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When scientists began working on solutions for the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, it seemed unlikely that a safe and effective vaccine would be available in a year, according to
Paul A. Offit, MD.
Yet, by mid-December, the FDA had authorized two messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for emergency use after researchers found they were more than 90% efficacious in late-stage trials data now backed up by real-world evidence.
10 Covid-19 Vaccine Myths No One Should Fall For Amanda Gardner
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Covid-19 vaccine myths
People all over the country are waiting in line, sleeves rolled up, to get one of the three Covid-19 vaccines, developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. Unfortunately, others aren t so eager.
The Kaiser Family Foundation reported in February that 22 percent of Americans still weren t ready for a jab. The gap between Americans who will and won t get the vaccine is shrinking, but it needs to shrink further, especially with troubling variants now circulating.
The only way to reach herd immunity is to get 80 to 85 percent or more of the population vaccinated.
The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 21.7 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 4.4 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 11.0 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 188,952
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at an elevated 119,927
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at an elevated 3,955
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 5.3 % of the population
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved, hospitalizations improved, and deaths worsened