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Worldwide, more than 11.7 billion doses have been administered across 184 countries-- Bloomberg data.

Tue, 2022-05-17 10:56 — mike kraft
More Than 11.7 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker It’s the biggest vaccination campaign in history Bloomberg.com

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Future COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines

Tue, 2022-05-17 09:21 — mike kraft
Future COVID variants will likely reinfect us multiple times a year, experts say — unless we invest in new vaccines For more than a year now, the original COVID-19 vaccines have held up remarkably well — even miraculously so — against a Greek alphabet of new variants: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta. But now experts say something is changing.
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How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus?

Mon, 2022-05-16 19:42 — mike kraft
How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus? A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses and waves of infections two, maybe three times a year — this may be the future of COVID-19, some scientists now fear. The central problem is that the coronavirus has become more adept at reinfecting people.
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Pfizer study estimates its vaccine helped prevent over 110,000 Covid deaths

Mon, 2022-05-16 19:25 — mike kraft

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine contributed to avert

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New York City health chief: urges people to wear masks indoors; 'high' COVID alert level coming

Mon, 2022-05-16 18:34 — mike kraft
NYC health chief: Wear masks indoors; 'high' COVID alert level coming New York City is approaching a ‘high’ level of COVID-19 alert, according to Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. In a tweet issued Monday morning, Vasan said he was urging all New Yorkers to wear a mask while indoors. FOX 5 NY FOX 5 New York

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Raising the alert level from medium to high indicates an increased and significant level of community spread. 

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How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While COVID Killed 1 Million Americans

Mon, 2022-05-16 10:26 — mike kraft
How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While COVID Killed 1 Million Americans MELBOURNE, Australia — If the United States had the same COVID death rate as Australia, about 900,000 lives would have been saved. For many Americans, imagining what might have been will be painful. But especially now, at the milestone of 1 million deaths in the United States, the nations that did a better job of keeping people alive show what Americans could have done differently and what might still need to change.
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Afica's only Covid vaccine plant is struggling because of lack of customers

Fri, 2022-05-13 10:47 — mike kraft
Covid in Africa: Why the continent's only vaccine plant is struggling Aspen Pharmacare says it may have to stop producing the jabs in South Africa unless demand rises. BBC News

The global organisations that buy Covid vaccines for poorer countries "need to step up" and order doses from Africa's only Covid vaccine maker in order to save the production line, the company's senior executive told the BBC.

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White House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse looms

Fri, 2022-05-13 10:36 — mike kraft
White House prepares to ration vaccines as Covid funding impasse looms The government’s funds are running out. Tough decisions may soon present themselves. POLITICO

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Biden calls on world leaders to boost Covid efforts as U.S. funding dwindles

Thu, 2022-05-12 19:10 — mike kraft
Biden calls on world leaders to boost Covid efforts as U.S. funding dwindles President Joe Biden plans to urge world leaders to do more in the fight against Covid as the White House struggles to secure additional funding from Congress. YahooNews
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U.S. will share COVID-19 vaccine technology, Biden tells global summit

Thu, 2022-05-12 17:39 — mike kraft
U.S. will share COVID-19 vaccine technology, Biden tells global summit The United States will share technologies used to make COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization and is working to expand rapid testing and antiviral treatments for hard-to-reach populations, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Ahmed Aboulenein Reuters
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