Less than a week after Liberty University announced and enacted a temporary campus-wide quarantine amid rising infections, the school is reporting a sharp surge in positive COVID-19 cases and offering free vaccinations. The private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Virginia last week ordered a campus-wide quarantine from Aug. 30 to Sept. 10. Prior to the fall semester beginning on Aug. 24, the school did not have a mask or vaccine mandate in place. Liberty’s COVID-19 dashboard on… Source link
Read More »Google and Facebook will require vaccinations for employees returning to the office
In an email to staff, Google (GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai said the policy would roll out in the United States in the coming weeks, and in other regions in the following months as vaccines become more widely available. It’s not clear how Google plans to enforce the policy. “Getting vaccinated is one of the most important ways to keep ourselves and our communities healthy in the months ahead,” Pichai said. Later Wednesday, Facebook (FB) Vice President of People Lori Goler said that any employees… Source link
Read More »Google postpones return-to-work until October, will require vaccinations
Sundar Pichai Source: CNBC Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is extending its office return for employees until Oct. 18 amid the latest Covid-19 outbreaks. In an email to employees Wednesday, Pichai also said the company will require anyone coming to the office to be vaccinated, beginning in the U.S. in coming weeks. Pichai’s note represents the second delay in office returns for its workforce of more than 130,000-plus employees amid the ongoing pandemic. In December, Google delayed… Source link
Read More »How Google Cloud has been helping states with their COVID-19 vaccinations
On Monday, Google Cloud revealed the role it had played in five states’ mass vaccination initiatives and announced that it would be working with more in the months to come. According to a blog post by Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, Arizona, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and Virginia have partnered with the company to support their vaccination efforts at scale. Mike Daniels, VP of global public sector at Google Cloud, told Healthcare IT News the company’s efforts are “designed to… Source link
Read More »Dwight Howard, again not wearing a mask in Orlando bubble, said he doesn’t believe in vaccinations
Dwight Howard has been very open about his frequent decision to not wear a mask inside the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Los Angeles Lakers center often posts to social media or goes live without one on, and has questioned why players were even made to wear them in the first place. On Sunday, he took things a step further. After going live on Instagram while not wearing a mask despite being around others, Howard was asked if he believed in… Source link
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