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Adults who haven't gotten the new booster yet have options: You can choose either Moderna's or Pfizer and BioNTech's bivalent formulas. Adults who don't want either might be able to get Novavax as a booster instead.

Here's what we know about the updated boosters.

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Britain is little better prepared for future pandemics - Former UK vaccine chief

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:31 — mike kraft

Britain is little better prepared for future pandemics - Former UK vaccine chief Britain is only marginally better prepared for another pandemic than it was for COVID-19, the former head of Britain's vaccine taskforce said on Wednesday, criticising how some structures that helped it emerge from the pandemic had been dismantled. Alistair Smout Reuters

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Opinion: There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:20 — mike kraft

There is no such thing as 'herd immunity.' Why the ongoing dangers of COVID-19 are real Testing, masking, avoiding indoor crowded settings and keeping vaccinations and boosters up to date are the best strategies we have to stay safe YahooNews

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Paxlovid: Major new study into whether it can treat long Covid

Wed, 2022-11-30 09:10 — mike kraft

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out Experts hope the antiviral may help those who have never fully recovered from Covid. NBC News

Paxlovid — the most widely-used medication that people can take at home to treat an active case of Covid — is now being studied as a potential treatment for those who have remained sick months or even years following infection.

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Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit --new study

Tue, 2022-11-29 18:08 — mike kraft

New data: Screening for COVID at hospital entry of limited benefit

Screening nearly 1 million patients, visitors, and healthcare workers at the entrance of a large hospital for COVID-19 symptoms, exposures, or travel was of limited benefit at considerable cost, finds a Yale study published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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China: Vaccinespushed for older people, analysis of China's policy problems

Tue, 2022-11-29 09:36 — mike kraft

China targets older people in Covid-19 vaccination drive Plan to accelerate vaccine rates among people over 80 comes as police crack down on protests against country’s zero-Covid policy the Guardian

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The U.S. is ‘certainly’ still in a Covid-19 pandemic -- Dr. Fauci

Mon, 2022-11-28 19:28 — mike kraft

The U.S. is ‘certainly’ still in a Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci says

Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. is “certainly” still in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic and he is “very troubled” by the divisive state of American politics.
“I don’t care if you’re a far-right Republican or a far-left Democrat, everybody deserves to have the safety of good public health and that’s not happening.
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Uganda'extends Ebola epicentre's quarantine for 21 days

Mon, 2022-11-28 11:29 — mike kraft

Uganda's president extends Ebola epicentre's quarantine for 21 days Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country's Ebola outbreak by 21 days, adding that his government's response to the disease was succeeding. Reuters Reuters

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COVID pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, 9 out of 10 U.S. deaths among those 65 or older

Mon, 2022-11-28 10:34 — mike kraft

Covid deaths skew older, reviving questions about ‘acceptable loss’ The pandemic has become a plague of the elderly, with nearly 9 out of 10 deaths in people 65 or older. Washington Post

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More than 300 people are still dying each day on average from covid-19, most of them 65 or older, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While that’s much lower than the 2,000 daily toll at the peak of the delta wave, it is still roughly two to three times the rate at which people die of the flu — renewing debate about what is an “acceptable loss.”

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