1. A summer of low infection rates
Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children s Hospital, said she expects this summer to have lower infection rates than the winter. When I add in the idea that kids 12 and older will also have access to vaccines this summer, the risk to families will continue to drop, allowing for more activities and with lower risk . to all, she said.
Dr. Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, said she thinks there is a real chance at a summer with much lower rates of disease, however, it means we all have to pull together and do our part by getting vaccinated, wearing masks, social distancing and practicing hand hygiene.
India News: As infections surge by more than 300,000 cases for 14 straight days, pushing India’s tally past 20 million, the country’s limited ability to track new
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) - The good news is that the vaccines work against a new coronavirus strain circulating in India that s spread to several other countries. The bad news is it won t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the urgency of mapping other possible variants that may be currently racing through India s tightly-packed population of 1.4 billion people.
As infections surge by more than 300,000 cases for 14 straight days, pushing India s tally past 20 million, the country s limited ability to track new mutations emerging from its outbreak is a growing concern for scientists.
The Good News Is That Vaccines Work Against India Strain. The Bad News. As infections surge by more than 300,000 cases for 14 straight days, pushing India s tally past 20 million, the country s limited ability to track new mutations emerging from its outbreak is a growing concern for scientists.
Updated: May 06, 2021 10:15 am IST
Indian strain is called a double mutant because of the presence of two changes in the virus s genome.
The good news is that the vaccines work against a new virus strain circulating in India that s spread to several other countries.
The bad news is it won t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the urgency of mapping other possible variants that may be currently racing through India s tightly-packed population of 1.4 billion people.
1. A summer of low infection rates
Dr. Sharon Nachman, chief of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Stony Brook Children s Hospital, said she expects this summer to have lower infection rates than the winter. When I add in the idea that kids 12 and older will also have access to vaccines this summer, the risk to families will continue to drop, allowing for more activities and with lower risk . to all, she said.
Dr. Anne Rimoin, a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, said she thinks there is a real chance at a summer with much lower rates of disease, however, it means we all have to pull together and do our part by getting vaccinated, wearing masks, social distancing and practicing hand hygiene.