Businesses are now allowed to require their employees to be vaccinated, so long as they abide by federal regulations for employer mandates, according to guidelines released late last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This was not a political announcement. Still, it can’t help but sharpen a line in […] Read more »
How children are exacerbating the vaccine divide between blue and red states
… The vast majority of those receiving a Covid-19 vaccination so far have been adults, as 12- to 15-year-olds were only recently allowed to get vaccinated. While older people are most susceptible to the coronavirus, children (especially older children) can get it and pass it on to others. That’s why […] Read more »
Pausing To Reflect: Emerging from the pandemic into a more expansive summer
This is Memorial Day weekend. Truly a transitional point of the year. … There is much cause for optimism. We find ourselves in a markedly different place than last year. COVID is receding, Americans are making plans to travel and get out more than they did during the pandemic. Many […] Read more »
Vaccination Rates Continue to Inch Upwards
Nearly all adults who are eager to get a COVID-19 vaccine now have already gotten at least one shot as COVID-19 vaccination rates inch higher this month, with the biggest increase among Hispanic adults, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report finds. The report shows that 62% of adults say […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters see progress on COVID, most still wearing masks
Voters increasingly think coronavirus is under control and want schools to have in-person learning this fall. At the same time, over half still consider the virus a major threat to the country — and a majority continues to mask up, according to the latest Fox News national poll. The survey, […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Growing number see Biden as too liberal
Voters have mixed views over whether the White House is proposing too much government spending, and a growing number think President Joe Biden is too liberal. That’s according to a new Fox News national survey released Wednesday. Forty-six percent say Biden is too liberal, up from 36 percent who felt […] Read more »