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Tag: vaccines

  • Kintsugi
  • January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Vaccinated and test positive? What to know about omicron, COVID for this holiday season.

Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY As COVID-19 cases surge, fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus, Americans wonder how to approach the holidays a

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  • Prof Patty
  • March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Five things that must happen to get people vaccinated

BY PETER SULLIVAN – 03/13/21 06:55 AM EST Increase vaccine supply Get shots in arms, including in hard-to-reach communities Overcome vaccine hesitancy: An NPR-PBS-Marist poll relea

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

Phase 1a, 1b or 1c? Do You Know Your Coronavirus Vaccine Group?

Group 1a is health care workers and residents and staff of nursing homes, regardless of age. Group 1b is elderly people who are 75 or older and essential frontline workers, i.e. people with jobs in

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020October 31, 2020

I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial in New Jersey: Here’s what it’s been like since the shot

Lindy Washburn, NorthJersey.com  10/14/2020 On the afternoon of Sept. 22, I became a data point in the search for a vaccine to prevent COVID-19. That’s when I received the fir

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 31, 2020

Effective Flu Shots

4 Things You Can Do to Make Your Flu Shot More Effective Get vaccinated by the end of October for it to be most effective, according to the CDC A study in International Journal of Be

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https://youtu.be/QhMO5SSmiaA?si=9qGPlySay_fzk1NC

NY Times

  • Oil Prices Jump After Renewed Strikes in Gulf Put Shipping Recovery at Risk
  • Late Night Calls a Foul on Trump After His World Cup Intervention
  • Rush to Evacuate as ‘Beams Started Bending’ and Floors Sagged at Midtown Tower
  • A.I. Is Giving Us Answers Right Away. That’s Making Us Dumber.
  • Germans Don’t Love Budweiser. It Won’t Take No for an Answer.
https://youtu.be/zR9NHjDi4EA?si=7EcWRrNDifmDv42E

NPR

  • Extreme heat on Independence Day will be America's new normal, experts say
  • A rare flower is in a superbloom in the Rocky Mountains
  • Scientists are using 'superworms' as a safer, efficient way to clean animal skeletons
  • Researchers have created a synthetic cell that can adapt and learn survival skills
  • Scientists volunteer their time to document biodiversity in the Smokey Mountains
https://youtu.be/admZWRxqXW8?si=9MdUuoW2FSkxUccy

The Progressive

  • Fighting the Forces of Greed and Destruction
  • Restore Voting Rights for Former Prisoners
  • Finding a Voice Behind Bars
  • Watching the World Cup in Gaza
  • A Cruel Rule: Work or Lose Benefits
https://youtu.be/qsLQvBzgrLE?si=fBxhosLGTrnodMJv

FactCheck.org

  • Democratic Group Makes False Claim in Insider-Trading Ad Attacking Susan Collins
  • Democrats’ and Republicans’ Screwworm Blame Spin
  • Trump’s Dubious Claim that Birthright Citizenship Could Still Be Overturned with Legislation
  • Trump’s Unsupported Claims About Reflecting Pool Vandalism
  • How Trump’s Preliminary Deal with Iran Compares with His Rhetoric
https://youtu.be/l6jNaGJLYI0?si=uEKm7LFDrFqXXrid

Snopes.com

  • Posts claim photos show Montana police pulling over giant banana car. They're almost right
  • Did Trump post about stopping 'over 100 wars'?
  • Is Mitch McConnell 'brain-dead'? Rumor spreads amid growing health speculation
  • 25 AI-generated animal stories we've debunked
  • What we know about Mitch McConnell's health amid death and life support rumors
https://youtu.be/VM_Vw-MH6qQ?si=w57mHHuwZPB5G4D1

Tradeoffs

  • Making Medical Decisions with Uncertain Science
  • With Millions Expected to Lose Coverage, States Look for New Ways to Prevent Medical Debt
  • Medicaid Overhaul Complicates States’ Plans to Bring Care Into Jails and Prisons
  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
https://youtu.be/RCSYBeWuDhw?si=lyuMx-5CA9S7gj_1

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