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“Vaccine for the world” found to be 79 % effective

“Vaccine for the world” – COVID-19 Vaccine by Oxford University and AstraZeneca was found to be 79 % effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 % effective against severe illness. New clinical study data was released from recent studies carried out in United States, Chile and Peru. Including 32,449 adult participants in all age groups (most from United States), the study participants received either two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine or a placebo between four-week time. The two-shot system was completely effective at preventing severe cases of illness in the new studies. Five cases of severe illness were found in the new studies – all of them had received a placebo.

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“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine. I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate.”

“Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine. I’m begging of you please don’t hesitate.”

Using celebrities to help lower the burden for adoption of a public health action may not have always worked, as there are many factors that shape a person’s desire for behavior change. Still, the vaccine campaign that Vanderbilt University & Dolly Parton organically put together should hopefully help reduce the burden of the rising skepticism with getting the vaccines in the United States.

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Protects Me, Protects You

Protects Me Protects You

Inspiring campaign by Brigg Reilley and team. Brigg founded it after losing a close family member to COVID-19 and seeing the disproportionate COVID-19 impact on Native American communities. The goal of the “Protects Me, Protects You” campaign (link in comment) is to build confidence in getting vaccinated. All the graphics and messaging (already translated over 20 languages and more on the way) are simple and FREE tools which any of us can use in our organizations, communities, and social circles to share hope and positive messaging during this phase of COVID-19.

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100 million doses by June 2021

100 million doses for US by the end of June 2021! A third COVID-19 vaccine option is now available in US. About 500 million doses are being purchased through Covax scheme for many global countries as well.

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An Unwanted Milestone!

An unwanted milestone! The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States may surpass 500,000 today. Many COVID-19 dashboard data platforms put the number at about 499,000 at time of writing.

The rise of the death toll has been growing at alarming rate. Roughly, the US coronavirus death toll since last May:
100,000: May 2020
200,000: September 2020
300,000: December 2020
400,000: January 2021
500,000: February 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci was recently quoted that mask-wearing may continue into 2022. To ensure everyone’s safety, it is looking more and more like that.

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Have you heard of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome among COVID-19 affected children?

Have you heard of Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome among COVID-19 affected children? Most kids recover—but doctors are seeing more children with serious complications including inflammation of the heart muscle and lung abnormalities. These children suffer from fever and inflammation with some having respiratory issues, rashes, abdominal pain, vomiting or diarrhea.

Data from Israel is showing about 10 to 30% of children and teens recovering from COVID-19 may be affected by long-term complications. In the United States, Onondaga County (New York) is seeing increasing amount of children admitted to hospital with coronavirus – higher than other parts of US at the moment. New variants may be surging this pediatric hospitalization but further analyses are needed.