You are here

Home

Social behavior

ANALYSIS: How to encourage Trump supporters to get vaccinated and help achieve herd immunity

Sun, 2021-03-21 12:54 — mike kraft
Perspective | Trump can’t get his supporters to take the vaccine. But doctors can. Shaming White Republicans for questioning the vaccines won’t help Frank Luntz, Brian C. Castrucci Washington Post
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Vaccinations
Contagion
Disease
Government
Health
Pandemics
Policy
Politics
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Covid cases are rising in 21 states. Federal health officials warn against reopening too quickly

Sun, 2021-03-21 12:07 — mike kraft
Covid cases are rising in 21 states as health officials warn against reopening too quickly Even as the pace of vaccinations accelerates in the U.S., Covid-19 cases are increasing in 21 states and highly infectious variants are spreading. Emma Newburger CNBC
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Vaccinations
Contagion
Disease
Government
Health
Pandemics
Policy
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Miami Beach declares spring break state of emergency

Sat, 2021-03-20 19:30 — mike kraft
Miami Beach declares spring break emergency The city will impose an 8 p.m. curfew in the South Beach entertainment district. YahooNews

The city of Miami Beach on Saturday declared a state of emergency over spring break crowds that have descended on the popular South Florida destination.

During an afternoon news conference, Mayor Dan Gelber announced an 8 p.m. curfew for the South Beach entertainment district. He also said shore-bound traffic on the city's causeways would be shuttered.

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Social behavior
Government
Security
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Idaho Legislature suspends session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak among lawmakers and staff

Sat, 2021-03-20 14:18 — mike kraft
Idaho Legislature halts session until April due to Covid-19 outbreak The Idaho Legislature was forced to recess Friday for more than two weeks amid an outbreak of Covid-19 at the state Capitol among lawmakers and staff. Veronica Stracqualursi and Sharif Paget, CNN CNN

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - West
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Contagion
Disease
Government
Health
Pandemics
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

ANALYSIS: Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

Fri, 2021-03-19 20:40 — mike kraft

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2

As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is starting to look unlikely.

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Mutations
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Social distancing
Vaccinations
Contagion
Disease
Government
Health
Pandemics
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Experts: Virus surge in Europe should raise caution flags for the US

Wed, 2021-03-17 12:46 — mike kraft
Experts: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for US Optimism is spreading in the U.S. as COVID-19 deaths plummet and states ease restrictions and open vaccinations to younger adults. But across Europe, dread is setting in with another wave of... AP NEWS
Country / Region Tags: 
Europe
France
Germany
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Social behavior
Vaccinations
Contagion
Disease
Government
Happiness
Pandemics
Policy
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Experts warn that after weeks of declining coronavirus cases, hot spots are emerging as restrictions relax

Wed, 2021-03-17 10:15 — mike kraft
After weeks of declining cases, echoes of hot spots emerge in Upper Midwest, New York City area Michigan has seen a rise in hospitalizations and positive test results. Minnesota’s numbers are creeping up, as are Maryland’s and New Jersey’s. Many places, including New York City and surrounding counties, are no longer seeing steady declines in cases, despite intensive vaccination efforts. Joel Achenbach, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Jacqueline Dupree Washington Post
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - East
US - Great Lakes
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Contagion
Disease
Pandemics
Policy
Politics
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Hundreds of spring breakers arrested in Miami for ignoring COVID-19 restrictions

Mon, 2021-03-15 19:43 — mike kraft
Hundreds of spring breakers ignoring COVID-19 rules arrested in Miami Mayor of Miami Beach, Fla. Dan Gelber (D) said in an interview released on Monday that hundreds of people celebrating spring break in south Florida had been arrested this past weekend for ignoring coronavirus guidelines. Joseph Choi TheHill
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Public Attitudes
Social behavior
Social distancing
Government
Health
Pandemics
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Granny shouldn’t be out here’: Maskless spring breakers flout South Beach COVID rules, governor forgives past fines

Sat, 2021-03-13 18:21 — mike kraft
‘Granny shouldn’t be out here’: Maskless spring breakers flout South Beach COVID rules With a black mask pulled under his chin, 22-year-old Ace Beck weaved through spring breakers on busy Ocean Drive without any concern for catching COVID-19 — or unwittingly passing it on to somebody else. YahooNews
 
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
US - South
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Social behavior
Contagion
Disease
Health
Pandemics
Security
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

NIH Director urges people to keep masks on despite Texas and other states relaxing requirementsrelaxing

Sat, 2021-03-13 18:09 — mike kraft
Keep masks on, NIH director pleads as Texas enters 1st weekend without statewide Covid-19 restrictions As spring break travel picks up and states increasingly drop Covid-19 restrictions, Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health director, is pleading with people to keep using masks regardless of prevailing rules. Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN
Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Data
Mutations
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Social behavior
Government
Health
Pandemics
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Pages

Subscribe to Social behavior
howdy folks