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Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-06-2021
August 06, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 6th, 2021. The head of the CDC says the number of daily cases in the US has surged more than 40% from the previous week. And across the board, they’re seeing increases in cases and hospitalizations across all age groups. Moderna believes people who got two doses of its vaccine will need a third dose before winter as a booster shot. They’re also working on a single shot that would be an annual booster for COVID...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-05-2021
August 05, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 5th, 2021. Yesterday we had an Axios poll that shows unvaccinated Americans mostly blame foreigners visiting the United States for the surge in the Delta variant. And apparently the White House agrees with them. The administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated. Travel restrictions curtailing international travel to the U.S. have long been in place,...
This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant information for August 4th, 2021.
August 04, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.47 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 4th, 2021. In New York City, you’ll soon have to show proof of vaccination if you want to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a show, or go to the gym. It’s the first big city in the U.S. to put restrictions like that back in place. And they’ll be rolled out over the course of weeks. The Mayor said “What we want to nail is bluntly, showing life is much better when you’re vaccinated. You have more freedom.” The America...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-03-2021
August 03, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 3rd, 2021. It’s a month late from the US administration’s goal but 70% of U.S. adults have had at least one shot of a vaccine, according to the CDC. Some health officials say it’s a big step toward reaching so-called herd immunity, while others say herd immunity is misleading and the best we can do is reduce the impact of and learn to live with COVID -19. The seven-day average of daily cases in the U.S. has now surp...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-02-2021
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.24 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 2nd, 2021. There are some signs vaccinations in the US are going up now that the Delta variant surge has become undeniable. 816,203 doses were administered Saturday, the 5th straight day the CDC recorded more than 700,000 shots in arms. Saturday was also the third day in a row the 7-day average of people getting their first shots topped 400,000. Which is not to say there isn’t still resistance around the world...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-30-2021
July 30, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 30th, 2021. This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for July 30th, 2021. The EU has passed the U.S. in Covid-19 vaccinations. Inoculations in the 27 member countries are at a sustained pace while America’s effort has stalled. The EU has boosted its figure by 9 percentage points just in the past month. As expected, the US administration announced a number of new steps to inc...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-29-2021
July 29, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.07 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 29th, 2021. After the CDC changed its guidance for even the vaccinated to go back to wearing masks indoors in certain areas, mask rules across the nation reacted in a range of ways. That includes cities, states, schools, and businesses. Nevada and Kansas City swiftly re-imposed indoor masking. But governors in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina are resisting. Ford is reinstating masking at facilities in Misso...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-28-2021
July 28, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 28th, 2021. The CDC has again altered its mask guidance, recommending even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas with "substantial" and "high" transmission. That pretty much includes two-thirds of all US counties. A source says new unpublished data showing vaccinated people with the Delta variant can have as much virus as the unvaccinated was the main driver for the CDC's change. The White House is...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-27-2021
July 27, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 27th, 2021. California and New York City announced they will require all government employees to get the vaccine or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. It’s not clear what happens if employees refuse. The announcements are seen as a possible “opening of the floodgates” as more government entities and companies impose vaccine mandates. The Department of Veterans Affairs became the first major federal agency to requi...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-26-2021
July 26, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.7 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 26th, 2021. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff warned that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if infection numbers reach new heights in the coming months. That has politicians there very divided. The unvaccinated may be banned from restaurants, movie theaters and sports stadiums. Apparently believing lack of access to them is the problem, the White House is considering sending ma...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-23-2021
July 23, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 5.02 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 23rd, 2021. Instead of stories today we’ll be answering some questions many people might be having about breakthrough cases. Cases of COVID in those who have been fully vaccinated. Do the vaccines work against Delta? So far, research shows they’re holding up well against it. A June study from the U.K. found the Pfizer vaccine is 96% effective against hospitalization from the delta variant after two doses. ...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-22-2021
July 22, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 22nd, 2021. Cases nearly tripled in the U.S. over the past two weeks. Hospitals are again canceling elective surgeries and procedures. Just 56.2% of Americans have gotten even one dose of the vaccine. New Orleans has become one of many cities that have gone back to “strongly recommending” mask-wearing indoors. They’re hoping to avoid total shutdowns that devastate tourism economies. Hospitalizations in New Orleans fo...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-21-2021
July 21, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 21st, 2021. The CDC Director said the Delta variant is now estimated to make up 83% of all sequenced Covid-19 cases in the U.S. That’s a dramatic rise from 50% the week of July 3. Dr. Rochelle Walensky told a Senate hearing nearly two-thirds of the counties in the U.S. have vaccinated less than 40% of residents. Fatalities have risen nearly 48% over the past week. In the UK, seven areas have been identified as h...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-20-2021
July 20, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 20th, 2021. A federal judge has ruled Indiana University can require its roughly 90,000 students and 40,000 employees to get vaccinated. The judge rejected a request to block the requirement from eight students who are suing that the policy violated their constitutional rights by forcing them to receive unwanted medical treatment. With restrictions ending, cases up 41%, the UK Health Secretary testing positive f...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-19-2021
July 19, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.61 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 19th, 2021. The U.S. surgeon general is attempting to sound the alarm about what’s ahead. Cases are increasing in every state, millions of Americans are still unvaccinated, and the highly contagious Delta variant is spreading rapidly. He said nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the unvaccinated. It doesn’t appear scare tactics are going to work. A CBS News poll shows unvaccinated and partially vaccinated...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-16-2021
July 16, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.73 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 16th, 2021. The masks are back. Los Angeles County will again require masks be worn indoors even by those who have been vaccinated. California fully reopened its economy June 15 and did away with capacity limits and social distancing. Africa recorded a 43% jump in COVID-19 deaths last week. Infections and hospitalizations have risen, and, in some places, there are shortages of oxygen and ICU beds. The continent...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-15-2021
July 15, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 15th, 2021. It’s a bad combination in the U.S.; young and unvaccinated. They’re the ones showing up at hospitals across the country, some even landing in ICU and on ventilators. The CDC says slightly fewer than half of 18 to 24 and 25 to 39-year-olds are fully vaccinated. Former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb says the delta variant will keep causing problems maybe into October and will get worse before it gets ...
Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 7-14-2021
July 14, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 14th, 2021. COVID-19 is rising again in the U.S. after months of decline. In fact, the number of new cases per day doubled over the past three weeks. That’s attributed to the delta variant, lagging vaccination rates, and Fourth of July gatherings. Only Maine and South Dakota did not have case numbers go up over the past two weeks. Yesterday we told you the Dutch Prime Minister apologized for an error in judgemen...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-13-2021
July 13, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 6.45 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 13th, 2021. The World Health Organization’s director-general rebuked vaccine manufacturers focused on getting booster shots to high-income countries. He says they should instead be focusing on providing vaccine to nations that have had little access to first doses. The Dutch Prime Minister has apologized for what he called “an error of judgment” in relaxing the Netherlands' coronavirus lockdown. It’s a move beli...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-12-2021
July 12, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.02 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 12th, 2021. Los Angeles County’s spike in Covid cases continued Saturday, with a second-consecutive 1,000-plus tally of daily infections. Friday doubled the number reported a week before and was the county’s highest daily figure since March. The number’s especially alarming because tallies are usually lower on weekends since there are fewer tests and lags in reporting. Thousands of Cubans took to the streets yes...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-09-2021
July 09, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 9th, 2021. Scientists believe they’re starting to understand the delta variant more. They seem to mostly agree it is the most contagious version, spreading about 225% faster than the original. And a new study says delta grows faster inside our respiratory tracts and to much higher levels. On average, people infected with the delta variant had about 1,000x more copies of the virus in their respiratory tracts than those ...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-08-2021
July 08, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.65 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 8th, 2021. The World Health Organization is getting nervous COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted way too soon considering the rate at which the delta variant is spreading. Its head of emergencies urged countries "not to lose the gains you've made". England, in particular, is coming under heated questioning and criticism for lifting restrictions July 19. And here’s the reason that criticism is happening. A new...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-07-2021
July 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 7th, 2021. The CDC says the delta variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S., accounting for more than 51% of COVID-19 cases. In parts of the U.S., Midwestern states like Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa, delta accounts for more than 80% of new infections. New data from Israel shows the Pfizer vaccine appears less effective at preventing COVID-19 cases from the delta variant but it’s still highly effective at preventing...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-06-2021
July 06, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.74 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 6th, 2021. A very politically charged decision in Britain, which plans to get rid of laws requiring face masks and social distancing later this month despite surging delta variant numbers. The Prime Minister has even admitted doing so will likely drive the number of cases higher. While he stressed the pandemic is far from over, he said Britain would have to “learn to live with this virus.” Super spreader events are st...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-05-2021
July 05, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.67 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 5th, 2021. We know the U.S. did not reach its goal of partially vaccinating 70% of Americans by July 4. But 20 states did. But there are some states where the vaccination level is 35% or less. The World Health Organization said the variants are moving faster than the global vaccine rollout. It’s urging leaders to speed up vaccinations or risk being overwhelmed. Delta’s been detected in at least 98 countries and is spr...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-02-2021
July 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 2nd, 2021. The African Union’s envoy tasked with procuring vaccines is blasting Europe, saying “not one dose, not one vial, has left a European factory for Africa.” The continent is experiencing a crushing third surge. The envoy accuses COVAX of withholding the fact key donors aren’t delivering on the money they promised the program. A leading vaccination country is struggling as well. Israel reported its highest dai...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 7-01-2021
July 01, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.68 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 1st, 2021. A new Oxford University study shows AstraZeneca and Pfizer’s vaccine remain broadly effective against Delta and Kappa variants. They looked at the ability of antibodies in the blood from vaccinated people to neutralize those variants. The study did show the concentration of neutralizing antibodies was somewhat reduced, which explains some breakthrough infections. We’ve said it many times; we report the numb...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-30-2021
June 30, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.76 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 30th, 2021. A new poll shows Americans are worried about the Delta variant…just not worried enough to do anything about it. The Ipsos poll shows more than 70% are at least somewhat concerned about it, but only 55% are wearing a mask all or sometimes when they leave the house and only 34% social distanced in the past week. And even if there was a new spike in cases, respondents were mostly unlikely to say they’d star...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-29-2021
June 29, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.83 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 29th, 2021. The World Health Organization says get your masks back on. Even if you’re fully vaccinated, mask up and go back to social distancing. But CDC guidance is that “fully vaccinated people can resume activities without a mask or physically distancing.” Plus, experts say vaccines authorized in the U.S. remain largely effective against the Delta variant. So again, we have public health bureaucracies thoroughly con...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-28-2021
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.8 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 28th, 2021. The delta variant continues to turn back the clock. Moscow had a record 144 deaths in 24 hours yesterday. Germany declared Portugal a “virus-variant zone”, banning most arrivals from that country and is trying to ban British travelers from all EU countries regardless of vaccination status. Greece warned strict local lockdowns may be needed over the summer in some areas. Indonesia recorded a new high in dail...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-25-2021
June 25, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.87 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 25th, 2021. We’re starting to see things move backwards. The coronavirus czar in Israel announced the indoor mask mandate will be reimposed early next week to stem the rise in cases. Yesterday was the highest daily tally in months. The country has one of the highest inoculation rates in the world, but it’s still far from the 80% figure needed to mark herd immunity. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe is “on th...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-24-2021
June 24, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 24th, 2021. The New York Times reports a researcher in Seattle uncovered deleted files that show 13 partial genetic sequences for some of the earliest cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan. They don’t reveal the true origin of the virus but do firm up the idea it was circulating earlier than the outbreak at the Wuhan seafood market. About a year ago 241 genetic sequences from coronavirus patients went missing from an online datab...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-23-2021
June 23, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 23rd, 2021. More than 150 employees at a Houston hospital system who refused the vaccine have been fired or have resigned. This after a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by an employee against the system about their vaccine requirement. The judge said any claims that the vaccines are experimental or dangerous are false. The Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services reports that deaths among Medica...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-22-2021
June 22, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.58 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 22nd, 2021. The World Health Organization warned the delta variant is the fastest and strongest strain yet, one that will “pick off” the most vulnerable. And by most vulnerable, they mean the unvaccinated. It called the fact we haven’t protected front line workers a catastrophic moral failure at a global level. Delta has now spread to 92 countries. Indonesia had its largest one-day jump in new infections yesterday. Th...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-21-2021
June 21, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.55 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 21st, 2021. The CDC said the Delta variant now makes up at least 10% of all US cases. That’s up from 2.7% of cases on May 22, which illustrates just how fast this variant spreads. The CDC also now designated Delta as a variant of concern, meaning it may carry a risk of more severe illness and transmissibility. In the United Kingdom—it now accounts for 90% of cases. The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccin...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-18-2021
June 18, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.22 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 18th, 2021. The surge in the U.K. is picking up steam with new cases going over 10,000 for the first time in nearly four months. The chief medical adviser said the surge “will definitely translate into further hospitalizations and further deaths.” In Africa, cases rose over 20% week-on-week in nearly two dozen countries and only 0.79% of the continent is fully vaccinated. Five countries, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia,...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-17-2021
June 17, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.58 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 17th, 2021. It’s the return of travel. The European Union is recommending its member countries start lifting restrictions on tourists from the United States. The recommendation is non-binding, and different governments can require whatever tests or shots it feels are necessary to make sure tourists don’t pose a risk. Not all vaccines work so well. German vaccine maker CureVac said interim data from late-stage testing ...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-16-2021
June 16, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.79 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 16th, 2021. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 600,000 yesterday. That’s greater than the population of Baltimore or Milwaukee and equal to the number of Americans who died of cancer in 2019. Deaths have dropped to an average of 340 a day, with cases running at about 14,000 a day. California is open. It was the first state to put a lockdown in place. No more state rules on social distancing or capacity lim...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-15-2021
June 15, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 15th, 2021. The U.S. is not going to meet its vaccination goal and a new report from Stanford and the Kaiser Family Foundation points out why. The only demographic projected to exceed a 70% vaccination rate of at least one dose by July 4 are Asians. Whites are projected to be at 66% by that date, Hispanics at 63%, and Black Americans at 51%. The pace of vaccinations would need to speed up significantly to hit the natio...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-14-2021
June 14, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 14th, 2021. An eye-opening statistic from Johns Hopkins, especially for those who think the pandemic was a 2020 thing. More people worldwide have died of COVID-19 already this year than during all of last year. 1.89 million reported in 2021 compared to the 1.88 million deaths counted as of December 31, 2020. Worldwide, an average of more than 9,000 deaths from COVID are still confirmed daily. With the Prime Minister ...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-11-2021
June 11, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 4.46 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 11th, 2021. Not a trend you want to see. The number of new daily cases and deaths in the U.S. rose for the third-straight day. The number of states that have seen the weekly trend of new cases rise this week inched up to 15 on Thursday from 14 on Wednesday. The remaining Group of Seven nations said we see America’s donation of 500 million vaccine doses for poorer nations and…well we won’t each match it but the s...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-10-2021
June 10, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.65 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 10th, 2021. Yesterday we told you San Francisco might be the first major city to reach herd immunity. But yesterday Seattle’s Mayor declared 70% of that city’s residents 12+ have been fully vaccinated. The effort now is to get Seattle fully reopened and people supporting local small retailers and restaurants, arts and culture programming, and transit. U.S. taxpayers will apparently buy 500 million more doses of the Pf...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-09-2021
June 09, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.66 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 9th, 2021. Experts say San Francisco may have become the first major city in the United States to hit herd immunity. Yes, there are still about 137 cases a day, but they aren’t gaining enough of a foothold to trigger wider outbreaks. And that, for all practical purposes, is what herd immunity looks like. Nearly 80% of residents have received at least one shot with 68% fully vaccinated. While San Francisco and some ot...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-08-2021
June 08, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 8th, 2021. Increasing vaccinations in the U.S. from this point on may prove difficult. A Gallup survey shows 76% of U.S. adults say they’ve been vaccinated or plan to be, a number that hasn’t moved much in three months. Among those not planning to be vaccinated, 78% say they won’t reconsider. 53% of U.S. adults say they’re worried about people choosing not to get vaccinated, and it’s now the public's greatest worry abo...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-07-2021
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.71 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 7th, 2021. The Group of Seven is a summit of the world’s wealthier democracies, it’s happening next week, and the UK will use that occasion to urge world leaders to commit to vaccinating the world by the end of 2022. Britain pledged in February to give most of its surplus supply to COVAX, the U.N.-backed program to vaccinate poorer countries. There might be a new kind of COVID-19 vaccine as soon as this summer. It’s b...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-04-2021
June 04, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.62 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 4th, 2021. The United States sends its first shipments of surplus vaccine doses abroad today. 80 million doses by the end of June to start with. 75% of the first 25 million doses will be allotted through COVAX, the international distribution system to help with vaccinations in the world's poorest countries. California will fully reopen in less than two weeks and do away with almost all mask and social distancing...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-03-2021
June 03, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.22 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 3rd, 2021. CDC data shows twelve U.S. states now have 70% of adult residents who’ve had at least one Covid vaccine shot. California and Maryland are the newest to hit that mark, joining Vermont, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. The national goal is to have one shot or more administered to 70% of those 18 and older by July 4. It’s a q...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-02-2021
June 02, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 6.95 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 2nd, 2021. Good decisions come from good data and throughout the pandemic the data has been questionable. Case in point, Peru has more than doubled its official death toll after a government review. That instantly makes it the country with the highest coronavirus-related death rate per capita. And just 3% of Latin Americans have been fully vaccinated. In the UK, they’re dwelling on good news. There were no deaths fro...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 6-01-2021
June 01, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for June 1st, 2021. The World Health Organization announced from now on, coronavirus variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing and discriminating against nations where they were first detected. The UK variant will be known as Alpha, the South Africa Beta, Brazil will be Gamma, and India Delta. They also considered naming the variants after Greek Gods. New coronavirus cases leaped 73% in Wa...
Coronavirus vaccine news, updates and information for 5-31-2021
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 4.85 MBThis is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for May 31st, 2021. A hospital in Houston is being sued by 117 employees who say it’s turning them into vaccine “guinea pigs” and breaking the law by requiring they get the shot. The lawsuit alleges compulsory vaccines violate the Nuremberg Code, created as a reaction to Nazi medical experiments. However, updated guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says yes, employers of all kinds can require the vaccin...