Dear Members of the Baylor College of Medicine Community,
Today, I want to focus my message on two populations; young adults who are not yet vaccinated, and people – young and old – who have already had COVID-19, but do not feel like they are fully recovered.
Last week, I attempted to debunk this myth: I am young, COVID-19 won t hurt me, I don t need to be vaccinated . To review from last week, looking at the simplest and easiest to define of outcome measures – mortality – the rate of death in young adults is much lower than those more senior, but it is not inconsequential. Happily, the risk is almost entirely preventable with vaccination and safe practices.
Dear Members of the Baylor College of Medicine Community,
In this week s NCAA championship game, Baylor dominated Gonzaga. Congratulations to the Bears – it was a great season, and they deserve to celebrate. With just over two minutes left in the game, Baylor was up by 19 points. How many Baylor fans turned off the game at that point thinking game over, time to get ready for bed? The obvious answer: Zero. If you watch any college basketball, you know two minutes is an eternity, and fortunes can swiftly change. With a big lead and two minutes to go, a team s confidence builds, but they still need to focus on playing the game to the end.
Is the press too pessimistic about the pandemic?
Yesterday, President Biden gave a speech at the White House and said that the US is on track to have enough vaccine supply to cover every adult in America by the end of May a two-month improvement on his administration’s previous timeline. Biden announced that the federal government has taken steps to accelerate the production of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, including helping to finalize a deal that will see Merck, a rival pharmaceutical company, manufacture doses. “This is a type of collaboration between companies we saw in World War II,” Biden said, calling them “good corporate citizens.” He also announced plans to get a first dose to every teacher this month. Across the mediasphere, these new developments were hailed as very good news. Some politics-watchers noted that they also reflected smart media management on Biden’s part. Eli Stokols, White House reporter for the
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