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Booster Covid shots can protect most people from serious illness or death for a loing time--new study

Tue, 2022-02-22 19:03 — mike kraft

As people across the world grapple with the prospect of living with the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, one question looms large: How soon before they need yet another shot?

Not for many months, and perhaps not for years, according to a flurry of new studies.

Three doses of a Covid vaccine — or even just two — are enough to protect most people from serious illness and death for a long time, the studies suggest.

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CDC has updated the list of certain medical conditions that put people at higher risk of getting very sick from COVID-19

Tue, 2022-02-22 18:26 — mike kraft

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Misinformation: Opinions -- How many people died believing vaccine misinformation, which often is subtle ?

Tue, 2022-02-22 17:47 — mike kraft

Opinion | How many people died believing vaccine misinformation? The U.S. population was offered a vaccine shown to have more than 90 percent efficacy in the face of a deadly disease, tested and proven safe, ready within a year of the outbreak, provided in two doses plus a booster, widely available and free. There is no parallel in modern times. Yet, some people chose to believe otherwise. Editorial Board Washington Post

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Omicron COVID variant 75% less likely to kill than Delta strain --South Korea study

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:21 — mike kraft

South Korea says Omicron COVID variant 75% less likely to kill than Delta strain People infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant are nearly 75% less likely to develop serious illness or die than those who contract the Delta variant, real world data released on Monday by South Korea's health authorities showed. Hyonhee Shin Reuters

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Overview: Hong Kong to test entire population, other developments

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:15 — mike kraft

Hong Kong to test entire population of 7.5M people 3 times in March: Latest COVID updates Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb. 15, imperiling its healthcare system. More updates. YahooNews

Hong Kong, struggling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, will test every one of its 7.5 million people for the coronavirus three times next month, the city’s leader said Tuesday.

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EU advises members to further relaxing travel rules for foreigners

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:01 — mike kraft

EU advises further relaxing travel rules for foreigners BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from COVID-19. AP NEWS

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The European Council is recommending that EU nations next month lift all testing and quarantine requirements for people who received vaccines authorized in the EU or approved by the World Health Organization. ...

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Omicron: Reinfections with Omicron subvariants are rare--Danish study

Tue, 2022-02-22 09:48 — mike kraft

Reinfections with Omicron subvariants are rare, Danish study finds Getting infected twice with two different Omicron coronavirus subvariants is possible, but rarely happens, a Danish study has found. Reuters Reuters

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Family members of ICU patients with acute Covid cases show PTSD symptoms three months later --French study

Mon, 2022-02-21 18:02 — mike kraft

Association of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members After ICU Discharge (JAMA)

In a prospective cohort study of 517 family members of ICU patients, PTSD-related symptoms at 90 days after ICU discharge were significantly more common in family members of patients with COVID-19 ARDS compared with non–COVID-19 ARDS (35% vs 19%). In a multivariable analysis adjusting for age, sex, and level of social support, COVID-19 ARDS was independently associated with PTSD-related symptoms in family members (odds ratio, 2.05).

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