Vaccines

In the latest survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 62 percent of respondents said they had received at least one dose of a vaccine, up from 56 percent in April. At the same time, about a third of those categorized as “wait and see” reported that they had already made vaccine appointments or planned to do so imminently.

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Cruise lines head for showdown with Florida Governor DeSantis over vaccine requirement ban

Fri, 2021-05-28 21:05 — mike kraft

‘Political buffoonery’: Cruise lines head for showdown with DeSantis over vaccine requirement ban Florida’s Republican governor has sued the CDC to let cruise ships sail again quickly — but he’s also banned the one thing that will make a fast restart possible. Hannah Sampson Washington Post

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US Covid death rates and hospitalizations among unvaccinated are as high as ever amidst declines in rest of the population

Fri, 2021-05-28 12:23 — mike kraft

The unseen covid-19 risk for unvaccinated people With the adjustment for vaccination, the national death rate is roughly the same as it was two months ago, while the adjusted rates in several states show the pandemic is spreading as fast among the unvaccinated as it did during the winter surge. Dan Keating, Leslie Shapiro Washington Post

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Britain approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine, but reduces purchase

Fri, 2021-05-28 11:43 — mike kraft

Britain approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine, cuts order Britain's medicine regulator on Friday approved Johnson & Johnson's (JNJ.N) Janssen COVID-19 vaccine for use, with the government adding it had cut its order for the vaccine by 10 million doses. Alistair Smout Reuters

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OPINION: The U.S. May Never Hit the Herd Immunity Threshold but ...

Fri, 2021-05-28 11:26 — mike kraft

Half of Americans have now received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and with children ages 12 to 15 now eligible for immunizations, the United States appears to be getting the coronavirus pandemic under control. But despite the tremendous progress, it’s still not clear that the nation will ever truly reach the herd immunity threshold — the point at which enough people in a population are immune to a pathogen to limit its spread.

More important, we may not need to achieve that goal in order to escape the pandemic.

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