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Covid-19 Vaccines have become a diplomacy tool in third world

Fri, 2021-02-12 12:37 — mike kraft

NEW DELHI — India, the unmatched vaccine manufacturing power, is giving away millions of doses to neighbors friendly and estranged. It is trying to counter China, which has made doling out shots a central plank of its foreign relations. And the United Arab Emirates, drawing on its oil riches, is buying jabs on behalf of its allies.

The coronavirus vaccine — one of the world’s most in-demand commodities — has become a new currency for international diplomacy.

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OPINION : Wrong time to ease restrictions--NY Times editorial

Thu, 2021-02-11 22:00 — mike kraft

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This is a precarious moment in the fight against the coronavirus in the United States. Case counts are declining. The death rate is slowing down. The country finally has a president who takes the crisis seriously. The vaccination rollout has been a bumbling mess, but the situation is improving, and it will get better still: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been activated to help administer shots, the Food and Drug Administration could authorize a third vaccine for emergency use by the end of this month, and President Biden is partnering with clinics in underserved communities to correct for early vaccination inequities.

n the meantime, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are pleading with the American public to strengthen its resolve on measures to reduce viral spread, like physical distancing, mask wearing and avoidance of settings where the virus is likely to spread most easily — think a restaurant’s dining room or a large, indoor wedding. The C.D.C. is also asking state leaders not to let up on closings and restrictions just yet.

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Coronavirus vaccines: Interactive charts showing how various countries are doing

Thu, 2021-02-11 21:51 — mike kraft

Coronavirus vaccines: How’s my country and the rest of the world doing? When it comes to vaccine distribution there is one question most people are asking - when will I be offered it? BBC News

When it comes to the coronavirus vaccine there is one question most people are asking - when will I get it? A handful of countries have set very specific vaccination targets, but for the rest of the world the picture is less clear.

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Study lists top point-of-care COVID-19 tests

Thu, 2021-02-11 19:03 — mike kraft

Point-of-care COVID-19 tests: Study lists top performers - Outbreak News Today After screening more than 1,100 independently assessed, point-of-care COVID-19 tests, researchers at NSF International and Novateur Ventures have identified 5 direct (antigen/RNA) tests for detection of acute infection and 6 indirect (antibody) tests for detection of prior infection that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) “desirable” Target Product Profile (TPP) criteria. The researchers […] Press Release Outbreak News Today

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Lancet study estimates roughly 40% of the USA’s coronavirus deaths could have been prevented

Thu, 2021-02-11 13:32 — mike kraft

Roughly 40% of the USA’s coronavirus deaths could have been prevented, new study says The Lancet Commission described the former president's COVID-19 response as “inept and insufficient" and advocated for a single-payer health system. Ken Alltucker USA TODAY

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Description of Biden administration's efforts to counter COVID-19 spread --AP

Thu, 2021-02-11 13:18 — mike kraft

'Overwhelm the problem': Inside Biden’s war on COVID-19 WASHINGTON (AP) — The meetings begin each day not long after dawn. Dozens of aides report in, coffee in hand, joining by Zoom from agency headquarters, their homes or even adjacent... AP NEWS

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Guidance on what people can do safely after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Thu, 2021-02-11 10:45 — mike kraft

After you get a COVID-19 vaccine, what can you do safely? As more people are fully vaccinated, certain activities will become less risky, but experts still recommend holding on to precautions for the near future. Science

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New poll indicates a third of Americans still skeptical about Covid vaccine

Wed, 2021-02-10 09:58 — mike kraft

AP-NORC poll: A third of US adults skeptical of COVID shots NEW YORK (AP) — About 1 in 3 Americans say they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new poll that some experts say is discouraging news if the U.S. hopes to... AP NEWS

ALSO SEE: Biden’s next fight: Anti-vaxxers jeopardize plans to protect U.S. against Covid

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People With Dementia Are Twice as Likely to Get Covid--Study

Tue, 2021-02-09 19:54 — mike kraft

People with dementia had significantly greater risk of contracting the coronavirus, and they were much more likely to be hospitalized and die from it, than people without dementia, a new study of millions of medical records in the United States has found.

Their risk could not be entirely explained by characteristics common to people with dementia that are known risk factors for Covid-19: old age, living in a nursing home and having conditions like obesity, asthma, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. After researchers adjusted for those factors, Americans with dementia were still twice as likely to have gotten Covid-19 as of late last summer.

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