Category: Vaccines
How Operation Warp Speed Created Vaccination Chaos
States are struggling to plan their vaccination programs with just one week’s notice for how many doses they’ll receive from the federal government.
Can your boss require you to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
The general rule is yes – with some exceptions.
The coronavirus vaccine: A doctor answers 5 questions
If I get the shot, will I still have to wear a mask? When will I know when it’s my turn to get the vaccine? . . .
Americans have unrealistic expectations for a COVID-19 vaccine
Americans say they want a single-dose vaccine that’s 90% effective and 1 in 100 chance causing minor side effects.
5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re Vaccinated
“Masks and social distancing will need to continue into the foreseeable future — until we have some level of herd immunity.”
‘No One Knew the Plan’: States Struggle to Increase Vaccinations
Vaccine efforts have been hamstrung by a lack of leadership, too little money and the crisis of surging infections.
COVID Vaccines Appear Safe and Effective, but Key Questions Remain
Skepticism resides in many quarters, including “anti-vaxxers”; and people of all stripes with perfectly understandable doubts.
The coronavirus vaccine: A doctor answers 5 questions
How will I know when it’s my turn to get a vaccine? Where will I get a vaccine? I hear that I might still have to wear a mask even after I get vaccinated. Why?
Hospitals Scramble to Prioritize Which Workers Are First for COVID Shots
Hospitals across the country have been grappling with how to distribute the first scarce shots that protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines
The coronavirus vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna rely heavily on two fundamental discoveries that emerged from federally funded research.
Rural hospitals can’t afford ultra-cold freezers to store the leading Covid-19 vaccine
The vaccine has to be stored at -70 degrees Celsius. Typical freezers don’t get that cold, making distribution of this vaccine a logistical nightmare.
Pfizer vaccine: what an ‘efficacy rate above 90%’ really means
Efficacy is the performance of a treatment under ideal and controlled circumstances, and effectiveness is performance under real-world conditions.
Most States Aren’t Ready to Distribute the Leading COVID-19 Vaccine
Most officials don’t know how they’ll deal with the difficult storage and transport requirements of Pfizer’s vaccine, especially in hard-hit rural areas.
90% efficacy for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is striking. But we need to wait for the full data
These early results are what is known as an “interim analysis”. It’s an early look at the data before a study is complete to see if the vaccine might work.
Vaccine trial raises hopes, but distribution will be a challenge
Up to 330 million people will need to be vaccinated.