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Don’t expect to see Novak Djokovic playing in the US Open next month, for reasons that should already be very clear. The tournament’s organizers released a statement Wednesday confirming they will respect the U.S. government’s requirement that non-citizens and non-immigrants be vaccinated to enter the country, which will include Djokovic unless he gets vaccinated in the next few weeks. Djokovic was included on the tournament’s entry list as the No. 7 ranked player, but that was purely… Source link

Andrew Wiggins said Monday that he wishes he didn’t get vaccinated for COVID-19, which allowed him to play full time with the Warriors this season and win a ring. (Elsa/Getty Images) Andrew Wiggins had a phenomenal season in Golden State, one that culminated with him helping the Warriors win their fourth title in eight years. That marked his first NBA title, too. Yet on Monday, Wiggins said he regretted receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at all — which allowed him to play full time with the… Source link

It was a rough day for the Kansas City Royals when it was announced that 10 of their players wouldn’t be able to play in a road series against the Toronto Blue Jays because they are unvaccinated, but arguably the lowest moment came from one of the franchise’s clubhouse leaders. Two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield was among the many players who explained their decision after the news broke, but he was the only one who implied the decision was conditional on playing for a contender: From Anne… Source link

The NFL will stop mandating weekly COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic vaccinated players, according to memos distributed Saturday that described a major shift in the league’s approach to the pandemic. The new protocols, which take effect next week, could allow the virus to spread undetected through locker rooms, and could increase opportunities for infected but otherwise healthy players to participate in games. The NFL and NFLPA announced the “more targeted testing plan” in a statement, along… Source link

Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald told Yahoo Finance Live the cruise line operator has put in stringent health protocols to ensure it’s back sailing safely during the pandemic. The result is minimal incidences of COVID-19 on the company’s ships, which are now back in the waters carrying vacation goers.  “Here in the U.S., we are sailing under what the CDC would call vaccinated cruises, that’s at least 95% of the guests are vaccinated. Our crew is vaccinated. Then we test. We do require a test,… Source link

Amid fears of new variants emerging and evading COVID-19 vaccines, health experts are repeatedly pointing out that being fully vaccinated is very different from being unvaccinated. “We have to be very clear about who we’re talking about,” Dr. Jeremy Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “The Delta variant is extraordinarily dangerous for the unvaccinated, and it presents a… Source link

As millions of students continue to return to school over the coming weeks, one state’s governor is stepping up the call for vaccinations among his constituents. “You have to get vaccinated,” West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said during a regular COVID-19 briefing on Friday. “The more that are vaccinated, the less that will die. That is absolutely the way it is.” The latest CDC data available lists West Virginia as having fully vaccinated 39.6% of the population with 47% receiving at least… Source link

With the recent rise of the Delta variant, many major American companies are now requiring full-time employees to get vaccinated before returning to the office. In the past few weeks, more companies have announced plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees who are working at in-person offices. Cases for the novel coronavirus continue to rise due to the highly transmissible Delta variant, which now makes up more than half of all new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. The… Source link

In a note to employees announcing the changes, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company has seen high vaccination rates for Google employees so far, which is why it is comfortable bringing workers back into the office. Currently, there are some early volunteers who are already working at various Google campuses. Workers will have to start reporting back to the office on Oct. 18. Source link

Even for tech companies who create the tools for remote work, returning to the office is proving a major challenge. After early work-from-home recommendations last March, companies like Google eventually closed up shop, requiring employees to take their work home with them. The intervening year and change have been a fraught balancing act for the company (along with most of the world), which began outlining return-to-work plans for some employees as early as May 2020. As Delta and other… Source link