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What Do Europe’s COVID Trends mean for Current US Decline?
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continued decline of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the US and what Europe’s trends may mean here. Read more below. Senate votes to overturn mask mandate on airplanes, transit. The Senate yesterday voted to end the federal masking requirement for passengers on planes and other public transportation.…
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All Signs Show a “Return to Normal” Ahead
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss a return to normal. Read more below. In a recent paper published in JAMA Neurology, CIDRAP cites that in patients over 60 years old who had developed severe illness, “cognitive impairment” post-COVID was common, a year later. The study cohort were those “released from hospitals in…
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How Do CDC’s Adjusted Community Levels Apply to Your Workforce Levels?
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the impact of the national COVID plans on workforce decision-making. Read more below. White House Releases National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. On Wednesday, the U.S. government released the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan laying out the “roadmap to help us fight COVID-19 in the future as we begin to…
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Is COVID Shifting from a Pandemic to an Endemic Disease?
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss TAG’s weekly COVID matrix and its indicators for endemic vs. pandemic and related masking requirements. Read more below. A new, two-dose COVID vaccine showed 100% efficacy against severe disease. Two doses of a new COVID vaccine, made by the Europe-based Sanofi and GSK, achieved 100 percent…
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When Can We Reduce Masking Requirements?
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the question: When can our business reduce or rescind our masking requirements? Read more below. Further decline in global COVID cases as deaths stabilize. COVID-19 cases across the globe declined last week for the second week in a row, with illness levels dropping in every region…
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COVID Declining; Continuing to Impart Lessons for Infectious Disease Control
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continued decline of COVID and the lessons it continues to impart for infectious disease (and “next pandemic”) control. Read more below. The future of the pandemic is looking clearer as we learn more about infection (NPR). New studies are providing an optimistic picture about immunity…
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TAG COVID Matrix Showing Encouraging Trends
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss TAG’s matrix and the current trends of COVID and its variants. Read more below. As countries have begun accepting the endemicity of COVID-19 in society and many countries are loosening pandemic protocols, the WHO warns that it is not the time to completely let go of…
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TAG Holds Guarded Optimism for the Ebbing of Omicron
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss our guarded optimism for the ebbing of Omicron. Read more below. OSHA Withdraws Its Workplace Vaccine Rule. On Tuesday, OSHA announced its withdrawal of the November 5, 2021, ETS issued to “protect unvaccinated employees of large employers (100 or more employees) from the risk of contracting…
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COVID Case Rates Following Predictable Pattern
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss Omicron’s path across the US. Read more below. U.S. hospitals have been inundated with Omicron cases; yet, as the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers becomes effective March 15, there is increasing fear that hospital systems may lose some workers. Additionally, despite signs that Omicron causes milder…
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Even Unrelated Vaccines Can Help Protect Against COVID-19
Key Points: In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss new studies suggesting that flu shots, measles vaccines, and the common cold can cross-protect against COVID. Read more below. A recently published study found that SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including induced abortion, cesarean sections, preterm birth…