant, accounting for 73% of all cases in the U.S. (Forbes). Visit our Coronavirus Resource Center for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19.
FDA
OSHA
CDC
- CDC Endorses ACIP’s Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations
- Test-To-Stay Options Can Help Keep Students in School During COVID-19
- Omicron Variant: What You Need to Know
Vaccine Updates
- U.S. Vaccine Distribution and Delivery, Tracked by State, The Washington Post
- More Than 200 Million People in the US are Fully Vaccinated, Though Deaths and Cases are Still Rising, The Washington Post
- Pfizer Booster Shots Are Effective Against Omicron Variant, Israeli Study Says, WSJ
- Widespread Vaccination & Booster Shots During Holiday Season as Omicron Variant Spreads, American Hospital Association
- CDC Expands COVID-19 Booster Recommendations to 16-and-17-Year-olds, CDC
- CDC Recommends Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Over J&J’s, WSJ
State Updates
- New York Hits COVID-19 Case Record as Omicron Looms, WSJ
- Guidance for the Use of Masks, California Department of Public Health
- Supreme Court Allows Vaccine Mandate for New York Health Care Workers, The New York Times
- Gov. John Bel Edwards will Add COVID Vax to School Shots List, Overriding Louisiana lawmakers, The Advocate
- Surgery Delays Grow Severe Amid COVID-19 Hospital Crowding in Minnesota, StarTribune
- Unvaccinated 12 Times More Likely to Die From COVID-19 in Wisconsin Than Vaccinated, Madison
- Booster Mandates Are a Tough Call for States, Businesses, PEW
Resources
- Questions to Ask Your Relatives Before Gathering Indoors this Holiday Season, The Washington Post
- More States to Provide Free Home COVID Test Kits, PEW
- What to Do if You Test Positive for COVID-19 as Omicron Variant Surges, WSJ
Omicron Fuels Increase in Perception of Risk Around Certain Activities: The latest Ipsos poll indicates the Omicron variant is fueling an upward trend in perception of risk around activities like air travel, gathering with friends and family, and returning to pre-pandemic activities. See full findings here.
News Updates
- Health Officials Say Omicron Likely to Cause Record-high Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations in US, The Washington Post
- US COVID-19 Deaths Top 800,000, WSJ
- US Faces a Double Coronavirus Surge as Omicron Advances, AP News
- Six States Account for More Than Half of the Country’s Recent COVID Hospitalizations, NBC News
- Companies Upend Plans on COVID-19 Vaccines and Office Returns, Again, WSJ
- Most Americans Have Hard of the Omicron Variant, few are Very Familiar, Ipsos
- Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Pill Likely Works Against Omicron, WSJ
- Long COVID is Destroying Careers, Leaving Economic Distress in its Wake, The Washington Post
- Pandemic Sweetens Lure of Smaller Cities’ Relocation Incentives, PEW
- How the Pandemic Could Make the Future Brighter for Women in the Workplace, WSJ
- Omicron and Holidays Unleash Scramble for Coronavirus Tests Across the US, The Washington Post
- In 2020, Fewer Americans Moved, Exodus From Cities Slowed, Pew Research Center
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