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After a fake vaccination drive was used to hunt down Bin Laden, some Pakistanis are wary of COVID-19 vaccines INSIDER 2/5/2021 salarshani@businessinsider.com (Sarah Al-Arshani) © REUTERS/Khuram Parvez Samiullah Afridi (R), lawyer for Dr. Shakil Afridi, who ran a fake vaccination campaign to try to help US officials find al-Qaeda chief Osama bin laden, leaves the court building in Peshawar on October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Khuram Parvez Pakistanis are hesitant or opposed to getti...

Health officials in Tennessee turned away elderly people waiting for hours to get a vaccine and gave it to friends instead: report INSIDER 1/2/2021 © Getty/David Greedy Getty/David Greedy Hundreds of elderly people in Tennessee were turned away from getting a COVID-19 vaccine after waiting for hours to receive one on New Years Eve.  They were told to go home because of a shortage in supplies, according to local news outlet WRCB-TV.  But after the elderly people left, health officials cal...

The CDC issued new guidance about the COVID-19 vaccine for people with underlying medical conditions tclark@businessinsider.com (Travis Clark) © Getty/David Greedy Getty/David Greedy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance on Saturday for those with underlying medical conditions, saying they can receive the COVID-19 vaccine as long as they "have not had a severe allergic reaction to any of the ingredients in the vaccine." The CDC specifically ...

A Houston doctor said more than half the nurses in his unit wont get the COVID-19 vaccine for political reasons horecchio@businessinsider.com (Haven Orecchio-Egresitz) A Houston doctor spoke to NPR about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers. His hospital will receive the vaccination next week, but more than half of the nurses in his unit wont take it for reasons that are "politically motivated," he said.  Dr. Anthony Fauci previously said that hes worrie...