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Maryland's problems as illustration of difficulties in smooth vaccination rollout

Fri, 2021-04-02 09:21 — mike kraft

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — The path to quickly vaccinating the nation’s 250 million adults will be paved with pharmacy chains, hospitals and hulking stadiums where uniformed troops help inoculate thousands of people a day.

But it will also rely on the recreation center at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden here, along with tiny storefront service organizations and vaccine-stocked vans that scour neighborhoods for the unprotected.

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Variants v vaccinations: the dueling Covid trends in the US

Fri, 2021-04-02 09:08 — mike kraft

Variants v vaccinations: what the dueling trends mean for Covid in the US As vaccine distribution picks up speed, dangerous variants are circulating widely. Here’s what we know the Guardian

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Get fully vaccinated before resuming normal activities, health experts plead with Americans

Fri, 2021-04-02 08:41 — mike kraft

Get fully vaccinated before resuming normal activities, health experts plead with Americans With fears growing that the US may be facing a fourth surge of Covid-19 cases, health experts are pleading with Americans to keep taking precautions until they are fully vaccinated. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Ontario provience will enter a third lock down because of increasing COVID-19 cases

Thu, 2021-04-01 20:36 — mike kraft

Ontario 'pulling the emergency brake' with third COVID-19 lockdown as cases rise, ICU beds fill The Canadian province of Ontario will enter a limited lockdown for 28 days on Saturday, as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise and more dangerous virus variants take hold, the premier said on Thursday. Allison Martell, Moira Warburton U.S.

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More than 11,000 cases of the contagious UK variant reported in the US. Florida and Michigan among states with highest numbers

Thu, 2021-04-01 19:44 — mike kraft

More than 11,000 cases of a troubling variant reported in the US. These states have the highest numbers The highly contagious -- and possibly deadlier -- B.1.1.7 variant have been reported across the US, including among young adults. Health experts fear the strain could fuel yet another Covid-19 surge as states race to vaccinate more residents. Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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U.S. at a pivitol point with a fourth wave of COVID-19

Thu, 2021-04-01 19:19 — mike kraft

The fourth COVID-19 wave is here Cases are up 17% over last week. Sam Baker,Andrew Witherspoon Axios

The big picture: America may be at the beginning of a fourth wave in the pandemic. It will almost certainly be far less deadly than the previous three, but this persistent failure to contain the virus has real consequences, and will only make it harder to put COVID-19 behind us.

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A meal ticket way of people helping each other during the pandemic

Thu, 2021-04-01 13:37 — mike kraft

Oklahoma town eases pandemic, one restaurant meal at a time NEW YORK (AP) — In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time. Cafes in and around the close-knit town in the... AP NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time.

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ANALYSIS: How richer countries got their vaccine supplies first

Thu, 2021-04-01 12:16 — mike kraft

See How Rich Countries Got to the Front of the Vaccine Line Many low-income nations lacked the means to preorder doses, and their residents have received just 0.1 percent of vaccine shots given worldwide. The New York Times

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Amid signs of improving US coronavius situation, hot spots like Michigan are a warning sign.

Thu, 2021-04-01 11:58 — mike kraft

In a spring of hope, Michigan is a reminder that the Covid winter has yet to pass

Americans have entered a disconcerting phase of the pandemic.

They are awash in hopeful news: With more than 2.8 million shots on average being administered every day, the country is fast approaching universal vaccine eligibility for all adults.

And then there are problems like Michigan.

In a rural stretch of the state along the shore of Lake Huron, coronavirus outbreaks are ripping through churches, schools and restaurants. For more than a week, ambulances have taken several hourlong trips each day to rush Covid-19 patients to I.C.U.s in Detroit, Port Huron or Saginaw.

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