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As coronavirus cases resurge across the US, many inoculated Americans are losing patience with vaccine holdouts who, they say, are neglecting a civic duty or clinging to conspiracy theories and misinformation even as new patients arrive in emergency rooms and the nation renews mask advisories.
The country seemed to be exiting the pandemic and barely a month ago, a sense of celebration was palpable.
Rising case rates are upending plans for school and workplace reopenings, and threatening another wave of infections that may overwhelm hospitals in many communities.
“It’s like the sun has come up in the morning and everyone is arguing about it,” says Jim Taylor, 66, a retired civil servant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a state in which fewer than half of adults are fully vaccinated.
As COVID-19 cases rise, anger spreads among the vaccinated
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As Virus Cases Rise, Another Contagion Spreads Among the Vaccinated: Anger
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Nightclub bosses ready to take Government to court over Covid vaccine passports
Labour and the Lib Dems are against compulsory vaccine passports for nightclubs, and could be joined by dozens of Tory rebels
24 July 2021 • 8:40pm
Clubbers, seen here on Freedom Day, may soon need vaccine passports to enter an establishment
Credit: Joel Goodman/LNP
Hospitality industry leaders have warned the Government it could face legal action over plans for compulsory vaccine passports for nightclubs and other large crowded settings in England.
The new rules, announced by Boris Johnson on Monday, are due to come into effect from September when all over-18s have been offered two Covid vaccines.