Considering that vaccines can take years just to create — and that Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines went from concept to testing to deployment in less than a year — the pace is already swift. latimes.com/business/story…
On the manufacturing side, there’s a hustle to expand production to more factories, which need to be fitted out with specialized equipment, and to train workers.
And once made, Pfizer’s and Moderna’s vaccines must be kept at freezing temperatures. latimes.com/business/story…
The ultra-cold temperatures needed for Pfizer’s vaccine complicate the shipping process: Vials must be packed in freezer cases with dry ice, and a big shipment can contain more dry ice than is normally allowed on planes. latimes.com/business/story…
If production and shipping could be instantly ramped up, the bottleneck would be finding places for all those doses to be kept until use.
And, to truly control the pandemic, most people around the world need to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
One expert explained: “We’ve never distributed vaccines on this scale before...We’re talking about trying to reach the whole planet, essentially.” latimes.com/business/story…
Experts say the speed of the process has been a major achievement.
Singer @jessiej revealed on social media that she spent her Christmas Eve in the hospital after experiencing brief deafness due to an ear disorder latimes.com/entertainment-…
The 32-year-old “Bang Bang” singer has been diagnosed with Ménière’s disease.
She woke up Thursday and felt “completely deaf” in her right ear, and couldn’t walk in a straight line latimes.com/entertainment-…
“I know that a lot of people suffer from it and I’ve actually had a lot of people reach out to me and give me great advice," she's said.
Hilaria Baldwin, a New York wellness personality and yoga studio owner who's married to actor Alec Baldwin, came under fire for misrepresenting her heritage and nationality over several years latimes.com/entertainment-…
Baldwin admitted Sunday that she was not half-Spanish and that her given name is Hillary.
(Although she had claimed her place of birth was the Spanish island of Mallorca, she was born in Boston, internet sleuths found) latimes.com/entertainment-…
The scandal gained traction on Twitter as users posted threads appearing to show her story changing down the years through media appearances and others identifying themselves as her ex-classmates, saying her name was always “Hillary” latimes.com/entertainment-…
With the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, experts say the collection of names, addresses and other information will be vital to tracking the vaccines’ effectiveness.
There are concerns that the plan to collect personal information could stop some of those most vulnerable to the coronavirus from lining up for vaccination. latimes.com/business/story…
Among those who may be most hesitant to share personal information, state officials wrote, are migrant farm workers and those employed by meat-processing plants, which have had some of the nation’s largest workplace outbreaks of COVID-19. latimes.com/business/story…
In East L.A. nearly every street corner holds some sign of the virus that has stolen more than 24,000 lives statewide, widened the wealth gap and rewired the rhythms of how we mourn, learn, work and worship. latimes.com/california/sto…
It wasn’t yet noon and funeral home director Magda Maldonado had already overseen her second service of the day. She had another in four hours.
In less than a week, four of her employees had lost loved ones to COVID-19.
“I don’t have words,” she said.
Near the funeral home, in a storefront with signs boasting specials for quinceañeras and weddings, Elizabeth Garibay arranged flowers into funeral bouquets at J&I Florist — some of the only orders that haven’t dwindled during the pandemic.
“There have been moments ... moments of ‘I don’t want to f—ing go here,’ ‘I don’t want to walk out onto the carpet,’ ‘I don’t want to be seen,’ ‘I don’t want to be looked at and everyone’s going to be talking about me”
Patients in the ICU virtually connected with loved ones.
In this photo by @francineorr, registered nurse Kat Yi holds an iPad up to Eduardo Rojas, 50, so his wife Angelica can see him Christmas Day in the ICU at Providence St. Jude Medical Center.