Club Updates – Jan. 12
The new year began with more than 1 million new cases of COVID-19 infections in the U.S., with 1 in 100 Americans testing positive in the last week of 2021. With the U.S. averaging 1,250 COVID-19 deaths per day, less than 10% are among fully vaccinated people. (CDC) Visit our Coronavirus Resource Center for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19.
Legislative Update
- Lawmakers Begin Talks on Another Round of Coronavirus Relief for Businesses, The Washington Post
FDA
- FDA Expands Pfizer Booster Eligibility to Kids Ages 12 to 15, Authorizes Third Shots at 5 Months, CNBC
WHO
Supreme Court
- Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Rule, AP News
- Businesses, Republican States Ask Supreme Court to Halt Biden Vaccine and Testing Mandate, CNBC
- Biden Administration Defends its Authority on Vaccine Policies to Supreme Court, The Washington Post
- Courts are Ruling on Vaccine Mandates: What Employers Need to Know, US Chamber of Commerce
OSHA
CDC
- CDC Updates and Shortens Recommended Isolation and Quarantine Period for General Population
- US Officials Recommend Shorter COVID Isolation, Quarantine, AP News
- Fauci: CDC Mulling COVID Test Requirement for Asymptomatic, AP News
Vaccine Updates
- US Vaccine Distribution and Delivery, Tracked by State, The Washington Post
- US Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker, USA Facts
- As Omicron Spreads, What It Means to Be Fully Vaccinated Is Changing, WSJ
- Israeli Study Reports Fivefold Jump in Antibodies 4th Pfizer Vaccine Shot, The Washington Post
- CDC Recommends First COVID-19 Boosters for 12- to 15-Year-Olds, WSJ
State Updates
- Most States Are Wary of Mandating COVID Shots for Kids, PEW
- Marsh: WV ‘Not Even Close to the Peak’ as State Requests CDC Approval for the 4th Dose, Charleston Gazette-Mail
- Anger Over Mask Mandates, Other COVID Rules Spurs States to Curb Power of Public Health Officials, The Washington Post
- Minneapolis, St. Paul Reinstate Indoor Mask Mandates, StarTribune
- Connecticut State Employees Can Now Appeal Being Required to Work at the Office More Than One Day a Week, Hartford Courant
- Hogan Declares State of Emergency as Maryland Enters its ‘Most Challenging Time’ of the Pandemic, The Washington Post
- Record Number of COVID-19 Patients Fill Illinois Hospital Beds: ‘This is Largely a Problem of the Unvaccinated’, Chicago Sun Times
- A Third of NJ Schools Switch to Remote Learning After Winter Break as COVID Cases Rise, North Jersey
- Top Missouri Leaders to be Deposed in Federal Lawsuit Over Lack of Capitol Mask Mandate, St. Lois Post-Dispatch
- COVID-19 Hospitalizations Double in Texas as Omicron Strains Staffing, The Texas Tribune
- More Than 2 Weeks After Cybersecurity Breach, Maryland Reports Thousands of New COVID Cases, Surging Positivity, The Baltimore Sun
- California Authorities Announce Changes to COVID-19-Related Requirements, The National Law Review
- Will Anyone Enforce California’s New Mask Mandate? Counties are Rejecting New COVID Rule, The Sacramento Bee
- Official: Mississippi Likely Headed for 5th COVID-19 Wave, AP News
- Florida’s Nursing Home Residents are Trailing Most of the US in Getting Booster Shots, Sun-Sentinel
- Number of COVID-19 Cases in St. Louis has Tripled This Month, AP News
- Chicago Issues Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for Restaurants, Gyms and Indoor Concerts, The National Law Review
- D.C. Had One of the Lowest Rates of Coronavirus Cases in the Country. That has Changed., The Washington Post
Resources
- Hospital Utilization, HHS Protect Public Data Hub
- COVID-19: Implications for Business, McKinsey & Company
- Recover 2022! A Holistic Approach is Needed to Respond to Post-Pandemic Changes, HITEC Bytes
- With Omicron Cases Surging, Here’s How and When to Test for COVID-19, WSJ
- Coronavirus News, The National Law Review
- When Will the COVID-19 Pandemic End?, McKinsey & Company
- A Current Snapshot of Those Unemployed During the COVID-19 Pandemic, US Chamber of Commerce
Alignable’s Road to Recovery Report (December 2021) Focuses on the Pandemic Recovery: As business owners share information regarding pandemic implications to their businesses, the latest data indicates 43% of all businesses report pre-COVID revenue levels, with expectations to reach 50% in Q1 of 2022. See full findings here.
News Updates
- Four Charts That Analyze How Omicron’s Wave Compares to Previous Coronavirus Peaks, The Washington Post
- US Unemployment Sinks to 3.9% as Many More People Find Jobs, AP News
- ‘Crazy’ Omicron Surge Could Peak Soon, but the Virus is Unpredictable as the Pandemic Enters its Third Year, The Washington Post
- US COVID-19 Infections Top One Million After Holiday Backlog, WSJ
- Why Cloth Masks Might Not Be Enough as Omicron Spread, WSJ
- How will Pandemic End? Omicron Clouds Forecasts for Endgame, AP News
- Biden Administration to Combat Omicron by Distributing 500 Million At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits, WSJ
- Omicron Variant Is Expected to Dent Global Economy in Early 2022, WSJ
- Pfizer Pill Becomes 1st US-authorized Home COVID Treatment, AP News
- FDA Authorizes Merck’s Anti-coronavirus Pill, a Second At-home Treatment Option, The Washington Post
- New COVID-19 Pills Carry Risks: What Patients Should Know, WSJ
- Americans Hope That 2022 Will be Better, Ipsos
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