The latest installment in PYMNTS’ ‘Pandenomics’ study series is Mapping Digital-First Consumers’ Return to the Physical World, the “Why Digital-First Behaviors Are Here to Stay” edition. It explores correlations between COVID vaccines and the consumers who will (or won’t) take them. Findings suggest, among other...
The pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of virtually every institution that underpins daily life — perhaps none so much as the U.S. healthcare system. Hospitals have been strained. Testing can barely keep up with demand. Vaccine doses are left unused, and according to some anecdotes,...
In America’s antebellum south, mosquito-borne yellow fever was the COVID-19 of its day. There was no vaccine. People built up socially valuable “immunocapital” by catching the disease and surviving it. Once established, a person’s immunity became a passkey to opportunity. Nearly a century later, in...
As the pandemic, eventually, moves to the rearview mirror — we might move from post-COVID to an era to be defined as post-convention. It’s no secret that the meetings and events industry has been hit hard as in-person events have shuttered, as seen this week with...
Scuttlebutt is circulating that Florida — among the first states to open COVID-19 vaccines to anyone over 65 — is getting a rush of medical tourists seeking vaccinations, the Associated Press reported on Thursday (Jan. 14). State officials have denied the rumors, with Gov. Ron DeSantis...
Health officials across the U.S. have been forced to level fines against already-struggling restaurants that blatantly violated pandemic-related indoor dining bans, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday (Jan. 13). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website indicates that indoor dining is a “particularly high-risk”...
What should retailers do to lure skittish customers back into their stores? Dollar General Corp. has reportedly come up with a solution: Offer employees the chance to get vaccinated on the company’s dime. The retailer will give employees four hours of pay to go get...
The Google News Initiative (GNI) is rolling out a new open fund for up to $3 million to combat misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, a blog post says. The “COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund” will aim to fight the misinformation that has been used to target...
Travelers from abroad seeking to visit the U.S. could have to prove they had a negative test for the coronavirus before getting on a plane, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Jan. 12) citing sources. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is...
