RAC Vaccines and Vaccination Group

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Wed, 2021-01-13 11:16 — mdmcdonald

RAC Workgroup Efforts Focused on Vaccines and Vaccination

The Resilient American Communities (RAC) Vaccines and Vaccination Group is examining and acting on the issues surrounding vaccines development, distribution, vaccination logistics and execution, as well as vaccination strategy, safety, efficacy, trust, and hesitancy. Special attention is currently focused on COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination.

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Hank Rappaport

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OPINON: Covid Vaccines Aren’t Enough. We Still Need More Tests.--NY Times Op-ED IME

Sat, 2021-03-13 19:08 — mike kraft

There’s reason for optimism on the coronavirus pandemic: The number of new Covid-19 cases is dropping, and 98.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered in the United States. But a decline in the number of coronavirus tests being conducted threatens this progress, because those tests are vital to tracing the path and velocity of Covid-19.

The average number of tests being conducted daily to detect the coronavirus in the United States has dropped 20 percent since Feb. 1. At the same time, the nation does not have enough rapid tests to conduct routine testing outside of sites run by local health departments and medical clinics. America needs to expand the nation’s testing capacity and accelerate the proliferation of rapid coronavirus tests in order to overcome Covid-19.

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Differing American and EU attitudes towards identifying unvaccinated persons --poll and draft document

Sat, 2021-03-13 12:51 — mike kraft

Americans support restricting unvaccinated people from offices, travel: Reuters poll A growing number of Americans want to get the coronavirus vaccine, and a majority also support workplace, lifestyle and travel restrictions for those not inoculated against COVID-19, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday. Chris Kahn U.S.

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U.S. persons People with underlying medical conditions are often at the end of states' vaccine lines but situation is improving

Sat, 2021-03-13 12:00 — mike kraft

Medically vulnerable in US put near end of vaccine line RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — When Ann Camden learned last month that her 17-year-old daughter got exposed to the coronavirus at school and was being sent home, she packed her belongings, jumped in the car... AP NEWS

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Downward Trend in Encouraging but U.S. Covid Deaths Remain High

Sat, 2021-03-13 11:48 — mike kraft

Despite Encouraging Downward Trend, U.S. Covid Deaths Remain High Nearly 1,500 people are still dying of Covid-19 every day in the United States, a number that is lower than peaks seen last spring and early this year but exceeds the highest rate in July. nytimes

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States indicate caution about being able to implement Federal goal for vaccine goal

Fri, 2021-03-12 19:55 — mike kraft

States embrace Biden’s bold new vaccine promise — with caution Health officials were optimistic about meeting the new May 1 target to open eligibility, but some stopped short of promising to do so. Rachel Roubein POLITICO

President Joe Biden’s new goal of expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults by May 1 could quickly slam into states’ complex appointment systems, lingering supply questions and challenges ensuring shots make it quickly to vulnerable populations.

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