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Budgetary Effects of the Tax Credit for Employer-Paid Sick and Family Leave During the Coronavirus Pandemic
From the Document: "I am writing to provide information about the budgetary effects of the tax credit for employer-paid sick and family leave. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) required qualifying businesses to provide paid leave to employees for absences related to the coronavirus pandemic. [...] Subsequent legislation--the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and the Economic Security (CARES) Act; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA); and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)--modified the credit and extended it through September 30, 2021. [...] CBO's [Congressional Budget Office] estimates of the credit's effects on revenues and outlays prepared near the time of FFCRA's enactment were reflected in its budget projections (often called its baseline) over the past year. On the basis of those original estimates of claims for the credit and the related behavioral responses, CBO increased projected deficits by approximately $113 billion in total--$105 billion upon the enactment of FFCRA and an additional $8 billion following the enactment of the CARES Act, the CAA, and ARPA."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Swagel, Phillip
2021-07-16
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Sovereign Debt and the COVID-19 Pandemic [July 16, 2021]
From the Document: "The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the ensuing downturn in economic growth has had significant economic and financial consequence for low-income countries. The World Bank estimates that the pandemic led to 97 million more people being in poverty in 2020. Several countries have already defaulted on their sovereign debt, and many others are at high levels of debt distress, potentially impeding their ability to support recovery."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Weiss, Martin A.
2021-07-16
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Audit of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Quality Assurance Over Contracts for the Conversion of Facilities to Alternative Care Sites in Response to the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
From the Objective: "The objective of this audit was to determine to what extent U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) officials conducted appropriate quality assurance and contract administration related to alternative care site (ACS) facilities. We determined whether USACE officials appropriately developed quality assurance control plans (or used appropriate waivers), designated properly trained personnel to conduct quality assurance, coordinated the process, completed contractor assessments, and initiated contract closeout procedures in a timely manner."
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Inspector General
2021-07-16
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DoD OIG COVID-19 Oversight Plan: 2021 Q3 Update
This is the 2021 third quarter (Q3) update of the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Oversight Plan. From the Introduction: "In 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) received more than $10.5 billion in appropriated FY 2020 funds in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, domestically and internationally. Since that time, the DoD has participated in the global response to ensure that life-saving assistance and supplies reach those who need it most. During a press briefing on May 6, 2021, Secretary of Defense Austin reiterated his initial message to the force, stating, 'Today, the most urgent challenge that we face is COVID-19, and so the [D]epartment has stepped up to save American lives through vaccination. We've been a part of a whole-of-government effort to get shots into arms, and active duty and National Guard troops have administered more than 14 million total shots to the American people.' The DoD Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its initial COVID-19 Pandemic Oversight Plan in May 2020, and continues to publish regular updates listing DoD OIG pandemic-related projects and published reports. [...] The results of our work will assist the DoD in ensuring proper stewardship of pandemic funds and measure the impact of the pandemic on DoD programs and operations."
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Inspector General
2021-07-16?
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 16, 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] Vaccination Coverage Among Insured Persons Aged ≥16 Years, by Race/Ethnicity and Other Selected Characteristics -- Eight Integrated Health Care Organizations, United States, December 14, 2020-May 15, 2021"; "COVID-19 Vaccine Administration, by Race and Ethnicity -- North Carolina, December 14, 2020-April 6, 2021"; "Acceptability of Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccination Among Adolescents and Parents of Adolescents -- United States, April 15-23, 2021"; "SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a Gymnastics Facility -- Oklahoma, April-May 2021"; and "'QuickStats': Percentage, of Men and Women Aged 25-49 Years Who Spent at Least One Night in the Past 12 Months at an Alternate Location Because They Did Not Have a Permanent Place To Stay, by Type of Location -- National Survey of Family Growth, United States, 2017-2019." 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.)
2021-07-16
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Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds: Frequently Asked Questions
From the Document: "This document contains answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSFRF / CLFRF, or Fiscal Recovery Funds). Treasury will be updating this document periodically in response to questions received from stakeholders."
United States. Department of the Treasury
2021-07-14
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Violations of ICE Detention Standards at Adams County Correctional Center
From the Highlights: "In accordance with the 'Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021', we conduct unannounced inspections of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities to ensure compliance with detention standards. Between January and February 2021, we conducted a remote inspection of the Adams County Correctional Center (Adams) to evaluate compliance with ICE detention standards and COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] requirements. [...] We made seven recommendations to improve ICE's oversight of detention facility management and operations at Adams."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2021-07-14
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) and COVID-19 [Updated July 13, 2021]
From the Summary: "On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the prevention of the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in health care employment settings. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) gives OSHA the ability to promulgate an ETS that would remain in effect for up to six months without going through the normal review and comment process of rulemaking. OSHA, however, has rarely used this authority in the past--not since the courts struck down its ETS on asbestos in 1983. The OSHA COVID-19 ETS requires health care employers to develop COVID-19 plans and protect employees from COVID-19 exposure through health screenings, personal protective equipment (PPE), building ventilation, and physical distancing and barriers. The ETS requires healthcare employers to remove any employees with COVID-19 from the workplace while providing them with certain benefits. Health care employers are not required to mandate that their employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine but must provide reasonable time off for employees to receive a vaccine and recover from any vaccine-related side effects. The ETS includes new COVID-19 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for health care employers and permits health care employers to forgo the medical evaluation and fit-testing requirements of OSHA's respiratory protection standard when providing respirators to employees in certain circumstances."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Szymendera, Scott
2021-07-13
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COVID-19: Potential Implications for International Security Environment-- Overview of Issues and Further Reading for Congress [Updated July 13, 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.
2021-07-13
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CARES Act: Selected Data on Coronavirus-Related Distribution and Loan Usage in 2020 [July 13, 2021]
From the Introduction: "Section 2202 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act; P.L. 116- 136) waived the 10% penalty for certain early withdrawals from retirement accounts--referred to as coronavirus-related distributions (CRDs)--and modified rules for loans from defined contribution (DC) plans in 2020 to try to assist those who may have faced financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 Retirement plans were permitted, but not required, to adopt CRDs and/or the loan provisions. These provisions--which were similar to those enacted following certain previous federally declared major disasters--expired in 2020 and, as of the date of this report, have not been extended by subsequent legislation. Following enactment of the CARES Act, some expressed concern about the use of the provisions and the extent to which usage might negatively affect retirement security. 2 Selected data on employers' adoption and individuals' utilization of the CARES Act's CRD and loan provisions in 2020 seems to indicate modest usage of these provisions. This data might be informative to Congress in understanding retirement account withdrawal and loan behavior during disasters."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Myers, Elizabeth A.
2021-07-13
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Tokyo Olympic Summer Games [Updated July 13, 2021]
From the Document: "Japan and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have vowed to go ahead [hyperlink] with the 2020 Olympic Summer Games beginning on July 23, 2021; the games were postponed in 2020 due to the global Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Japan has curbed the pandemic to under 14,954 total deaths [hyperlink] out of a population of around 125 million, a per capita rate around 15 times higher than the United States has experienced. The virus has continued to spread, due in part to the emergence of more communicable variants and Japan's slow progress on vaccinating the population [hyperlink]. In July 2021, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency [hyperlink] in several cities, including Tokyo, that will extend through August 22 and confirmed that no spectators would be permitted at the Games. Two weeks before the opening ceremonies, Japan's daily infections surpassed 2,000 per day, with nearly half of those in Tokyo [hyperlink]. Japan's national vaccination campaign started in mid-February--about two months after many other developed countries. Japan trails behind the United States and other countries in vaccinating its population, presenting increased risk for any Japanese athletes and volunteers that may attend the Games. A cautious vaccine approval process and a cumbersome bureaucratic approach to vaccination led to a slow rollout, though the pace of vaccinations increased in June. As of mid-July, around 28% of Japan's population had received at least one dose of the vaccine [hyperlink]."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Manyin, Mark E.; Halchin, L. Elaine
2021-07-13
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Lessons Learnt from the COVID-19 Pandemic from a Financial Stability Perspective: Interim Report
From the Executive Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is the first major test of the global financial system since the G20 [group of twenty] reforms were put in place following the financial crisis of 2008. While significantly different in nature from the 2008 crisis, this real-life test may hold important lessons for financial policy, including the functioning of the G20 reforms. Any analysis at this stage needs to bear in mind that the pandemic is not yet over and that its economic and financial impact has been greatly mitigated by bold policy actions. The objective of this report, which has been prepared in collaboration with standard-setting bodies (SSBs), is therefore to identify preliminary lessons for financial stability from the COVID-19 experience and aspects related to the functioning of the G20 financial regulatory reforms that may warrant further attention at the international level."
Financial Stability Board
2021-07-13
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 9, 2021: SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with a Gymnastics Facility -- Oklahoma, April-May 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: "SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Outbreak Associated with a Gymnastics Facility -- Oklahoma, April-May 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from WWMR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-07-09
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 9, 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: "Unexpected Hepatitis B Virus Infection After Liver Transplantation -- United States, 2014-2019"; "Outcomes Among Patients Referred to Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics After COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] diagnosis -- United States, January 2020-March 2021"; "Efficacy of Portable Air Cleaners and Masking for Reducing Indoor Exposure to Simulated Exhaled SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Aerosols -- United States, 2021"; "Use of mRNA [messenger ribonucleic acid] COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Among Vaccine Recipients: Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, June 2021"; and "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥20 Years Who Consumed Vegetables on a Given Day, by Race and Hispanic Origin -- United States, 2015-2018." 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.)
2021-07-09
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 9, 2021: Acceptability of Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccination Among Adolescents and Parents of Adolescents -- United States, April 15-23, 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: "Acceptability of Adolescent COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccination Among Adolescents and
Parents of Adolescents -- United States, April 15-23, 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from WWMR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-07-09
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Emergency Rental Assistance Through the Coronavirus Relief Fund [Updated July 9, 2021]
From the Summary: "In response to concerns about the economic effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on renters and their landlords, Congress created a $25 billion Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division N of P.L. 116-260). A second round of ERA funding--$21.55 billion--was included in Section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2). The ERA program is funded through the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) that was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act, P.L. 116-136) and implemented by the Department of the Treasury."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Driessen, Grant A.; Perl, Libby; McCarty, Maggie
2021-07-09
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Global Economic Effects of COVID-19 [Updated July 9, 2021]
From the Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] viral pandemic continues to be a highly personal, individual experience that is also an unprecedented globally shared phenomenon with wide-ranging repercussions. The pandemic has disrupted lives across all countries and communities and negatively affected global economic growth in 2020 beyond anything experienced in nearly a century. Estimates indicate the virus reduced global economic growth in 2020 to an annualized rate of -3.4% to -7.6%, with a recovery of 4.2% to 5.6% projected for 2021. Global trade is estimated to have fallen by 5.3% in 2020, but is projected to grow by 8.0% in 2021. According to a consensus of forecasts, the economic downturn in 2020 was not as negative as initially estimated, due in part to the fiscal and monetary policies governments adopted in 2020. Generally, economic growth forecasts captured the decline and subsequent rebound in economic growth over the second and third quarters of 2020, but have been challenged since by the prolonged nature of the health crisis and its continuing impact on the global economy."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Jackson, James K., 1949-; Nelson, Rebecca M.; Weiss, Martin A. . . .
2021-07-09
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Hunger Virus 'Multiplies': Deadly Recipe of Conflict, COVID-19 and Climate Accelerate World Hunger
From the Document: "Last year, Oxfam warned in its report 'The Hunger Virus' that hunger could prove even more deadly than COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. This year, 20 million more people have been pushed to extreme levels of food insecurity, reaching a total of 155 million people in 55 countries. Since the pandemic began, the number of people living in famine-like conditions has increased 'sixfold' to more than 520,000. [...] What we saw as a global health crisis has quickly spiralled into an inflamed hunger crisis that has laid bare the stark inequality in our world. The worst is still yet to come unless governments urgently tackle food insecurity and its root causes head on. 'Today, 11 people are likely dying every minute from acute hunger linked to three lethal Cs: conflict, COVID-19, and the climate crisis. This rate outpaces the current pandemic mortality rate, which is at 7 people per minute.' This brief explores how unabated conflict, economic shocks worsened by the pandemic, and the escalating climate crisis have pushed millions more people into extreme levels of hunger and how that number is likely to continue increasing unless urgent action is taken."
Oxfam International
2021-07-09
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Covax and Global Access to Covid-19 Vaccines
From the Summary: "The development of Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccines offers a potential pathway towards global recovery. However, the purchasing and administration of vaccines has been dominated by richer economies. [...] The Covax initiative [hyperlink] was established in April 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. It aims to ensure fair access to Covid-19 vaccines, and to accelerate their production. [...] This briefing sets out how the Covax scheme works, the challenges faced in administrating vaccine campaigns in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and the contributions of the UK and other high and upper-middle income economies to Covax and the distribution of vaccines."
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Library
Loft, Philip
2021-07-09
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Mental Health, COVID-19 Vaccine Distrust and Vaccine Hesitancy in South Africa
From the Abstract: "Within the context of increasing mental distress noted since the beginning of the pandemic, this study uses the 5Cs [Company, Collaborators, Customers, Competitors, and Context] framework to analyse the role that depressive symptoms play in driving vaccine behaviour in South Africa. The study further explores pathways of this association through vaccine distrust, risk perception and efficacy. Multivariate regression analysis taking into account endogeneity concerns reveal that vaccine distrust is the most important predictor of vaccine hesitancy. There is little evidence of significant association of either pre-pandemic mental distress or current depressive symptoms with vaccine hesitancy in a fully specified model. However, significant indirect effect of depressive symptoms on vaccine hesitancy is found via vaccine distrust and risk perception. The findings indicate that individuals at high risk of depression are more concerned regarding the safety of vaccines, which in turn feeds into vaccine hesitancy. On the other hand, depressive symptoms have an opposite effect via risk perception. Risk perception is a negative predictor of vaccine hesitancy; therefore, the enhanced risk perception leads to lower vaccine hesitancy. This study has established that the indirect effects are highly relevant and need to considered closely while analysing the relationship between mental distress and vaccine behaviour. Lastly, the study also found significant feedback effect of mental distress with vaccine distrust as well as risk perception. Therefore, improved vaccine trust can lead to not just increased vaccine acceptance and reduced risk perception; but also, better mental health."
University of Cape Town. National Income Dynamics Study; Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM)
Kollamparambil, Uma; Oyenubi, Adeola; Nwosu, Chijioke O.
2021-07-08
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COVID-19 Healthcare Funding Decision Framework: Supplement to the 'COVID-19 Healthcare Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)'
From the Document: "This 'COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Healthcare Funding Decision Framework' is intended to assist stakeholders who are navigating healthcare challenges attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the identification, sequencing, administration, and management of funding resources. This document is a supplement to the 'COVID-19 Healthcare Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)' [hyperlink] and has three main components: strategy identification, additional considerations for federal funding implementation and potential alignment, and case studies. The information that follows highlights how different funding streams can be applied to address one challenge area from the Roadmap: Vaccine Administration. However, the decision-making pathways and additional considerations outlined here may also be applied to other stakeholder challenges."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2021-07-08
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COVID-19 Healthcare Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)
From the Document: "This 'COVID-19 Healthcare Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)' (Roadmap) was developed to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) leaders and other interested parties with navigating some of the challenges, as well as the resources, associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Specifically, the Roadmap describes how supplemental appropriated funds and certain ongoing annually funded federal programs can be used to implement potential solutions. [...] The Roadmap is to assist in challenges that federal departments and agencies, which work directly with SLTT partners, have identified in delivering healthcare services."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2021-07-08
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Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates is Growing
From the Webpage: "One of the main factors driving differences in COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccination rates across the country is partisanship. Our surveys [hyperlink] consistently find that Democrats are much more likely to report having been vaccinated than Republicans, and Republicans are much more likely to say that they definitely do not want to get vaccinated. In May, just as vaccine supply was starting to outstrip demand, we examined [hyperlink] average vaccination rates by county and found that rates were lower in counties that voted for Trump in the 2020 Presidential election compared to those that voted for Biden. Now, two months later, we find that not only does this remain the case, the gap has grown."
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Kates, Jennifer; Tolbert, Jennifer; Orgera, Kendal
2021-07-08
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines [July 8, 2021]
From the Introduction: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Treatment Guidelines have been developed to provide clinicians with guidance on how to care for patients with COVID-19. Because clinical information about the optimal management of COVID-19 is evolving quickly, these Guidelines will be updated frequently as published data and other authoritative information become available."
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
2021-07-08
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Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of Facilities' COVID-19 Pandemic Readiness and Response in Veterans Integrated Service Network 19
From the Report Overview: "This Office of Inspector General (OIG) Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection Program (CHIP) report examines key clinical and administrative processes that are associated with promoting quality care. Comprehensive healthcare inspections are one element of the OIG's overall efforts to ensure that the nation's veterans receive high-quality and timely VA [Department of Veteran Affairs] healthcare services. The inspections are performed approximately every three years for each medical facility. The OIG selects and evaluates specific areas of focus each year. Starting in July 2020, pandemic readiness and response was added as an issue for examination. [...] This report is the second in a series. It provides a descriptive evaluation of VISN [Veterans Integrated Service Network] 19 facilities' responses to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. This examination is based on findings from healthcare inspections performed during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 (October 1 through December 31, 2020). The report also provides a more recent snapshot of the pandemic's demands on these facilities' operations based on data compiled as of April 2021. Additionally, it includes information on VISN 19's COVID-19 vaccination efforts, based on data collected by an OIG survey of vaccination coordinators in February 2021 and a review of VA's vaccination statistics as of March 29, 2021. Interviews and survey results provide additional context on lessons learned and perceptions of readiness and responses."
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs. Office of Inspector General
2021-07-07
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Resources for Tracking Federal COVID-19 Spending [Updated July 7, 2021]
From the Summary: "Congress has responded to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with supplemental appropriations measures providing relief and assistance to individuals and families, state and local governments, businesses, health care providers, and other entities. For more information, see CRS [Congressional Research Service] Report R46474, 'Laws Enacted in Response to COVID-19: Resources for Congressional Offices', by Meredith Sund. This report provides selected sources for tracking COVID-19 relief and assistance spending."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Teefy, Jennifer; Kreiser, Maria
2021-07-07
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COVID-19 Education Resource Roadmap (Version 2.0)
From the Document: "This 'COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Education Resource Roadmap' (Roadmap) was developed to assist state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) leaders and other interested parties with navigating some of the challenges, as well as the resources, associated with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Specifically, the Roadmap describes how supplemental appropriated funds and certain ongoing annually funded federal programs can be used to implement potential solutions. [...] The Roadmap is to assist in challenges that federal departments and agencies which work directly with SLTT partners have identified in delivering educational support."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2021-07-07
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Deaths and Hospitalizations Averted by Rapid U.S. Vaccination Rollout
From the Document: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has unleashed devastating health and economic crises worldwide, causing more than 3.9 million deaths and 183 million reported infections globally. While the United States has accounted for more than 600,000 deaths, it also has supported the development of highly efficacious vaccines, granting emergency authorizations and delivering the products at an unprecedented pace. As of July 2, the U.S. had administered more than 328 million vaccine doses, with 67 percent of adults having received at least one dose. The number of cases has fallen from more than 300,000 per day at the apex of the pandemic in January 2021 to less than 20,000 per day in mid-June. [...] The efficacy and safety of authorized vaccines against the original viral variant are well established based on randomized controlled trials showing that they prevent symptomatic and severe disease. However, the effectiveness of the U.S. vaccination campaign in reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the face of emerging highly transmissible variants has not yet been fully evaluated.To assess the impact of the U.S. vaccination program, we expanded our age-stratified, agent-based model of COVID-19 to include transmission dynamics of the Alpha, Gamma, and Delta variants in addition to the original Wuhan-1 variant. Briefly, the model compared the observed epidemiologic trajectory (cases, hospitalizations, and deaths) to two counterfactual scenarios, one in which no vaccination program occurred and another under which daily vaccinations were administered at only half the actual daily pace."
Commonwealth Fund
Galvani, Alison P.; Moghadas, Seyed M.; Schneider, Eric C.
2021-07-07
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COVID-19 State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report 11 (June 8 - 21, 2021)
From the Summary: "Consumers expressed concern about the Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] potentially causing more severe illness. While this was a motivating factor for some consumers to get vaccinated, others felt the variants were a sign of the virus becoming endemic, decreasing the perceived importance of vaccination. As the United States continues to return to prepandemic-style life, some consumers expressed concern that employer- or education-based vaccination requirements and proof-of-vaccination systems to attend large events or travel infringed on their individual liberties. Consumers were divided, with some claiming that that [sic] those who are vaccinated do not need to worry about the vaccination status of others. Finally, concerns about myocarditis and pericarditis following mRNA [Messenger Ribonucleic Acid] COVID-19 vaccination were widespread. More information about consumers' perceptions and opinions regarding myocarditis and pericarditis following vaccination can be reviewed in the Rapid COVID-19 State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report [hyperlink], released on June 29, 2021."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-07-07
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 6, 2021: Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Among Vaccine Recipients: Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, June 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 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Among Vaccine Recipients: Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices -- United States, June 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from WWMR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-07-06
