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A year of vaccinnes: Medical science successes underminded by misinformation and needless deaths

Mon, 2021-12-13 20:07 — mike kraft

One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost | AP News One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packed vials of a COVID-19 vaccine that had proved wildly successful in clinical trials fanned out across the land, bringing shots that many hoped would spell the end of the crisis. AP NEWS

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The U.N.'s Covax is likely to deliver less than half of the promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest icountries in 2021.

Mon, 2021-12-13 13:36 — mike kraft

Covax promised 2 billion vaccine doses to help the world’s neediest in 2021. It won’t even deliver even half that. The U.N.-led initiative is now aiming for 800 million doses to be delivered by the end of the year, but that isn't assured. Adam Taylor Washington Post

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Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end

Mon, 2021-12-13 12:16 — mike kraft

EXCLUSIVE Senegal expects waste of 400,000 COVID-19 vaccines by year-end At least 200,000 COVID-19 vaccines have expired in Senegal without being used in the past two months and another 200,000 are set to expire at the end of December because demand is too slow, the head of its immunisation programme said on Monday. Edward Mcallister Reuters

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About 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has died from COVID

Mon, 2021-12-13 10:16 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus pandemic approaches the end of a second year, the United States stands on the cusp of surpassing 800,000 deaths from the virus, and no group has suffered more than older Americans. All along, older people have been known to be more vulnerable, but the scale of loss is only now coming into full view.

ALSO SEE: Millions of America's seniors are vulnerable to Omicron because they have not received booster shots, specially in nursing homes

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New York gvernor announces indoor mask mandate for public places

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:13 — mike kraft

New York to implement indoor mask mandate for public places | AP News NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a winter surge in COVID-19 infections, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks will be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. AP NEWS

... Hochul said the decision to impose a mask mandate was based on state’s weekly seven-day case rate, as well as increasing hospitalizations.

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Military medical teams sent to New Mexico and six other western and midwestern states

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:07 — mike kraft

Navy medics join COVID fight in hard-hit New Mexico Dozens of U.S. Navy medics have deployed to New Mexico to treat a Delta variant-fueled surge in COVID-19 patients as part of a military operation to treat virus hotspots across Western and Midwest states. Shannon Stapleton Reuters

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Booster Shots: Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says

Thu, 2021-12-09 17:53 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: Omicron may require fourth vaccine dose sooner than expected, Pfizer says More than 40 people in the United States have tested positive for the omicron variant, the CDC said Wednesday. Nearly all had only mild symptoms. Washington Post

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Analysis: Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution

Wed, 2021-12-08 19:28 — mike kraft

Beyond Omicron: what’s next for COVID’s viral evolution Nature - The rapid spread of new variants offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months. Callaway, Ewen nature

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Vaccinations for children slow and pediatricians also face other medical challenges.

Wed, 2021-12-08 19:08 — mike kraft

Amid Push to Vaccinate Children, Other Challenges Deluge Pediatricians CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Near the end of one of the first days that 5- to 11-year-olds could get a coronavirus shot last month, Dr. Anne Steptoe, a pediatrician, sat hunched in her cramped office between packages of diapers, onesies and children’s books, cataloging the week’s patients on her laptop. One teenage girl had been sleepless and suicidal; another was anemic. Several young boys had gained weight during the pandemic.

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OPINION: Former CDC director Frieden writes on: What's next with Omicron and the pandemic?

Wed, 2021-12-08 18:15 — mike kraft

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