Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 11-18-2021

<p>This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for November 18th, 2021.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The US administration was counting on making businesses their enforcers for vaccination mandates. But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is suspending said enforcement as ordered by the courts. OSHA had originally given employers with more than 100 employees until January 4 to comply under threat of thousands of dollars in fines.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>U.S. taxpayers are paying drugmakers billions of dollars to scale up domestic production, but not for the U.S. It’s to ship out to other countries that have had poor access to vaccines. The U.S. has been criticized by the World Health Organization for moving ahead with booster shots when many countries have not had enough initial doses.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Looks like we might have to re-set our list of which states are most fully vaccinated, because they might change the meaning of fully vaccinated. The U.S. is considering that and several European nations are already moving toward not counting you as fully vaccinated unless you’ve had a second shot of J&amp;J or a third shot of Pfizer and Moderna. For example, by December 15, anyone over 65 in France needs a booster to revalidate their vaccination pass. And in Austria, full vaccination status expires after nine months from your last dose. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How is the child vaccination effort going? The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have gotten a dose of Pfizer since it was approved for them. That was about two weeks ago. It's more than three times faster than the adult vaccination rate when they first became available.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Do you ever wonder if other people have been worrying about the same things you’ve been worrying about during the pandemic? A 19-country study of global helplines has revealed what most people have had anxiety over. Mostly, it’s been fear of infection, loneliness, and concerns about overall physical health. Calls about relationship a