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A recent study found that pregnant women in Washington state were infected with Covid-19 at 70% higher rates than men of the same age.
In addition, the rate of infection in pregnant women of color was much higher than expected, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. OB-GYN of the University of Washington School of Medicine Medicine, senior author Dr. The study provides further evidence that pregnancy should be considered a high-risk health condition for the COVID-19 vaccine priority, said Christina Adams Waldorf.
“Our data suggest that pregnant people do not avoid the epidemic as we hope they will, and communities of color will bear the greatest burden.”
– Adriana Rodriguez
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In the headlines:
– The White House has postponed President Biden’s scheduled visit to Michigan, and delayed a Pfizer facility trip in his portrait from Thursday to Friday, sources familiar with the visit said. Although details of the delay were not available, Washington is in line Thursday for snow and ice.
– New York is suing Amazon, claiming the company failed to provide a safe environment at two warehouses, leading to a Kovid-19 infection nationwide.
If the Covid-19 vaccine rollout seems chaotic and incomprehensible, which doesn’t add numbers and allocates that doesn’t make sense, you’re not alone..
South Korean intelligence officials told The Washington Post on Tuesday that “North Korea has accused the U.S. of stealing coronavirus vaccine information.” Tried to hack into drugmaker Pfizer’s servers.
– In a remark to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on “all countries” to provide all data from the early days of their outbreak. The comments come days after reports that a team from the World Health Organization refused to provide preliminary data on the initial cases of Covid-19 cases investigating the origin of the epidemic.
સંખ્યા Today’s number: U.S. There are more than 27.8 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 490,400 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global average: more than 110 million cases and 2.43 million deaths. According to the CDC, U.S. In 72૨. More than one million vaccine doses have been distributed and approximately 2.56 million have been administered.
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Return to normal: So when is it – summer? Fall? Christmas?
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout may appear chaotic and incomprehensible, meaning numbers that do not add up and allocations that do not make sense. Jeff Ziantus, the White House’s Covid-19 Response Coordinator, predicts an adequate vaccine supply for 300 million Americans by the end of July this week. President J. Biden and top public health assistant Dr. Anthony FK also spoke of returning to normalcy on Christmas day.
Vaccine distribution from the federal government has accelerated since Biden took office, rising 57% since Jan. 25. As of this week, it is sending 13.5 million doses per week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 70 million doses have been distributed. To meet Zint’s forecast, however, the distribution from the federal government will have to be increased. At current levels, it won’t happen until autumn.
Dr. Amesh Adalaja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, is among the experts trying to figure out how the statistics of the CDC, the White House and the states come together. He says he can’t.
“None of us know what’s going on,” he said.
– Elizabeth Weiss
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the dosage of the vaccine was delayed this week due to the winter weather elsewhere in the country, leaving the city to appoint 20,000 to 20,000 people. He said the first dose in the city is less than 30,000 and he could be out of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, he said. The southeastern U.S., walled off by lightning and icy conditions, is experiencing the same dilemma. Some vaccination sites have canceled appointments, and vaccine shipments continue to be delayed, the White House acknowledged.
“Vaccine centers back up things already on ice days,” said Dr. A. Mash Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “The virus doesn’t take snowy days.”
“Very preliminary data” suggests that only two-thirds of vaccinated service members have accepted, says Air Force Major General Jeff Telefero, vice director of operations for joint personnel. That seems to be a higher acceptance rate than the general population – the survey suggests that as many as half of Americans say they are unclear whether they will accept when the vaccine becomes available. Soldiers, however, always live, work and fight together in environments where social distance and wearing masks can be difficult.
“We’re still struggling with what messaging is and how we’re going to influence people to choose a vaccine,” Brig said. General Edward Bailey, Surgeon of Army Forces Command.
Department of Justice, Governor of New York. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus task force is investigating and trying to determine whether the state is manipulating data on deaths in nursing homes, two people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. Cuamo, once a national leader in the fight against the virus, told lawmakers last week that her top aide, Melissa DeRosa, had “stopped” the release of some COVID-19 nursing home data to state legislators. . Cuomo and DeRosa have said they are delaying the release of the data because they were focusing on a similar investigation by the Justice Department.
“No excuses,” Cuomo said this week. “We should do a better job of providing information, we should do a better job of reprimanding the disinformation. I accept responsibility for it. I am in charge.”
– John Campbell
In the first part of the coronavirus epidemic, life expectancy in the United States has dropped to a relatively low level, and even lower for black Americans and Latino, a study released Thursday found. According to researchers at the National Health Statistics Center for Disease Control and Prevention, data from June 2020 show that the total birth rate of the U.S. population has dropped to 77.8 years since 2019, the lowest since 2006. According to researchers at the National Center for Health Prevention. The life expectancy of the black population decreased the most in the year 2019 – by 2.7 years, 72 years.
President d president. “I was disturbed to see that the gap between the benefits for the black community and the lifespan of African Americans and (white) Americans has narrowed over the last six years,” said Leon McCougl. Of the National Medical Association.
– Adriana Rodriguez
A preliminary report published Wednesday in the New England Journal states that for the first time in South Africa, the Pfizer / Bioentech vaccine responds to neutral antibodies by two-thirds less than the coronavirus type, but does not know how the vaccine protects. Medicine.
B..3.iant51 variant of South Africa known as U.S. Has been found in only 20 Covid-19 cases, but has expressed concern about the possibility of vaccine resistance. Pfizer and Bioentech said “there is no clinical evidence to date” that its vaccine is not effective against that variable but that it is working on an update or booster shot in any way.
“It is not clear what effect the reduction of about two-thirds from COVID-19 due to the B.1.351 lineage of the SARS-CV-2 to the reduction of neutralization,” the report said. Researchers from Pfizer, Bioentech and the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Researchers have found no reduction in effectiveness against the UK variant.
Two Louisiana residents have been arrested for trying to bribe airport screeners to allow them to bypass state mandatory safe travel rules, officials said. Gentle White, 29, and Nadia Bailey, 28, arrived in Hawaii on Feb. 12 “without a valid COVID-19 release or pre-tests,” officials said in a news release. They told an airport screener that they would pay બંને 3,000 without separating the two.
“The screener warned the deputy sheriff, who had both been arrested for bribery. White and Bailey were charged and released and immediately flew over the mainland.”
Current air travel restrictions if visitors pass a negative test before arrival or undergo a mandatory 10-day quarantine.
Police in Mexico arrested six people Wednesday in the northern border state of Nuevo Lane. Assistant Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Getella later said the counterfeits were introduced as a Pfizer vaccine, which is only available in Mexico by government vaccination teams. He said the suspects offered to sell the vaccine, the equivalent of about $ 2,000 per dose.
“You don’t play around with health and no one should be profiteering in these epidemics,” said Public Safety Secretary Rosa Isla Rodriguez.
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