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Describing the spread and life cycle of an anti covid-19 vaccine lie

Tue, 2021-07-20 18:07 — mike kraft

The Life Cycle Of A COVID-19 Vaccine Lie Where do myths about coronavirus vaccines come from and why do they spread? NPR takes a look at how rumors about vaccines and fertility reached the public earlier this year. NPR.org

Misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines can appear almost anywhere: from an uncle's Facebook post to a well-trusted news commentator. But where does it come from, and why do some myths spread further than others?

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New GAO Report Suggests Many Ways to Improve the U.S. COVID Response

Tue, 2021-07-20 17:51 — mike kraft

New GAO Report Suggests Many Ways to Improve COVID Response While it may feel like the pandemic is slowly fading, the Delta variant has brought an uptick in new cases among unvaccinated people. Today GAO issued a new report that includes 15 new recommendations for applying lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that the nation improves its response to the current pandemic and is ready for future public health emergencies as well. U.S. Government Accountability Office USGAO

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With Covid cases rising sharply, Pediatric Academy advises masks for everyone older than 2

Tue, 2021-07-20 17:38 — mike kraft

US COVID-19 cases up 140% in past 2 weeks Plus, mask recommendations are returning, with a pediatrics group calling for them for schoolchildren. CIDRAP

With rising US COVID-19 cases, recommendations and mandates for masks are starting to pop up across the country, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today updated its recommendations for the upcoming school year, advising masks for everyone older than 2 years regardless of vaccination status.

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Circumventing Covid-19 with better ventilation and air quality

Tue, 2021-07-20 14:23 — Naomisfreeman

Circumventing Covid-19 with better ventilation and air quality - STAT By making indoor environments more similar to the outdoors, better air quality and ventilation can help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Patrick Skerrett STAT

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Suggestions for improving emergency operations centers

Tue, 2021-07-20 12:33 — mike kraft

The future of Emergency Operation Centers: Six shifts to consider from COVID-19

...In all its shapes, emergency operation centers (EOCs) have been at the core of emergency management since emergency response became a coordinated team activity. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-specific and, more broadly, disaster-focused EOCs have been under pressure like never before. These EOCs assisted in delivering responses at an unprecedented scale globally, especially in the public sector, helping further validate the concept.

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OPINIONS: How to reach the unvaccinated --payments and numbers

Tue, 2021-07-20 12:02 — mike kraft

Late last week Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review stirred up a mix of interest and outrage among journalists by arguing that more understanding should be extended to unvaccinated Americans, whose hesitancy about getting Pfizered or Modernafied often reflects a reasonable uncertainty and wariness after a year of shifting public-health rhetoric, blunders and misleading messaging.

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Vaccine mandates more likely once FDA grants full approvals, health experts say

Tue, 2021-07-20 11:27 — mike kraft

Vaccine mandates more likely once FDA grants full approvals, health experts say The regulatory signoff would remove a significant legal and public relations barrier to requirements, former government officials said. NBC News

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Millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses pile up in U.S. states as expiration dates approach

Tue, 2021-07-20 09:18 — mike kraft

States are sitting on millions of surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses Public health officials fear the doses are going to go to waste even as countries around the world are desperate to secure their own doses. Olivia Goldhill STAT

Millions of unused Covid-19 vaccines are set to go to waste as demand dwindles across the United States and doses likely expire this summer, according to public health officials.

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