Long-Covid More Prevalent Than Thought

The report projects that approximately 10% of these mild or asymptomatic cases will suffer persistent symptoms beyond four weeks and, in many cases, for several months. The condition goes by several names, including long Covid, long haulers, and chronic Covid. Officially it is being classified as post-acute sequelae of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (PASC). … Read More »

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Mayo Clinic Study On Vaccine Effectiveness One Markedly Better

A study conducted by the Mayo Clinic and analytics firm nference compared two vaccines – Moderna and Pfizer – and found Moderna to be more effective against breakthrough infections from all known variants. The study suggests that both messenger RNA vaccines show signs of lessening effectiveness against COVID, including the Delta variant, but further research … Read More »

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Masks Off for Vaccinated Employees in California

vaccination status. Physical distancing standards are also eliminated in many situations. The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has approved revisions to the COVID emergency temporary standard, by a 5-1 vote. Soon after the vote, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order enabling the revisions to take effect without the normal 10-day approval period by the state Office … Read More »

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Cal/OSHA: To Mask or Not to Mask

The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has published the latest version of its COVID emergency standard, on which it will vote later this week. The big change: Fully vaccinated employees will not … Read More »

Take Three on COVID Revisions

Less than a week after it adopted controversial revisions to the COVID emergency standard, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board voted to pull them back. Now the plan is for the Division … Read More »

Standards Board: More New COVID Rules ?

In another twist in the now surreal Cal/OSHA-COVID regulatory drama, the Standards Board has called a special meeting for June 9th to discuss potential new rules. The Board also released an updated agenda for its regular monthly meeting on June 17th, which include the possible readoption of the COVID-19 standard. Considering that the Board readopted … Read More »

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