Vaccines

LIKE A STORY-BOOK villain, the covid-19 pandemic has a habit of fighting back from the brink of defeat. Last summer politicians were quick to assume that the coronavirus had been squashed, only for a second wave to engulf much of Europe and North America in the autumn.

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Can vaccines stop the more contagious coronavirus variants spreading in the US?

Sat, 2021-03-20 12:21 — mike kraft

A more contagious coronavirus variant is spreading across the US. Can vaccines stop it? A new, more contagious and potentially more deadly Covid-19 variant called B.1.1.7 is spreading across the US. But the currently authorized vaccines should be able to stop it. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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ANALYSIS: Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

Fri, 2021-03-19 20:40 — mike kraft

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2

As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is starting to look unlikely.

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ANALYSIS: Post-immunization casesare very rare and but also very expected.

Fri, 2021-03-19 20:24 — mike kraft

Don’t Be Surprised When Vaccinated People Get Infected Post-immunization cases, sometimes called “breakthroughs,” are very rare and very expected. Katherine J. Wu The Atlantic

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Biden hopes to double the 100 milliion coronavirus shots given as of today

Fri, 2021-03-19 18:18 — mike kraft

Biden eyes new goal after US clears 100M shots since Jan. 20 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.

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OVERVIEW: COVID-19 International briefs

Fri, 2021-03-19 10:59 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Britain said on Thursday that there were lumps and bumps in the global vaccine supply chain that were causing slower than expected deliveries and scolded the European Union for threatening to slap a ban on vaccine exports. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - Nearly a dozen countries resumed use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots on Friday as EU and British regulators said its benefits outweighed any risks. Reports of rare instances of blood clotting had temporarily halted inoculations.

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