Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended administering the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 12-15. Now, state and local health officials are poised to reach a largely unvaccinated demographic. Prior to today’s recommendation, COVID-19 vaccinations in Wisconsin were only permitted for people aged 16 and older. Children and teenagers under sixteen are […]
Wisconsin to extend vaccine eligibility to all adults starting Monday
Beginning next Monday, Wisconsinites sixteen and older can register to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “It won’t happen all at once, but I know I’m not alone in feeling the hope, excitement and relief that we all have anxiously awaited for this year,” Governor Tony Evers told reporters earlier today. The announcement speeds up the deadline […]
Navigating the vaccine red tape
According to the state’s Department of Health Services, more than 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered here in Wisconsin. Just under 16% of Wisconsinites, or about 920,000 people, have received all doses of the vaccine. The state continues to track a steady increase in the daily number of doses administered — as eligibility […]
Your COVID Vaccine Questions Answered
On December 14, 2020, the U.S. administered its first COVID-19 vaccine injections to frontline healthcare workers. Now, nearly two months into the vaccination rollout and one year after WORT’s first show about the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, we invite Dr. Dave O’Connor back on the show to answer a wide variety of listener questions about the […]
Under Pressure, State Assembly Delays Vote to End Mask Mandate
The Wisconsin State assembly was scheduled to meet 9 AM Tuesday morning to vote on the resolution to end Governor Ever’ s mask mandate – the only statewide effort in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The plan came just two days after the resolution was approved in the state Senate. But by the […]
COVID-19 Vaccines
This week on PNM, Ary & Josh discuss current COVID-19 vaccines: what they are, how they work, how they came out so quickly, and whether or not you should be nervous about them. (Spoiler alert: you shouldn’t be nervous!) We used Ary’s master Google Doc to shape this show, so feel free to check out […]
