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Here’s What People With Allergies Should Know About Covid Vaccines

Sat, 2020-12-19 19:38 — mike kraft

Allergic reactions reported in two health workers who received a dose of Pfizer’s vaccine in Alaska this week have reignited concerns that people with a history of extreme immune flare-ups might not be good candidates for the newly cleared shots.

The two incidents follow another pair of cases in Britain. Three of the four were severe enough to qualify as anaphylaxis, a severe and potentially life-threatening reaction. But all four people appear to have recovered.

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Boris Johnson orders a severe lockdown, saying a more infectious variant of the virus is ripping through Britain.

Sat, 2020-12-19 12:32 — mike kraft

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/12/19/world/covid-19-coronavirus#boris-johnson-orders-a-severe-lockdown-saying-a-more-infectious-variant-of-the-virus-is-ripping-through-britain

LONDON — Alarmed by what he called a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly reversed course on Saturday and imposed a wholesale lockdown on London and most of England’s southeast.

The decision, which Mr. Johnson announced after an emergency meeting of his cabinet, came after the government got new evidence of a variant first detected several weeks ago in Kent, southeast of London, which the prime minister asserted was 70 percent more transmissible than previous versions. Cabinet ministers were told that in London, cases had nearly doubled in the last week, with the new variant accounting for 60 percent of those.

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ANALYSIS: Covid-19 is devastating communities of color. Can vaccines counter racial inequity?

Sat, 2020-12-19 10:57 — mike kraft

Covid-19 is devastating communities of color. Can vaccines counter racial inequity? Public health officials are endeavoring to make sure inoculation against a virus that has ravaged communities of color — killing 1 in 1,000 Black Americans by the fall — gets to the people at greatest risk. Isaac Stanley-Becker, Lena H. Sun Washington Post

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Trump Claims Credit for Vaccines. Some of His Backers Don’t Want to Take Them.

Sat, 2020-12-19 10:14 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Graves, an ardent supporter of President Trump, is not opposed to vaccines. She said she had taken flu shots and pneumonia shots and, having just turned 50, was interested in being vaccinated against shingles.

But Ms. Graves, a legal transcriptionist in Starkville, Miss., said she would not be taking a coronavirus vaccine — and the sight of Vice President Mike Pence rolling up his sleeve to get vaccinated on live television on Friday, she added, would not change her mind.

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Federal agency says employers can require workers to get COVID-19 vaccine

Sat, 2020-12-19 10:03 — mike kraft

Federal agency says employers can require workers to get COVID-19 A key federal agency said this week that employers can legally require their workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine and prevent them from entering their workplaces if they refuse. Tal Axelrod TheHill

A key federal agency said this week that employers can legally require their workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine and prevent them from entering their workplaces if they refuse.

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As FDA authorizes a second Covid-19 vaccine, US reports highest number of daily cases

Sat, 2020-12-19 09:54 — mike kraft

As FDA authorizes a second Covid-19 vaccine, US reports highest number of daily cases A second Covid-19 vaccine will soon be shipped out across the country -- a "remarkable scientific achievement," according to one expert, that brings the country one step close to the end of a brutal pandemic. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Newly Released COVID-19 Data Show Most U.S. Cities Are 'Sustained Hotspots'

Sat, 2020-12-19 09:30 — mike kraft

Newly Released COVID-19 Data Show Most U.S. Cities Are 'Sustained Hotspots' A comprehensive dataset gives the American public the same view of the status of the pandemic that federal officials have but previously held back. The outlook is bleak. NPR.org

The Trump administration on Friday made public a trove of federal data on the pandemic that reveals a country awash in red alerts.

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U.S. FDA authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Fri, 2020-12-18 20:03 — mike kraft

U.S. FDA authorizes Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Friday became the second to receive emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, welcome news to a nation with a staggering COVID-19 death toll of over 307,000 lives lost. Michael Erman U.S.

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Putting 'politics in front of lives': DeSantis faces criticism over Florida's Covid-19 response

Fri, 2020-12-18 11:14 — mike kraft

Putting 'politics in front of lives': DeSantis faces criticism over Florida's Covid-19 response Warning signs about a Covid-19 spike have been flashing red in Florida this fall: Coronavirus hospitalizations have been rising since November, the test positivity rate is double what it was in early October, and the tally of new daily cases is nearing the state's July peak. Casey Tolan, Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp and Drew Griffin, CNN CNN

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US debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine?

Fri, 2020-12-18 10:55 — mike kraft

US experts debate: Who should be next in line for vaccine? NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents. But what... AP NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. COVID-19 vaccination campaign has begun, and the few available doses are mostly going into the arms of health-care workers and nursing home residents.

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