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...
Tag: mar 30 2021
ASTRAZENECA VACCINE DATA UNDER FIRE
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...
GET-A-JAB INCENTIVES
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...
WHITE HOUSE PUSHES COVID JAB CAMPAIGN
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...
ABC NEWS PUSHES VAX CARDS AS “TICKET TO FREEDOM”
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...
BIDEN PUSHING HARD FOR VACCINE PASSPORT
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...
GERMANY: NO TEST, NO ENTRY
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...
WANT A FREE DONUT? GET VACCINATED
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...
U.S. GLOBAL FREEDOM RANKING: THIRD WORLD
Freedom House issued a report last week that listed the U.S. below countries like Mongolia and Argentina in its global freedom rankings. The Independent reported that the position marks an 11-point drop over the past ten years and pins the blame on the political tension, the influence of money in politics, and racial inequality. “Dropping 11 points...
BIDEN VS. CHINA’S BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE: U.S. LOSES
President Biden spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week to pitch a massive project to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road. It was launched by President Xi Jinping in 2013. Al Jazeera reported Biden told Johnson that democratic countries in the region should have a...