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Ridgewood NJ, most Americans don’t think public schools should require students to get COVID-19 vaccinations, and have concerns about whether the vaccines are safe for children.
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Ridgewood NJ, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on November 8 announced positive results from a Phase 3 clinical trial of its combination monoclonal antibody REGEN-COV for SARS-CoV-2 prevention. The trial—jointly run with the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)—enrolled SARS-CoV-2-negative individuals who lived in the same household as someone who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 within the prior 4 days. Participants received either one 1,200mg dose of REGEN-COV, administered via 4 subcutaneous injections, or a placebo.
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Washington DC, the Biden administration on November 5 released an interim final rule regarding SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for private employers with 100 or more workers in an effort to increase vaccination rates among the US population. The next day, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans granted an emergency stay of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) temporary emergency rule that employees of those companies be fully vaccinated by January 4 or be required to undergo weekly testing, although it is unclear whether the stay is applicable nationwide or only in those states under the court’s jurisdiction.* According to the 3-judge panel, the petitioners bringing the request—including 5 states, all led by Republican governors, and various companies—”give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate.”
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Ridgewood NJ, a major health concern of Americans is whether COVID 19 infection can lead to long term negative health effects. The Journal of the American Medical Association published large, elegantly designed French study that analyzed the association between purported long COVID symptoms and “self-reported” COVID versus serologically confirmed COVID. The results: “A serology test result positive for SARS-COV-2 was positively associated only with persistent anosmia,” that is a loss of smell.
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Englewood Cliffs NJ, Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Friday. The Covid-19 pandemic could be over in the U.S. by the time President Joe Biden’s workplace vaccine mandates take effect on January 4th.
Applications Remain Under Review by Other Regulatory Authorities, Including U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency
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KENILWORTH NJ, Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics today announced that the United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted authorization in the United Kingdom (U.K.) for molnupiravir (MK-4482, EIDD-2801), the first oral antiviral medicine authorized for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults with a positive SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test and who have at least one risk factor for developing severe illness. In the U.K., LAGEVRIO® (lah-GEV-ree-oh) is the planned trademark for molnupiravir; the trademark for molnupiravir in other countries has not been approved. Merck announced its application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of molnupiravir is under review and recently announced the European Medicines Agency has initiated a rolling review of the company’s Marketing Authorization Application. Merck is actively working to submit applications to other regulatory agencies around the world.
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Ridgewood NJ, coinciding with Valley Health System, “Kindness Campaign” the the Ridgewood and Paramus based healthcare provider has decided to dismiss 72 employees who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 . The healthcare hero’s will be terminated next week .
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Ridgewood NJ, nearly half of voters believe Dr. Anthony Fauci lied about U.S. funding for “gain-of-function” research, and a plurality think the government’s top COVID-19 expert should be forced to resign.
Continue reading Plurality of Voters Want Dr. Anthony Fauci to Resign
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Trenton NJ, once Again, the Administration’s COVID policies are shown to be based more on Political Science than Health Sciences. In the latest major fail for the Murphy Administration
a bombshell video released Monday by Project Veritas uncovered alarming revelations from inside Governor Murphy’s re-election campaign.
Continue reading In the Murphy Administration the Truth was the First Casualty of COVID
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Ridgewood NJ, on October 20th the Ridgewood blog published the News that as of November 1, 2021, The Valley Hospital will require all visitors to present proof of COVID-19 vaccination and ID upon arrival. Unvaccinated visitors are not permitted, with limited exceptions, including end of life, pediatrics and OB.
Continue reading Many Valley Hospital Doctors Unaware of Policy Barring Unvaccinated Visitors
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Trenton NJ, a huge anti mandate rally was held in Trenton . New Jersey’s vaccine mandate for school staff and state workers requires pre-K through 12th-grade teachers and staff and state employees to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 or get COVID-19 testing once or twice a week.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Gorman just announced that as of today, October 18, 2021, 96% of teachers and staff employed by the Ridgewood Public Schools are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as was mandated by NJ Governor Phil Murphy. October 18, 2021 was the deadline imposed by the Governor.
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Washington DC, the IMF is warning in its latest Global Financial Stability Report that Covid-19’s lingering impact is fading optimism among investors, which could lead to financial tightening in the medium term, Tuesday (October 12).
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Asbury Park NJ, another case of Democrat immunity ? New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy was caught mask less at an indoor ball weeks after imposing a mask mandate for young children in school.
Continue reading Governor Phil Murphy Goes Without a Mask at Equality Ball on Friday
