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Deficiencies in COVID-19 Screening and Facility Response for a Patient Who Died at the Michael E. Debakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas
From the Executive Summary: "The VA [Veterans Affairs] Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a healthcare inspection to assess allegations related to the screening for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] [hyperlink] and subsequent treatment of a patient with serious mental illness who presented for same-day care at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (facility) in Houston, Texas. During the course of the inspection, the OIG identified additional concerns related to the facility's deficiencies in educating Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) patients and families on COVID-19 screening processes, noncompliance with the facility's missing patient policy, and facility leaders' failures related to adverse events [hyperlink] reporting and institutional disclosure [hyperlink]. Aside from serious quality of care issues, this inspection also involves a vulnerable patient disappearing for four days after being put in the care of the facility. The patient's family contacted the facility and informed them that the patient was missing, but the facility was not able to locate the patient. The patient was ultimately found off-site four days later in the midst of a medical emergency, taken to the facility for care, and passed away the following day."
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Office of Inspector General
2021-08-18
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 18, 2021: New COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Among Adults, by Vaccination Status -- New York, May 3-July 25, 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "New COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Cases and Hospitalizations Among Adults, by Vaccination Status -- New York, May 3-July 25, 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]. Please note: a correction and republication for this report has been published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report dated September 17, 2021, and can be found here: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=858742].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-08-18
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Delta Variant: 5 Ways Communities Can Protect People Experiencing Homelessness
From the Document: "The Delta variant of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] [hyperlink] is spreading rapidly in the United States, particularly in places with low vaccination rates and among unvaccinated people. The [...] recommendations from the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, and other federal and national partners, are informed by CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] guidance to help communities protect people experiencing homelessness from contracting COVID-19 and becoming severely ill or dying. These recommendations should be implemented immediately to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and to save lives."
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
2021-08-17?
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COVID States Project: A 50-State COVID-19 Survey Report #62: COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes Among Healthcare Workers
From the Document: "The vaccination status of healthcare workers is of particular importance, for two key reasons: First, healthcare workers have been a harbinger of trends among the broader population through the entire vaccination campaign, as they were among the first to gain access to vaccines. The early inequalities in terms of access among healthcare workers were predictive of inequalities within the broader population. The divides in terms of vaccine skepticism presaged those of the broader population; and, as we will see below, the plateauing of vaccination rates anticipated the slowdown in vaccinations within the broader population. Second, the vaccine decisions of healthcare workers have particular ramifications with respect to the spread of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], and, especially, with respect to morbidity and mortality resulting from COVID-19. In particular, unvaccinated healthcare workers are potentially a vector of infection of the elderly and the vulnerable, who have been vastly more likely to die of the disease"
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.); Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy; Harvard Medical School . . .
Lazer, David; Qu, Hong; Ognyanova, Katherine . . .
2021-08-16
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 13, 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "West Nile Virus and Other Domestic Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases -- United States, 2019"; "Alternative Methods for Grouping Race and Ethnicity to Monitor COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Outcomes and Vaccination Coverage"; "Reduced Risk of Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] After COVID-19 Vaccination -- Kentucky, May-June 2021"; "Rapid Increase in Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant -- Mesa County, Colorado, April-June 2021"; "Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccines in Preventing Hospitalization Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years -- COVID-NET [COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network], 13 States, February-April 2021"; and "Use of COVID-19 Vaccines After Reports of Adverse Events Among Adult Recipients of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) and mRNA [messenger ribonucleic acid] COVID-19 Vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna): Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, July 2021."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-08-13
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Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA [Updated August 13, 2021]
From the Summary: "Under Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA; P.L. 99-272), a private-sector employer with 20 or more employees that provides health insurance benefits must provide qualified employees and their families the option of continuing their coverage under the employer's group health insurance plan in the case of certain events. Employers that fail to provide the continued health insurance option are subject to penalties. (COBRA also created similar requirements on state and local government employers; however, this report focuses on the requirements applicable to private-sector employers.) [...] This report provides a simplified explanation of who qualifies for COBRA continuation coverage, the nature of COBRA continuation coverage, and corresponding employer and employee responsibilities.It also incorporates descriptions of the temporary relief that was provided on May 4, 2020, by the Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration and Internal Revenue Service in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic (as it pertains to COBRA continuation coverage). This relief extends various COBRA time frames and was intended to help minimize the possibility that individuals would lose health insurance because they failed to comply with certain COBRA time frames during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report also includes a high-level description of the temporary COBRA premium assistance included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. [Public Law] 117-2)."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Rosso, Ryan J.
2021-08-13
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Federal Employees and COVID-19 Vaccination Attestations: Immediate Takeaways [Updated August 13, 2021]
From the Document: "Executive Order 13991 [hyperlink] established the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force [hyperlink] (Task Force) to provide ongoing guidance to heads of executive agencies on government operation and employee safety during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. On July 29, 2021, the Task Force issued revised 'model safety principles' to executive agencies and departments. Among other safety principles, this guidance [hyperlink] instructs federal agencies to determine the vaccination status of federal employees and onsite contractors, and requires employees and onsite contractors to 'sign an attestation confirming their vaccination status.' Those who decline to provide an attestation must [hyperlink] wear a mask and be subject to testing and other safety measures. This effort to promote COVID-19 vaccination, similar [hyperlink] to some state and municipal employers' requirements, follows newly reported increases in COVID-19 cases and related [hyperlink] hospitalizations attributable to the spread of the contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. [...] This Sidebar begins by providing background on the Task Force and the vaccination attestation policy. It then describes the primary authorities federal agencies may employ to implement the policy and relevant constitutional considerations. Next, the Sidebar discusses key requirements under federal antidiscrimination laws that may inform the implementation of the guidance. Finally, the Sidebar briefly considers whether COVID-19 vaccines' current emergency use authorization (EUA) status affects the federal government's ability to impose requirements related to vaccination."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Anderson, April J.; Shimabukuro, Jon O.; Shen, Wen W.
2021-08-13
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COVID States Project: A 50-State COVID-19 Survey Report #61: Parental Concerns About COVID-19 Vaccines
From the Document: "In an online forum designed to quell parents' anxieties about the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccine for their kids, one parent wrote: 'I'm not an anti-vaxxer or an anti-masker. I'm just worried.' On May 12, 2021, the New York Times [hyperlink] published an article titled 'They're Not Anti-Vaccine, but These Parents Are Hesitant About the COVID Shot' which takes the reader through a series of online conversations between doctors and parents anxious about vaccinating their kids against COVID-19. Parents reported being nervous about the newness of the vaccine and how fast it was developed, as well as the potential for side effects and allergic reactions. Additionally, parents of adolescents raised concerns about the vaccine affecting puberty and future fertility. Since the publication of the Times article, the FDA has granted emergency authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-15 and so far, 39.5% have received one dose and 29% are fully vaccinated [hyperlink] as of August 2, 2021."
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.); Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy; Harvard Medical School . . .
Pippert, Caroline; Lin, Jennifer; Lazer, David . . .
2021-08-11
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 10, 2021: Use of COVID-19 Vaccines After Reports of Adverse Events Among Adult Recipients of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna): Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, July 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Use of COVID-19 Vaccines After Reports of Adverse Events Among Adult Recipients of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna): Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, July 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-08-10
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CDC's Federal Eviction Moratorium [Updated August 10, 2021]
From the Document: "On September 4, 2020, [hyperlink] the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) imposed a nationwide temporary federal moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment of rent. The moratorium was extended several times, until it expired on July 31, 2021. On August 3, 2021, the CDC issued a new order [hyperlink] implementing another eviction moratorium through October 3, 2021 [hyperlink]. Rather than applying nationwide, the new order is only applicable in counties with heightened rates of COVID-19 [hyperlink] community transmission. Both orders are intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by preventing homelessness and overcrowded housing conditions resulting from eviction. The CDC's actions, which followed an Executive Order [hyperlink] directing it to consider such measures, are unprecedented, both in terms of the agency's reach into what is traditionally state and local governance of landlord-tenant law and its use of a public health authority [hyperlink]. Courts have issued conflicting decisions on the initial order's legality, leaving a cloud of uncertainty [hyperlink] regarding the order's enforceability [hyperlink]."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
McCarty, Maggie; Perl, Libby; Carpenter, David Hatcher
2021-08-10
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COVID-19: Government Resources for Real-Time Economic Indicators [Updated August 10, 2021]
From the Document: "This CRS [Congressional Research Service] Insight presents select real-time economic indicators that attempt to measure the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the U.S. economy. Created by select federal government agencies, these new or unique indicators attempt to measure the demographic, social, and economic impacts of COVID-19 in real-time, or on a weekly or monthly basis, rather than quarterly or annually."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Jennings, Julie; Weinstock, Lida R.
2021-08-10
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COVID States Project: A 50-State COVID-19 Survey Report #60: Vaccine Misinformation, from Uncertainty to Resistance
From the Document: "In mid-July 2021, President Biden emphatically claimed that social media platforms were 'killing people' [hyperlink] by facilitating the spread of vaccine misinformation. Not long after, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell similarly declared that misinformation was to be blamed [hyperlink] for the low vaccination rates of Americans. The public debate that followed brought to the forefront a series of important questions. How prevalent is the public's belief in vaccine misinformation? Is that belief associated with vaccine resistance? Are some social groups more susceptible to it than others? Are social media companies responsible for the higher levels of vaccine resistance among some of their users? This report focuses on the first three questions, exploring misinformation beliefs across social groups and their connection with vaccine attitudes. We address the last question in our previous report [hyperlink] and in a post [hyperlink] published by the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog."
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.); Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy; Harvard Medical School . . .
Ognyanova, Katherine; Lazer, David; Baum, Matthew A., 1965- . . .
2021-08-10
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 6, 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccine Safety in Adolescents Aged 12-17 Years -- United States, December 14, 2020-July 16, 2021"; "Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings -- Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021"; "'Notes from the Field': Delays in Identification and Treatment of a Case of Septicemic Plague -- Navajo County, Arizona, 2020"; and "'QuickStats': Injury Deaths as a Percentage of Total Deaths, by Age Group -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-08-06
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Federal Employees and COVID-19 Vaccination Attestations: Immediate Takeaways [August 6, 2021]
From the Document: "Executive Order 13991 [hyperlink] established the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force [hyperlink] (Task Force) to provide ongoing guidance to heads of executive agencies on government operation and employee safety during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. On July 29, 2021, the Task Force issued revised 'model safety principles' to executive agencies and departments. Among other safety principles, this guidance [hyperlink] instructs federal agencies to determine the vaccination status of federal employees and onsite contractors, and requires employees and onsite contractors to 'sign an attestation confirming their vaccination status.' Those who decline to provide an attestation must [hyperlink] wear a mask and be subject to testing and other safety measures. This effort to promote COVID-19 vaccination, similar [hyperlink] to some state and municipal employers' requirements, follows newly reported increases in COVID-19 cases and related [hyperlink] hospitalizations attributable to the spread of the contagious Delta variant of COVID-19. [...] This Sidebar begins by providing background on the Task Force and the vaccination attestation policy. It then describes the primary authorities federal agencies may employ to implement the policy and relevant constitutional considerations. Next, the Sidebar discusses key requirements under federal antidiscrimination laws that may inform the implementation of the guidance. Finally, the Sidebar briefly considers whether COVID-19 vaccines' current emergency use authorization (EUA) status affects the federal government's ability to impose requirements related to vaccination."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Anderson, April J.; Shimabukuro, Jon O.; Shen, Wen W.
2021-08-06
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ADA at 31: Access to Housing and Health Care Must Meet the Rise of Disability in the U.S.
From the Document: "It has been nearly 50 years since disability activists in San Francisco took over a federal building for 28 days to force the signing of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. This legislation established the rights of people with disabilities against discrimination in programs receiving federal funds. By 1990, disability activists were literally crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to demand civil rights legislation for disabled people. This resulted in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which celebrated its 31st anniversary in July 2021. Yet even with these laws' protections, the lack of access and equity for people with disabilities--particularly those who are multiply marginalized--was put in sharp focus by their treatment during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. Despite the coronavirus being indiscriminate, it has laid bare the inequities of the United States for all to witness. COVID-19 killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in part due to the vulnerability created through continued inequities in the distribution of resources and services, particularly in marginalized populations. [...] Despite the passage of several temporary measures to better support people in the United States--including increased economic support, access to health care testing and vaccines, and eviction and foreclosure protections --housing, food, and health care still have not been determined as basic rights to maintain public health and safety." This material 'ADA at 31: Access to Housing and Health Care Must Meet the Rise of Disability in the U.S.' was published by the Center for American Progress.
Center for American Progress
Novack, Valerie; Moh, Kelly
2021-08-05
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Global COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution [Updated August 5, 2021]
From the Background: "The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to severe health and economic consequences across the globe, as governments work to contain the spread of the virus and its variants. In late 2020, researchers started identifying several COVID-19 variants, now driving surges in related cases and deaths across Africa and south Asia. The United States, India, and Brazil have the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many caused by the Delta variant. Vaccines and other countermeasures play a growing role in COVID-19 control. However, insufficient access to vaccines in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) raises questions about how inequities may hinder pandemic control worldwide."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Tharakan, Sara M.; Salaam-Blyther, Tiaji
2021-08-05
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COVID-19: Potential Implications for International Security Environment-- Overview of Issues and Further Reading for Congress [Updated August 5, 2021]
From the Introduction: "Some observers argue the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic could be a world-changing event with potentially profound and long-lasting implications for the international security environment. Other observers are more skeptical that the pandemic will have such effects. This report provides a brief overview of some potential implications the pandemic might have for the international security environment, and appendices listing CRS [Congressional Research Service] reports and other writings for further reading. Issues for Congress may include whether and how the pandemic could change the international security environment, whether the Biden Administration's actions for responding to such change are appropriate and sufficient, and what implications such change could have for the role of Congress in setting and overseeing the execution of U.S. foreign and defense policy. Congress's decisions regarding these issues could have significant implications for U.S. foreign and defense policy."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald; McInnis, Kathleen J.
2021-08-05
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North Korea's Vaccination Capabilities: Implications for a COVID-19 Campaign
From the Document: "Although the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) appears to have succeeded in preventing the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 virus) from entering its borders, the drastic isolation measures have hurt its economy and taken a toll on the vulnerable population. As the pandemic shows no sign of abating, the country will need to explore a path to reopening while minimizing the risk to its people. Vaccines, while not a panacea, are indispensable to any strategy for reopening. However, questions have been raised about the country's ability to maintain the cold temperatures required for storage and transport and implement a national vaccination program. We analyze the DPRK's history with vaccines which shows that, with the proper preparations, it could carry out swift, nationwide campaigns. We also describe a theoretical vaccination road map using a combination of the AstraZeneca/Oxford and the mRNA (Moderna or the Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccines."
38 North; Henry L. Stimson Center
Shafik, Nagi M.; Ryder, C. Yoonhee; Park, Kee B.
2021-08-05
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Role of AI in Addressing Misinformation on Social Media Platforms
From the Introduction: "[1] Over the past year, misinformation has consistently undermined the global public health response to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. It has led to the use of dangerous and false health cures, increased the spread of the virus by perpetuating a myth that it is fake or presents no risk, and slowed vaccine uptake. All of this has contributed, directly or indirectly, to the deaths of many around the world, while also serving to deepen the public's distrust in democratic institutions. [2] In a bid to reduce the volume of COVID-19 misinformation, platforms have over the last year introduced a number of new measures and policies, many of which rely on the use of algorithms to help detect and address harmful content. At the same time, platforms have been forced to turn to machine-based content moderation in order to cover for shortfalls in their workforce of human moderators, many of whom were unable to work from the office for prolonged periods. [3] While initially proposed as a temporary solution to a unique crisis, some have questioned whether automated content moderation could become part of the status quo. Advocates see little choice but to rely heavily on algorithms to rein in misinformation. Critics, however, say that algorithms are not equipped to identify harmful content, and believe their adoption at scale could lead to unintended censorship. Others see this debate as a distraction from the more important question of how to reform platform business models, which may perpetuate misinformation."
Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
2021-08-05?
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COVID-19 Recovery Vendor List for Public Transportation
From the Overview: "The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has significantly impacted public transportation operations throughout the Nation. As communities recover from COVID-19, transit agencies are implementing new and enhanced measures to ensure the safety of their employees and passengers and increase public confidence in transit, including enhanced cleaning and disinfection, personal protective equipment (PPE) and face coverings, and social distancing. The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) are committed to helping the U.S. public transportation industry recover and become even stronger than before. The COVID-19 Vendor List for Transit includes information on vendors and products that transit agencies may use in their COVID-19 response and recovery efforts."
American Public Transportation Association; Community Transportation Association of America
2021-08-04
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Impact in Africa [Updated August 4, 2021]
From the Document: "Sub-Saharan Africa has confirmed fewer COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases and deaths per capita than other regions, but many countries have faced a deadlier third wave of cases since mid-2021. As of July 2021, southern African countries had the highest per-capita caseloads (and had also administered the most tests). Public health experts have expressed acute concerns about the regional surge in both cases and deaths, which they attribute to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant and public fatigue with infection control restrictions. Most governments in Africa have struggled to secure vaccines. Total cumulative confirmed cases and deaths remain concentrated in a handful of countries, led by South Africa. Studies suggest that case data may be underreported in many countries, and experts warn that asymptomatic transmission may have hidden the scope of the spread while allowing for potential virus mutation."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Arieff, Alexis; Blanchard, Lauren Ploch; Cook, Nicolas . . .
2021-08-04
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Impact of COVID-19 [Updated August 4, 2021]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having widespread economic, social, and political effects on Latin America and the Caribbean. As of August 4, 2021, the region had almost 41.1million confirmed cases(21% of cases worldwide) and almost 1.38million deaths(32% of deaths worldwide). Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, and Argentina had the region's highest numbers of deaths. Looking at mortality (death) rates per 100,000 population, Peru had the highest recorded COVID-19 mortality rate in the region, followed by Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, and Paraguay."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sullivan, Mark P.; Meyer, Peter J.
2021-08-04
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COVID States Project: A 50-State COVID-19 Survey Report #59: What Americans Think About People Who Are Not Vaccinated
From the Document: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] continues to spread in the United States, driven by the Delta variant and fueled by the large number of unvaccinated individuals in the country. As a result, the role of unvaccinated Americans has received increasing attention from political and media elites. CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] director Rochelle Walensky, for instance, called the current situation [hyperlink] 'a pandemic of the unvaccinated'. President Biden noted that [hyperlink] 'We have a pandemic for those who haven't gotten a vaccination. It's that basic, that simple.'' This rhetoric, in turn, has at times shifted into blaming the unvaccinated for the continued spread of the disease. [...] In this report, we evaluate how people feel about those who are vaccinated and those who are not. [...] Overall, our findings suggest that people's own vaccination status predicts how they are likely to feel about others."
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.); Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy; Harvard Medical School . . .
Lin, Jennifer; Lazer, David; Baum, Matthew A., 1965- . . .
2021-08-04
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Information Campaigns and COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging: Applying Lessons Learned from the 2020 Election
From the Document: "States and territories are grappling with a significant increase in false information spreading around different societal events, particularly the twin lightning rods of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and the 2020 presidential election. The past year in the United States included acts of targeted violence around transitions of power and mistrust of public health guidelines. These types of events were linked to widespread susceptibility to radical conspiracy theories and a general lack of faith in the checks and balances of democracy. The COVID-19 vaccination effort has been heavily politicized and besieged by false information. With under 60 percent of the U.S. population above 12 years old fully vaccinated and the highly contagious Delta variant the dominant strain in the U.S., messaging around the safety, efficacy and urgency of the vaccine remains a critical public safety priority."
National Governors' Association
2021-08-03?
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US Emergency Plan for Global COVID-19 Relief: Urgent Action to End the Pandemic Globally and Accelerate US Recovery and Security
From the Background: "We are at an exceedingly perilous and urgent moment in the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic. The Delta variant, vastly more dangerous and pernicious than the original SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] virus, has rapidly spread worldwide. It has been driving a deadly summer surge in the US; ripping through Latin America; causing Indonesia to become the next Asian hotspot; and fueling a third wave of the pandemic in Africa, where less than two percent of the population has been fully vaccinated [hyperlink]. [...] Unless vaccine delivery capabilities markedly improve, we are headed for a global supply glut, even as the vast majority of people in many countries remain unvaccinated. To prevent this, urgent action is needed to translate doses into vaccinations. [...] The plan's focus should be on immediate emergency relief, but it should be developed and implemented in a manner that advances long-term health system capacity for providing routine immunizations for children and adults, as well as other essential health services. Indeed, accelerating the response to the current crisis would be one of the most effective health systems strengthening initiatives ever undertaken. The plan would also serve as a catalyst and a model for efforts by other high-income nations to use their excess vaccine supplies and technical capabilities to augment the global response more effectively."
Center for Global Development; Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.); COVID Collaborative . . .
2021-08-03
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Litigation of the CDC's Eviction Moratorium [August 2, 2021]
From the Document: "On August 1, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) order [hyperlink] imposing a nationwide, temporary federal moratorium on residential evictions for the nonpayment of rent expired [hyperlink]. The order was designed to prevent the further spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by preventing [hyperlink] homelessness and overcrowded housing conditions that would result from evictions. [...] The eviction moratorium represented a broad federal inroad into what is traditionally [hyperlink] state and local governance of landlord-tenant law and an unprecedented use of a public health authority [hyperlink] for this purpose. A number of courts have addressed challenges to the CDC's legal authority to issue the order and reached conflicting conclusions on the order's legality. This Legal Sidebar analyzes the court decisions on the CDC's eviction moratorium order and examines ways in which Congress, if it determines that the CDC should be delegated such authority, might explore means to increase clarity regarding the CDC's legal authority to halt evictions in response to a pandemic in the future."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Carpenter, David Hatcher
2021-08-02
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Absorption-Capacity Challenge
From the Executive Summary: "In this paper we offer a framework that is adaptable to specific contexts, drawing on examples from the developed and developing world, along with lessons from historic vaccination programmes. Starting with an assessment of the strategic needs for a country, this framework will ensure that capacity is focused in the right places to facilitate targeting vaccines at those most vulnerable to Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] infection or those most likely to transmit the virus. At the same time, sustainability should be part of this endeavour: we should build absorptive capacity that readies us for future pandemics, as well as tackling this one."
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
Andersen, Hayley; Berry, Tasmin; Britto, David . . .
2021-08
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Strategies for States to Drive Equitable Vaccine Distribution and Administration
From the Introduction: "Since December 2020, the United States has administered more than 330 million COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccine doses, with 163 million people, or 49 percent of the population, completing a full vaccine series. While these results show significant progress by the federal government, states, local governments, and their community partners to reduce COVID-19 transmission, hospitalizations, and deaths, efforts to date have not produced equitable outcomes. Rates of COVID-19 vaccination vary widely within and across states, communities, and racial and ethnic groups, with those communities that are disproportionately experiencing the negative impacts of COVID-19 often having the lowest rates of vaccination. The disparities in vaccination rates among Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) as compared with white Americans highlight the longstanding inequities and structural racism that underpin the United States health care delivery system and that contributed to disparities in health outcomes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic."
State Health and Value Strategies { SHVS); Princeton University
Manatt Health
2021-08
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United States Department of Labor: COVID-19 Workplace Safety Plan
From the Document: "President Joseph R. Biden released the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness on January 21, 2021 [hyperlink]. The National Strategy initiates a coordinated pandemic response that not only improves the effectiveness of the country's fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but also helps restore trust, accountability, and a sense of common purpose in the Federal response to the pandemic. The Administration's paramount concern in crafting COVID-19 workplace safety plans is the health and safety of all Federal employees, onsite contractors, and individuals interacting with the Federal workforce. [...] 'The purpose of this document is to provide minimum mandatory safety guidance for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the DOL agencies'. The health and safety of all DOL employees, onsite contractors, and individuals interacting with the DOL workforce is the Department's highest priority"
United States. Department of Labor
2021-08
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Unvaccinated for COVID-19 but Willing: Demographic Factors, Geographic Patterns, and Changes Over Time
From the Key Points: "[1] Adults who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] but might be willing to do so ('unvaccinated but willing') are a key population for outreach in pandemic response. [2] As of August 2021, approximately 30% of U.S. adults are unvaccinated; among these, approximately 44% may be willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. [3] The proportion of adults who are unvaccinated but willing varies between demographic groups, with higher rates among young adults, Blacks, Hispanics, and uninsured individuals. [4] Among the unvaccinated but willing, concerns about side effects and a desire to 'wait and see' are the most cited reasons for not vaccinating."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
2021-08
