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LONDON — For the last four months, Britain has run a grand epidemiological experiment, lifting virtually all coronavirus restrictions, even in the face of a high daily rate of infections. Its leaders justified the approach on the grounds that the country’s rapid rollout of vaccines had weakened the link between infection and serious illness.

Now, with cases, hospital admissions and deaths all rising again; the effect of vaccines beginning to wear off; and winter looming, Britain’s strategy of learning to live with the virus is coming under its stiffest test yet.

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Northern U.S. states see uptick in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations as weather gets colder

Fri, 2021-10-22 09:54 — mike kraft

Northern states see uptick in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations as weather gets colder With people heading indoors, some colder states are beginning to see a rise in cases. ABC News ABC News

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Despite vaccination rollouts, several states, particularly those in colder climates, are beginning to see a rise in infections.

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UPDATE: CDC signs off on Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters and says people can get a shot different from their original one

Thu, 2021-10-21 21:12 — mike kraft

CDC signs off on Moderna and Johnson & Johnson boosters and says people can get a shot different from their original one The decision means that those eligible for boosters can choose any of the three now authorized in the United States. Washington Post

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Moderna won't share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it

Thu, 2021-10-21 18:01 — mike kraft

Moderna won't share its vaccine recipe. WHO has hired an African startup to crack it It's the first step in an audacious plan to solve vaccine inequity by setting up the manufacturing of mRNA vaccines across low-resource countries. NPR.org

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The World Health Organization has hired the company, called Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, as part of a $100 million plan to figure out how to make an mRNA vaccine against COVID that is as close as possible to the version produced by Moderna.

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CDC advisers vote to recommend booster shots of Johnson & Johnson and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines

Thu, 2021-10-21 17:38 — mike kraft

CDC advisers also vote to recommend booster shots of Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Thursday to recommend booster doses of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccines. By <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a> and <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha" target="_blank">Veronica Rocha</a>, CNN CNN

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Waiting on U.S. Mandate rules, Some Nursing Homes Are Slow to Vaccinate Staff

Thu, 2021-10-21 11:30 — mike kraft

... nursing homes were not impervious to the highly contagious variant that swept through many states with lower vaccination rates. Ten states, including Florida, Michigan and Ohio, still report vaccination rates for nursing home staff under 60 percent.

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WHO estimate: 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19, as calls for vaccine access grow

Thu, 2021-10-21 11:17 — mike kraft

An estimated 115,000 health workers have died from Covid-19 Globally, just two in five health care workers are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the WHO said Thursday. Andrew Joseph STAT

Some 115,000 health care workers died from Covid-19 from January 2020 to May of this year, according to a new World Health Organization estimate, as the agency pushed once again for efforts to address vaccine inequity.

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