Health experts recommend that those with cold systems get tested for COVID-19 news8000.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news8000.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Vaccine day: La Crosse health experts answer questions about COVID-19 vaccine
La Crosse health experts are encouraged by CDC and FDA approval of children ages 12-15 to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
May 13, 2021 7:24 PM Jordan Fremstad
Updated:
Should I get the vaccine if I already had COVID-19?
Doctors say people who had COVID-19 infection should still get vaccinated. A Mayo Clinic Health System experts say there are two reasons why.
“It’s still not clear exactly how long those last and how long those will protect you for,” Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious disease doctor with Mayo Clinic Rochester. “Likely that length of time is different for different people depending on how severe your illness was. Whether you have any underlying immune system issues.
Vaccination gap leaving Wisconsin, U.S. behind herd immunity
Nearly 600,000 people have tested positive for the virus in Wisconsin
May 3, 2021 6:07 PM Greg White
Updated:
No where near reaching herd immunity.
Herd immunity occurs when enough people in a community are immune to a certain infectious disease that the disease can no longer effectively spread from person to person.
That essential gives protection to everyone.
According to UW Health, the U.S. could reach herd immunity when 70 to 90 percent of the population is vaccinated.
Although roughly 600,000 Wisconsinites have tested positive for the virus, that won’t help Wisconsin reach herd immunity like vaccinations will.
CDC, Gundersen leaders urge community members continue to follow COVID-19 safety measures
Warning comes as more than 50 million American have received at least one dose of the vaccine
March 2, 2021 5:18 PM Greg White
Some states are starting to loosen restrictions on places like schools, restaurants and gyms.
But officials from the CDC as well as those in La Crosse say Americans shouldn’t relax just yet.
“At 70,000 cases per day we’re not in that place right now. With variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” said CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
“So far, we’ve lucked out. But that might not be the case down the line. And the only way to truely stop those variants from happening in the first place is to get transmission down,” said Gundersen Health System infection preventionist Megan Meller.