White House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises
3 years, 5 months ago

White House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises

CNN  

CNN — The White House is doubling down on vaccinations as the main focus of its strategy to fight Covid-19 as the Delta variant and undervaccinated clusters of Americans threaten the nation. “We’re going to stay at it and continue to make progress,” White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters on Thursday. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said Thursday that while she “expected” the Delta variant would become the dominant strain, “this rapid rise is troubling.” “We know that the Delta variant has increased transmissibility and it is currently surging in pockets of the country with low vaccination rates,” Walensky said. The White House recently announced it would be deploying response teams made up of officials from the CDC, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency across the US to areas with a high spread of the virus because of the Delta variant and low vaccination rates.

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‘Still not over’: WHO cautions of COVID-19 threat ahead of summer holidays after US President Joe Biden tests positive
5 months ago

‘Still not over’: WHO cautions of COVID-19 threat ahead of summer holidays after US President Joe Biden tests positive

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With US President Joe Biden testing positive for COVID-19 before the Presidential elections, the World Health Organisation has warned the public that Covid is still not over. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a warning, stating that vaccination rates among health professionals and the over-60s—two demographics most at risk of dying from COVID—are alarmingly falling. Globally, 9.8 million …

Covid vaccine requirement for international travelers ends May 11: W.House
1 year, 7 months ago

Covid vaccine requirement for international travelers ends May 11: W.House

Hindustan Times  

The White House on Monday announced a May 11 end to Covid-19 vaccine requirements for travelers to the United States and for government employees across the world's biggest economy. "Today, we are announcing that the administration will end the Covid-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travelers at the end of the day on May 11, …

FDA’s advisors back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations
1 year, 10 months ago

FDA’s advisors back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

LA Times  

Syringes with COVDI-19 vaccines are prepared at a free public clinic in Lynwood last year. “We’re still protected against severe disease, thank goodness,” even after the latest Omicron strains cropped up, said FDA advisor Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The first step: The FDA advisory panel voted unanimously that people should get the same …

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference
2 years ago

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot. New data has found that the updated COVID-19 vaccines offer “significant additional protection” against symptomatic infection in people who were previously vaccinated or boosted with the older formula. “We have seen very low uptake of the …

GOP Senators Push Back On COVID Funds Request After Biden Says 'Pandemic Is Over'
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Senators Push Back On COVID Funds Request After Biden Says 'Pandemic Is Over'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Republicans expressed skepticism over whether COVID-19 funding is still necessary following President Joe Biden’s recent comments declaring the end of the pandemic. “Maybe that’s his approach to it, I’d have to ask him.” Earlier this month, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, told reporters “the pandemic is not over,” and said the administration …

Coronavirus Today: Who’s dying of COVID-19 now?
2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus Today: Who’s dying of COVID-19 now?

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, Sept. 20. At a time when vaccines, boosters, medications and antibody treatments are plentiful, when hospitals have the bandwidth to care for patients who are seriously ill, and when, as White House COVID-⁠19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said, “most COVID-19 deaths are preventable,” you’ve got to wonder: Who is dying of COVID-19 now? …

EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Is COVID-19 winding down? Scientists say no.

Associated Press  

Is the coronavirus on its way out? Topol said the virus “just has too many ways to work around our current strategies, and it’ll just keep finding people, finding them again, and self-perpetuating.” HOW WILL THE VIRUS MUTATE? “Every time we think we’ve seen the peak transmission, peak immune escape properties, the virus exceeds that by another significant notch,” Topol …

White House: How about a COVID-19 boost with that flu shot?
2 years, 3 months ago

White House: How about a COVID-19 boost with that flu shot?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot. White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said this latest round of shots will offer protection during the busy cold and flu season, with the hope of transitioning people to get the vaccine yearly. “The goal very much …

Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge
2 years, 5 months ago

Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge

Associated Press  

With new omicron variants again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts to alert the public. “It’s well past the time when the warning could have been put out there,” said Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, who …

White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters
2 years, 5 months ago

White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country. “If you’re over 50 and you haven’t gotten the shot this year, you should go get a …

US health officials urge booster shots as COVID variants spread
2 years, 5 months ago

US health officials urge booster shots as COVID variants spread

Al Jazeera  

The administration of US President Joe Biden pushes vaccines as the best way to avoid potential disruptions from new BA.4 and BA.5 variants. “Staying up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines provides the best protection against severe outcomes.” Walensky said the US has seen a doubling in the number of hospitalisations due to COVID-19 since April, reflecting the spread of …

White House says COVID-19 vaccines, treatments could be rationed without more funds
2 years, 7 months ago

White House says COVID-19 vaccines, treatments could be rationed without more funds

LA Times  

The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. “But we’re looking at all the scenarios and planning for all of them.” He said the administration was “getting much more into the scenario-planning business to make sure that we know what …

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
2 years, 7 months ago

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. “That leaves a lot of us vulnerable.” Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be …

White House: Without Funding U.S. Will Lose COVID Treatments
2 years, 7 months ago

White House: Without Funding U.S. Will Lose COVID Treatments

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — For much of the past two years, America has been first in line for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Hong Kong have all placed orders for treatments and vaccine doses that the U.S. can’t yet commit to, according to the White House. “We know companies are working on additional, promising life-saving …

Biden gets his 2nd booster shot and urges Congress to spend more on pandemic: ‘We can’t wait’
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden gets his 2nd booster shot and urges Congress to spend more on pandemic: ‘We can’t wait’

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to secure more funding for his administration’s Covid-19 response and warned of severe consequences for the nation if Congress doesn’t authorize the money. “This isn’t partisan, it’s medicine,” Biden said in a speech from the White House while urging Congress to act “immediately.” The President said without the new funding, the …

White House outlines new plan to combat COVID in US
2 years, 9 months ago

White House outlines new plan to combat COVID in US

Al Jazeera  

New preparedness plan requires more funding to restock the nation’s stockpile of tests, antiviral pills and masks. US President Joe Biden‘s administration has laid out a new national blueprint to combat COVID-19, including any possible future outbreaks of new variants, without shutting down schools and businesses. It said the additional funding would help restock the nation’s stockpile of tests, antiviral …

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality
2 years, 9 months ago

White House launches ‘test to treat’ COVID-19 initiative, plan toward greater normality

LA Times  

Beginning this month, Americans will be able to head to their local pharmacy for a coronavirus test and, if they test positive, receive antiviral pills on the spot, at no cost to them. President Biden announced the launch of the “test to treat” initiative during Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address as he emphasized the country’s progress in battling …

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle
2 years, 10 months ago

AP sources: White House seeks another $30B for COVID battle

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is telling Congress that it needs an additional $30 billion to press ahead with the fight against COVID-19, officials said. Two people familiar with the administration’s plan confirmed key details on Tuesday: $17.9 billion for vaccines and treatments, $4.9 billion for testing, $3 billion to cover coronavirus care for uninsured people, and $3.7 billion to …

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday
2 years, 11 months ago

Abcarian: It's looking like we all might get COVID someday

LA Times  

Over the last few weeks, you’ve probably had the same conversation I’ve been having: “We’re all going to get it, aren’t we?” “Yep.” Call it fatalism. “I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion that everybody will get COVID-19,” UCLA infectious disease expert Otto Yang told the “Today” show last month. “Endemic is now often used to describe the point where …

New GOP leaders say Virginia to join vax mandate challenges
2 years, 11 months ago

New GOP leaders say Virginia to join vax mandate challenges

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia will join other Republican-led states and business groups in challenging Biden administration mandates intended to increase the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate once GOP Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares take office, the two said in a statement Friday. They said that after their Jan. 15th inauguration the commonwealth will “quickly move to protect Virginians’ …

Covid-19: Delta plus Omicron spells trouble
3 years ago

Covid-19: Delta plus Omicron spells trouble

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. “And particularly in the arena of Omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your booster shot.” RELATED: Your top questions about Covid-19 and vaccines Why isn’t a booster required for “full vaccination?” Right now, the government is pushing hard for everyone who can get a booster to do so. …

COVID-19 still found a way into a fully vaccinated crowd. Will Omicron make 'breakthrough infections' worse?
3 years ago

COVID-19 still found a way into a fully vaccinated crowd. Will Omicron make 'breakthrough infections' worse?

ABC  

High school reunions have always been fraught with the possibility of awkwardness. 'Breakthrough cases' are on the rise All of the cases from the reunion are considered "breakthrough infections" — the term given to cases in people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus. "Breakthrough infections are increasing all over the world where you have more vaccination and you …

Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says ‘we need to be ready’
3 years ago

Pushing COVID-19 boosters, Biden says ‘we need to be ready’

Associated Press  

— With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden on Thursday appealed for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots, but without new major restrictions on daily life. Biden wants to require private insurers to cover the cost of at-home …

WHO warns of dangers of vaccination apathy as EU chief mulls mandatory COVID-19 jabs
3 years ago

WHO warns of dangers of vaccination apathy as EU chief mulls mandatory COVID-19 jabs

Firstpost  

“Globally, we have a toxic mix of low vaccine coverage, and very low testing — a recipe for breeding and amplifying variants,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The WHO issued stern warnings Wednesday on the dangers of vaccination apathy and the European Union put mandatory jabs on the table as the United States registered its first case of the …

US coronavirus: You don’t have to change holiday plans due to Omicron if you’re vaccinated, Fauci says. But don’t wait to get a booster
3 years ago

US coronavirus: You don’t have to change holiday plans due to Omicron if you’re vaccinated, Fauci says. But don’t wait to get a booster

CNN  

CNN — As the first case of the Omicron variant in the US was detected on Wednesday, health officials are urging Americans not to wait any longer to receive a vaccination or booster to better protect themselves and others. “That’s where we’re hoping we’ll see with the Omicron variant, that if you get your levels high enough it’ll spill over …

Facing Omicron threat, CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster vaccine
3 years ago

Facing Omicron threat, CDC says all adults should get COVID-19 booster vaccine

LA Times  

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday strengthened its recommendations on who should get boosters. “Early data from South Africa suggest increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant.” The CDC‘s previous guidelines, last updated Nov. 19, recommended booster shots for adults 50 and older, and made all younger, healthier adults age 18 to 49 eligible for booster shots …

High inflation? Low polling? White House blames the pandemic
3 years ago

High inflation? Low polling? White House blames the pandemic

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Inflation is soaring, businesses are struggling to hire and President Joe Biden’s poll numbers have been in free fall. Asked why Americans aren’t getting the message that the economy is improving, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said this past week: “We’re still in the middle of fighting a pandemic and people are sick and tired of that. …

‘False sense of security’ around COVID vaccines: WHO
3 years, 1 month ago

‘False sense of security’ around COVID vaccines: WHO

Al Jazeera  

WHO chief says many vaccinated people wrongly think they no longer need to take other precautions against COVID. The chief of the World Health Organization has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over and that some people were falling into a “false sense of security” after being vaccinated against the virus. In a news briefing in Geneva on …

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

White House announces 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate

CNN  

CNN — The White House on Monday announced that 95% of the federal workforce is in compliance with the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. “Ahead of tonight’s deadline, the federal government has achieved 95% compliance, and 90% of the 3.5 million federal workers are already vaccinated,” White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients said during a press briefing, confirming previous CNN …

Biden administration pushes booster shots as second pandemic winter approaches
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden administration pushes booster shots as second pandemic winter approaches

LA Times  

President Biden walks off Marine One at the White House on Friday. The expanded availability of booster shots could bolster President Biden’s efforts to limit the pandemic’s devastation, which has evaded his attempts to bring it to an end and bogged down his administration’s agenda. “We are tired and exhausted by the pandemic as well,” White House Press Secretary Jen …

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister
3 years, 1 month ago

Herd immunity "out of reach" due to Delta variant: Health Minister

NL Times  

Herd immunity against Covid-19 is no longer a realistic goal, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a parliamentary debate on Tuesday. The much more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus dashed the hope that a vaccination rate of 70 percent would end the pandemic, he said, NU.nl reports. But we do want the highest possible immunity," De Jonge said. …

Covid can be transmitted by fully vaccinated people at home: Lancet study
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid can be transmitted by fully vaccinated people at home: Lancet study

Deccan Chronicle  

London: Fully vaccinated people can contract and pass on Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in household settings, but at lower rates than unvaccinated people, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. Researchers led by Imperial College London, UK, found that vaccinated people clear the infection more quickly, but the peak viral load …

Delta variant easily transmitted by vaccinated people in households: UK study
3 years, 1 month ago

Delta variant easily transmitted by vaccinated people in households: UK study

India Today  

The Delta coronavirus variant can transmit easily from vaccinated people to their household contacts, a British study found on Thursday, although contacts were less likely to get infected if they were vaccinated. Read: No evidence to suggest AY.4 variant of coronavirus has higher infectivity rate than Delta: Scientist They found infections in the vaccinated cleared more quickly, but the peak …

Opinion: Why I’m going to vaccinate my kids against Covid-19
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Why I’m going to vaccinate my kids against Covid-19

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Syra Madad, DHSc, MSc, MCP is an infectious disease epidemiologist, senior director of the system-wide special pathogens program at NYC Health + Hospitals, health and safety lead at the Enhanced Investigations Unit of NYC Test & Trace, and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. The latest surge driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant …

Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance

Associated Press  

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. — President Joe Biden on Thursday championed COVID-19 vaccination requirements, determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledged that mandates weren’t his “first instinct.” Biden had ruled out such requirements before taking office in January, but they now are a tactic he feels forced into using by …

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness drops after 6 months: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness drops after 6 months: Study

Live Mint  

The effectiveness of the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose, according to data published on Monday that U.S. health agencies considered when deciding on the need for booster shots. The analysis showed that the vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalization and death remained high at 90% …

Vaccines may have led to over a quarter-million Covid-19 fewer cases and 39,000 deaths among seniors
3 years, 2 months ago

Vaccines may have led to over a quarter-million Covid-19 fewer cases and 39,000 deaths among seniors

CNN  

CNN — Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had Covid-19 outbreaks. “The fact that you were able to stop that many deaths and that many cases and hospitalizations even that early on, just a few months into when people could get vaccinated, that really goes …

Covid-19 numbers are improving. Don’t let history repeat itself with yet another resurgence, doctors say
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 numbers are improving. Don’t let history repeat itself with yet another resurgence, doctors say

CNN  

CNN — As Covid-19 numbers gradually improve, health experts have an urgent message: Don’t get cocky and relax. “The best way to assure that we’ll be in good shape as we get into the winter would be to get more and more people vaccinated,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN Monday. “Look at the pediatric hospitals throughout the country, and you …

COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in U.S. as Delta variant rages
3 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 deaths eclipse 700,000 in U.S. as Delta variant rages

LA Times  

Caregivers attend to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the University of Utah Health hospital in Salt Lake City on July 30. Dr. David Dowdy, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who has analyzed publicly reported state data, said it’s safe to say at least 70,000 of the last 100,000 deaths …

Concerns about Delta transmission, overburdened hospitals and Covid-19 deaths drove recent rise in vaccinations, poll says
3 years, 2 months ago

Concerns about Delta transmission, overburdened hospitals and Covid-19 deaths drove recent rise in vaccinations, poll says

CNN  

CNN — A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that the highly transmissible Delta variant, overburdened hospitals and knowing someone who has died or become seriously ill from Covid-19 drove recent increases in vaccination. The report said those living in areas with high numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths were more likely to say they had been vaccinated since June …

Biden receives his Covid-19 booster shot: Vaccines ‘can save your life and … can save the lives of those around you’
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden receives his Covid-19 booster shot: Vaccines ‘can save your life and … can save the lives of those around you’

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on Monday afternoon at the White House just days after booster doses were approved by federal health officials. Early Friday morning, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky diverged from the agency’s independent vaccine advisers to recommend boosters for a broader group of people – …

Has the Delta variant changed the symptoms of COVID-19?
3 years, 3 months ago

Has the Delta variant changed the symptoms of COVID-19?

Al Jazeera  

A wider range of symptoms are associated with the Delta variant. Plus, how misinformation about vaccines has divided us, new information about Long COVID in children and how to know if the pandemic has impacted your mental health. Tiredness But results from the Zoe COVID Symptom study which monitors the symptoms of millions of people who test positive for the …

Unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die of COVID: US Studies
3 years, 3 months ago

Unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die of COVID: US Studies

Deccan Chronicle  

New U.S. studies released Friday show the COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death even as the extra-contagious delta variant swept the country. As delta surged in early summer, those who were unvaccinated were 4.5 times more likely than the fully vaccinated to get infected, over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely …

More US studies show COVID vaccines protect from serious illness
3 years, 3 months ago

More US studies show COVID vaccines protect from serious illness

Al Jazeera  

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented data showing unvaccinated people are four-and-a-half times more likely to contract COVID-19 and 11 times more likely to die from it than those fully vaccinated. While protection remained strong against Delta, the study also confirmed an increase in milder COVID-19 infections among fully vaccinated people, which the authors said …

Unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC report finds
3 years, 3 months ago

Unvaccinated people 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC report finds

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to the research, the three …

Sweeping New Mandates, Vaccine Options Underway, and More Coronavirus News
3 years, 3 months ago

Sweeping New Mandates, Vaccine Options Underway, and More Coronavirus News

Wired  

Biden announces additional mandates, researchers probe new shots and treatments, and global vaccine distribution falters. Headlines The White House announces a sweeping new plan for combating the next phase of the pandemic Yesterday, President Biden announced a slew of new Covid-19 policies. All employers with over 100 employees will have to require either vaccinations or weekly testing, give workers paid …

Key parts of Biden’s plan to confront delta variant surge
3 years, 3 months ago

Key parts of Biden’s plan to confront delta variant surge

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has unveiled a new “action plan” plan to confront the COVID-19 surge that’s being driven by the spread of the delta variant. It mandates vaccines for federal workers and contractors and certain health care workers, requires employees at companies with 100 or more workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly, lays the groundwork for a …

What's driving Delta Covid variant to spread
3 years, 3 months ago

What's driving Delta Covid variant to spread

India TV News  

The ability to evade neutralising antibodies while increasing infectivity is the reason why the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has turned dominant in several countries including the UK, the US and India, according to an international team of researchers. Researchers from National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, under the Ministry of Health; CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, and …

5 New Things We Learned About COVID-19 In August 2021
3 years, 3 months ago

5 New Things We Learned About COVID-19 In August 2021

Huff Post  

It’s understandable, given the massive scale of the pandemic. A study published in late August in JAMA found that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine generated twice the antibodies of the Pfizer vaccine. Researchers compared antibody levels among fully vaccinated health care workers in Belgium 6 to 10 weeks after they were vaccinated, and it’s really the first study to directly compare the …

Effectiveness of the Covid vaccines against hospitalizations has waned over time, CDC says
3 years, 3 months ago

Effectiveness of the Covid vaccines against hospitalizations has waned over time, CDC says

Daily Mail  

COVID-19 vaccines have lost some of their effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations has fallen as low as 75 percent, from a high of 95 percent that was first touted when the shots first became available in late 2020. Data from the CDC finds that the …

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