Vaccine 4 1 1 - Daily News on the Covid-19 and Coronavirus Vaccines
261 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -Vaccine 411 is a daily news and information source dedicated to keeping you informed about the Coronavirus and Covid 19 vaccines. As news develops, Vaccine 411 will keep you informed, provide updates, and any useful information in the race to find preventions and treatments for coronavirus and Covid 19.
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Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 03-04-2022
March 04, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.17 MBHope you didn’t sell everything you own to go into the mask business. Data released by the CDC shows Covid levels have dropped enough that more than 90% of Americans can go without masks. The data shows nearly everyone in the country lives in an area with low to medium risk, though that data came out after the CDC tweaked how it measures risk. The new CDC guidance applies to everyone — including school kids and the unvaccinated. It does not, for whatever reason, apply to air travel, trains, ...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 03-03-2022
March 03, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.8 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for March 3rd, 2022. The US has a new plan for COVID. The White House said it's time for America to stop letting the coronavirus “dictate how we live.” Part of the new plan is a new “test to treat” program to provide free antiviral pills at pharmacies for anyone who tests positive. The plan also seeks to get ready for potential new variants and give employers and schools what they need to stay open. If you want them, you can g...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 03-02-2022
March 02, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.25 MBThe CDC estimates there have been 140 million Covid-19 infections in the US, that’s almost double the 74.3 million cases that have been reported as of January 31 and 43% of the country. The new number comes from antibody seroprevalence surveys, in which blood samples submitted to labs for unrelated reasons are tested for antibodies triggered by infection, not by vaccination. Wisconsin has the highest seroprevalence, with an estimated 56.1% of its population infected. A tragic statistic fro...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 03-01-2022
March 01, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.19 MBLooks like Americans were definitely ready for the pandemic to be done. A new AP poll shows fewer people now than in January are worried they’ll get infected, only 24%. Of those who say they still worry, about two-thirds are fully vaccinated while only 40% are unvaccinated. Most Americans think the virus will stick around as a mild illness. Public support for masking requirements has also gone down, but Americans are still more likely to favor than oppose mask mandates, 50% to 28%. They’re...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-28-2022
February 28, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.11 MBHere’s how we’re doing. COVID is continuing to subside around the world with a weekly 16% decrease in deaths and 15% decrease in cases since Omicron first showed up. However, Asia's infections rose 4% and deaths were only down 0.9% with South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Hong Kong setting daily records last week. In fact, Hong Kong recorded 26,026 cases after never going above 100 every day until this year. New Zealand is also hitting five digits in cases for the first time. The FDA revise...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-25-2022
February 25, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.69 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 25th, 2022. We’re starting to learn a little more about the so-called stealth Omicron or BA2 variant. It’s now causing more than a third of new Omicron cases around the world. It’s been found in more than 80 countries and all 50 US states. It’s called stealth because it can’t quickly be differentiated from Delta using a certain PCR test. Early research suggests it spreads 30% faster than Omicron and can sicken peop...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-24-2022
February 24, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.67 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 24th, 2022. The US full vaccination rate is still quite a way from even 70%, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any better. Demand has all but collapsed, especially in states that weren’t so hot on it to begin with. The average number of Americans getting their first shot is down to the lowest point since December 2020. Incentive programs didn’t really work, and government and employer mandates are being...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-23-2022
February 23, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.09 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 23rd, 2022. Hong Kong is going to test its entire population of 7.5 million people three times for COVID in March. To get that done, testing capacity will be boosted to 1 million a day or more. The city’s reported about 5,000 new infections since February 15 and the healthcare system is buckling. A lockdown of the entire city, something that’s been done a few times in mainland China, is not currently being consider...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-22-2022
February 22, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.63 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 22nd, 2022. If you want something to worry about, you can continue to worry about the Omicron variant BA2, because it’s spreading about 30% more easily than the first Omicron, which as we recall spread pretty darn fast. Infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on it because they assumed it would take off in the US like it has in Europe. So far that hasn't happened, but it’s steadily spreading even as the ...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-21-2022
February 21, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.66 MBThe UK government announced those with COVID won't be legally required to self-isolate starting this week. That’s part of the plan for “living with COVID” that will also probably see testing scaled back. The Prime Minister said, “We’ve reached a stage where we think you can shift the balance away from state mandation in favor of encouraging personal responsibility.” Of course, some of the government’s scientific advisers are saying it’s a risky move. Israel announced it’s going to allow unv...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-18-2022
February 18, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.57 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 18th, 2022. One influential model estimates 73% of Americans are, for now, immune to Omicron, and that could rise to 80% by mid-March. The coronavirus is still dangerous and tens of millions remain vulnerable. But at this point, experts say at least most immune systems have seen the coronavirus before and won’t be as vulnerable. California is moving on. It became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” ...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-17-2022
February 17, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.61 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 17th, 2022. Encouraging signs all over the world. Germany announced plans to end most of the country's restrictions by March 20. They believe infections have reached their peak so there’s a three-step plan that will roll the restrictions back. In Switzerland, they will end health checks for incoming travelers and the need for COVID passes and masks to enter places like shops, restaurants, and cultural venues. And i...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-16-2022
February 16, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.14 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 16th, 2022. The head of the World Health Organization's Europe office said their attention is turning to growing rates of infection in Eastern Europe, where six countries — including Russia and Ukraine — have seen a doubling of cases over the last two weeks. The concern is that vaccination rates have lagged in Eastern Europe. In the United States, it doesn’t look like people are buying into the need for a booster...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-15-2022
February 15, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.25 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for February 15th, 2022. New York City fired 1,430 workers who didn’t comply with the city's vaccine mandate. Hundreds more got the shots after being notified they were getting fired. Of the fired workers, about 64% worked for the education department. Hong Kong’s going to offer vaccines to kids as young as 3. Previously, the age limit was 5. Schools extended a suspension of in-class teaching for two weeks to March 6. Additio...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-14-2022
February 14, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.59 MBA study published in Nature Medicine found U.S. veterans who survived Covid were more likely to have suffered some type of cardiovascular problem within the next year. And that’s even if their infections were mild. That included a 52% greater likelihood of suffering a stroke, a 63% higher likelihood of a heart attack, a 72% higher likelihood of heart failure, and a 71% higher likelihood to have a-fib. A bill in California would mandate that all businesses make not just their employees, but...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-11-2022
February 11, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 8.03 MBIf the pandemic is ending, it doesn’t feel much like it in Russia. The country reported nearly 200,000 new cases in yet another record. Of course, vaccination rates there are low, Omicron is prevalent, and there aren’t that many restrictions. The bright side, while infections have soared, daily fatalities in the last few weeks have remained steady. The World Health Organization says Africa is moving to the “control phase” of the pandemic and increased vaccination rates should help the conti...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-10-2022
February 10, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.44 MBIf this guy finally says it, you know it must be true. Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. is exiting the “full-blown” pandemic phase of the COVID crisis. He said things that limit COVID-19, including vaccinations, medical treatments, and prior infection, will alter the situation significantly in the coming months. He also very uncharacteristically said decisions will increasingly be made at local levels and there’ll be more people making their own decisions on how they want to deal with the vir...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-09-2022
February 09, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.47 MBThe World Health Organization expects the even more transmissible version of Omicron, BA.2, to increase in circulation around the world. What’s not clear is whether or not it can reinfect people who caught an earlier version of Omicron. The agency is currently tracking four different versions of Omicron. Most states in the U.S. have confirmed the presence of BA.2, though it’s circulating at a low level with 460 cases confirmed so far. It's been reported Johnson & Johnson shut down productio...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-08-2022
February 08, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 8.84 MBA story of mixed metrics. Yes, the Omicron wave has receded significantly in the US over the past few weeks. But more people are dying every day than died during the peak of Delta last summer. 2,400 people have died every day over the past seven days even though cases are a third of what they were three weeks ago. As we’ve explained before, the reason is the sheer number of people infected with Omicron meeting the unvaccinated population. The CDC says unvaccinated adults have a 68-times-high...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-07-2022
February 07, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.06 MBThe adapt as you learn process continues. The CDC is now considering new changes to vaccine guidance that’d lengthen how much time should pass between doses, and they’re doing this to lower the risk of heart inflammation for immunocompromised people. They generally don’t respond as well to vaccines, and they’re the only ones right now advised to get four vaccine shots. What’s happening with the pandemic in the US? One way to gauge is to see what’s going on in New York City. Over 15 days, t...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-04-2022
February 04, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.2 MBSweden has joined European nations removing coronavirus restrictions. The Prime Minister said, “It’s time to open Sweden again.” And apparently that will happen February 9. People can go to restaurants with no limits on occupancy or operating hours, and requirements for vaccine certificates and masks on public transportation will also be gone. Russia is considering loosening some restrictions too, even though they’re facing a record-breaking surge of infections. If you’re on Medicare Part B...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-03-2022
February 03, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.24 MBThe U.S. Army will immediately start discharging soldiers who’ve refused to get the mandatory COVID vaccine. How many are possibly getting kicked out? 3,300 service members. The Army’s actually the last military service to outline its discharge policy. 3,000 soldiers have already been issued official written reprimands, which means they could be among the first to go. History will establish what we got right and wrong in the pandemic. And a new report out of Johns Hopkins says the lockdowns...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-02-2022
February 02, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.52 MBIn Pfizer’s mind, there is no such thing as too young. It’s asked the FDA to expand the use of their vaccine to most kids under 5 years old. Data’s being submitted on a rolling basis to fast-track approval of what will eventually be a three-dose vaccine for kids six months through 4 years old. Children are at much lower risk of developing severe illness from Covid, but their hospitalizations have increased during the recent surge. The march to normalcy continues. Denmark scrapped most pande...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 02-01-2022
February 01, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.03 MBThe FDA granted full approval to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that's already been given to tens of millions of Americans since its emergency authorization over a year ago. This means the FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review as dozens of other long-established vaccines. Theoretically, this means those who aren’t taking the vaccine because it’s too early and hasn’t been properly vetted, have one less argument to make. Tokyo has launched a mass booster shot driv...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-31-2022
January 31, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.03 MBIt’s just one city, but it’s a big one. The number of new cases in New York has fallen by more than half in a week according to the Governor’s office. The statewide positivity rate dropped to 5.73% Friday. Hospitalizations dropped from over 10,000 a week ago to 7,675 Friday. Russia's in the news a lot these days, but not for COVID. Regardless, their daily count of new infections surged to more than 121,000 yesterday. That’s an eightfold increase from the beginning of the month. The number o...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-28-2022
January 28, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.65 MBThe European Medicines Agency has recommended Pfizer's coronavirus antiviral drug be authorized for use in the European Union. That’s the first time the agency’s recommended a pill for COVID. They said approving Paxlovid could help the infected avoid more serious disease and hospitalization. The drug’s been cleared in the U.S. and Britain, but the problem is supplies are extremely limited. School districts continue to struggle with what the proper policies should be. Orange County Public Sc...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-27-2022
January 27, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.81 MBThe World Health Organization said there were 21 million new cases last week and that’s the highest weekly number of the entire pandemic. However, despite that, the number of deaths was mostly unchanged. It also said the rate of increase appears to be slowing, with only half of regions reporting an increase. The biggest increase was seen in the Middle East. The restrictions have begun to fall away. Starting today in England, face coverings are no longer required anywhere in the country and...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-26-2022
January 26, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.56 MBThe U.S. administration has thrown in the towel, withdrawing its rule requiring workers at big companies get vaccinated or face regular testing. The rule would have impacted more than 80 million U.S. workers and was to go into effect January 4. The Supreme Court halted the plan saying the Occupational Safety and Health Administration overstepped its authority. The battle over facemasks in schools rages on in New York. An appeals judge restored the mask mandate one day after a judge in a low...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-25-2022
January 25, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.08 MBThe head of the World Health Organization says it’s a mistake to think Omicron is the last variant that will emerge. And as sorta proof, a sub-lineage of Omicron, BA.2, is under formal investigation by the UK Health Security Agency. 426 cases in the UK so far, and it’s been spotted in the United States. It’s called “stealth Omicron” because it can’t be distinguished from other variants using PCR tests. So far, they feel current vaccinations work well against it. If you’re wondering how oft...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-24-2022
January 24, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 6.97 MBSo with things winding down for the moment, just how many more boosters are we going to need? The CEO of Pfizer says a once a year shot should eventually do the trick, and that would, for any number of reasons, be preferable to a booster shot needed every four months. He said Pfizer could be ready to file for approval of a redesigned vaccine to fight Omicron, and mass produce it, as soon as March. But in Israel, they’re a fan of boosters. Their Health Ministry said a fourth dose given to...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-21-2022
January 21, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.37 MBSpain is planning a different approach to future surges of infection. It won’t be treated as an emergency, it’ll be seen as an illness that’s here to stay. Portugal and Britain are taking similar steps. “Learning to live with the vaccine” used to be a philosophy attacked as anti-science and irresponsible government, but the tune is changing. The World Health Organization actually has no criteria for declaring COVID an endemic disease. Here’s another thing that used to be attacked with regul...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-20-2022
January 20, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.24 MBNow you’ll start to hear stories about the quest to return to normalcy. In the U.K., masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and COVID passports won’t be required for large events. Why? They’re seeing infections level off. Scientists there believe the Omicron surge “has now peaked nationally.” The Prime Minister also said hospital admissions and patients in ICU are stabilizing or falling. Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated. That reverses a plan it ...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-19-2022
January 19, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.4 MBThe U.S. quietly launched its website for Americans to request free at-home COVID tests a day early. It’s COVIDTests.gov and the order form is run by the U.S. Postal Service. You can get four at-home tests per residential address. The White House said, “tests will typically ship within 7- 12 days of ordering” and they are anticipating a “bug or two.” The World Health Organization’s chief scientist says there is no evidence that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of COVID va...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-18-2022
January 18, 2022 10:00 - 4 minutes - 6.79 MBBrace yourself, here’s a story about how more vaccine shots may not always be the answer. An Israeli hospital’s preliminary research suggests a fourth dose of vaccine adds only limited defense against Omicron. That makes things a little tricky politically because Israel just started giving people over age 60 fourth shots. The US Surgeon General says don’t get too enamored of the good news you’ve been hearing. He says the Omicron wave started later in some parts of the country, so we sho...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-17-2022
January 17, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.66 MBThe US Department of Health and Human Services extended the Covid public health emergency for another 90 days. This will allow many public health protections and financial aid programs to keep going at least another three months. And states have been promised 60 days’ notice prior to any expiration of the emergency status in the future. This is the eighth extension. France approved a law 215-58 that will ban unvaccinated citizens from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues, essenti...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-14-2022
January 14, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.34 MBThe highest court in the land has ruled against the White House’s requirement that large businesses require employees to get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job. And enforce all that. The good news for the White House is the court is allowing it to proceed with vaccine mandates for most healthcare workers. Looks like supply chain problems also apply to COVID drugs. Two brand-new pills anticipated to be an effective tool against the pandemic are in short supply. As suc...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-13-2022
January 13, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.4 MBA report says around 458 local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2021, an increase of 55% and the most since 1930. 301 of those were Covid-related, making that the leading cause of death. That was also true in 2020 when at least 182 officers died of the virus. You’ll notice that even as the vaccines open up to new, younger groups of people, the vaccination numbers in our daily report don’t seem to move very much. Authorities are starting to wor...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-12-2022
January 12, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.38 MBReinforcing just how lucky we are that Omicron is mostly mild, the World Health Organization says the variant is on track to infect more than half of all Europeans. The organization added they don’t think it should be viewed as a flu-like endemic illness yet either. The acting head of the FDA said most Americans will get COVID. Quebec is going to start charging adults who won’t get vaccinated a financial penalty. That’s the first time a government in Canada has taken this step. The amount o...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-11-2022
January 11, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.3 MBFree tests are coming for American citizens, perhaps just in time for you to not need them. Starting Saturday, private health insurers must cover up to eight home COVID tests per month for people on their plans. Everyone else can submit receipts for reimbursement. This depends on your ability to find COVID tests. Later this month, the government is launching a website to start making 500 million at-home tests available via mail. We all kinda figured out this was true, but it’s still a litt...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-10-2022
January 10, 2022 10:00COVID cases might be beginning to slow down. Looking just at New York, for the first time since mid-December, hospitalizations decreased by almost 100 patients Saturday. The daily percentage of new positive cases declined slightly for the third day in a row. This mirrors the trajectory in South Africa, which was a large spike, followed by a steep decline. No steep decline yet in the U.S. but the numbers look promising. The director of the CDC clarified the number of COVID hospitalizations ...
Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant information for January 7th, 2022.
January 07, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.05 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for January 7th, 2022. As with previous variants, Omicron is sidelining people we really need. More than 800 Los Angeles city police and fire personnel have been sidelined, which is adding to 911 response times. There’s also the absent health care workers and teachers. One in six of San Francisco's 3,600 teachers were out Thursday. Administrators and substitutes are stepping in but there’s not enough teachers for every classroo...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-06-2022
January 06, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.23 MBSo what’s really going on at hospitals? We hear Omicron is mild yet hospitalizations are so high systems are breaking. Mostly, the pain is from staff shortages, a combination of self-imposed shortages due to vaccine mandates and staff home sick with Omicron. ERs are getting crushed with people trying to just get tested for COVID. And two-thirds of patients in some places, test positive while in the hospital for something else. Hospitals are saying COVID patients aren’t as sick as in previous...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-05-2022
January 05, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.27 MBThe U.S. added more than 1 million people to its case count Monday that encompasses a surge in infections over the holidays. It doesn’t really count as a single day record since much of the reporting was delayed and came in all at once. But on the other hand, many are testing at home and don’t report to authorities, which means the numbers are probably being underestimated if anything. The CDC says Omicron now makes up around 95.4% of new cases. Speaking of those at home tests, you may not...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-04-2022
January 04, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.11 MBAnother Covid variant has reportedly been found in France. The mutant strain has 46 mutations. About 12 cases have been spotted near Marseille, with the first linked to travel to Cameroon. But there’s little sign it’s outcompeting the dominant Omicron variant, which now makes up more than 60% of cases in France, and the strain has not spread rapidly since its discovery December 10. It's a little chaotic out there as schools and workplaces try to figure out what to do now that the holidays a...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 01-03-2022
January 03, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.12 MBTop federal health officials in the U.S. are now looking to add a negative test along with its five-day isolation restrictions for Americans who test positive but have no symptoms. You keeping up with all this? The CDC is adding the test not because of science, but due to pushback on its new recommendations of last week that isolation be shortened from 10 days to five. Does anyone want to be in charge anymore? The US President said recently he doesn’t believe there’s a federal answer to COV...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 12-31-2021
December 31, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.06 MBLots of concern about the number of children being hospitalized with COVID, and most of them aren’t vaccinated. The CDC says during the week of Dec. 22-28, an average 378 children 17 and under were admitted daily with the coronavirus, a 66% increase from the prior week. While it’s not being reported whether these cases are Delta or Omicron, the kids do seem less sick than those who came in during the Delta surge. As expected, Israel has approved dose number four the vaccine for the most vu...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 12-30-2021
December 30, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for December 30th, 2021. Whoops. Germany’s health minister said their infection rate is likely two to three times higher than the statistics that have been reported. He said there’s a shortfall in staff that becomes particularly noticeable over holiday periods at local health offices, and that’s a key part of Germany's reporting chain. France is taking the record-breaking surge seriously, increasing the pressure on the unvacci...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 12-29-2021
December 29, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.84 MBThe US Tuesday broke the previous record for most daily cases as infections accelerate. And most experts are saying Omicron is going to make for a very difficult January. One CNN medical analyst thinks the US could see half a million cases a day sometime over the next week to 10 days. The rate of booster doses has actually fallen in recent weeks. Only 32.7% of the U.S.’s fully vaccinated population is boosted. As it often has, the new CDC guidance around isolating and quarantining has le...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 12-28-2021
December 28, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.46 MBThe CDC shortened its isolation and quarantine recommendations for Americans based on data that if you’re infected, you’re most contagious two days before and three days after symptoms show up. If you’re infected, regardless of vaccination status, when you test positive you should isolate for five days, instead of the previously recommended 10. After that, if you have no symptoms, you can go back to normal but wear a mask everywhere — even at home around others — at least five more days. If ...
Coronavirus vaccine and COVID variant updates for 12-27-2021
December 27, 2021 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.39 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for December 27th, 2021. New extreme restrictions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, mostly effecting the hospitality and leisure industry. Each nation’s rules are different, but all feature limits on the size of gatherings, social distancing requirements, and tougher rules for pubs, restaurants and venues. Examples, in Wales even outdoor events are capped at 50 people, and in Northern Ireland, nightclubs must shut down, ...