John Boehm
CITY ORDINANCE PROTECTS WORKERS WHO TAKE TIME OFF TO GET A COVID SHOT: Employers who do not let workers take time off to get a COVID vaccine could face fines of up to $5,000 per offense under a new city ordinance.
City Council Wednesday approved a measure that prohibits employers from firing, disciplining or taking any adverse action against an employee who misses time on the job to get a shot. If a worker has paid sick leave or accrued time available, bosses must let their workers use that time to get their shot. Employers who require a COVID vaccination must pay their employees if the vaccine is offered during a shift, up to four hours per dose, a city release said.
Apr 23, 2021
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a senior receives a COVID-19 vaccine from a healthcare worker after arriving on a bus to a vaccination site at Anquan Boldin Stadium in Pahokee, Fla. COVID-19 hospitalizations are plunging among older Americans. The falling numbers show the country’s vaccination strategy is working, pushing deaths lower and easing pressure on the frayed hospital system. (Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged more than 70% since the start of the year, and deaths among them appear to have tumbled as well, dramatic evidence the vaccination campaign is working.
Apr 23, 2021
AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File
In this Jan. 27 photo, people stand in line to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Jackson Hospital in Miami. COVID-19 hospitalizations are plunging among older Americans.
WASHINGTON (AP) COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged 80% since the start of the year, dramatic proof the vaccination campaign is working. Now the trick is to get more of the nation’s younger people to roll up their sleeves.
The drop-off in severe cases among people 65 and older is so dramatic that the hospitalization rate among this highly vaccinated group is now down to around the level of the next-youngest category, Americans 50 to 64.
Matthew Perrone and Carla K. Johnson
Associated Press
WASHINGTON COVID-19 hospitalizations among older Americans have plunged 80% since the start of the year, dramatic proof the vaccination campaign is working. Now the trick is to get more of the nation s younger people to roll up their sleeves.
The drop-off in severe cases among people 65 and older is so dramatic that the hospitalization rate among this highly vaccinated group is now down to around the level of the next-youngest category, Americans 50 to 64.
That slide is especially encouraging because senior citizens have accounted for about 8 out of 10 deaths from COVID-19 since the virus hit the United States.
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