Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Department of Defense Updated COVID-19 Mask Guidelines

The following is the July 28, 2021 memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks updating the guidelines from the Department of Defense on wearing masks. 

From the memo

MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP
COMMANDERS OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDS
DEFENSE AGENCY AND DOD FIELD ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
SUBJECT: Updated Mask Guidance for all DoD installations and Other Facilities
Reference: Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum “Updated Mask Guidelines for Vaccinated Persons,” May 13, 2021

In...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/28/department-of-defense-updated-covid-19-mask-guidelines

“Not to Forge Covid-19 Vaccine Cards” Officials Urge

Covid-19 vaccination record cards can easily be forged, and US law enforcers are keenly aware, says an article on CNN.

Warning against fake cards
For weeks, the FBI has warned the public against making, selling, or encouraging printouts of fake versions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s white record card. And more than 40 state attorneys general last month warned social media and online shopping platforms to crack down on sales of blank or fraudulently completed cards.
What’s...

https://mfame.guru/not-to-forge-covid-19-vaccine-cards-officials-urge/

US Will Return To Normalcy by Next Mother’s Day, Says Expert

  • Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon.
  • The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be updating its guidance almost in real time, as more Americans get vaccinated.
  • The CDC relaxed its guidance last month on wearing masks outdoors, but still advises both vaccinated and unvaccinated people to still wear masks in indoor public spaces.

A CNN news source by Lauren Mascarenhas and Christina Maxouris states that it may be time to relax but...

https://mfame.guru/us-will-return-to-normalcy-by-next-mothers-day-says-expert/

Medically Necessary: Getting a vaccine at work funnels shots to people who need them most

This is an excerpt from the March 9, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Getting a vaccine at work funnels shots to people who need them most

In early March, Tyson Foods vaccinated about 1,300 workers at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork plant. The plant has...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/medically-necessary:-getting-a-vaccine-at-work-funnels-shots-to-people-who-need-them-most

Vaccinations at truck stops? Trade groups pushing for them

Trucking trade groups and a group of fleets and drivers are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to allow truck stops and travel plazas to offer vaccinations to drivers passing through.

Some drivers, however, do not think that is a good idea.

“I don’t think they are sterile enough for that,” said 35-year veteran driver Carla Dickey. “I’m not enthused about that deal.”

But Dickey, a long-haul driver of produce and eggs for Bulkley Trucking Inc. based in Bashear, Texas, understands...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/vaccinations-at-truck-stops?-trade-groups-pushing-for-them

Contagious Covid 19 Variant, Big Challenge To the US

  • The US is at risk of losing all its recent gains in the battle against Covid-19 as highly contagious variants take advantage of Americans getting lax with safety measures.
  • After weeks of tumbling case numbers, new infections are on the rise again — about 2% more this past week compared to the previous week, Walensky said Monday.
  • Ultimately, vaccination is what will bring us out of this pandemic. To get there, we need to vaccinate many more people.

Holly Yan and Christina Maxouris write for CNN...

https://mfame.guru/contagious-covid-19-variant-big-challenge-to-the-us/

Medically Necessary: Delaying second doses would reshape the vaccine supply chain

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This is an excerpt from the February 25, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here.

Good afternoon. Medically Necessary is a newsletter by Matt Blois about the health care supply chain — how we get drugs, devices and medical supplies to health care providers and patients.

Delaying second doses would reshape the vaccine supply chain

The debate: Some scientists argue the U.S. should delay second doses of COVID-19 vaccines and instead give them to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/medically-necessary-delaying-second-doses-would-reshape-the-vaccine-supply-chain

Truckers exempt from CDC mask requirement

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has exempted solo commercial truck drivers from new regulations that require transportation workers to wear masks.

The CDC’s mask regulation, issued on Friday, states that in addition to those operating noncommercial, private automobiles and those operated by the U.S. military, “commercial motor vehicles or trucks (weighing 10,001 pounds or more)” are exempt from the requirement “if the driver is sole occupant of the vehicle or truck.”

The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-exempt-from-cdc-mask-requirement

ATA wants higher vaccine priority for drivers

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) wants the Biden administration to reclassify truck drivers into higher priority status for receiving COVID-19 vaccines.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ATA and 49 state trucking associations requested that the CDC move truckers into phase 1b of its COVID-19 vaccine recommendation from their current status in phase 1c.

The latest recommendations from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ata-wants-higher-vaccine-priority-for-drivers

Senator will push Biden, Buttigieg for vaccine priority for food haulers

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., plans to push President Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to prioritize vaccines for food product haulers.

“I plan on asking President Biden, and hopefully a [DOT] Secretary [Pete] Buttigieg, what they are going to do to help prioritize vaccines to those critical transportation workers who are moving food product,” Cantwell said Wednesday during an executive session meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/senator-will-push-biden-buttigieg-for-vaccine-priority-for-food-haulers

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