The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
COVID Bits
Just 4 percent of Africa’s population is fully vaccinated.
Approximately 98 percent of those eligible for vaccines in Portugal have been fully vaccinated.
Pfizer/BioBTech has formally asked the FDA to authorize their COVID pediatricvaccine for emergency use for children age 5-11. An estimated 28 million children in the U.S. would be eligible if regulators give the go-ahead. Authorization could occur some time between Halloween and Thanksgiving.
According to Pentagon data, about 24 percent of (2.8 million) active-duty troops, National Guard and reserves had received no vaccine.
More unconscionable misappropriations of famous quotes from vaccination-mandate protesters in New York. “We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn’t tell us.” And “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” Arguably, neither Ronald Reagan nor Martin Luther King Jr. would feel honored.
67 million: The approximate number of unvaccinated American adults.
The U.S. has surpassed 700,000 Covid deaths.
An overwhelming majority of Americans who have died in recent months were unvaccinated.
The number of Americans now in the hospital with COVID has declined by about one fourth since its recent peak of almost 94,000 a month ago.
The indie-pop duo Tennis has canceled its Jannus Live concert because the venue refused to allow them to require a vaccine or a negative COVID test for entry. It speaks pandemic volumes when a band is more public-health conscious than a concert venue.