Tag: mar 30 2021

On Thursday, The New York Times reported that Rutgers University in New Jersey will require all students to offer proof of vaccination to return to campus next fall. The Rutgers president, Jonathan Holloway, issued a statement that included, “Adding COVID-19 vaccination to our student immunization requirements will help provide a safer and more robust college...

In the 9 February Trends Journal and subsequent issues, we have been reporting on problems associated with the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. We had noted that Switzerland’s health agency said it would not administer the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine because the data “available and evaluated to date [is] not yet sufficient.”  A number of European countries followed...

In addition to the Krispy Kreme junk-food donut promotion, other companies are joining in the push to get Americans vaccinated.  According to the CNBC report: “Kroger is awarding employees $100 in store credit in addition to a one-time $100 payment for taking the vaccine. Publix said it will give associates a $125 gift card to...

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, there is still about 42 percent of Americans holding off on getting vaccinated. In a movement to get them to take the jab, the $1.9 trillion COVID Relief Bill recently passed by Congress contains about $1.5 million for a media promotion to deal with vaccine hesitancy.  But beyond that...

A website article by an ABC News paid medical mouthpiece this past week exhorted vaccine takers not to lose track of their vaccination cards. Dr. Leah Croll, M.D., a neurology resident at NYU Langone Health and a “contributor to the ABC News Medical Unit,” said COVID vaccination cards “could be your ticket to freedom in...

As we’ve been covering in the Trends Journal for months, Israel and the European Union have been leading the charge for a “Green Passport,” which would require proof of vaccination before being allowed to travel freely.  For more on this, see our articles: 2 March: NO JAB, NO FREEDOM, 19 January: AIRLINES & BUSINESSES: NO JAB, NO ENTRY, and...

The German health ministry announced the country would enforce mandatory COVID tests for all arriving flights due to the recent uptick in new cases, according to Deutsche Welle.  The report pointed out restrictions and demands on travelers directly impacted by the rule, which extended on the previous testing of all those arriving from a COVID...

You can’t make this up. If you wanted one line to sum up why the “American Dream” is becoming more like a “Nightmare,” it could be this line published on the CNBC website on 23 March: “Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is offering anyone—employed or not—with proof of a COVID vaccination a free doughnut.”   The promotion makes...