Category: Covid-19 Vaccine

For those of you still waiting to get the coronavirus vaccine, there is a way to do your part and earn some cash in the process.

The Florida Department of Health is giving away $10 grocery vouchers at multiple locations across Palm Beach County.

The Healthcare District of Palm Beach County is providing the vaccine for free.

For a list of hours and locations, visit https://www.hcdpbc.org/.

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Last year, New York City faced a COVID-19 outbreak unlike anything our city had seen in a century.

Thanks to the heroic work of our first responders, health care workers and other essential workers, our city was able to battle back the virus, and now, because of safe and effective vaccines, more of us are returning to a semblance of normalcy.

The fight against COVID is, in some ways, like fighting a fire. We may have calmed the worst of the inferno and delivered the 4 million vaccinated New Yorkers to safer ground. However, smoldering embers remain and those who are unvaccinated have yet to leave the hazardous scene.

Right now, the risk is particularly serious for Staten Island, where the number of residents testing positive for COVID-19 is notably higher than many other parts of the city. Young people are among the most at risk. According to Health Department data, 18- to 24-year-olds in Staten Island have a nearly 5% positivity compared to about 1% citywide. At the same time, vaccinations among this age group are lower than the other boroughs.

It is more important than ever to protect yourself, loved ones and communities. If you are waiting for a vaccine, sign up for that shot. If you are unvaccinated, keep following the COVID-19 public health guidance wear a face covering, keep your social distance, wash hands, and stay home if you feel ill.

Our message is especially urgent as the new Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus is spreading quickly in New York City. About half of COVID-19 cases are of the Delta variant, a proportion that has increased sharply over the last few weeks.

The science about the Delta variant continues to evolve, but we know it is more contagious than the original COVID-19 strain that devastated our city one year ago. This variant can cause serious illness, such as infections requiring hospitalization or intensive care, and some people experience side effects of COVID-19 for months after initially getting sick.

So please, get vaccinated as soon as possible. The good news is that all three vaccines available in New York City the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines offer protection.

Everyone over the age of 12 is now eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, and getting the shot has never been easier.

The vaccines are available in Staten Island at pharmacies, hospitals, community clinics, mobile sites or one of many city sites. In the coming weeks, we will be expanding our grassroots efforts with vaccination vans and pop ups; partnerships with community-based organizations; canvassers going door-to-door, and work with health care providers to reach patients.

You can check nyc.gov/VaccineFinder or call 877-VAX4NYC to find a location.

And if you cant make it to a vaccination site, the city will come to you. Any New Yorker can receive an in-home vaccination by going to nyc.gov/homevaccine to fill out the request form.

New York City has made so much progress in its battle against COVID-19. The Fire Department has done its job in helping the fight: More than 8,800 firefighters, EMTs and paramedics, as well as civilian employees, have been vaccinated. The FDNY has vaccinated more than 6,700 homebound seniors, as well as more than 48,000 New Yorkers at Health Department sites and the FDNY vaccination sites.

While the number of COVID-19 cases in our city may be lower than a few months ago, the risk is still high for the New Yorkers who are unvaccinated. The more of us get vaccinated, the better chance we have to put out the fire.

(Dr. Chokshi is New York Citys health commissioner; Daniel Nigro is New York Citys fire commissioner.)

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Sacramento County officials said the number of people choosing not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is concerning as the delta variant fuels an uptick in cases. About 47% of the county's population was fully vaccinated as of Thursday, according to county officials. KCRA 3 looked into the reasons why some people are holding off on getting the shot.One Sacramento resident, who did not want to be identified publicly, said he is waiting for the vaccines to get the full Food and Drug Administration approval instead of just the current emergency-use authorization."Mostly just for safety concerns," he said. " I just want it to be held to the same standard as all the other vaccines that are out there, just been waiting for that to happen."He said he is not against vaccines in general and is still taking other precautions against COVID-19 in the meantime, like wearing a mask. When it comes to others who have not gotten the shot yet, a study from UC San Francisco focused on young people, ages 18 to 25, across the country. An analysis of data from March found that among 5,082 respondents, 83% said they had not been vaccinated. Furthermore, nearly a quarter of them said they were unlikely to get it in the future. "Young adults have the lowest vaccination rates. They also have the highest COVID infection rates," said Sally Adams, the lead author of the study.The study reveals the most common reasons for young people to reject the vaccine or delay getting it were to wait and see if it is safe and concerns over side effects. "There are many more side effects of the COVID long-haul symptoms that people have from the infection than there are from the side effects of getting the vaccine," Adams said.At the time the young adults were surveyed in March, 17% had received a COVID-19 vaccine. About 76% of those said they would "probably" or "definitely" get a shot once it was available. Those who said they would probably or definitely not get vaccinated were more likely to say they did not trust it, were not a member of a high-risk group or believe that COVID-19 was a serious illness. Dr. Jason Nagata is a co-author of the study and a pediatrician in San Francisco."One thing I've seen as a doctor is young people have really been affected the most by mental health issues during the pandemic due to social isolation and in order to reverse that, they really need to get vaccinated so they can go back to their normal routines," Nagata said.They said the data points to the need for more public education that will specifically address those concerns young people have and suggest using social media to reach that young audience. Some vaccine hesitancy at hot spots in the northern part of Sacramento County has been the result of misinformation on social media, Sacramento County Public Health Officer Olivia Kasirye said Thursday.

Sacramento County officials said the number of people choosing not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is concerning as the delta variant fuels an uptick in cases.

About 47% of the county's population was fully vaccinated as of Thursday, according to county officials. KCRA 3 looked into the reasons why some people are holding off on getting the shot.

One Sacramento resident, who did not want to be identified publicly, said he is waiting for the vaccines to get the full Food and Drug Administration approval instead of just the current emergency-use authorization.

"Mostly just for safety concerns," he said. " I just want it to be held to the same standard as all the other vaccines that are out there, just been waiting for that to happen."

He said he is not against vaccines in general and is still taking other precautions against COVID-19 in the meantime, like wearing a mask.

When it comes to others who have not gotten the shot yet, a study from UC San Francisco focused on young people, ages 18 to 25, across the country. An analysis of data from March found that among 5,082 respondents, 83% said they had not been vaccinated. Furthermore, nearly a quarter of them said they were unlikely to get it in the future.

"Young adults have the lowest vaccination rates. They also have the highest COVID infection rates," said Sally Adams, the lead author of the study.

The study reveals the most common reasons for young people to reject the vaccine or delay getting it were to wait and see if it is safe and concerns over side effects.

"There are many more side effects of the COVID long-haul symptoms that people have from the infection than there are from the side effects of getting the vaccine," Adams said.

At the time the young adults were surveyed in March, 17% had received a COVID-19 vaccine. About 76% of those said they would "probably" or "definitely" get a shot once it was available.

Those who said they would probably or definitely not get vaccinated were more likely to say they did not trust it, were not a member of a high-risk group or believe that COVID-19 was a serious illness.

Dr. Jason Nagata is a co-author of the study and a pediatrician in San Francisco.

"One thing I've seen as a doctor is young people have really been affected the most by mental health issues during the pandemic due to social isolation and in order to reverse that, they really need to get vaccinated so they can go back to their normal routines," Nagata said.

They said the data points to the need for more public education that will specifically address those concerns young people have and suggest using social media to reach that young audience.

Some vaccine hesitancy at hot spots in the northern part of Sacramento County has been the result of misinformation on social media, Sacramento County Public Health Officer Olivia Kasirye said Thursday.

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Following the delivery of 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States through the COVAX mechanism, a first vaccination session was organized on Friday, July 16 by the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) at the Hospital Universitaire de Paix (HUP) in Port-au-Prince, where many health professionals and elderly people came to receive the first dose of Moderna vaccine.

Solange Fvrier, a cleaning lady at HUP, is among the first Haitians to be vaccinated in the country. "I work at the hospital, I am happy and it is a very good thing for the country. Moreover, after receiving my first dose, I feel very good," she explains.

I am happy and it is a very good thing for the country

Solange Fevrier, cleaning ladyat the HUP

"This first vaccination session went well overall. The doses arrived at HUP in the early afternoon and by 2:45 pm, 38 people had already been vaccinated," explained Dr. Edmond Gue, Vaccination Program Officer at the PAHO/WHO office in Haiti, who came to observe the session.

Other vaccination centers should gradually open this weekend and during the next week in Port-au-Prince and its region, and then extend to the 10 departments of the country.

This donation of 500,000 through the COVAX mechanism is part of the U.S. government's efforts to increase COVID-19 coverage in other countries around the world, to counter new waves of infection, and to prioritize the vaccination of health care workers and other vulnerable populations in neighboring countries in need of vaccines. The U.S. government has committed to donating approximately 12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to countries in the Caribbean and Latin America.

To date, nearly 26 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through COVAX. However, only about 14% of the total population of the Caribbean and Latin America is fully vaccinated, and some countries have not yet been able to vaccinate more than 1% of their population.

Until vaccination is widespread among the population in Haiti and the region, public health measures remain the basis of the response to the pandemic. For public health authorities, this means continued screening, contact tracing, isolation, assisted quarantine and quality care. And for individuals, it means continuing to practice physical distancing, hand hygiene, use of masks, ventilation of spaces and avoidance of crowds.

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Thank God smallpox and polio vaccines came along before all-knowing Dr. Google.

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has ordered a mandatory vaccination policy for those who work in his office. He should do the same with his players, coaches, managers, and clubhouse workers. Unfortunately, Manfred is a lawyer and knows hell never get a mandate past baseballs all-powerful Players Association.

I say, go for it anyway. Go all Kenesaw Mountain Landis best interest of baseball (with exemptions for legit medical or religious reasons, of course). Tell the fellows that playing major league ball is a privilege, not a constitutional right. Hit the vax-way or the highway.

Without it, well have more situations like the one that postponed Thursdays marquee Red Sox-Yankees matchup in New York, and the panic when four Phillies players went into COVID protocols before last Sundays game at Fenway.

Six Yankees tested positive Thursday, including All-Star Aaron Judge. The Red Sox are one of only seven teams that have been unable to reach the 85 percent vaccination threshold. Alex Cora said that some of the Red Sox five All-Stars who interacted with Judge in Denver are not vaccinated.

Mandate the vaccine.

Love the way Kik Hernndez plays, and his versatility is useful, but he sure makes a lot of noise for a .237 hitter who has spent a lot of his career as a utility/bench guy. Prior to the All-Star break, Hernndez was moaning about the Sox schedule Adrian Gonzalez style saying its not fair that the Sox and Yankees dont get four days off for the break. He added, But hey, MLB likes money and Red Sox-Yankees makes money. So, let there be money.

Right, Kik. Its the same with those annoying Sunday night games they make you play when you are on the Red Sox. Its a tradeoff of playing for a high-profile team.

When Sox-Yankees was postponed Thursday because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Hernndez took a goofy victory lap, telling the Globes Alex Speier, Things happen for a reason. Its hard to make fun of the situation considering its the other teams health . . . but everything happens for a reason. Everybody else got an extra day. We got our extra day one way or another. Wow.

Quiz: Name two Red Sox teammates who homered in the same game 56 times over the course of their careers (answer below).

Is Danny Ainge going to take a job with the Suns or the Jazz? I want to work again, Ainge said from the West Coast this past week. I just dont want to do the crazy lifestyle that I had for the last 18 years. I have nothing right now. I just got done with a long walk and swim this morning. And taking my wife to tennis. We just got back from spending lots of time with our parents that we havent seen since the pandemic started, so we had some good times with our family and theres nothing on the horizon as I see it. The [Massachusetts] house is for sale but were not moving for sure. Were not certain on that.

Irked that he lost a $33 million bonus for not making first-, second-, or third-team All-NBA, Jayson Tatum told the Globes Gary Washburn, How could you watch my game and the season I had and think I wasnt one of the best 15 players? Tatums probably right, but the comment is unfortunate. Let everybody else say it for you.

Can we hose everybody down now about the Red Sox draft? Yeesh. Those picks are not all going to be Corey Seager, David Ortiz, and Kyle Schwarber. Lets see how they develop.

Noting that Dan Duquette assembled more than half of the 2004 world champion Red Sox before he was fired by the new Red Sox owners at spring training in 2002, I asked the Duke if he ever received a championship ring after the Sox broke the curse. No, Duquette said, chuckling. I got a watch when they retired me.

Along the same lines, hope the Phoenix Suns dont forget former general manager Ryan McDonough. A Hingham native and son of a great Globie, the late Will McDonough, Ryan is the guy who drafted Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton, and acquired Mikal Bridges for Phoenix. McDonough was let go by the Suns in October 2018.

US Olympic swimmer Michael Andrew demonstrated his team spirit by refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine because I didnt want to risk any days out, adding, Were kind of a, I wouldnt say conspiracy-theory type family, but were definitely on the side where we look for what other methods are. Swell. Hope he finishes last.

No sport has fallen off the map around here more than mens tennis. Maybe its because we lost the inimitable Bud Collins in 2016. I am old enough to remember when Longwood was a big part of our sports summer. Anyway, if you remember a time when Pete Sampras set the record with 14 major championships in 2002, know that Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic (last weekends Wimbledon winner) each have now 20 won Grand Slam singles titles.

Full circle: Haywood Sullivan hired Don Zimmer to manager the Red Sox in 1976. Whitney Goldstein, Zimms granddaughter, is head coach of URI softball and just hired Tori Constantin as an assistant. Constantin is the granddaughter of Haywood Sullivan.

Catcher Michael Trautwein, son of former Red Sox pitcher John Trautwein, was drafted in the 13th round by the Reds. John Trautwein has dedicated his life to teen suicide awareness (Will to Live Foundation) since losing his son Will at the age of 15 in 2010.

Soul-crushing baseball numbers: According to Tom Verducci, in the last 26 minutes of the clinching Game 6 of last years World Series, there were exactly two balls put into play. Over the course of the entire game, the ball was put into play once every 6.5 minutes. Half of the outs in the game were strikeouts. George Will calculates that 36 percent of big league at-bats end in homers, strikeouts, or walks, with four minutes between each ball put into play. MLB batting averages have declined by 15 points over the last two seasons. Translation: Nothing is happening. How can MLB ask young fans to watch this product?

More bleak numbers, these from Tyler Kepner of the New York Times: Nineteen percent of MLB players in 1986 were African-American. Today, its 7.6 percent. Mookie Betts was the only Black American player on the original 32-man 2021 National League All-Star team. There were 12 Black players on the NL All-Star team in 1972. Betts was also the only Black American to play in last years World Series.

Lots of respect for veteran coach Gregg Popovich, but Pop needs to dial it down a little with his insulting dismissal of those who question him. Hes been around long enough to know it was going to get testy after his US Olympic squad was beaten in back-to-back games by Nigeria and Australia in pre-Olympic exhibitions. Condescending Pop sounds ridiculous when he pretends the United States has not dominated international competition in recent years.

If you watched the finale of Stephen Kings Liseys Story on Apple TV+ you saw Jennifer Jason Leigh and Joan Allen beat up on a villain with a Patrice Bergeron-signed hockey stick.

Former Red Sox coach Dave Jauss was the hero of the All-Star Home Run Derby. Now a Mets coach, Jauss went to Amherst with Duquette and served a succession of perfect meatballs to Mets slugger Pete Alonso on Monday night.

This is the first NBA Finals in 15 years without Kobe Bryant, Steph Curry, or LeBron James.

Quiz answer: Jim Rice and Dwight Evans.

Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at daniel.shaughnessy@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @dan_shaughnessy.

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Half of Oconee County residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 while 39% of Clarke County residents are fully vaccinated.

In Clarke County, approximately 48,700 residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine or 39%, according to data from the Georgia Department of Public Health. Multiple COVID-19 vaccines require two doses, and DPH reports that 42% of residents have at least one dose.

The Oconee County population is halfway vaccinated, at exactly 50% of residents or a total of 19,200 people as of data from July 14. The percentage of residents with at least one dose sits at 54%.

Madison, Oglethorpe, and Jackson counties are all at 34% fully vaccinated and 37% of residents with at least one dose. Barrow County residents are 31% fully vaccinated and 34% of residents have at least one dose.

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Statewide, 39% of Georgia residents are fully vaccinated and 44% have at least one dose.

In Clarke County, most of the age groups are over the average of 39% fully vaccinated and 42% partially vaccinated. Approximately 44% of residents in the age group 25to 34 years old have received at least one dose, and as the age groups increase, so does that percentage.

There are three age groups that are fallbelow the overall county vaccine rate:the 10-14 age group at 12% with at least one dose of the vaccine, the 15-19 age group at 15% with at least one dose, and the 20-24 age group at 18% with at least one dose.

In the last two weeks, Clarke County has reported74 cases of COVID-19. In the last two weeks, Barrow County had 58 cases, Jackson County had 49 cases, Oconee County had 17 cases reported, Madison County had 10 cases, and Oglethorpe County had 5 cases.

DPH also scales the data and reports the number of cases per 100,000 residents and using this metric, Barrow County had the highest rate equal to 67 cases per 100,000 residents.

Jackson County had a rate equal to 66 cases per 100,000 residents, Clarke had 57 cases per 100,000 residents, Oconee had 41 cases per 100,000 residents, and Madison County had 33 cases per 100,000 residents. There was no data reported for Oglethorpe County.

Statewide, there were 6,208 cases reported during the last two weeks and the case rate per 100,000 residents was equal to 57 cases.

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"I wanted us to do it as a family, so I'm like, 'You know what, this will be our family day today,'" she said.

Chin and her children were vaccinated at a mobile clinic run by the University of Miami, part of the latest efforts by health officials to vaccinate more Floridians before children return to school in the weeks ahead and infection rates rise any further.

Young Americans are a particular focus for receiving vaccinations, as only a quarter of Americans ages 12 to 15 are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, making them the age group with the lowest rate of vaccination according to CDC data.

"It's extremely worrisome, especially as schools are re-opening fully in the fall," said Dr. Lisa Gwynn, president of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. "We are going to be ramping up our efforts."

Gwynn's team runs several mobile vaccination clinics in South Florida, targeting underserved communities and teens. The units provide Covid-19 vaccines as well as others required for students to attend school.

Dr. Michael Maurer, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Miami, was assisting at the mobile clinic on Wednesday. He said the goal of the clinics is to serve those with less access to vaccines, and noted the disproportional impact Covid-19 has had in more marginalized communities.

"I worry about our whole community," Maurer said. "I worry about the toll that Covid continues to take on families, across not only our entire area here in Miami but across the entire country."

'We jumped the gun'

Dr. Aileen Marty, a professor of infectious diseases at Florida International University, said that a relaxing of Covid-19 restrictions has proved troublesome in the fight against the pandemic.

"We were heading in the right direction. People were getting their vaccines, people were continuing to be careful while they got their vaccines, but we jumped the gun," Marty said, "because people who were unvaccinated were following what the CDC recommended for vaccinated people and mingling and commingling.

"That is part of the problem we have. We got to our mass gatherings to soon," Marty said.

Miami's Jackson Health System treated twice as many Covid-19 patients last weekend compared to earlier this month, many of whom were unvaccinated, a spokesperson told CNN. The hospital system also reports a surge in Covid-19 cases among people in their 30s and 40s.

With the rising number of cases in mind, local health officials are working faster with their inoculation outreach efforts. Schools are contacting parents and guardians, notifying them of the mobile clinics to receive their vaccinations.

Chin's motivation to get herself and her teen children vaccinated, she said, was the arrival of the newest member of their family, Destiny, who was prematurely born and is in a newborn intensive care unit. With her departure from the hospital soon, lessening Destiny's risk for contracting Covid-19 meant to Chin that everyone in the family needed the vaccine.

Getting everyone on board with vaccinations may be more difficult in some households, particularly among teens who could generally feel less incentive. Chin's sons, Trayveon and Marqes, noted that they've seen online how some can be dissuaded from getting the vaccine.

Marqes said that social media can "show it off as like a bad thing, it's going to have side effects and all that, but it's supposed to help you. It's designed to help you."

"I recommend to everybody to just go do it," Chin said. "I hope parents see how important it is to take their kids to go get vaccinated before school starts."

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy

Many Americans are still in a wait-and-see mode regarding Covid-19 inoculations. Shermeka Hodge brought her 12-year-old son to the clinic to receive his needed school vaccinations yet did not sign up for a Covid-19 vaccine.

Hodge said she "wanted to wait a little because it's kind of new and I just wanted to see how it was, effects on other people."

Hodge said her daughter in her mid-20s will soon receive her vaccine, and Hodge wants to make sure that her daughter has no adverse reactions before she and others get theirs.

"I don't have a problem with the vaccine. Some people do for whatever reason," she said. "I just want to wait it out to see how it affects them, if it has side effects. I know everybody's body is different, but still, I just want to see for myself."

Personal advocacy is a powerful tool in the effort to get more people vaccinated, health officials say. On Thursday, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said that talking with peers can help combat misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, particularly among younger adults.

"The trust that you have with your peers is absolutely essential. It's very powerful," Murthy told a panel at Stanford University.

"Remember, all of these conversations first start with listening ... so try to understand where somebody is coming from, why they may be worried. It may not always be what you think," he said.

Maurer, who told CNN at the mobile clinic that they sometimes vaccinate up to 100 people a day, said that as a pediatrician he listens to families' concerns about vaccines and works to assuage any fears.

"My ultimate goal is to try to not necessarily convince them, but to encourage them very much so, to just make the decision for their family to get vaccinated against Covid-19," Maurer said.

The awareness gained through personal interaction about vaccines was evident at the clinic later that day, as Chin was so pleased with how the vaccine process worked for her and her children, she left and returned with another vaccine recipient: her mother, 72.

Veronica Wright Chin was worried that the shot would hurt and was discouraged by hearing about people who got sick after being vaccinated. Yet with baby Destiny coming home, she decided to receive the vaccine.

"I wouldn't like for, because of me, that she gets sick. So, I said, 'OK, I'm going to come out,'" she said.

And she laughed when asked about overcoming her fear of needles, saying the injection didn't hurt.

"I didn't have to clench. I didn't have to scream," she said.

CNN's Sarah Braner, Roxanne Garcia and Erica Henry contributed to this report.

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STAMFORD Stamford Health will close its South End vaccine supersite on July 23, officially marking the end of the mass vaccination era in Stamford.

The hospital attributed its decision to high vaccination rates in the community and the availability of multiple other decentralized locations for vaccination. Stamfords other mass vaccination site, run by Community Health Centers, closed on June 30.

Stamfords only hospital opened its mass vaccination site on March 15 at the former Pitney Bowes headquarters and operated the venture with both the city government and the sites proprietor, Building and Land Technology. Before opening the supersite, Stamford Health was vaccinating patients on its main campus in the Wheeler Building.

There, the hospital was administering between 730 and 930 COVID-19 vaccines per day. At the Elmcroft supersite, Building and Land Technology Chairman Carl R. Kuehner III said the hospital could vaccinate up to 3,000 people daily.

Overall, the city has progressively moved away from using large-scale vaccine clinics. Instead, the city Department of Health and other healthcare providers have relied on appointment-free pop-up clinics since late April. These events have appeared everywhere, from Cove Island Park to church parking lots.

The complete list of upcoming pop-up clinics is available via the citys website.

Stamford Health earlier this month began easing its pandemic-related precautions. The hospital announced that patients without COVID could start receiving more than one visitor a day. A week later, the hospital said it would no longer mandate COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated hospital patients. However, those patients must still show proof of vaccination.

Stamfords new cases, while low, have been slowly increasing for the past four weeks. In mid-June, the citys 7-day rolling average was 1. Now, it is 4, according to Hearst Connecticut Media data.

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A series of public COVID-19 vaccination clinics, offered in partnership with Penobscot Community Health Center, will be held at the University of Maine in August and September offering the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine and the two-shot Moderna vaccine.

The clinics will be held in the Estabrooke Hall,12-70 Estabrooke Dr,from 11 a.m.3 p.m. Wednesdays in August: 4,11,18,25 and Woolley Rm. 138, Rangeley Rd., from 11 a.m.3 p.m. Wednesdays in September: 1,8,15,22.

No appointment is necessary; community members will choose which vaccine they wish to receive during the registration process at the Woolley Room.Those receiving their first Moderna shot at the campus-based clinic in early August will be able to receive the second vaccination in September.

There is no charge for the vaccine. Proof of insurance is not required. If you have an insurance card, please bring it so that any administrative costs will be billed to your insurance company. No one receiving a vaccination will have out-of-pocket costs.

All members of the university community are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. For questions, please email umaine.alerts@maine.edu.

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As training camps across the NFL are set to open up in less than two weeks, some teams may be looking at a competitive disadvantage due to their vaccination rates. According to Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network, two teams remain under 50% vaccinated. This is improved from four clubs being under that threshold, which Rob Maaddi of the Associated Pressnoted in a report released on Thursday. The Los Angeles Chargers, Washington Football Team, Indianapolis Colts, and Arizona Cardinals were said to be the teams with the four lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the league as of Thursday, per the AP's source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, but it's unclear which two still remain under 50%.

Meanwhile, the NFL Network adds that 13 teams are over the 85% vaccinated threshold and 73.8% of players have at least one shot. The AP adds that thePittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos are among with teams with the highest vaccination rates.

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Maaddi notes that teams are required to have a method of easily identifying vaccinated individuals (Ex. credentials, color-coded wristbands, etc.). While fully vaccinated players face relaxed protocols this season, unvaccinated players will be required to undergo daily testing, wear masks and practice social distancing. Other restrictions include not being allowed to eat meals with teammates, participate in media or marketing activities while traveling, using the sauna or steam room and being confined to the team hotel while traveling. Vaccinated players have no such restrictions.

These vaccination numbers come in particular focus as we not only creep toward the start of the NFL's regular season but as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a thorn in the side of professional sports in the United States. The Red Sox-Yankees game scheduled for Thursday to begin the second half of the MLB season was postponed due to an outbreak within New York's clubhouse. Team USA basketball's exhibition with Australia was canceled due to health and safety concerns after star guard Bradley Beal was sent home and will no longer participate in the Olympics.

The APreports that the NFL does not plan to postpone games this season, so naturally, teams with fewer players vaccinated do open themselves up to playing under less-than-ideal conditions. There was arguably no greater example of that in 2020 than when the Broncos' entire quarterback room was ineligible to play in Week 12 due to COVID-19, thrusting wide receiver Kendall Hinton in as the team's starting quarterback. If teams want to avoid a similar scenario and have a fully equipped squad heading into a game on a weekly basis, having a high vaccination rate is paramount.

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