Millions of Americans at increased risk for more severe Covid-19 because of tobacco use
From CNN’s Naomi Thomas
A person holds a cigarette out a car window while wearing a protective glove as large numbers of people take measures to protect themselves from the coronavirus pandemic on March 24, 2020 in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Millions of Americans are at increased risk for more severe Covid-19 because of tobacco use, according to a new report from The American Lung Association.
“Tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in America, killing 480,000 people each year,” said the American Lung Association in their State of Tobacco Control 2021 report.
Here s how to safely reopen schools, according to a vaccine expert
From CNN s Adrienne Vogt
A closed public school is pictured in New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 5. Lan Wei/Xinhua/Getty Images
Dr. Paul Offit says he doesn’t think the US needs to wait for vaccination” to get public schools back open.
“I think we have to be able to provide a mechanism whereby we can get those kids back into a public school setting where it can be done safely. It may require more money for those schools, but I definitely think we need to do it,” Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said on CNN’s “New Day.”