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COVID-19 Vaccination Statuses of 500,000 VA Employees have been Impermissibly Disclosed

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The COVID-19 vaccination statuses of approximately 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees have been impermissibly disclosed. The spreadsheet also included details of claimed religious and medical exceptions to COVID-19 vaccination.

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French researchers reveal chatbot skills to override vaccine hesitancy

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The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied , found that interaction with a chatbot developed by CNRS, ENS-PSL and INSERM was able to reduce vaccination refusal by 20 per cent within a test group of 338 participants. per cent), very few people have received the double COVID-19 vaccine dose.

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Vaccine Mandates in the Military: Litigation Over Religious Exemptions

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In August 2021 , the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) put in place requirements for service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Litigation has since ensued over the military branches’ restrictive approach to religious exemptions to vaccination. On March 25, the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Stay.

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A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 3: We Have the Tools (Sept. – Dec. 2021)

Bill of Health

Over the summer of 2021, concern grew that the vaccines were not providing the near-perfect protection against symptomatic disease and transmission that had first emboldened the administration to jettison other public health measures. The entire pandemic response hinged on vaccination as a silver bullet. By Justin Feldman.

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A Timeline of Biden’s Pandemic Response, Part 4: Winter of Death (December 2021 – Present)

Bill of Health

On December 1, 2021, the CDC issued a press release announcing that it had identified a case of the Omicron variant in the U.S. On December 21, as the highly contagious variant started to sweep the country, President Biden delivered remarks about the new threat. ” which was originally published on January 5, 2022 on Medium.

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The Case for Procurement Transparency

Bill of Health

By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Most Americans Want a Vaccine, Dissatisfied with the Rollout

Health Populi

adults are willing to be vaccinated, and they’re not happy about the process in getting their jab, according to Gallup’s poll taken in the last week of January 2021. Among Democrats, 91% of people were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, with 79% dissatisfied with the rollout. government.