Tag: delta variant

  • Employee Wellness: Summer’s End Brings New COVID Questions and Stressors.

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the newly surging COVID questions and stressors of employees and the impact on your business. Read more below. We’ve received many questions about the different Variants of Concern that are being discussed in the news; last Thursday, we discussed this and you can read more here. The FDA…

  • An In-Depth Look at COVID-19 Variants of Concern

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we provide an in-depth look at COVID-19 Variants of Concern and the findings of TAG’s weekly Risk Matrix Analysis. Read more below. Yesterday’s White House Press Briefing has highlighted and detailed the U.S. plan “to deliver booster COVID-19 shots for all fully vaccinated US adults who completed their two-dose mRNA…

  • Contaminated-Water Action Plan Critical Prep for Hurricane Season

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss why developed countries, including the U.S., need to see Nigeria’s cholera outbreak as a cautionary warning. Read more below. Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months – U.S. health experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months…

  • TAG Updates Workplace Delta Protections Based on New CDC Data

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, TAG has updated its current thinking and recommendations on necessary risk mitigation measures in the workplace. Read more below. When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated, the CDC recently emphasized that wearing a mask to maximize protection against the new Delta variant can prevent possible spreading to others. Wearing a mask in…

  • TAG’s Take on New CDC Guidance and What’s Coming Down the Road

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss CDC’s new guidance for fully vaccinated people to mask indoors in high-risk areas, and mask and be tested if exposed to a person with COVID-19. We also look at TAG’s COVID-19 Risk Matrix to better understand what is happening around the country. Read more below. The C.D.C now…

  • Risk Matrix

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we look at TAG’s COVID-19 Risk Matrix to better understand what is happening around the country. Read more below. As global COVID-19 cases have risen by 12% in the last week (CIDRAP), the WHO chief is sounding the alarm that we may be going into the “early stages of another…

  • Increased Cases May Necessitate Re-masking Mandates

    In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the potential for increased case rates potentially necessitating re-masking mandates. What does that mean for you, your business, and your employees? Read more below! The Delta variant is the dominant COVID-19 variant, globally; in fact, global COVID-19 deaths have begun to rise with illnesses jumping over 10% over…