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Simulations showing the importance of windows to the reopening of schools.

Wed, 2021-03-17 15:04 — mike kraft

Why Opening Windows Is a Key to Reopening Schools A simulation of airflow in a real New York City classroom shows how simple ventilation and filtration can reduce the probability of coronavirus exposure. nytimes

The C.D.C. is urging communities to reopen schools as quickly as possible, but parents and teachers have raised questions about the quality of ventilation available in public school classrooms to protect against the coronavirus.

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Covid-19 vaccinations have been lowest in US counties that are more socially vulnerable

Wed, 2021-03-17 12:12 — mike kraft

Covid-19 vaccine coverage has been lowest in more vulnerable counties in the US, CDC study finds In the first two and half months of Covid-19 vaccine distribution in the US, counties considered to have high social vulnerability had lower vaccine coverage than counties considered to have low social vulnerability, according to a study published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By <a href="/profiles/nectar-gan">Nectar Gan</a>, CNN CNN

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Fear of needles prevents some people from getting Covid-19 vaccinations. There are ways to overcome the fear

Tue, 2021-03-16 12:39 — mike kraft

Most people aren’t particularly fond of needles.

But to a significant number of people, the fear of needles goes beyond merely inducing anxiety into a more dangerous area, in which the fear prevents them from seeking out needed medical care.

And as the world’s hopes of returning to a post-pandemic normal rest largely on people’s willingness to take a Covid-19 vaccine, experts and health care professionals are assuring those people that there are ways to overcome this fear.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been especially lethel to younger Latinos

Tue, 2021-03-16 10:19 — mike kraft

Death in the prime of life: Covid-19 proves especially lethal to younger Latinos The coronavirus has disproportionately carved a path through the nation’s Latino neighborhoods, as it has in African American, Native American and Pacific Islander communities. Even more stunning: the deadly efficiency with which the virus has targeted Latinos in their 30s and 40s. Akilah Johnson Washington Post

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Explanation of blood clots and the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Tue, 2021-03-16 10:03 — mike kraft

Millions of people in dozens of countries have received the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine with few reports of ill effects, and its prior testing in tens of thousands of people found it to be safe.

But recently, blood clots and abnormal bleeding in a small number of vaccine recipients in European countries have cast doubt on its safety, although no causative link has been found between the patients’ conditions and the vaccine. The reports have prompted more than a dozen countries to either partly or fully suspend the vaccine’s use while the cases are investigated. Most of the nations said they were doing so as a precaution until leading health agencies could review the cases.

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OPINION: Local leaders are key to helping reach herd immunity

Mon, 2021-03-15 11:44 — mike kraft

Here's how people can help reach herd immunity We must engage local people from vaccine hesitant communities in leading the development and dissemination of COVID-19 vaccination education messages. Daniel Schober, opinion contributor TheHill

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Focus group provides indications of how some Trump supporters can be persuaded to get vaccinated --but not by politicians

Mon, 2021-03-15 11:20 — mike kraft

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Regular booster vaccines are the future to counter COVID-19 virus -- expert says

Mon, 2021-03-15 10:34 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, top genome expert says Regular booster vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be needed because of mutations that make it more transmissible and better able to evade human immunity, the head of Britain's effort to sequence the virus's genomes told Reuters. Guy Faulconbridge U.S.

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Timeline of major U.S. developments in the year of the Covid-19 pandemic --The Washington Post

Sun, 2021-03-14 12:07 — mike kraft

A year of the pandemic: Sorrow, stamina, defiance, despair For most Americans, March 11 was the day the coronavirus crisis first became real. Fifty-two weeks later, millions have fallen ill and millions more have been vaccinated. More than 525,000 are dead. This timeline tells the story of a singular period in history. Reis Thebault, Tim Meko, Junne Alcantara Washington Post

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OPINON: Covid Vaccines Aren’t Enough. We Still Need More Tests.--NY Times Op-ED IME

Sat, 2021-03-13 19:08 — mike kraft

There’s reason for optimism on the coronavirus pandemic: The number of new Covid-19 cases is dropping, and 98.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the United States. But a decline in the number of coronavirus tests being conducted threatens this progress, because those tests are vital to tracing the path and velocity of Covid-19.

The average number of tests being conducted daily to detect the coronavirus in the United States has dropped 20 percent since Feb. 1. At the same time, the nation does not have enough rapid tests to conduct routine testing outside of sites run by local health departments and medical clinics. America needs to expand the nation’s testing capacity and accelerate the proliferation of rapid coronavirus tests in order to overcome Covid-19.

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