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An Ontario anti-mask activist makes false claims in an Instagram video about the safety of Covid-19 vaccines available in Canada and misleadingly refers to potential adverse vaccine reactions recorded in the United States. Medical experts said the shots do not alter the DNA of recipients or make people infectious, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it has not detected safety issues with the vaccines.
“All the reasons not to take an experimental mRNA injection never before used on humans,” reads the caption of a February 21, 2021 video that has been viewed more than 195,000 times on Instagram as of March 5, 2021.
Researchers are working on a vaccine that could potentially offer protection against coronaviruses beyond the one that is causing the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 23.0 % LOWER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 13.4 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 6.1 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 99,511
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 71,504
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 13.4 % of the population
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases improved, hospitalizations improved, and deaths worsened
Hopefully, these current improving COVID trends will remain in play even with the new strains
The work is still in the pre-clinical stage and their efforts are highlighting the University of Waterloo s dedication to fighting the pandemic. Just within a few days, things ramped up so dramatically, UW associate Prof. Roderick Slavcev said. Students and staff at the School of Pharmacy were already looking to develop a different type of vaccine to fight respiratory illness before the pandemic began. COVID-19 added fuel to their passion. Being part of a global urgency and trying to address a global crisis like this is a privilege, Slavcev said. A former student, who now runs a spin-off company in Toronto called Mediphage Bioceuticals, is also involved in the project.