transmissibility, is this variant more infectious, does it spread quicker than the already very infectious delta variant? where i m sitting there appears to be science it s spreading quicker, immune evasion. if you ve had covid before, does this protect you against the new variant? they just don t know. over the next few weeks, it will be frustrating for everyone, they re going to try to figure that out in a lab and there is some sense there should be some protection, but we don t know. the big one, vaccine efficacy. you know, again, in the lab, they will be challenging live virus, and we ve seen this before in this country, to try to figure out whether there s any evasion from the vaccine. the current consensus amongst south african scientists is there might be some drop in efficacy, but it still should be protection against severe
sending home those noncompliant officers could cut the city s police presence over the weekend in half. what does that mean in practice? it turns out the number was probably much higher than that. the city blinked this morning and change the policy a little bit. the citizens of chicago can rest easy, the police officers will report to work and won t be locked out, that s one good thing. all they did is kick the can down the road a little bit. laura: the message to the folks across the country who feel demoralized, they have no power, whatever concern they have it to have got covid before, what do you say to them given the fact that you at least did make some progress in this fight? our stance is unfortunate for
had covid and might have the antibodies. would they be included in this or no? well, these reviews didn t really focus on that population. we know from that group, dana, if you ve had covid before, you can get a strong reaction just to one dose. so it has been three months or more since your infection the recommendation stands you should get vaccinated at least with one dose. also should add that this was not about the moderna or j&j shot either. both of those companies have submitted data to the fda and expect a similar process in the next three or four weeks or so for people who have those vaccines to get recommendations about boosters as well. dana: great to see you, doctor. trace: thousands of our allies still stranded in afghanistan weeks after the last u.s. soldier left kabul. up next an update on evacuation efforts from one of the volunteers who is working to
positive or they were exposed to someone. so, jake, the superintendent says she had to shut down the school because she didn t have enough teachers to teach class. and, rosa, you were especially touched by the way towns people seemed to be coming together to support their neighbors who are sick. tell us about that. reporter: i interviewed a woman, her name is vicky. she works for the city so she knows everybody. she shared the story of sammy. he s a husband, a father of a 9-year-old, and he got covid. he needed icu care. as you mentioned, there is no icu care at this town. the rural hospital doesn t offer it. and so vicky set up a community prayer, brought everybody together. they re in their cars to be covid safe. take a listen. it was a cry of mercy to god for him to have mercy on our town. we had had covid before, but
En Jalisco los muertos diarios por Covid-19 se acercarían a cien por día, alertó el Instituto de Métricas y Evaluación para la Salud de la Universidad de Washington