May 11, 2021 7:00 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee
President Joe Biden will trade ideas with U.S. governors about how to vaccinate more Americans, after the number of people signing up for shots fell sharply over the last month.
Biden will meet today virtually with the leaders of Massachusetts, Utah, Ohio, New Mexico, Maine and Minnesota to discuss âinnovative ways governors are working to get the people in their states vaccinated,â White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
Biden has said the country has entered a new phase of its vaccination campaign as domestic demand weakens. The U.S. is administering about 2.1 million shots per day, down from 3.4 million shots about a month ago, even though thereâs enough supply to give more.
May 3, 2021 6:08 AM By Brandon Lee
High school senior Emma Burkey received her âone and doneâ Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on March 20, and within two weeks was in an induced coma following seizures and clotting in her brain.
Sheâs making a slow recovery, having recently been transfered from the hospital to a rehabilitation center, and the first round of bills totaled $513,000. The 18-year-oldâs family friends in the Las Vegas area started a GoFundMe account to help with medical expenses from the very rare vaccine reaction.
âWe donât know whatâs going to happen with Emma, how long it will it take for her to return to a normal life,â said Bret Johnson, the familyâs minister, whoâs acting as spokesman for the Burkeys. He said the family believes her condition is linked to the vaccine but hasnât yet been contacted by the company or U.S. health regulators, and that a connection hasnât been independently
April 22, 2021 6:12 AM By Brandon Lee
President Joe Biden called on employers to use a tax credit to provide paid time off to workers to get vaccinated and for businesses to do more to boost the inoculation effort as the U.S. seeks to get shots in more arms.
Biden touted the U.S. achieving its goal of giving 200 million vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office, while also pivoting to a new phase of the campaign by calling on businesses to make vaccination as accessible as possible. He requested all employers in the U.S. to offer full pay to workers to get a shot, and touted an incentive included in his first Covid-19 relief package that provides tax credits for workersâ wages in companies with fewer than 500 employees.
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