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Most unvaccinated Americans believe coronavirus vaccine poses greater health risk than the disease, poll finds

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2021-08-04 18:36

Most unvaccinated Americans believe coronavirus vaccine poses greater health risk than the disease, poll finds In contrast, an overwhelming majority of vaccinated adults said getting infected with covid-19 is a bigger health risk than the vaccine. Adela Suliman Washington Post

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Studies suggest lotteries or cash payouts improve vaccination rates

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2021-08-04 18:26

Cash for shots? Studies suggest payouts improve vaccination rates Vaccine lotteries persuade some hesitant people, but New York City and White House want to bet on direct payments Science | AAAS

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ANALYSIS: Proven ways to boost Covid-19 vaccination: mandates plus nudges

Submitted by Naomisfreeman on Thu, 2021-07-22 11:01

Proven ways to boost Covid-19 vaccination: mandates plus nudges - STAT Mandates can help the U.S. increase Covid-19 vaccination rates. Nudges that influence choices without forbidding options can also work. Patrick Skerrett STAT

Evidence-based tools can make us all safer and more secure by making vaccination the default choice in Americans’ everyday lives — in schools, businesses, and hospitals. . .

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More than a fifth of Americans live in counties with high Covid transmission rate

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2021-07-20 18:36

More than 20% of the US population lives in a county considered to have "high" Covid-19 transmission About 22% of the US population – nearly 73 million people – lives in a county considered to have “high” Covid-19 transmission, according to data published Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By <a href="/profiles/meg-wagner">Meg Wagner</a>, Melissa Macaya, <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a>, Mike Hayes and <a href="/profiles/veronica-rocha">Veronica Rocha</a>, CNN CNN

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With Covid cases rising sharply, Pediatric Academy advises masks for everyone older than 2

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2021-07-20 17:38

US COVID-19 cases up 140% in past 2 weeks Plus, mask recommendations are returning, with a pediatrics group calling for them for schoolchildren. CIDRAP

With rising US COVID-19 cases, recommendations and mandates for masks are starting to pop up across the country, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today updated its recommendations for the upcoming school year, advising masks for everyone older than 2 years regardless of vaccination status.

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OPINIONS: How to reach the unvaccinated --payments and numbers

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2021-07-20 12:02

Late last week Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review stirred up a mix of interest and outrage among journalists by arguing that more understanding should be extended to unvaccinated Americans, whose hesitancy about getting Pfizered or Modernafied often reflects a reasonable uncertainty and wariness after a year of shifting public-health rhetoric, blunders and misleading messaging.

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Despite surge in delta infections, many Missouri residents still downplay the threat

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2021-07-16 18:54

The delta variant is ravaging this Missouri city. Many residents are still wary of vaccines. Experts fear Springfield, Mo., is a harbinger of tensions to come as people refuse to get vaccinated and downplay the pandemic even in the face of overwhelmed hospitals and preventable death. Fenit Nirappil Washington Post

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UK'S end to mandatory masks prompts confusion, caution

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2021-07-16 10:45

Freedom or folly? UK's end to mandatory masks sows confusion LONDON (AP) — For many, it’s common courtesy or a sensible precaution. For others, it's an imposition, a daily irritation. The face mask — a highly charged source of debate, confusion and anger around the world during the coronavirus pandemic — is now dividing people as the crisis eases. AP NEWS

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US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2021-07-14 19:57

US overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year NEW YORK (AP) — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29% increase. AP NEWS

NEW YORK (AP) — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday.

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Webnar Thursday, July 15, noon EDT-Johns Hopkins new report on Carrying Equity in COVID-19 vacinations Forward

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2021-07-14 11:23

Today, CommuniVax, a group led by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Department of Anthropology at Texas State University released a new report, Carrying Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Forward: Guidance Informed by Communities of Color, that outlines findings from local research within Black and Hispanic/Latino communities in Alabama, California, Idaho, Maryland, and Virginia and provides specific guidance to government officials on adapting COVID-19 vaccination efforts to achieve greater vaccine coverage in underserved populations and, through this, to develop sustainable, locally appropriate mechanisms to advance equity in health.

Key findings of the local research are:

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