How much longer will masks be required indoors in North Carolina? Tina Terry
Masks have become a part of daily life but many people have told Channel 9 they are ready to be rid of them once and for all.
“I hate this mask for real, especially for people like me that can’t breath real good,” resident Melanie Joseph said. “I hate it but, however, I know it’s to protect.”
Gov. Roy Cooper has lifted the outdoor mask mandate and plans to lift all social distancing and gathering limits on June 1, but said North Carolinians will have to wait until two-thirds of adults get at least one COVID-19 shot for the indoor mask mandate to be repealed.
COVID-19 shot in the arm not enough to keep many pharmacy owners from saying ‘they’ve had enough’
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Once covid vaccines arrived, Moose Pharmacy employees sought out patients needing help to make appointments and rides to mass vaccination clinics. (Logan Cyrus for KHN/TNS)TNS
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Tobin’s pharmacy and department store had already stocked its shelves with Easter and Mother’s Day items last spring, and the staff had just placed the Christmas orders. The shop in Oconomowoc, Wis., had been operating on a razor’s edge as retail sales moved online and mail-order pharmacies siphoned off its patients. It was losing money on 1 out of 4 pill bottles filled, so the front of the store, where it sold clothing, cosmetics and jewelry, had been compensating for pharmacy losses for years.
Covid shot in the arm not enough to keep pharmacies in business
Tobin s pharmacy and department store had already stocked its shelves with Easter and Mother s Day items last spring, and the staff had just placed the Christmas orders. The shop in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, had been operating on a razor s edge as retail sales moved online and mail-order pharmacies siphoned off its patients. It was losing money on 1 out of 4 pill bottles filled, so the front of the store, where it sold clothing, cosmetics and jewelry, had been compensating for pharmacy losses for years. And then Covid hit, said Dave Schultz, who co-owned the store with his brother. And that was the final straw.
NC resumes administering J&J vaccine: Here’s what you need to know Tina Terry
U.S. health officials lifted the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board met Friday and recommended lifting the pause.
The decision comes 10 days after the agency along with the Federal Drug Administration recommended that the vaccine be paused to investigate its possible link to rare blood clots. According to the CDC, there have been fifteen cases of blood clots out of the 7.9 million doses administered, which is more than double the six cases initially reported.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine ‘pause’ WSOCTV.com News Staff, ZEKE MILLER and LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating unusual clots in six women that occurred 6 to 13 days after vaccination. The clots occurred in veins that drain blood from the brain and occurred together with low platelets. All six cases were in women between the ages of 18 and 48.