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COVID Protections: Keep on Keeping on
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss TAG’s weekly matrix and recommendations for close contact, but vaccinated, workers who have no symptoms. Read more below. In order to increase over-the-counter COVID-19 test access, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health are “investing $70 million from the American Rescue…
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US & Global Hotspots Prompt Recommendation for Continued Protections
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss TAG’s Weekly COVID-19 Matrix, U.S. and global hotspots, continued masking, and vaccine booster shots. Read more below. The FDA has authorized Moderna and J&J booster shots. Additionally, they are allowing for the mixing and matching of different COVID-19 vaccines [NYT]. French pharmaceutical company, Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated…
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Where is COVID-19 Heading Now?
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the risk matrix and the current decline of COVID-19 coinciding with the OSHA vaccination/testing standards. Read more below. The BBC reports that a recent study has found that lateral flow tests “are very good at detecting people most likely to spread COVID-19 and positive results should be trusted.”…
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COVID-19 Trends Spur Cautious Optimism
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the cautious optimism spurred by current COVID trends. Read more below. As you’ll see today in our Risk Matrix, COVID-19 cases have dropped 34% in the last month. However, this is not even across all states as some states like Alaska have seen increased cases and TPRs. Children,…
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COVID-19 Employee Testing: TAG Addresses Your Questions
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss COVID-19 tests and the updated Risk Matrix (things are getting better). Read more below. Since the White House announced that all federal employees need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22, 2021, the USDA is now required to collect proof of vaccination from each employee through a…
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REGEN-COV Showing Positive Signs for COVID Treatment
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss a new COVID-19 treatment. Read more below. The most recent report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) shows that COVID-19 children cases are rising in the U.S. In fact, children with COVID-19 account for almost 27% of all reported US weekly cases. In Texas and Florida, the…
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TAG Risk Matrix Shows Both Positive and Negative Trends
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we look at the Risk Matrix. Read more below. In Flu Season News: According to the WHO global flu update (for the first half of August), flu levels are seeming to remain low in both hemispheres. While there has been an increase in India and Nepal, flu elsewhere is sporadic.…
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Some Optimism Seen, but Expect to Retain Controls into 2022
In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss businesses continuing to follow COVID protocols into 2022 and look at TAG’s weekly Risk Matrix. Read more below. Johnson & Johnson has released that a COVID-19 booster of its vaccine could lead to a ninefold increase in antibodies [Helio]. The CDC, in a recent MMWR, has announced that…
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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…
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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…