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Analysis: After vaccines became available, a partisan gap in U.S. deaths emerged--Republicans died at higher rate--study

Tue, 2022-10-04 17:02 — mike kraft

Analysis | After vaccines became available, a partisan gap in deaths emerged The link between covid deaths and partisanship gets robust reinforcement. Philip Bump Washington Post

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No Significant Increase in Guillain-Barré Syndrome After COVID-19 Vaccination--study

Tue, 2022-10-04 11:57 — mike kraft

No Significant Increase in Guillain-Barré Syndrome After COVID-19 Vaccination, Researchers Find There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccination increases the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the body’s immun Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Newswise — There is no evidence that the COVID-19 vaccination increases the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves, according to a Rutgers-led study.

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Covid Pandemic boosts and changes U.S. gun sales

Tue, 2022-10-04 10:33 — mike kraft

The Pandemic May Have Changed Gun Ownership In America For The Long Haul Americans are on track for their third-highest gun-buying year, despite a drop in monthly sales. YahooNews

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Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of control – British study

Tue, 2022-10-04 09:58 — mike kraft

Covid has left a third of young people feeling life is out of control – study Researchers also found more than 60% of 16-25-year-olds are scared about their generation’s future the Guardian

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The COVID-19 Booster’s Public Relations Problem

Mon, 2022-10-03 19:35 — mike kraft

4 Ways the U.S. Failed COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging With a new coronavirus booster rolling out, a leading expert on vaccines explains how public health leaders have struggled to set expectations for the COVID-19 vaccine and convey clearly who benefits from each additional shot. Robin Fields ProPublica

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Half of U.S. Adults Have Heard Little or Nothing About New COVID Boosters, Survey Finds

Mon, 2022-10-03 09:32 — mike kraft

Half of Adults Have Heard Little or Nothing About New COVID Boosters, Survey Finds The new, redesigned COVID booster, which protects against omicron and its extremely contagious subvariants, appears to have a visibility problem. Federal authorities authorized the shot at the end of August, but by mid- to late September, nearly half of adults had heard little or nothing about it, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, based on the latest of its monthly surveys about attitudes toward the COVID vaccines. That could have troubling implications.

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Only a third of U.S. adults polled said they either already received the updated boosterr or plan to get it

Fri, 2022-09-30 18:00 — mike kraft

Two thirds of U.S. adults don't plan on getting COVID boosters soon -poll Around two-thirds of adults in the United States do not plan to get updated COVID-19 booster shots soon, according to a survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a health policy nonprofit organization. Michael Erman Reuters

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Germany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases, other countries reporting increases going into fall

Fri, 2022-09-30 09:27 — mike kraft

Germany warns of rise in COVID-19 cases going into fall BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister warned Friday that the country is seeing a steady rise in COVID-19 cases as it goes into the fall, and urged older people to get a second booster shot tweaked to protect against new variants. AP NEWS

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Other European countries such as France, Denmark and the Netherlands are also recording an increase in cases, Karl Lauterbach told reporters in Berlin.

“We are clearly at the start of a winter wave,” he said.

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