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“Stop Calling This A Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated”

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE – Most if not all of the guests wore masks when the Nov. 27 wedding ceremony started at a Wisconsin celebration that is now the suspected origin of an outbreak of COVID-19 and the omicron variant among Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland Medical Center staff, according to an attendee. But as the celebration wore on, the cocktails came out and people took to the dance floor, many leaving their masks behind, said Debra Furr-Holden,...

Protein-Based Vaccines: Strong Protection, Fewer Side Effects

NATURE – Pamela Sherry is eager to become immunized against COVID-19. But she has put off getting a jab. “I believe vaccines work,” she says. “I want the protection.” Yet she is prone to acute immune reactions and has blood circulation problems, so she has concerns about the shots available in the United States, where she lives — those based on messenger RNA (mRNA) and viral-vector technologies. Although safe for most of the population, they...

Covid Vs. Flu: What’s The Difference?

THE PALM BEACH POST – Sneezing? Feeling congested? Coughing? Are these signs of flu season, a cold or allergies, or are they symptoms of COVID-19's rapidly spreading omicron variant? (Or delta, delta's still out there...) Without testing, it is difficult to determine whether the congestion is more than the flu, but either way, don't panic, say medical experts, just take proper precautions. "If you feel sick, don’t diagnose yourself," said Dr. Deborah German, Vice-President for Health...

Post COVID Syndrome Can Be A Long Haul: Mayo Clinic

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Most people who have COVID-19 recover completely within a few weeks. But some people — even those who had mild versions of the disease — continue to experience symptoms after their initial recovery. Sometimes called “long haulers” or “long COVID," these patients can have fatigue, shortness of breath, brain fog and other symptoms long after the time of their infection. Post-COVID-19 syndrome conditions are generally considered to be effects of COVID-19...

Bah, Humbug! Rude Anti-Mask Flyers Ruin Holiday Travel

ABC NEWS – A year and a half into the global pandemic, with the Omicron variant lurking and holiday travel looming, many flight attendants say they've reached their breaking point with unruly passengers, many of whom still refuse to respect mask mandates. Mitra Amirzadeh, a low-cost carrier flight attendant and Association of Flight Attendants member, said: "My job is not to manage you, the one passenger that constantly needs to be reminded to put their mask...

Drug Companies Target U.S. Consumers For Price Hikes, Profits

THE HILL – Drug companies are deliberately targeting the U.S. to raise prices and game the patent system to delay generic competition in a way that is "unsustainable, unjustified, and unfair to patients and taxpayers," according to the findings from a new investigation released Friday by House Democrats. The investigation focused on 10 companies that sell 12 of the most expensive drugs to Medicare, including insulin, and found those companies collectively raised prices more than...

COVID-19 Pills For At-Home Use Come With Drawbacks

The treatments will require a strict, time-sensitive dosing protocol that includes taking as many as 40 doses in 5 days.

Anti-Vaxxers Stalk California Medical Director

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of California’s medical board, which issues medical licenses and disciplines doctors, says a group of anti-vaccine activists stalked her at home and followed her to her office — where four men confronted her in a dark parking garage in what she described as a terrifying experience. Kristina Lawson, a former mayor of Walnut Creek who was appointed to the board by former Gov. Jerry Brown, said in social media...

Nursing Home Residents More Likely To Die Of Covid If Staff Is Unvaccinated

NBC NEWS – People in nursing homes are much more likely to die of Covid-19 if the staff caring for them remains largely unvaccinated, a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine found. The research, from Harvard Medical School and the University of Rochester in New York, is based on data from 12,364 nursing homes — or 81 percent of such facilities in the United States — collected this past summer as...

5 Things We Learned About COVID This Week

COSMOS – People who have survived a severe COVID-19 infection are more than twice as likely to die within a year, as compared to people who had a mild infection or didn’t catch it all. A new study, published in Frontiers in Medicine, looked at the health records of more than 13,000 patients. One hundred and seventy eight had a severe infection, 246 had a mild or moderate infection, and the rest had tested negative....

Wave Of Post-Covid Heart Disease Emerges

EVENING STANDARD (UK) – Up to 300,000 people in the UK are facing heart-related illnesses due to post-pandemic stress disorder (PPSD), two London physicians have warned. Mark Rayner, a former senior NHS psychological therapist and founder of EASE Wellbeing CIC, said that as many as three million people in Britain are already suffering from PPSD, thanks to stress and anxiety caused by the effects of Covid-19. He fears this could result in a dramatic rise in...

Unvaxxed and Unfriended: Vaccine Views Ruining Relationships

Dear Prudence, My friend “Emma” is not vaccinated against COVID. While I struggle with it, I try not to let it get to me, because she isn’t staunchly anti-vax, she just has reservations for herself about getting it (she doesn’t go on anti-vax rants, and she has no problem with other people having it). Her birthday is coming up soon, and she wants to come up to my town, because there’s more to do. She...

Omicron Spreads Fast, But No Deaths Reported

SLATE – Omicron continues to spread across the United States, and around the world, as scientists try to pin down how fast it spreads and how much of a threat it poses compared to other strains of the virus. As of Saturday morning, omicron cases had been reported in 12 U.S. states, pretty much all of which were among people who had traveled to South Africa recently. None of the cases so far in...

Majority of Americans Would Take COVID Pill If They Got Sick

A majority of unvaccinated Americans would decline to take an antiviral medication if they got sick with COVID-19, a new poll found.

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