THREAD: Rumors & misinformation can easily circulate within communities during a crisis. Pictured is an example of a rumor or misinformation we have seen recently. There are multiple posts on social media reporting a death in Alabama of a recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine... 1/6
....on December 15. The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has reached out to all hospitals in the state which administered the COVID-19 vaccine and confirmed there have been no deaths of vaccine recipients. The posts are untrue. 2/6
Safety standards and post vaccine monitoring procedures are in place to ensure the health and well-being of vaccine recipients. Hospitals continue to work diligently to protect the health and well being of frontline healthcare workers in their fight against this deadly virus. 3/6
Do your part to the stop the spread of rumors by doing three easy things:
- Find trusted sources of information.
- Share information from trusted sources.
- Discourage others from sharing information from unverified sources. 4/6
To find trusted sources, look for information from official public health and safety authorities. Federal, state and local government websites or social media accounts are good sources for instruction and information specific to your community. 5/6
Visit our COVID-19 Vaccine page: go.usa.gov/x7Vym for more information on finding credible, trusted vaccine information. 6/6
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THREAD: The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reports that COVID-19 cases are increasing in the state, as indicated by case numbers reported today. These numbers do not reflect a backlog of data and include both confirmed and probable cases. 1/8
Preliminary analysis indicates that a large number of these cases are from social gatherings of more than 10 persons, including attendance at such events as fall or Halloween parties, sporting events, work-related meetings, and church-sponsored activities. 2/8
Other contributors to these numbers are cases in the preschool, school, and college-age population, as well as some cases in healthcare workers, congregate settings, long-term care, and travel. 3/8
THREAD: The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) receives laboratory reports for notifiable diseases through its electronic system. During the #COVID19 pandemic, PCR, and now antigen tests, have been the diagnostic tests used to detect SARS-CoV-2. 1/8
Only PCR and antigen tests are considered for case reporting and investigation by ADPH. Our Confirmed and Probable Cases provided on our Data Dashboard do not include antibody tests for COVID-19. Some providers have ordered and continue to order antibody tests for COVID-19. 2/8
Antibody testing is not a diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV-2 but may be useful in surveillance, in persons with late or unusual presentations of COVID-19, or in patients with late complications of COVID-19 such as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). 3/8