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In Ohio, the enticement to get the covid-19 vaccination is a chance at $1 million for adults or a college scholarship for a minor.
In West Virginia, you can get a $100 savings bond.
New York is giving baseball tickets. New Jersey will pour you a beer.
But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have the best carrot to encourage vaccination. Roll up your sleeve and you can take off your mask (most of the time).
On Thursday, the CDC director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, announced new guidelines for the fully vaccinated that include unmasked interaction in movie theaters or church services, at restaurants or getting a haircut. Want to go to a baseball game and eat hot dogs and drink beer? Get your shot, and you can buy all the peanuts and cracker jack you want.
05/14/2021
Harrisburg, PA
– The Pennsylvania Department of Health today reminded Pennsylvanians that fully vaccinated individuals may choose not to wear a mask, unless a business or organization, such as a school, requires that added layer of protection, in accordance with updated masking guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“By getting vaccinated with one of the three safe and effective vaccines, you are adding the best layer of protection for yourself and others,” Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said. “If you are fully vaccinated, it is an incentive to be able to remove your mask, but businesses and workplaces may still require this added layer of protection for their employees or customers that may have underlying conditions that continue to make them vulnerable to this virus. We ask that Pennsylvanians continue to be kind and respectful to each other as we continue to fight COVID-19 in our communities and continue
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A client is vaccinated with a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Friday, April 9, 2021 during a mass vaccination clinic hosted by Allegheny Health Network and the Allegheny County Health Department at NextTier Connect in Monroeville.
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Pennsylvania has revamped the map used to help residents locate covid-19 vaccine providers, moving to a federally run search tool that will let users narrow their search to a specific brand of vaccine, officials said Friday.
It is another move in the state’s push to get 70% of adults vaccinated.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf answers questions after a tour of the covid-19 vaccination clinic, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, inside the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie.
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Pennsylvania plans to lift its covid-19 mitigation orders on Memorial Day, and Gov. Tom Wolf said the state’s masking order will be dropped once 70% of Pennsylvanians 18 and older are fully vaccinated.
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U.S. health advisers on Friday urged resuming covid-19 vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot, saying its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clots in line with Europe’s rollout.
Federal health officials uncovered 15 vaccine recipients who developed a highly unusual kind of blood clot, out of nearly 8 million people given the J&J shot. All were women, most under age 50. Three died, and seven remain hospitalized.
“I think it’s important to note that all three vaccines are safe and effective,” said Dr. Graham Snyder, UPMC’s medical director of infection prevention and hospital epidemiology. “What they’ve identified is 15 cases of clots associated with the vaccine. Given the number of doses already administered, that still makes this a very rare occurrence.”