Employer-mandated vax unlikely for ‘many months’
Formal FDA approval of the Covid-19 vaccine is “many months” away, Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine said at a press conference Tuesday.
Just 39% of Americans want states to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations
Roughly 40% indicated they would take the immunization as soon as it is released to the public, and around 15% said they aren’t planning on receiving the shot at all. Twenty-six percent of Republicans vowed to refuse the vaccine altogether. Forty-four percent of the respondents said they’d wait a while.
First shipments of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Vermont
Gov. Phil Scott today announced the arrival in Vermont of the first 1,950 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This is the first portion of the 5,850 doses coming to Vermont this week.
Employers may mandate vaccination after FDA approval
Once the Federal Drug Administration has given final approval to a Covid-19 vaccine, an employer may mandate vaccination for employees, Health Commissioner Mark Levine said at Friday’s press conference.
Scott: Restrictions can be lifted as most vulnerable are vaccinated
“What we’re hoping is that we can start to reduce the restrictions once people get vaccinated. First we have to have a vaccine okayed by the FDA. And then we will have to have a quantity of vaccines distributed widely enough … to have enough effect,” Gov. Scott said.
State followed guidelines removing vaccine protest banner
A banner raised Sunday morning to protest liability exemption for the Covid-19 vaccine was removed by state workers in accordance with state guidelines, a state official said Monday.
Covid-19 vaccine protest banner removed from I-89 overpass
The removal of the banner raised by Health Choice Vermont may be in conflict with a Scott administration policy allowing messaging on state highway property, enacted in June in response to complaints from Black Lives Matter protesters.
Thanksgiving school policy hit ‘guilt nerve,’ Scott says
His administration’s plan to quiz students on where they spent Thanksgiving struck a “guilt nerve” and a “resistance nerve” as shown by vehement community pushback, Gov. Phil Scott said at his press conference Friday.
Will Vermont make Covid vaccine mandatory?
A Health Department spokesperson said Wednesday, “there has been no discussion of making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory by the state.” At this Friday’s press conference, Vermont Daily plans to ask them for an update on any consideration mandatory vaccination.
John Klar: Why a mandatory COVID vaccine is unconstitutional
COVID is now rampant, increasing herd immunity well ahead of a government-imposed pharmaceutical rescue. It is also less deadly, and a very far cry from the menaces of ebola, yellow fever, smallpox, or cholera that would justify government power to forcibly stick a needle in a child’s arm.
New Hampshire working to set up vaccine registry
As New Hampshire fine tunes its blueprint for distributing a coronavirus vaccine, once it becomes available, the state is planning to set up its first immunization registry to track how many people have received the drug.
Pfizer study shows its COVID vaccine is more than 90% effective
Pfizer said Monday that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with BioNTech SE proved to be more than 90% effective in preventing new coronavirus infections in a study of thousands of volunteers.