Facebook on Monday said it will add labels to all posts about COVID-19 vaccines, as part of its efforts to help more people get a shot. “We’ve already connected over 2 billion people to authoritative COVID-19 information, and today as access to COVID-19 vaccines expands, we’re going even further and aiming to help bring 50…
Pfizer Vaccine 94 Percent Effective Against Asymptomatic Transmission of CCP Virus: Israeli Data
Pfizer’s vaccine is 94 percent effective in preventing asymptomatic transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to data from Israel. The COVID-19 vaccine, co-produced with BioNTech, was also at least 97 percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease, severe-critical disease, and death, the companies and the Israel Ministry of Health said. The figures stem from…
Hundreds of COVID-19 Vaccines Discarded Due to Storage Error at Kansas Hospital
A hospital in Kansas had to discard about 600 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines on March 11 due to mistakenly storing them in a freezer, a hospital spokesperson said. Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH) received 570 doses of the J&J vaccines on March 10 “in a refrigerated state” and placed them into a…
Healthy Adults Voluntarily Infected With CCP Virus in First Human Challenge Study
Young healthy volunteers are being deliberately infected with the CCP virus in the first human challenge trial in the United Kingdom, with the aim of advancing research into effective vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. The trial will enable researchers to assess the smallest amount of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus needed to “cause infection and elicit…
Healthy Adults Voluntarily Infected With CCP Virus in 1st Human Challenge Study
Young, healthy volunteers are being deliberately infected with the CCP virus in the first human challenge trial in the United Kingdom, with the aim of advancing research into effective vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. The trial will enable researchers to assess the smallest amount of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus needed to “cause infection and elicit…
Fully Vaccinated People Do Not Need Masks or Physical Distancing: CDC
People who are fully vaccinated can now gather indoors without masks or social distancing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its new guidance on Monday. “There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can begin to resume now in their own homes,” CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky said in a…
2 Dead, 2 in ICU After 83,400 Receive Sinovac Vaccines in Hong Kong
March 8, 2021
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Two Hong Kong residents are in serious condition after receiving China’s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines, the Hong Kong government announced on Sunday, after a 55-year-old woman with chronic illness died four days after receiving her vaccine—the second related death in the city. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as…
Hydroxychloroquine Not Recommended for Prevention of COVID-19: WHO
In a guideline published in the British Medical Journal on March 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) is advising against the use of hydroxychloroquine to prevent infection from the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19. The WHO assembled an international panel of experts—consisting of physicians, scientists, an ethicist, and four patients who recovered from…
Prioritize Overweight People for Vaccinations, Says Study Showing Connection Between Obesity and COVID-19 Deaths
People who are obese should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study. Researchers with the World Obesity Federation found that 2.2 million of the 2.5 million COVID-19 deaths reported by the end of February occurred in countries where more than half of the population is classified as overweight. Researchers called on countries…
CDC Director: Recent COVID-19 Gains Could Be Lost Due to New Variants
The director of the nation’s top public health agency said Monday that the drops in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths could be erased in the near future due to new variants of the virus that causes the disease. The number of daily new cases has dropped sharply in recent weeks but there’s evidence the declines…
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