A new paper in the European Journal of Epidemiology that analyzed 168 countries and 2,947 US counties found that higher vaccination rates were not associated with fewer COVID-19 cases.
"The court seeks simply to avoid the risk of irreparable harm to the parties and to maintain the status quo while the court holds an evidentiary hearing."
The head of the Chicago police officers' union has called on its members not to comply with the city's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara warned that there could be half as many cops on the streets this weekend because of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Aerospace giant Boeing has declared that all of its American employees must show they have been vaccinated for Covid-19 by early December, saying the move is required under a White House vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
Senators Kim Thatcher and Dennis Linthicum have gathered thousands of signatures to support their petition to launch a grand jury investigation into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) methods of measuring COVID statistics.
"We must protect the jobs of Floridians and preserve the ability of Floridians to make their own decisions regrading what shots to take," DeSantis wrote.
A federal judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against United Airlines on Wednesday, blocking the airline from imposing a vaccine mandate against any of its employees in a nationwide class-action lawsuit.
A Shasta County grade school has canceled class for Monday, October 18, for a planned school walkout protesting California's new COVID vaccine mandate for all public and private schools.