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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/Kpit8VcHkrg?si=8YRI2j_Y3A6WLUFP

NY Times

  • Gov. Sherrill Demands Access to ICE Facility as Hunger Strike Widens
  • Netanyahu Says Israel Plans to Intensify Attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon
  • Main Takeaways From Pope Leo’s Encyclical on A.I.
  • After Defeat, Massie Opens Door to a 2028 Run. Which Office Is Unclear.
  • Ferrari Unveils Luce, Its First Fully Electric Car
https://youtu.be/-oGdWn0Qz1s?si=xPjgUuiNIlpj9kq5

NPR

  • 'My body carried me,' Elizabeth Smart says. Now she's celebrating it
  • California chemical tank has cracked, causing state of emergency, thousands to evacuate
  • The Enhanced Games are Sunday. Here's what to know about the controversial event
  • SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
  • SpaceX to launch Starship rocket Friday after delay
https://youtu.be/43K2pPExXms?si=NbrYUf1m4HPj1xc7

The Progressive

  • Every Worker Deserves Paid Leave
  • A Shortage of Special Educators Is Becoming a Crisis of Trust
  • Protect English Learners in Nation’s Schools
  • Got a Bedroom? Get a Benefit Cut
  • The Unspoken Abyss
https://youtu.be/6oomXq2Q7Jc?si=94qqOcBIzoYSk2gd

FactCheck.org

  • RFK Jr.’s Muddled Claims on Drug Approval Speed
  • Ad in Texas GOP Runoff Attacks Cornyn on Immigration, Islam
  • What Will Happen To Gasoline Prices When the Iran War Ends?
  • Who’s Paying for the White House Ballroom?
  • Republicans Repeat Problematic Estimate of Medication Abortion Harms
https://youtu.be/KU5V5WZVcVE?si=4rbzf6zpzIFXMrLl

Snopes.com

  • Don't trust ads claiming Bill Gates created Alzheimer's cure called 'Brain Honey'
  • Did Aaron Rodgers see shadowy 'hat man' when high on ayahuasca in Peru?
  • Real photos show snowy owl with orange markings that stumped scientists
  • 10 claims about Turning Point USA, investigated
  • Did Warren Buffett warn of Trump declaring martial law and 'canceling' democracy? Here's the truth
https://youtu.be/QP_i-ZiFwe0?si=Sk4dM2FqidIAtyQH

Tradeoffs

  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?
  • Call to Mind: The Fifth Branch
  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
https://youtu.be/q6evARV6JE0?si=mrcFzjE5Q3R4zH15

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