Friday, March 29, 2024
News

US slips into COVID complacency mode: Report

   SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

US | June 16, 2022 11:25:29 PM IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The US COVID-19 pandemic response has become mild-mannered and performative, backed by neither money, urgency, nor enforcement, reported Kaiser Health News (KHN) on Wednesday.

Congress has failed to approve more spending for free testing, treatments, and vaccines. Local governments lifted mandates and many people have stopped wearing masks, even in crowded indoor spaces, according to the report.

Two-thirds of those who waited in line for hours to receive their initial vaccinations seem less willing to walk into a pharmacy to get a free booster, leaving themselves more susceptible to the Omicron variants, said KHN.

Tired of policing, many, if not most, stores and workplaces have dropped their mask mandates, even during local COVID-19 surges. "Where they're in place, they're often poorly enforced," it noted.

"Already the toll of this collective complacency is clear: in January and February, people who'd been 'fully vaccinated' accounted for more than 40 per cent of COVID-19 deaths," said the report.

One million Americans have died from COVID-19, far more per capita than in any other developed country. Meanwhile, a new variant is doubling case rates in some states, and more than 300 people are dying a day, it added. (ANI/Xinhua)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS ()
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
 
MORE WORLD NEWS
'Government's attempts to scare and inti...
Activist raises issue of racial discrimi...
8 people killed after pickup truck falls...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to hold rally o...
South Africa's former President Jacob Zu...
EAM Jaishankar shares glimpse from his t...
More...
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
'I am the spider of Guna-Shivpuri:' Unio...
'Today justice has been served': Wife of...
BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad backs letter b...
Madhya Pradesh: Crime branch confiscates...
'ED wants AAP's Lok Sabha strategy from ...
J-K: LG Manoj Sinha expresses deep shock...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
"Honoured to be nominated for Upcom... 
Rahul Gandhi promises 50 pc reserva... 
Punjab police bust criminal network... 
Defence secy Giridhar Aramane inaug... 
Nippon Group's Sahiba Oils Makes Wa... 
Inorbit Mall and Making The Differe... 
Nick Jonas gets new haircut by Tige... 
ED attaches flat worth Rs 86.18 lak...