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CDC backs COVID-19 boosters for high-risk adults, workers, older Americans, prisoners
Sept 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday backed a booster shot of the Pfizer /BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older, adults with underlying medical conditions and adults in high-risk working and institutional settings. The decision by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is aligned with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s authorization of the shot earlier this week and follows an August announcement of a broad booster rollout from her and other top U.S. health officials.
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Speaking of STUPID School Reopenings Falter as U.S. Kids Near 1 Million Covid Cases
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States are resisting a return to remote learning even as the delta variant leads to higher numbers of Covid-19 cases among children and teachers.
U.S. schools were counting on widespread vaccinations to help get all students back to in-person classes for the first time since early 2020. Mere weeks into the effort, signs of another taxing year are emerging amid scattershot safety rules and rising Covid-19 among children. Over the past month, with kindergarten through 12th grade in session, the country has reported almost 1 million cases among those under 18. Though kids typically are less likely than adults to become severely ill with Covid, they increasingly are contracting the highly contagious delta variant. As of Sunday, 2,000 schools nationwide had closed — 18% more than a week earlier, according to the Burbio tracker.
At-home COVID-19 test kits sold out across America… We have inventory
Struggling to find coronavirus test? You’re not alone, thanks to the delta variant
When COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations plummeted in late spring, many large, government-run testing sites from Los Angeles to New York switched to vaccinations or shut down. That was before the highly contagious delta variant became the dominant coronavirus strain, accelerating cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Americans are getting checked for the virus at a pace of more than 1 million tests each day, according to Johns Hopkins University. Some experts said it’s harder to find testing appointments than it was last winter, when large, drive-thru sites fueled more than 2 million daily tests.
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Cuba starts to reopen economy as COVID-19 vaccine campaign races ahead
Continue reading “Cuba starts to reopen economy as COVID-19 vaccine campaign races ahead”
Biden tells 60 MILLION Americans to get booster shots
Biden tells 60 MILLION Americans to get booster shots after CDC director overruled advisers to expand approval for third Pfizer shots – and president, 78, says he will get his
- Biden urged Americans over 65 and with certain medical conditions or jobs to get booster shots
- ‘I’ll be getting my booster shot,’ said Biden, 78
- Frontline workers and those with medical conditions like diabetes are encouraged to get jabs under new CDC guidance
- CDC Director Rochelle Walensky intervened to expand eligibility
President Joe Biden is telling a group of some 60 million Americans who got the Pfizer vaccine and meet other conditions to get booster shots, after a Centers for Disease Control panel gave the recommendation. Continue reading “Biden tells 60 MILLION Americans to get booster shots”
The Return of Empty Shelves and Panic Buying
Supply chain issues are leaving supermarket shelves empty. Shoppers might yet make things worse. Walk around a supermarket in the U.S. or Europe and you will see some empty shelves once more. This isn’t due to people panic-buying toilet paper, as they did early on in the pandemic; rather it’s because supply chains are clogged at almost every stage between Asian factories and grocery stock rooms. Continue reading “The Return of Empty Shelves and Panic Buying”
U.S. parents weigh risks, benefits as COVID-19 vaccine for kids nears
(Reuters) – Monday’s announcement from Pfizer and BioNTech that a low dose of their coronavirus vaccine proved safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 in a clinical trial has come as a relief to many parents anxiously awaiting the chance to protect their children. The highly contagious Delta variant of the virus has collided with the start of the U.S. academic year, sending infections among young children soaring – including many cases requiring hospitalization – and forcing thousands of schools to shut for days or even weeks.
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More Than 5.85 Billion Covid10 Vaccines Given… The biggest mass vaccination of humans ever
More Than 5.85 Billion Shots
Given:
In the U.S., 383 million doses have been administered Updated: September 16, 2021,
The biggest vaccination campaign in history is underway. More than 5.85 billion doses have been administered across 184 countries, according to data collected by Bloomberg. The latest rate was roughly 31.1 million doses a day. In the U.S., 383 million doses have been given so far. In the last week, an average of 781,574 doses per day were administered Enough doses have now been administered to fully vaccinate 38.1% of the global population—but the distribution has been lopsided. Countries and regions with the highest incomes are getting vaccinated more than 20 times faster than those with the lowest.
Pfizer Covid Shot Safely Bolsters Antibodies in Younger Kids
(Sept. 20) Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced strong antibody responses in children ages 5 to 11 in a large-scale trial, findings that could pave the way to begin vaccinating grade-school kids within months. The long-awaited results offer one of the first looks at how well a Covid vaccine could work for younger children. Continue reading “Pfizer Covid Shot Safely Bolsters Antibodies in Younger Kids”