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What the end of COVID health emergencies means for anti-vaxxers: meltdown | Salon.com
“Anti-vaxxers built their identities around the pandemic — now they're losing their minds (even more)”
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Why omicron is crushing hospitals — even though cases are often milder than delta
https://text.npr.org/1075871661
"University of Virginia critical care physician Taison Bell says omicron is milder in the same way that a hurricane can be milder than a tornado: The tornado may cut a more destructive path with high-wind speeds, but the hurricane has a much bigger footprint. "'When you have so many more people who are being affected by the storm, you are still going to end up with an overwhelmed health care system,' says Bell, who's an assistant professor of medicine at UVA. "
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Get Your Flu Shot! | Science-Based Medicine
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/get-your-flu-shot/
“COVID-19 vaccines are important, but so are flu shots. They are safe, effective, and protect others (the elderly, the immunocompromised, and those too young to get the vaccine).”
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The reality of rationing care, as hospital beds fill and staffing is short - CNN
“As of Monday morning, more than 96,000 hospital beds are filled with Covid-19 patients nationwide -- contributing to the 77% of all hospital beds across the country being currently in use, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. About 80% of intensive care unit beds are in use.”
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COVID-19 Vaccines Work | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness/work.html
“COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of COVID-19 and its potentially severe complications. All COVID-19 vaccines currently authorized for use in the United States helped protect people against COVID-19, including severe illness, in clinical trial settings. So far, studies that have looked at how COVID-19 vaccines work in real-world conditions (vaccine effectiveness studies) have shown that these vaccines are working well.”
Ensuring COVID-19 Vaccines Work | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/effectiveness.html
“To maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, get vaccinated as soon as you can and wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.”
Why The World Should Be More Than A Bit Worried About India's Nipah Virus Outbreak
https://text.npr.org/1035571714
"However, each time a person is infected, the virus is in an environment that selects for human adaptation and transmissibility. The risk is that a new strain that is more efficiently transmitted person-to-person could generate a devastating outbreak. Indeed, since 70% of people who are infected with Nipah virus die, such a strain could represent the worst pandemic humanity has ever faced."
I Got A 'Mild' Breakthrough Case. Here's What I Wish I'd Known
https://text.npr.org/1036356773
“How high are my chances of getting a breakthrough case these days?
It used to be quite rare, but the rise of delta has changed the odds. ”