LATEST: A federal Judge in New York issues a temporary restraining order that stops the state from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers if they seek a religious exemption.
Nearly all of those hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. are unvaccinated, according to government officials and frontline health care workers.
“Those who were unvaccinated were about four-and-a-half times more likely to get COVID-19, are 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die,” she added.A Covid positive man, 83, lies in bed before being transported to a hospital, Sept. 13, 2021 in Houston, Texas. He and his wife, who had both tested positive the week before and had not been vaccinated.
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