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Dr. Fauci says the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine slips at least a month.

Tue, 2021-02-16 16:56 — mike kraft

Dr. Fauci shifts the timeline on when the general public will be able to get a vaccine Dr. Anthony Fauci said vaccines will be available to the general public by about mid to late May or early June, he told CNN's Jim Sciutto on Tuesday. Christina Maxouris, Eric Levenson and Naomi Thomas, CNN CNN

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Despite stockpiles, Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks

Tue, 2021-02-16 16:41 — mike kraft

Hospitals still ration medical N95 masks as stockpiles swell Mike Bowen’s warehouse outside Fort Worth, Texas, was piled high with cases of medical-grade N95 face masks. His company, Prestige Ameritech, can churn out 1 million masks every four days, but he... AP NEWS

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many millions of N95 masks are pouring out of American factories and heading into storage. Yet doctors and nurses like Turner say there still aren’t nearly enough in the “ICU rooms with high-flow oxygen and COVID germs all over.”

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Canada suffers major shortage of vaccines despite major downpayments

Fri, 2021-02-12 11:58 — mike kraft

Canada's vaccine rollout stalls, confining seniors to their homes for months to come Like most Canadian seniors, David and Carol Green have been patient and even good humored about the pandemic waves that have kept them house-bound for nearly a year. Paula Newton, CNN CNN

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More information on Covid-19 vaccination rate discrecpencies between weathy and poor areas

Thu, 2021-02-11 17:59 — mike kraft

Vaccination rates follow the money in states with big wealth gaps - STAT The findings back up, with hard data, anecdotal reports that wealthy people have been able to gain access to vaccines ahead of poor people. Olivia Goldhill STAT

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Vaccine effort complicated by need to balance scarce first and second doses.

Tue, 2021-02-09 18:59 — mike kraft

US vaccine drive complicated by 1st, 2nd dose juggling act The U.S. has entered a tricky phase of the COVID-19 vaccination effort as providers try to ramp up the number of people getting first shots while also ensuring a growing number of others get... AP NEWS

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Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

Sat, 2021-02-06 13:32 — mike kraft

Mutated virus may reinfect people already stricken once with covid-19, sparking debate and concerns The finding, though far from conclusive, has potential implications for how the pandemic will be brought under control, underscoring the critical role of vaccination. Carolyn Y. Johnson, William Wan Washington Post

ALSO SEE: Western countries have 'hoarded' Covid vaccines. Africa is being left behind as cases surge

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COVID-19 vaccinations: Why are some states and localities so much more successful?

Sat, 2021-01-30 21:07 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccinations: Why are some states and localities so much more successful? Why are some states succeeding and others falling behind? Christine Stenglein Brookings

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E.U. and U.K. Fighting Over Scarce Vaccines

Wed, 2021-01-27 10:23 — mike kraft

LONDON — The vaccine wars have come to Europe.

For months now, wealthy countries have been clearing the world’s shelves of coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer nations with little hope of exiting the pandemic in 2021. But a fresh skirmish this week has pitted the rich against the rich — Britain versus the European Union — in the scramble for vials, opening a new and unabashedly nationalist competition that could poison relations and set back collective efforts to end the pandemic.

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