Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened to investigate GoFundMe after they said they’d work with Canadian trucker vaccine protest fundraiser organizers to redistribute funds

5 February 2022 by Martin Joseph

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisMike Ehrmann/Getty Images GoFundMe shut down a fundraiser for a Canadian protest over cross-border trucker vaccine mandates. GoFundMe on Friday said it would work with organizers to redistribute the funds to other charities. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called that plan “fraud” saying he’d investigate “deceptive practices.” gov. Ron DeSantis said he would … Read more

Vaccine Politics Upend Republican Orthodoxy On Unemployment Benefits

5 February 2022 by Allen William

Republican state lawmakers are abandoning a core economic policy in order to fight against the Biden administration’s push for mass vaccination. Six GOP-led states have made workers eligible for unemployment insurance if they’re fired or they quit after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and Republicans are pushing similar bills in another 11 states, according … Read more

What is the MMR jab and is it safe? Health chiefs issue measles warning as vaccine rate falls

1 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

Health chiefs have expressed concern after it emerged that MMR vaccination rates in England had fallen to their lowest level in a decade. The uptake of two doses of the MMR vaccine is currently 85.5% – slightly below the 95% target for preventing measles recurrence. Health officials say more than one in 10 children starting … Read more

Pfizer COVID vaccine for kids under 5 could be ready next month

1 February 2022 by Allen William

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could be available for children under 5 as soon as the end of next month, according to reports. An emergency use authorization request is expected to be made to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to The Associated Press. … Read more

Children say they are getting Covid vaccine to protect others

1 February 2022 by Sarah Jones

The results of an Office for National Statistics survey found that seven in 10 children (70%) said they had been jabbed. The majority (63%) said they did so because “I am helping to protect other people from getting coronavirus”. Some 56% were also motivated by the desire to protect themselves from the virus, with 24% … Read more

What is a vaccine mandate? Government could U-turn on mandatory Covid jabs for NHS workers

31 January 2022 by Sarah Jones

The UK government appears poised to reverse its plans to force NHS workers to receive coronavirus vaccines – or be fired from their jobs. Ministers will meet to discuss the NHS vaccination mandate amid fears that forcing healthcare workers to have Covid vaccinations could result in tens of thousands of them simply refusing – and … Read more

Kid Rock to cancel tour stops at venues with vaccine mandates

30 January 2022 by Allen William

kid rock is hitting the road, but he’s being selective about exactly where he’s going. Just days after announcing his upcoming “Bad Reputation” tour, the artist took to his official Facebook account this week to reveal he won’t be performing at venues that require COVID-19 masks or vaccination. “There’s been a lot of talk about … Read more

Washington trooper Robert LaMay who defied state vaccine mandate dies from COVID-19

29 January 2022 by Allen William

A Washington State Patrol officer who defied a statewide vaccine mandate and signed off for the last time by telling Democratic Government Jay Inslee to “kis my a-” passed away from COVID-19. Former Trooper Robert LaMay, 51, who served with the State Patrol for 22 years and retired last October, died on Friday. LaMay drew … Read more

Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Could Be In Trouble At The Supreme Court

7 January 2022 by Mike Bond

This was not a quiet term for the Supreme Court, to say the least. But just before Christmas the judges added another series of high profile cases on their file: two cases involving the legality of President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Oral disputes in cases involving mandatory vaccination for some health care workers and mandatory … Read more