SF News Sunday Links: US Cyber Command Ordered to Remove Russia From Cyber Threat List Russia has been de-prioritized at the US Cyber Command; the new park along Great Highway is opening up on April 12 — help name it; and some background info on the guy who wears the light-up dinosaur costume in Dolores Park.
SF News Six Former BART Employees Win $7.8 Million Ruling After Getting Fired for Refusing to Get Vaccinated A half-dozen holdout BART employees who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and lost their jobs because of it, just won a $7.8 million in federal court on the claim that BART did not honor their religious exemptions.
SF News Six Former BART Employees Sue in Federal Court Over Being Fired for Refusing to Get Vaccinated A few holdout BART employees who refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and lost their jobs because of it, have taken their case to a federal court, claiming BART did not honor their religious exemptions.
SF News Current COVID Uptick Appears to Be Coming With New Symptoms, Like Stomach Issues California is experiencing much the same summer COVID upturn as the rest of the nation, and there’s some evidence that the symptoms of the new virus variants now include gastrointestinal issues too.
SF News One Kid May Have Exposed Up to 300 People to Measles at UC Davis Medical Center In Sacramento We probably have the anti-vaxxers to thank for this one, as a potential measles outbreak could be on the horizon in Sacramento after an unnamed child exposed as many as 300 people to the virus.
SF News Bay Area Wastewater Shows Rising Levels of COVID, Flu, and RSV After Holidays Yet another new COVID variant called JN.1 is fueling yet another surge in COVID transmission according to wastewater data, while flu and RSV cases are also showing a sharp rise in the wake of holiday gatherings.
SF News Mpox Cases on the Rise Again in SF, Health Department Warns The disease formerly known as monkeypox is making a troubling little comeback in SF, and while case counts are low, we’ve seen a nearly seven-fold increase in positive mpox cases in the last five weeks.
SF News Report: Moderna Wants to Charge $130 Per Dose For COVID-19 Vaccines Your COVID-19 vaccines and boosters won’t be free for much longer, and Moderna is reportedly licking its chops at the prospect of charging as much as $130 per dose for your next booster shot.
SF News As SF Monkeypox Cases Hit 60, SF AIDS Foundation Plans Virtual Town Hall, Mandelman Demands More Vaccines The monkeypox developments are coming in disturbingly quickly, so the SF AIDS Foundation is holding a virtual town hall tonight to unpack the new landscape, and Supervisor Rafael Mandelman has had it with the CDC foot-dragging.
SF News 600 Monkeypox Vaccines Administered in San Francisco So Far, More Units Requested by SFDPH The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) reported it has administered 600 monkeypox vaccines to eligible residents who had close contact with someone who has monkeypox (suspected or confirmed) or working in proximity to the virus in a lab setting.
SF News East Bay Assemblymember Proposes Mandatory Vaccination For All California Employees Nobody tell the truckers, but Oakland state assemblymember Buffy Wicks just unveiled a bill that would require every single employee in the state of California to be fully vaccinated.
SF News Oakland Opens Mass COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Site at Frank Ogawa Plaza Need a COVID test or booster shot fast before the holidays? Oakland may be your best bet, as Frank Ogawa Plaza outside Oakland City Hall is performing them free through the holidays, though for rapid tests “cost may apply.”
SF News Map: Everywhere You Can Get a Free COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Shot in SF There are 109 locations in San Francisco providing booster vaccine shots to the general public, and quite a few of them do accept drop-ins.
SF News Day Around the Bay: California Is Opening Up Booster Shots for All Adults California will now allow anyone 18 years or older to get their COVID-19 booster shots, the 17th Assembly District of CA special election will take place in SF on April 19, and — at long lost — Britney Spears is free from her conservatorship.
SF News 26 States Sue the Federal Government Over Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Last week, OSHA handed down a new rule that every company with 100 or more employees must require everyone to be vaccinated. Within eight hours, 26 states sued.
SF News Only About One-Fifth of Eligible San Francisco Seniors Have Received a COVID-19 Booster Shot The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) shared this week that just 23,000 San Franciscans who are 65 years or older — roughly 20% of the city's entire eligible senior population — have received their COVID-19 booster shot ahead of the holiday season.
SF News Moderna is Set to Begin Clinical Trials for an HIV Vaccine The elusive HIV vaccine could be on the way, as Moderna is set to begin jabbing 56 adults in the first ever mRNA HIV vaccine clinical trial in humans.
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Chorus Director Refuses Vaccine, Chooses to Resign Instead Grammy award-winning choral director Ragnar Bohlin would rather quit than comply with the SF Symphony’s vaccine mandate, and his Facebook posts are striking a pretty strange note.
SF Politics SF Sheriffs’ Union Vows to Quit En Masse Over Vaccine Requirements in a Rambling Facebook Post The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs' Association says officers will be “retiring early and seeking employment elsewhere” over Breed’s vaccine mandate, and the public response to the statement has invoked doors, hitting, and their asses on the way out.
SF News SF DPH Will Now Come to Your House and Vaccinate You for Free The SF Department of Public Health is now making house calls, and offering to come by your place and vaccinate you for free, provided you have a group of 5-12 people on hand for the shots.
SF News More Vaxx Mandates: Newsom Requires All State Employees to be Vaccinated, Breed Expands Mandate California will be the first state to require all state employees to be vaccinated, while Mayor London Breed doubles down and expands the SF vaxx mandate, and you see where this is all going.
SF News SF Is Throwing Free Vaccine ‘Family Events’ with Food, Prizes, and Ferris Wheel Tickets to Encourage More Shots Now the Department of Public Health is throwing around free Skystar Wheel tickets, Clipper fare, zoo and museum tickets, and free food at family vaccination parties the next three weekends.
SF News Levi’s Stadium Throwing Teen Vaccination Parties With DJs and Oodles of Goodies The vaccine machine that is Levi’s Stadium is offering teens a “Vaxstage Pass” — vaccine shots, with chasers of 49ers swag, locker room tours, and live DJs several nights this week.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink These Novelty, Faux-Vaccine Cocktails Will Make You Drink ‘To Your Health’ Cocktail service Rye on the Road takes a jab at the various vaccines, with novelty craft cocktail packs of “doses” like Pfizzr and Gentian & Gentian.
SF News Vaccine Hunters, Rejoice! New App Channel Aggregates Available Bay Area Appointments The MyTurn website is now accepting people ages 50 and up for vaccine appointments, but a new Telegram channel is blasting out available Bay Area vaccination appointments almost non-stop.
