Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file There’s an exemption for people picking up takeout food. Cook County, following Chicago’s lead, announced Thursday it will be implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for customers of indoor settings where food or drink are served for on-premises consumption, like restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues, and in fitness facilities. The county’s vaccine mandate will begin Jan. 3. Under the order issued by the county’s Health Department, businesses must require any individual 5 years of age and older to show proof that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an approved vaccine in order to enter the establishment. Customers must be fully vaccinated, meaning they are two weeks removed from their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Booster shots are not required, though Health Department officials urge people to get boosted. Businesses must also require patrons age 16 and older to show identification — including but not limited to driver’s license, passport, government ID, work or school ID — with information that corresponds to the vaccination proof.
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Suzie Glassman, 44, says she had a sore arm for about 24 hours and chills and body aches overnight after getting the Moderna booster shot.

Govt wont buy more J&J, says Darville

01:27pm, Thursday, 23'rd Dec 2021 The Nassau Guardian
Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Michael Darville said yesterday that the government does not intend to purchase any additional doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine due to low uptake. For us here in The Bahamas, when we purchased the Johnson & Johnson in the country, we realized that the uptake was not The post Govt wont buy more J&J, says Darville appeared first on The Nassau Guardian .
Supreme Court To Take Up Challenges To Biden''s Vaccine Mandates Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments on challenges to the Biden administrations COVID-19 vaccine mandates. In an announcement on Wednesday ( pdf ), the nations highest federal court said it would on Jan. 7 take up two separate disputes challenging the Biden administrations mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees, and for some 17 million health care workers at facilities receiving Medicaid and Medicare funding. The court, which has a 6-3 conservative-leaning majority, delayed action on emergency requests in both cases that sought an immediate decision. The workplace mandate is currently in effect nationwide, while the health care worker mandate is blocked in half of the 50 U.S. states. The mandate for health care workers was issued last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and affects roughly 17 million workers. It requires facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding to require workers to get vaccinated, and has no testing opt-out.

BREAKING: SAHPRA approves Johnson & Johnson booster shot

09:38am, Thursday, 23'rd Dec 2021 TheSouthAfrican
The health regulator also given the green light for those whove had the Pfizer vaccine to be administered the J&J booster

SAPHRA approves J&J COVID-19 boosters

09:29am, Thursday, 23'rd Dec 2021 SABC News
South Africa''s health regulator on Thursday approved the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine for a second dose or booster, paving the way for the shot widely used in South Africa to shore up protection against the Omicron variant. The post SAPHRA approves J&J COVID-19 boosters appeared first on SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa''s news leader. .
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Yesterday, the University announced that Hopkins affiliates who work or study at its U.S. campuses will be required to get a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 booster shot by Feb. 1 Affiliates will need to upload documentation of their booster shot in the University''s Vaccine Management System . In interviews with The News-Letter , students expressed support for the mandate, and shared concerns about rising cases associated with the omicron variant . Freshman Katherine Burdinger endorsed the new booster requirement in an email to The News-Letter. "It''s an extra precaution to keep everyone safe, which I think is what we have to continue to do as long as [COVID-19] is a danger," she wrote. University administrators noted in the broadcast that people are eligible for booster shots six months after receiving a second shot of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, or two months after a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine. Affiliates who are not eligible for the booster on Feb. 1 will be required to receive their booster dose within two weeks of becoming eligible.
UGANDA is delivering HIV medicine by drone in an archipelago in Lake Victoria, a pilot programme aiming to improve the transport of medical supplies for the countrys health system, which faces chronic shortages. The trial is funded by pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), and run by the government-run Infectious Diseases Institute. It delivers HIV []
Those age 12 and older will need to have at least one dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines by January 15 and two doses, or one shot of Johnson & Johnson''s jab, by Feb. 15.

Top 10 Themes For 2022: Part 1

09:40pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 Zero Hedge
Top 10 Themes For 2022: Part 1 In its comprehensive take of the top 10 themes for 2022, Deutsche Bank''s Luke Templeman asks if covid is the only theme that matters ? He correctly responds that "that is not the right question. In fact, covid is now not so much a theme as it is the backdrop against which most things are evolving in economics, finance, and corporates." So what themes matter in 2022? As part of Deutsche Bank''s look ahead analysis, Templeman, director of the bank''s thematic research group, addresses the big macro topics the risk of the global economy overheating given stimulus measures and the change in attitude of central banks towards employment goals. Then there is how tight labor markets may further boost inflation. A flow on is higher bond yields and the end of free money that has propped up markets since the financial crisis. As he notes, while "stock markets may not crash, they could witness the return of fundamental investing." It certainly would be welcomed even if it comes with the S&P several hundred/thousand point lower.

Moderna COVID-19 shot has higher rate of side effects, but rarely severe

04:00pm, Wednesday, 22'nd Dec 2021 United Press International
Recipients of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are more likely to report side effects than those given the Johnson & Johnson or Pfizer-BioNTech shots, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found.
Wright Investors Service Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) by 39.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 15,274 shares of the companys stock after purchasing an additional 4,335 shares during the quarter. Wright Investors Service []
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