Questions tagged [covid-19]
Questions about political actions related to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in 2019, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. For general public health policy questions, use [public-health]. For questions requiring medical answers, please ask on https://medicalsciences.stackexchange.com
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Do any countries have limits on healthcare personnel work hours?
One of the big problems during the pandemic was the stress caused by healthcare employees having to constantly work overtime to meet the huge spike in hospital patients infected with the virus. This ...
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Is there any country that officially banned "COVID-denial" or "COVID anti-vaccination" speech?
Romania has a very COVID-related mortality rate (when compared to the population) and the main cause seems to be the low vaccination rate:
The country is paying the price for having the European ...
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Has Olaf Scholz made any comments about the proposed Covid-19 vaccines TRIPS waiver?
There have been calls for him to personally take a stance on the matter of the proposed TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines patents. The calls were in fact addressed to a few other potential future ...
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Is there any study that tries to quantify the impact of Russian government support for anti vaccination?
Recently, the Russian government threatened to ban YouTube if it does not reinstate two German-language channels backed by the Russian state that were deleted for violating Covid misinformation ...
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Is it still impossible to quarantine asymptomatic people in Portugal?
News from last year was that an appeals court in Lisbon had ruled that it was illegal to quarantine people based solely on a (SARS-CoV-2) PCR test result. (Apparently, their ruling only applied ...
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How do vaccination rates compare between Israelis vs Palestinians in Israel?
Much has been made of the high and effective levels of vaccination in Israel - which has been seen as a lead country in the battle against Covid.
How do these levels vary between Israelis and ...
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Political & electoral fallout from low vaxx rates among Republicans? [closed]
CNN published an article yesterday that outlined how states with the lowest vaccination rates, highest case rates, and (critical to this question), highest death rates are all run by Republican ...
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Why is there strong opposition against vaccination and COVID-19 measures in Greece?
In Greece there is strong opposition against vaccines and any COVID-19 measures. Also, there's strong opposition against mandatory vaccination for health workers.
But I do not understand why there's ...
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Why has the Greek goverment removed unvaccinated doctors from their positions until vaccinated?
According to a recent law, the Greek Government now mandates vaccination against Covid-19 for doctors and workers in elderly-care homes and medical staff. If they are not vaccinated they are removed ...
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What's the Spanish PP position on masks?
The People's Party (PP) made headlines for winning a large share of votes the Madrid local election for their anti-lockdown stance.
I've also read that:
[The] Spanish parliament has approved a ...
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Why is Spain not legislating vaccine-status check measures, after executive attempts to impose those were defeated in courts?
According to The Local (ES):
The reasoning of [Spanish] judges, both regional and national, is that having to prove Covid vaccination, testing or recovery status to enter a bar or visit a museum ...
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Has Russia offered an official explanation for dropping vaccination QR-code checks?
According to the Moscow Times (which is financed by a Dutch press conglomerate whose Russian-language publications Russia declares to be "foreign agents")
As the highly transmissible Delta ...
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COVID-19: Why did the J & J vaccine disappeared in the U.S? [closed]
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My significant other finally was able to get the J&J vaccine on October 15th, which is at least a partial answer here.
But in discussing it with a pharmacist, who had told me that they had ...
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How did Mexican politicians justify keeping the border open without even requiring a COVID test?
Looking at the map of travel restrictions by country, one can see that Mexico and Colombia are truly unique:
They're currently the only nations not requiring a COVID test prior to arrival and not ...
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Why wasn't Point Roberts given an exception to the Canada-US border closure?
Point Roberts is a small community in Washington off the tip of the Tsawwassen peninsula south of Vancouver, with a population of around a thousand. The only roads connecting Point Roberts to the rest ...
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