Three-quarters of U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, setting a new milestone in the country’s fight against the pandemic.
Why do the other 25% risk getting very sick, hospitalized or dying? MISINFORMATION
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Why do the other 25% risk getting very sick, hospitalized or dying? MISINFORMATION
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"One out of every four COVID-19 infections recorded by the state in the most recent seven-day period were 19 or younger."
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Just as doctors feared, more children are getting hit hard by Covid-19 as the Delta variant tramples across the country.
"This virus is really going for the people who are not vaccinated. And among those people are children and teens."
cnn.com/2021/09/08/hea…
"This virus is really going for the people who are not vaccinated. And among those people are children and teens."
cnn.com/2021/09/08/hea…
BioNTech founders expect a vaccine for 5 to 11 year olds in a few weeks
"We are already preparing the production," says Biontech founder Özlem Türeci. The company will quickly apply for approval - and is already planning the next steps.
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"We are already preparing the production," says Biontech founder Özlem Türeci. The company will quickly apply for approval - and is already planning the next steps.
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"Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of Covid-19 as the delta variant continues to kill thousands of them daily while also triggering so-called breakthrough cases among the vaccinated.
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The unvaccinated put other people at risk through ignorance, selfishness, and (let's be blunt) our mediocre profit-driven health care system.
Tribalism contributes to other people's deaths...
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Tribalism contributes to other people's deaths...
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Please take this seriously -- and do not assume your youth protects you
"Vaccines have shielded older people from the worst outcomes, leaving younger people who haven’t gotten shots at risk"
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"Vaccines have shielded older people from the worst outcomes, leaving younger people who haven’t gotten shots at risk"
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Your incentive? Look at Denmark, which aggressively been vaccinating its population
https://twitter.com/aginnt/status/1437192362241921027
Truly, a ‘Pandemic of the Unvaccinated’
https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1436389091281620994
Why is this happening? Its mostly opportunistic politicians who have politicized vaccines like Florida Gov DeSantis
https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1437485001805864962
The result: The USA had a fast Vaxx start, but is now lagging thanks to 30% of the population - a mix of hyper-partisans, conspiracy theorists + plain old ignorance - that has led the US to fall to the bottom of the Vaxx stats...
nytimes.com/2021/09/11/wor…
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"Party first, country second" is the new mantra:
Over the weekend, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared on Twitter that there should be “NO VACCINE MANDATES.
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Over the weekend, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declared on Twitter that there should be “NO VACCINE MANDATES.
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What have you done, @GovRonDeSantis?
On this ward at Morton Plant Hospital, nurses are overwhelmed by the number of new, desperate cases.
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On this ward at Morton Plant Hospital, nurses are overwhelmed by the number of new, desperate cases.
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The actions of Anti-vaxxers + Anti-Maskers are leading to terrible outcomes for non-COVID patients as hospitals across the country are overwhelmed. “Wait times can now be measured in days.”
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At a certain point, it was no longer a matter of if the United States would reach the gruesome milestone of 1 in 500 people dying of covid-19, but a matter of when. A year? Maybe 15 months? The answer: 19 months.
https://twitter.com/PostGraphics/status/1438308927549104135
Florida changed its COVID-19 data, creating an ‘artificial decline’ in recent deaths
miamiherald.com/news/coronavir…
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What is going on in Idaho?
via @hiltzikm
“The situation is dire — we don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident.”
via @hiltzikm
“The situation is dire — we don’t have enough resources to adequately treat the patients in our hospitals, whether you are there for COVID-19 or a heart attack or because of a car accident.”
https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1438515285154152454
"Experts say employees who refuse to comply with their company’s vaccination requirements may be ineligible to collect unemployment benefits."
I am curious as to how strong identity politics is when there are actual monetary costs to tribalism...
msnbc.com/the-reidout/an…
I am curious as to how strong identity politics is when there are actual monetary costs to tribalism...
msnbc.com/the-reidout/an…
If only there was a fast, simple way we could stop the spread of the infection...
https://twitter.com/TBPInvictus/status/1440272895809261579
The pandemic of the unvaccinated, elder care worker edition
https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1440724278018658309
It is painful to sit in NY, after all we went through, and watch preventable tragedy unfolding in the country: Idaho hospitals instructed to ration care if needed; more deaths per capita in Alabama than any other state.
nytimes.com/2021/09/27/opi…
nytimes.com/2021/09/27/opi…
"The United States is 36th and falling: It is unusually uninsured, unusually contrarian, and unusually polarized. These are three familiar—even defining—attributes of American life." via @DKThomp
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theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
If only we had a large database of Covid Vaccinations so the vaxx hesitant might learn if they were safe...
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Some good news: Fear of Delta variant scared lots of folks into getting vaccinated -- an important factor in seeing Covid infections fall.
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Portugal shows us how its done
Nearly an entire nation trusted in the science + some 85% of Portugal’s population is fully vaccinated — aside from tiny Gibraltar, the highest rate in the world.
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Nearly an entire nation trusted in the science + some 85% of Portugal’s population is fully vaccinated — aside from tiny Gibraltar, the highest rate in the world.
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“The willfully unvaccinated are covid-19’s enablers. They are giving the virus an enormous supply of potential hosts, allowing it to thrive and evolve. They are prolonging a crisis that we have the resources to get under control.”
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Coronavirus infections among children topped those for adults ages 18 to 64 + seniors for the 1st time in August 2021, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. In Tennessee, where kids are unmasked and unvaccinated, Covid cases are soaring.
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