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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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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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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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OPINION: An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available?

Fri, 2020-12-18 19:02 — mike kraft

An app could catch 98.5% of all Covid-19 infections. Why isn't it available? | Adrienne Matei These inventions could help our coronavirus crisis now. But delays mean they may not be adopted until the worst of the pandemic is behind us the Guardian

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People Thought Covid-19 Was Relatively Harmless for Younger Adults. They Were Wrong. --NYTimes op-ed

Fri, 2020-12-18 14:28 — mike kraft

The largest burden of Covid-19 has undoubtedly fallen on people older than 65; they account for around 80 percent of deaths in the United States. But if we momentarily eclipse that from our mind’s eye, something else becomes visible: The corona of this virus.

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