California sees significant rise in vaccinations as employers issue mandates
3 years, 4 months ago

California sees significant rise in vaccinations as employers issue mandates

LA Times  

Nursing student Joanna Aguilar, left, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to Maria Isabel Cruz during a clinic at the Providence Wellness and Activity Center in Wilmington on July 27. From July 14 to 20, the statewide average case rate among unvaccinated residents was 20.7 per 100,000 people per day — about six times the comparable rate of vaccinated individuals, according to state health officials. In Sonoma County, “100% of COVID patients in our intensive care units are people who had the opportunity to be vaccinated, but chose not to,” Health Officer Dr. Sundari Mase said. State guidelines allow community leaders to establish rules based on local conditions.” L.A. County is also “not requiring proof of vaccination for customers to enter specific businesses at this point in time,” though public health officials added in a statement Tuesday that they “applaud those businesses that are assessing risks to their employees and customers and adding additional layers of protection, including requiring proof of vaccination.” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti “always listens to the guidance from county public health experts on these issues, and there is no such mandate recommended or planned at this time,” according to spokesman Alex Comisar. “This requirement would also protect the rights and welfare of vaccinated residents in these locations.” Though vaccines are the ultimate endgame, officials are increasingly turning to other strategies to blunt rising coronavirus transmission.

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California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required
1 year, 9 months ago

California to alter COVID rules in healthcare settings: Masks and vaccinations not required

LA Times  

Jazmin Escamilla takes blood samples Dec. 19 in the ambulance bay outside the emergency department at MLK Community Hospital in Los Angeles. With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for healthcare workers. California L.A. County’s COVID-19 …

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 …

Southern California braces for difficult flu season as cases rise after COVID lull
2 years, 2 months ago

Southern California braces for difficult flu season as cases rise after COVID lull

LA Times  

Officials generally recommend the flu vaccine for people 6 months and older. This year, officials are also suggesting those age 65 or older get turbocharged flu vaccines that are considered higher dose or “adjuvanted,” which helps trigger a stronger immune response. The current levels of flu activity are “much higher” compared to pre-pandemic years, the Los Angeles County Department of …

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers
2 years, 3 months ago

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers

LA Times  

California has rescinded coronavirus testing requirements for unvaccinated workers at schools, healthcare facilities and other congregate settings, the latest rule to be rolled back as the state enters what officials say is a new phase of the pandemic. “We’ve entered a phase of the pandemic where the majority of people in these workplace settings are vaccinated, and our youngest Californians …

A looming COVID risk in California? Schools return with fewer rules, lagging vaccine rates
2 years, 4 months ago

A looming COVID risk in California? Schools return with fewer rules, lagging vaccine rates

LA Times  

First-graders at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in Cudahy participate in a pep rally on the playground during the first day of school. California schools reopened for the fall semester with loosened COVID-19 protocols and low vaccination rates among younger students, presenting a new test for the trajectory of the pandemic as some experts expect another rise in cases when winter …

Coronavirus in California is becoming easier to get, much harder to avoid. Here’s why
2 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus in California is becoming easier to get, much harder to avoid. Here’s why

LA Times  

The number of coronavirus cases reported in California is on the brink of crossing 10 million, a milestone that probably undercounts the total significantly yet still carries an increasing sense of inevitability. “It is likely, as COVID-19 variants continue to evolve to be more transmissible and acquire the ability to evade the protection of antibodies against infection, which results in …

This new California coronavirus wave isn’t sticking to the script: Big spread, less illness
2 years, 6 months ago

This new California coronavirus wave isn’t sticking to the script: Big spread, less illness

LA Times  

Palisades Charter High School students ride the Metro Expo line after school in Los Angeles on April 21. “I think, deep in my heart, unless we see a new variant that evades our current vaccine protection, we are not going to need to go back to the more drastic tools we had to use early on the pandemic when we …

COVID vaccines may soon be available for kids under 5. What Californians need to know
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID vaccines may soon be available for kids under 5. What Californians need to know

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone of Altadena, with mother Caitlin Johnstone, right, receives a child’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park on Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. “As we have seen with older age groups, we expect that the vaccines for younger children will provide protection from the most severe outcomes of COVID-19, such …

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates
2 years, 6 months ago

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates

LA Times  

In January, progressive California Democrats vowed to adopt the toughest COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the country. Now, even as case rates start to balloon again, the window of opportunity to adopt COVID-19 vaccine mandates may have closed, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. And legislation is just not being enacted.” California One of …

One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward
2 years, 8 months ago

One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward

LA Times  

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks said Tuesday that she would hold Assembly Bill 1993, which would have required employees and independent contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they obtained an exemption. Citing improved pandemic conditions and opposition from public safety unions, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks said she would hold Assembly Bill 1993, which would have required employees and independent contractors, in both …

What Californians should do now to prepare for a possible spring Omicron BA.2 surge
2 years, 9 months ago

What Californians should do now to prepare for a possible spring Omicron BA.2 surge

LA Times  

Is California doing enough to prepare for a potential increase in cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2 this spring? Los Angeles County isn’t seeing as high of a percentage of BA.2 cases as places like New York and Chicago, but the L.A. County Department of Public Health is saying nationwide trends suggest that Angelenos “should be prepared to mitigate the …

Covid-19 is less severe with Omicron than Delta, suggests US study
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 is less severe with Omicron than Delta, suggests US study

Live Mint  

The Omicron variant appears to result in less severe COVID-19 than seen during previous periods of high coronavirus transmission including the Delta wave, with shorter hospital stays, less need for intensive care and fewer deaths, according to a new U.S. study. Despite the steep spike in COVID cases, the percentage of hospitalized patients admitted to intensive care units during the …

Optimism as Omicron peaks in California, but new BA.2 subtype raises questions
2 years, 10 months ago

Optimism as Omicron peaks in California, but new BA.2 subtype raises questions

LA Times  

There is growing optimism that the overall Omicron surge has peaked in California, but progress across the state remains uneven. “This downward trend is encouraging, and it signals that we’re likely to have passed the peak of Omicron transmission and are beginning to see a real decline in the number of newly infected individuals,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara …

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation

LA Times  

Vaccine protester Jessica Holloway of Lake County urges California lawmakers and Gov. “It’s important that we continue to push for vaccine mandates the most aggressively we possibly can,” said Wicks, who faced death threats over her vaccine legislation last year. “We can’t let ourselves be held hostage by these right-wing conspiracy theorists who are perpetrating hate and violence.” ‘The firestorm …

Omicron Has Started Replacing Delta Variant in India, Say Sources
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron Has Started Replacing Delta Variant in India, Say Sources

News 18  

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and 80 per cent of the travellers who tested positive have this new variant, official sources said on Friday. A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 states and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated …

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, say sources
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, say sources

The Hindu  

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and 80 per cent of the travellers who tested positive have this new variant, official sources said on Friday. A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 States and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated …

Omicron variant: California 1st state to top 5 million cases amid surge
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron variant: California 1st state to top 5 million cases amid surge

India TV News  

Highlights California became 1st state to record more than 5 million known coronavirus infections The first coronavirus case in California was confirmed on Jan 25, 2020 California has recorded more than 75,500 deaths related to COVID-19 California became the first state to record more than 5 million known coronavirus infections, according to the state dashboard on Tuesday, which was delayed …

COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters
3 years ago

COVID: California sets deadline for health worker boosters

India TV News  

Highlights California’s roughly 2.5 mn health care workers have until Feb 1 to get COVID vaccine booster shot California was 1st state to require health care workers to be vaccinated, that took effect in Sept California now joins New Mexico as 2nd state to require booster shot for its health care workers California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have …

California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters
3 years ago

California sets Feb. 1 deadline for health worker boosters

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s roughly 2.5 million health care workers have until Feb. 1 to get a coronavirus vaccine booster shot or risk losing their jobs, Gov. Now, California joins New Mexico as at least the second state to require a booster shot for its health care workers. Barbara Ferrer, the county’s public health director, said officials are not considering …

Why booster shots give dramatic protection against California coronavirus surge
3 years ago

Why booster shots give dramatic protection against California coronavirus surge

LA Times  

Merline Jimenez, left, provides direction before administering a COVID-19 nasal swab to a person at a testing site at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday. Big gains in effectiveness According to the data, while the primary Pfizer or Moderna vaccine series confers about 86% effectiveness against hospitalization shortly after the second dose following an Omicron infection, it falls to 67% …

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. …

LAUSD poised to push back deadline for student COVID vaccinations to fall 2022
3 years ago

LAUSD poised to push back deadline for student COVID vaccinations to fall 2022

LA Times  

A student is vaccinated at the Manual Arts High School gym near downtown. The Los Angeles school district is poised to remove its Jan. 10 student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, confronted with more than 30,000 students 12 and older who are not fully vaccinated and would otherwise be barred from campus, a significant step back from one of the nation’s strictest …

‘The fire that’s here': US is still battling delta variant
3 years ago

‘The fire that’s here': US is still battling delta variant

Associated Press  

While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant that is popping up around the country, the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., swamping hospitals with record numbers of patients in the Midwest and New England. Delta variant is the fire that’s here today,” said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the state …

COVID-19: US reports first case of Omicron variant in California in fully vaccinated overseas traveller
3 years ago

COVID-19: US reports first case of Omicron variant in California in fully vaccinated overseas traveller

Firstpost  

At least 23 other countries have reported cases of the new COVID-19 variant since South African authorities first identified it a week ago San Francisco: The United States recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant on Wednesday — in a vaccinated traveller who returned to California after a trip to South Africa — as scientists around the world …

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 …

Why California isn’t planning new lockdowns or restrictions for the Omicron variant
3 years ago

Why California isn’t planning new lockdowns or restrictions for the Omicron variant

LA Times  

Paola Morataya works at Amalia’s Restaurant in Los Angeles on Monday. And while the variant has now been detected in California, officials say that they don’t think they’ll need to implement significant new restrictions, saying travel plans can be pursued and policies already in place around masks and vaccine verification are the best path for combatting the new strain of …

Get booster shots as soon as you can, health experts say, as Omicron’s spread collides with the relentless Delta variant
3 years ago

Get booster shots as soon as you can, health experts say, as Omicron’s spread collides with the relentless Delta variant

CNN  

CNN — Health experts are doubling down on pleas for all eligible American to get vaccinated — and boosted – against Covid-19 as the Omicron and Delta variants spread. But here’s the good news: “All of the previous variants, which have also had differences in the spike protein, have responded to vaccines – and especially boosters,” Collins said. “Your best …

Enforcement begins today for L.A.’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements
3 years ago

Enforcement begins today for L.A.’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements

LA Times  

Ten-month-old Julian Medrano Rodriguez drinks milk at Amalia’s Restaurant in Los Angeles on Nov. 21. Among them are restaurants, bars and coffee shops; live performance venues; tattoo and piercing parlors, sports arenas and convention centers; exhibition halls and museums; tasting rooms at breweries, wineries and distilleries; cafeterias, food courts, banquet halls and hotel ballrooms; gyms, and dance and fitness studios; …

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 …

California’s coast embraces child COVID-19 shots, but demand lags inland
3 years, 1 month ago

California’s coast embraces child COVID-19 shots, but demand lags inland

LA Times  

Jemma Alejancra Garcia, 9, of El Sereno gets a COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Shirley Alfonso on Nov. 3 at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles. “What I worry about most is the Central Valley, in more rural California, where vaccination rates are lower than they are in other parts of the state and are currently having high levels …

Colorado’s COVID-19 surge is an urgent warning for California
3 years, 1 month ago

Colorado’s COVID-19 surge is an urgent warning for California

LA Times  

A man waits for a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot at a pharmacy in Denver. Colorado “may be a precursor to what we could see ultimately here in California as things get cooler for us,” UCLA epidemiologist Dr. Robert Kim-Farley said. Chillier weather hits Colorado earlier than California, sending people indoors, “which leads to higher potential for transmission of COVID.” In …

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. …

Focus on full vaccination: The Hindu Editorial on India’s COVID-19 inoculation pace
3 years, 1 month ago

Focus on full vaccination: The Hindu Editorial on India’s COVID-19 inoculation pace

The Hindu  

Even as a small uptick in daily fresh cases has been reported in November, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium has said no new variants of interest or concern have been seen in India. Even as the daily fresh cases have been on an overall downward trend since a peak in early May, the pace of vaccination has slowed down sharply …

Can I get my COVID-19 booster shot now? Here’s what you need to know
3 years, 1 month ago

Can I get my COVID-19 booster shot now? Here’s what you need to know

LA Times  

Nicole Fahey of Altadena, who is six months pregnant, gets a COVID-19 booster shot this month from registered nurse Veronique Vida at Eugene A. Obregon Park. Based on all of that criteria, “pretty much everybody is eligible,” said Dr. Sara Cody, the health officer and public health director for Santa Clara County, Northern California’s most populous county. Dr. Tomás Aragón, …

Fearing a winter surge, California turbocharges its push for COVID booster shots
3 years, 1 month ago

Fearing a winter surge, California turbocharges its push for COVID booster shots

LA Times  

Faced with growing worries over a potential winter coronavirus surge, health officials in California and other areas are turbocharging the push for COVID-19 booster shots in hopes of getting more adults the extra dose as soon as possible. On Wednesday, the California Department of Public Health summed up its booster guidance as follows: “In general terms that everyone can understand, …

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID vaccine inequity persists in Americas, PAHO warns

Al Jazeera  

The Pan American Health Organization says less than half of people in the Americas are fully vaccinated. Following two consecutive months of decline, COVID-19 infections are rising again in some countries in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization has said, cautioning that uneven vaccination rates across the region continue to be a problem. Concerns have been rising that despite …

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules
3 years, 1 month ago

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone, 7, of Altadena holds the hand of his mother, Caitlin Johnstone, as he receives a children’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angeles city officials are set to implement some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine verification rules next week, but they …

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 …

California COVID death rates higher in least-vaccinated areas
3 years, 2 months ago

California COVID death rates higher in least-vaccinated areas

LA Times  

Residents in rural California counties with low vaccination rates died from COVID-19 at significantly higher rates during the summer Delta coronavirus variant surge than those in better-vaccinated regions such as the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California, a Los Angeles Times data analysis has found. Santa Clara County reported one of California’s lowest summertime COVID-19 death rates — 5 …

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% …

Pfizer vaccine’s protection wanes over time, and not because of Delta, study says
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer vaccine’s protection wanes over time, and not because of Delta, study says

LA Times  

Research conducted in Southern California has confirmed the dramatic erosion of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine’s protection against “breakthrough” coronavirus infections. But even as the Delta variant became the predominant strain across the Southland, the vaccine’s effectiveness at preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations held steady at close to 90% for as long as six months. The researchers, led by infectious disease epidemiologist Sara …

California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren
3 years, 2 months ago

California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — California is poised to impose the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, a move announced Friday that could push other states to follow as many did after Gov. Newsom said the mandate won’t take effect for all children until the U.S. government has finished fully vetting the vaccine for two age groups — 12 to 15 …

How worried should you be about the R.1 coronavirus variant? ‘It died out already’
3 years, 2 months ago

How worried should you be about the R.1 coronavirus variant? ‘It died out already’

LA Times  

Dr. Anita Sircar, left, and Dr. Cole Liberator discus patient care during rounds in the ICU in Little Company of Mary Medical Center in August, when COVID-19 cases were on the rise from the highly contagious Delta variant. “Based on the low counts of the R.1 variant in the available California data, it likely has had low-level circulation statewide,” officials …

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 …

California plans dramatic push of COVID-19 booster shots, vaccinations
3 years, 3 months ago

California plans dramatic push of COVID-19 booster shots, vaccinations

LA Times  

With millions of Californians slated to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster, the state is planning to dramatically ramp up its inoculation rate. Officials unveiled a new COVID-19 Vaccine Action Plan on Thursday — just hours before the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said a third Pfizer-BioNTech dose should be given …

Delta Covid variant now spread to 185 countries: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Delta Covid variant now spread to 185 countries: WHO

India TV News  

The Delta Covid variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health organisation has said. "The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per cent of the sequences submitted to GISAID with a sample collection date," the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update …

How California turned the tide and achieved the lowest coronavirus transmission rate in the U.S.
3 years, 3 months ago

How California turned the tide and achieved the lowest coronavirus transmission rate in the U.S.

LA Times  

Kendall Tam, left, talks with Emily Liu before basketball practice at Mark Keppel High School in March. Those who have yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 must wear masks in indoor public settings throughout California, though state officials continue to only recommend — not require — that fully vaccinated people do likewise. In L.A. County, participants and workers at outdoor …

COVID-19 vaccine boosters not 'appropriate' at this stage of pandemic, says study in The Lancet
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine boosters not 'appropriate' at this stage of pandemic, says study in The Lancet

Firstpost  

The authors noted that across all vaccine types and variants, vaccine efficacy is greater against severe disease than against mild disease. “Taken as a whole, the currently available studies do not provide credible evidence of substantially declining protection against severe disease, which is the primary goal of vaccination,” said lead author Ana-Maria Henao-Restrepo from WHO. “The limited supply of these …

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 …

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