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Targeted online ads are being used to promote coronavirus vaccinations

Thu, 2021-08-26 18:12 — mike kraft

Telling conservatives it’s a shot to ‘restore our freedoms’: How online ads are promoting coronavirus vaccination Long criticized as invasive, discriminatory and divisive, microtargeted advertising has become an important tool in the battle to boost vaccination rates across the United States. Jeremy Merrill, Drew Harwell Washington Post

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The 'vast majority' of U.S. COVID-19 deaths are still unvaccinated adults 65 and older

Thu, 2021-08-26 16:03 — mike kraft

The 'vast majority' of U.S. COVID-19 deaths are still unvaccinated adults 65 and older Peter Weber, Senior editor YahooNews

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This Delta variant is changing the game' for children -- pediatrician

Thu, 2021-08-26 15:44 — mike kraft

'This Delta variant is changing the game' for children, pediatrician explains The Delta variant of the coronavirus has shown to be more contagious than previous versions, particularly for the unvaccinated, and that's creating a level of risk for children that didn't arise in 2020. Adriana Belmonte Yahoo

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The California and Florida Covid-19 experiences: Sharp contrasts in cases

Wed, 2021-08-25 23:01 — mike kraft

Florida is the only state where more people are dying of COVID now than ever before. What went wrong? Ron DeSantis is the first (and so far only) governor in the U.S.

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Overview: Research on monoclonal antibodies to protect against COVID-19 variants

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:43 — mike kraft

COVID SCIENCE-Researchers seek powerful antibody against many variants; breakthrough cases may be less infectious Two separate research teams last week reported on laboratory tests of monoclonal antibodies that appear to protect against a broad range of COVID-19 virus variants. One study, published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine bit.ly/3kgzEZU, identified "high-level, broad-spectrum" antibodies in blood samples from survivors of the original SARS outbreak in 2003 who recently received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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More colleges are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Some are starting to kick out unvaccinated students.

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:34 — mike kraft

More colleges are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Some are starting to kick out unvaccinated students. Students who don't get vaccinated against COVID-19 risk paying thousands for coronavirus testing, loss of WiFi on campus and even disenrollment. Lindsay Schnell USA TODAY

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Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses

Wed, 2021-08-25 15:28 — mike kraft

Thailand develops robotic system to squeeze out more vaccine doses As Thailand struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet, researchers in the country have developed a machine to draw out COVID-19 vaccine doses more efficiently and optimise lower-than-expected supplies. Juarawee Kittisilpa Reuters

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Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19, CDC study says

Wed, 2021-08-25 14:52 — mike kraft

Unvaccinated 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19, A study found that unvaccinated people in Los Angeles County were 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than the fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Justine Coleman TheHill

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New UK study: COVID vaccine protection wanes within six months

Wed, 2021-08-25 14:45 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine protection wanes within six months - UK researchers Protection against COVID-19 offered by two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months, underscoring the need for booster shots, according to researchers in Britain. William Schomberg,Ludwig Burger Reuters

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Johnson & Johnson booster shot prompts large increase in immune response, company says

Wed, 2021-08-25 14:33 — mike kraft

Johnson & Johnson says booster shot provides 'rapid and robust' Covid antibody increase Johnson & Johnson said a booster shot of its vaccine provides a nine-fold increase in Covid antibodies. NBC News

Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday that studies show a booster shot of its vaccine provides a "rapid and robust increase" in Covid-19 antibodies when used on people who have already received its first dose.

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