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A major threat to the next pandemic: Vaccine hesitancy

Tue, 2022-05-03 09:49 — mike kraft

Another pandemic is inevitable, scientists say. Mass vaccination is not. Scientists can make safe and effective vaccines against novel pathogens. The bigger challenge is persuading everyone to use them. NBC News

In April, more than 1,000 vaccine experts gathered in Washington, D.C. for the first time since the pandemic began. Over four days, scientists, doctors and drugmakers pored over cutting-edge research and tackled some of the most pressing questions in the world of vaccines.

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California coronavirus cases rising, concern about a new wave

Mon, 2022-05-02 09:31 — mike kraft

Here we go again: California coronavirus cases rising. Is a new wave coming?

Los Angeles Times:

After months of declining numbers, California has recorded a nearly 30% increase in coronavirus cases over the last week along with smaller rises in hospitalizations, causing some health officials to suspect that the state is headed into a new pandemic wave.

The increase coincides with a loosening of COVID-19 restrictions such as mask mandates and vaccine verification rules as well as the rise of new subvariants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain. The question now is how much higher cases will go and whether new government intervention will be needed.

“We’re expecting a small surge that may mirror something that we saw in Delta last summer, in early July, but it’s happening now, in May,” Dr. Curtis Chan, deputy health officer for San Mateo County, said in an interview. ...

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Masks back by popular demand on San Francisco BART trains

Fri, 2022-04-29 17:53 — mike kraft

Masks back by popular demand on San Francisco BART trains SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A mask mandate for commuter rail passengers is back by popular demand in the San Francisco Bay Area, the region that two years ago imposed the nation’s first coronavirus stay-at-home order and now is bucking the national trend away from required face coverings. AP NEWS

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China: Shanghai risk ebbs, but political stakes high

Fri, 2022-04-29 10:41 — mike kraft

More than 12 million in Shanghai can leave homes as COVID risk ebbs As many as 12.38 million Shanghai residents, nearly half the population of China's financial hub, are now in lower-risk areas, meaning they can leave their homes, the government said on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans--polls

Fri, 2022-04-29 10:18 — mike kraft

Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in US Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside. AP NEWS

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U.S. Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows

Fri, 2022-04-29 09:48 — mike kraft

Covid deaths no longer overwhelmingly among unvaccinated as toll on elderly grows The pandemic’s toll is no longer falling almost exclusively on those who chose not to get shots, according to a Post analysis, as the elderly and immunocompromised have a harder time dodging increasingly contagious strains. Washington Post

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Latin American nations ease restrictions as COVID cases drop

Thu, 2022-04-28 17:29 — mike kraft

Latin American nations ease restrictions as COVID cases drop Plummeting coronavirus infection rates across Latin America have led governments in the region to lift restrictions on mass gatherings, travel requirements and mask mandates that have been in place for two years ABC News ABC News

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Fauci said the US is 'out of the pandemic phase.' What does that mean?

Thu, 2022-04-28 10:56 — mike kraft

Fauci said the US is 'out of the pandemic phase.' What does that mean? The worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic may be over in the United States, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who recently said we are "out of the pandemic phase." ABC News ABC News

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Florida COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise again

Thu, 2022-04-28 10:49 — mike kraft

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise again in Florida

While cases and hospitalizations have been rising, they are still at relatively low levels when compared to previous periods of the pandemic.

Coronavirus cases have been steadily rising in Florida for more than a month.

The Florida Department of Health reported nearly 20,860 new cases for the week ending April 21 in its latest report released Friday, up from 15,623 cases the previous week.

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has also gone up. As of Tuesday afternoon, federal health officials say there were 985 COVID-positive patients in the state’s hospitals. ...

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