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California health officials have repeatedly said they have no plans to institute COVID-19 vaccine “passports” digital or paper passes that allow vaccinated residents or those who’ve tested negative into concerts, baseball games and other sports arenas.
But this month, the state announced reopening rules for indoor live events that give businesses an incentive to demand such proof from ticket holders. Businesses can hold larger events when they verify either of the safeguards.
“Of course, it is a form of a vaccine passport,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, a UC Berkeley infectious-disease expert.
That California has not embraced the label is unsurprising, he said.
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The California Native American Heritage Commission, a nine-member body appointed by the governor, has accused the university of misstating the commission’s position on the care of the site, and misrepresenting the commission’s role in facilitating talks between CSULB and local tribal groups.
While the commission’s agenda for Friday doesn’t provide details beyond listing a tribal request for a “Puvungna Investigation,” the commission previously wrote a letter saying the request was related to CSULB’s handling of the site.
“This means there is the potential the NAHC will be looking closely at the veracity of CSULBs actions, among other things,” the letter said. “It behooves CSULB to pay careful attention to this matter understand the history of CSULB actions in the last 40-50 years and handle this matter in good faith.”
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Sacramento State nursing student Amanda Clark administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Denisse Ambriz, a graduate from the Master of Social Work program at Sacramento State University on Jan. 29, 2021. Photo by Rahul Lal for CalMatters
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In mid-January, science education professor Al Schademan received one of around 2,000 emails sent to faculty, student employees and essential staff at California State University, Chico. The email contained a surprise for Schademan: He would be among the first higher education employees in California to gain coveted access to the coronavirus vaccine.
Within a couple weeks, Schademan was climbing a back stairway at the 298-bed Enloe Medical Center, where in a room above the hospital cafe he received his first shot of the Pfizer vaccine, an adventure he said felt like participating in a covert operation.
Fauci says vaccines should allow colleges to teach in person for fall
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has served as the nation’s top infectious disease expert during the coronavirus pandemic, will stay on when President-elect Joseph Biden takes office. NIAID/Creative Commons photo
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While coronavirus cases are surging across California and overwhelming intensive care units, the country’s top infectious disease expert said last week he’s “cautiously optimistic” that college students can return to campus in the fall.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he anticipates that COVID-19 vaccines will begin to become widely available to the general public in March and April, and that immunization combined with aggressive testing of students would bode well for an in-person school year.
Monday, December 21, 2020 | Sacramento, CA
In September 2020, Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shows a bandage on his arm after receiving an influenza vaccine to kick-off the 2020-2021 flu season with the NFID in Bethesda, Md.
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While coronavirus cases are surging across California and overwhelming intensive care units, the country’s top infectious disease expert said today he’s “cautiously optimistic” that college students can return to campus in the fall.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he anticipates that COVID-19 vaccines will begin to become widely available to the general public in March and April, and that immunization combined with aggressive testing of students would bode well for an in-person school ye