Rushing to reopen after omicron is repeating the mistake we've made again, and again, and ...

The omicron wave was a nightmare no one needed, one that rode in before the nation had even started to wake from delta. Omicron has generated as many cases of COVID-19 in the last three months as were …

Army 'will immediately begin' discharging soldiers for refusing COVID-19 vaccination

The vast majority of U.S. Army soldiers have been vaccinated against COVID-19. The small percentage who have refused will be discharged soon, the Army announced Wednesday.

“Army readiness depends on …

The U.S. is seeing a higher rate of deaths from omicron. It's important to know why

It’s been clear for some time that the shape of the omicron wave in the United States has differed significantly from that in other nations. That’s not so much true of the number of cases coming …

Auschwitz Memorial responds after Robert Kennedy Jr. compares vaccine mandates to the Holocaust

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to tarnish his family’s name with a speech at the anti-vaccine rally in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Kennedy, who is suing Daily Kos over a user post reporting on his …

Why doesn't the government mandate an annual flu shot? The answer can be found in one word

During the Supreme Court’s hearing on the validity of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Trump-appointed Justice Neil Gorsuch directed a question at the attorneys concerning why the U.S. doesn’t have similar …

Buckle up for an omicron Christmas and an even-more-omicron New Year

One of the brutal truths of the coronavirus pandemic is that every time we think we are glimpsing daylight at the end of the tunnel, a new variant comes along to knock us back. Hot vax summer was …

Top health associations band together to support mandates, calling them 'reasonable and essential'

Dear unvaccinated Americans: America’s top health care groups are tired of your bullshit. They’re tired of you coming into emergency rooms because you refused to protect yourself against a …

Parler Watch: Gene Simmons betrays conservatism, and other vignettes from their fringe

Anti-vaxx Chronicles aren’t going anywhere, but it gets to be a grind sometimes. So I will occasionally mix it up with Parler Chronicles, exploring other conservative media outlets. Reddit’s …

State Farm dropped Aaron Rodgers ads for one Sunday, but won't break up with its 'great ambassador'

After his COVID-19 diagnosis led to the revelation that he had refused to be vaccinated and lied about it publicly, saying, “Yeah, I’ve been immunized,” Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is …

Big Bird is just the latest piece of children's culture to trigger Republicans

Big Bird. Mr. Potato Head. Dr. Seuss. 

This is not a list of potential Christmas gifts for your young child—it’s a list of things Republicans have gotten very publicly worked up about over the past …

Anti-vaccination Ted Cruz takes on Big Bird

Sen. Ted Cruz is going after Big Bird. Yeah, that’s a sentence that’s perfectly at home here in 2021. We’re just going to have to pause and bask in this one for a moment:

What …

Boston-area parents rush to get their kids vaccinated, but the local newspaper isn't reporting that

Appointments for grade-school kids to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are starting to become available, and the media continues to send the message that this is something to fear. 

Significant side …

One part of the U.S. has the keys to beating COVID-19, but it's not where you might expect

When news out of Puerto Rico catches the attention of the rest of the United States, too often that news is bad. Whether it’s hurricane damage, a struggling power grid, or a health care system swamped …

Vaccine mandates work: 99.9% of New York City police comply with vaccine requirement

Over the weekend, thousands of people walked across the Brooklyn Bridge “in support of” police, firefighters, and other municipal employees who oppose the city’s vaccine mandate. That protest was one …

New York Times gets humiliatingly played by an anti-vaxx activist

As COVID-19 vaccination mandates start being more widely enforced, the vast majority of people are getting on board—in fact, a significant majority of adults were already vaccinated before mandates …

White House plans rollout of vaccines for children from 5 through 11

As of Wednesday, the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines have a minimum age of 18 years. The Pfizer vaccine is available only for those 12 and older, under an Emergency Use Authorization, and …

Anti-vaxx health care workers who quit their jobs hurt disadvantaged patients the most

by Joseph Lamour

This story was originally published at Prism.

A dispute is dividing a small but vocal percentage of the workers at New York state hospitals and nursing homes, although a majority of …

Pfizer asks FDA to approve emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years

It’s official: Pfizer and BioNTech have now formally asked the Food and Drug Administration to grant an emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine to be given to children aged 5 to 11 …

Anti-vaxx Chronicles: COVID didn't care about this guy's muscles

Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those …

Anti-vaxx Chronicles: Billy had a weird sexual fixation on Dr. Anthony Fauci

Facebook is a menace. COVID-19 is a menace. Conservatism is a cesspool. Together, those three ingredients have created a toxic stew of malevolent death and devastation. We can talk about all those …