{"id":1141728,"date":"2021-12-22T11:19:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141728"},"modified":"2021-12-22T11:19:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:19:55","slug":"the-latest-on-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-latest-on-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest On COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">8<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-latest-on-covid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141728&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s Wednesday, December 22nd, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">1) The Latest On COVID<\/p>\n<p>The Topline: New CDC guidance suggests kids should stay in school even if they\u2019ve been exposed to COVID, and some are theorizing that the Omicron variant may actually help lead the world out of the pandemic by acting as nature\u2019s vaccine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quote Of The Day: \u201c\u2026in the past, the COVID mitigation efforts \u2026 have been prioritized over education, but given all the learning loss, all the depression, all the socioeconomic impact, all of the other major problems that are not medical \u2026 I think the regulators on a federal level have realized the importance of keeping kids in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013&nbsp;Physician and pharmaceutical entrepreneur, Dr Houman Hemati <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320712\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alex-WongStaffGetty-Images11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/12\/Alex-WongStaffGetty-Images11.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/12\/Alex-WongStaffGetty-Images11-300x200.jpg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-320712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Wong\/Staff\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Big News<\/p>\n<p>New CDC guidance advises children to stay in school, rather than quarantine, even if they are exposed to COVID. A preliminary study suggests having faces covered and reduced interaction is causing children to have delays in some of their social learning, although there is no established causative relationship that has been determined.<\/p>\n<p>Some are hypothesizing that Omicron may act as mother nature\u2019s version of a live attenuated virus. While it currently appears to be far more mild than the Delta variant, the strain could potentially generate immunization by infection rather than by vaccination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-320715\" class=\"size-full wp-image-320715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Brittany-MurrayMediaNews-GroupLong-Beach-Press-Telegram-via-Getty-Images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/12\/Brittany-MurrayMediaNews-GroupLong-Beach-Press-Telegram-via-Getty-Images.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/12\/Brittany-MurrayMediaNews-GroupLong-Beach-Press-Telegram-via-Getty-Images-300x169.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-320715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Murray\/MediaNews Group\/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) <\/strong>Hospitals Pause Vaccine Mandates<\/p>\n<p>The Topline: While the legal battle over COVID-19 vaccine mandates continues, some hospital systems are starting to walk back their staff vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YALiberty\/status\/1428031437458997251\">Quote Of The Day:<\/a> \u201cI was no problem working in the healthcare system over the last 18 months, without a vaccine, but now, all of a sudden, I\u2019m a threat to public health?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 San Diego nurse<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals<\/p>\n<p>Hospital groups such as Intermountain Healthcare, HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare, and nonprofits like AdventHealth and the Cleveland Clinic are pausing their COVID-19 vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>HCA and Tenet have said employees must abide by local measures if they\u2019re in states that do require vaccination, and the Cleveland Clinic said it would implement precautions like testing for employees who are unvaccinated and tend to patients.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital leaders, public health officials, and nursing organizations have all said vaccine mandates have contributed to severe hospital staffing shortages. Reports also show the price of labor has increased, all while hospitals were already having a difficult time staying fully staffed at all levels as hospitalizations rose with the Delta variant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/covid-19-30-of-healthcare-personnel-in-us-hospitals-remain-unvaccinated\">study<\/a> conducted with the CDC reported that as of September, 30% of hospital staff were unvaccinated at over 2,000 hospitals across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Legal Battles<\/p>\n<p>In late November, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate for health care workers, and put into place an injunction on the order across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember: The mandate for healthcare workers is separate from the OSHA mandate for private companies. The healthcare worker mandate requires all healthcare workers at places that accept Medicare and Medicaid to be vaccinated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a federal appeals court effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/court-restores-biden-administration-healthcare-worker-vaccine-mandate-in-26-states\">restored<\/a> the healthcare worker mandate in several states, but not all. The final verdict will likely come down to a Supreme Court decision. The Biden administration recently asked the high court to get involved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court recently upheld the New York vaccine mandate for healthcare employees, despite the fact that it doesn\u2019t have a provision for religious exemption. However, Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas disagreed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his dissent, Gorsuch wrote, \u201cThe test of this Court\u2019s substance lies in its willingness to defend more than the shadow of freedom in the trying times, not just the easy ones.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fred Lee\/Contributor\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) <\/strong>Peng Shuai Denies Accusing Chinese Official of Sexual Assault&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Topline: Women\u2019s tennis player Peng Shuai gave her first public statements after accusing a senior Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault in early November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p>On November 2nd, Peng posted a lengthy statement on Chinese social media platform, Weibo, detailing a sexual assault from a senior official in the Chinese Communist Party. Her post was deleted around 30 minutes after publication and Peng\u2019s account on Weibo was subsequently blocked from searchers on the platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peng was not seen or heard from publicly until November 17th, at which point a statement attributed to Peng was shared on Twitter by CGTN, a Chinese state-affiliated media company. In the post, Peng denied her initial claim.<\/p>\n<p>Update<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Peng spoke to a Singapore-based Chinese-language newspaper and denied ever making the sexual assault allegations, calling it a \u201cmisunderstanding.\u201d Peng said she had \u201cnever spoken or written about anyone sexually assault[ing]\u201d her. She also told the paper she has been living at her home in Beijing and has \u201calways been free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports World Responds<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Tennis Association suspended all WTA tournaments in China \u2014&nbsp; including Hong Kong \u2014 at the beginning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Wednesday, December 22nd, and this is your Morning Wire. 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