January 17, 2022 Hawaii weighs requiring booster for travelers to be considered 'fully vaccinated' Hawaii may soon change its definition of fully vaccinated when it comes to domestic travel, requiring visitors to have received a COVID-19 booster shot to meet the threshold.
January 17, 2022 Midwest hospital chain stops using race-based COVID-19 treatment plan amid backlash SSM Health, a Catholic hospital chain that operates 23 hospitals in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, has stopped using race as a determining factor for prioritizing COVID-19 treatment.
January 17, 2022 WaPo laments SCOTUS decision to block Biden vaccine mandate, advocates business and state mandates instead The Washington Post editorial board lamented the Supreme Court's decision to block President Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses with more than 100 employees.
January 17, 2022 Nigel Farage slams 'authoritarian' Australia after Novak Djokovic's deportation: 'No freedom of choice' Nigel Farage said on "Fox & Friends First" that this is an issue of "hysteria surrounding a vaccine" and noted that Australia is still seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases despite its high vaccination rate and strict lockdown policies.
January 17, 2022 China's Xi pushes for greater cooperation on COVID-19, rejects 'Cold War mentality' Chinese President Xi Jinping called Monday for greater world cooperation against COVID-19 and pledged to send an additional 1 billion doses of vaccine to other countries, while urging other powers to discard a "Cold-War mentality” at a time of rising geopolitical tensions — a not-so-veiled swipe at the United States.
January 16, 2022 Djokovic deported by Australia for being unvaccinated Australia deported Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic Sunday for not being vaccinated against COVID-19, preventing him from competing in the Australian Open.
January 16, 2022 LA Times columnist doubles down on mocking deaths of the unvaccinated Los Angeles Time columnist Michael Hiltzik continues to suggest that the unvaccinated who have passed from COVID-19 should be mocked as a lesson.
January 16, 2022 Trump delivers what sounds like a 2024 stump speech at his first rally of 2022 Was former President Donald Trump's first rally of 2022 an unofficial kick off of another campaign for the White House in 2024?
January 16, 2022 Djokovic out of Australian Open after losing deportation appeal Novak Djokovic’s hopes of playing at the Australian Open were dashed Sunday after a court dismissed the top-ranked tennis star’s appeal against a deportation order.
January 15, 2022 NYC vaccine mandate protesters arrested at Times Square Olive Garden restaurant Several protesters demonstrating against coronavirus vaccine mandates at New York City's restaurants were arrested Friday evening after they refused to leave an Olive Garden location in Times Square, according to videos posted to social media.