http://view.societyforscience-email.com/?qs=8352b3edfe8e6be5… The third dose (first booster) bumped the effectiveness way up to 85 percent against hospitalization and 77 percent against ER visits, the team found. But the effect was temporary. By three months after the booster, effectiveness had declined to 55 percent against hospitalization and 53 percent against emergency room visits.
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The CDC calculates that for every million people 50 and older who get a fourth dose of vaccine, 830 hospitalizations, 183 intensive care unit admissions and 85 deaths could be prevented.
Michigan reports covid cases once a week now, on Wednesday. New cases reported over the last three weeks…
Steve, you’ll be glad to know that Fauci has said the pandemic is over.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/27/pandemic-phase-over…
The United States is finally “out of the pandemic phase,” the country’s top infectious-disease expert said Tuesday, as cases and hospitalizations are notably down and mask mandates are all but gone…
“We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase,” Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Tuesday on PBS’s “NewsHour.”
Steve, you’ll be glad to know that Fauci has said the pandemic is over.
People seem to think so around here: plexiglass shields gone from the fast food places, very few wearing masks anymore. No wonder the case rate is rising.
“We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase,” Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Tuesday on PBS’s “NewsHour.”
Why does Dr. Fauci say this when the evidence says otherwise? I look at the wastewater viral counts for my area and the nation as a whole. The figures show that there is a new surge.
“We are certainly right now in this country out of the pandemic phase,” Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said Tuesday on PBS’s “NewsHour.”
Why does Dr. Fauci say this when the evidence says otherwise?
Well, a lot of people think he hasn’t been right yet, so that would be consistent.
People seem to think so around here: plexiglass shields gone from the fast food places, very few wearing masks anymore. No wonder the case rate is rising.
Did those plexiglass shields really provide any protection? In the long run, the airborne viruses spread around the room.