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Experts warn of vaccine misinformation, call for science-based decisions Tom Vacar reports. BERKELEY, Calif. - With America on the verge of beginning COVID-19 vaccinations, some people may be unwilling to get it. Yet, without vaccinations, the nation is on a trajectory to lose another 200,000 Americans by fall, a half-million in all. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin was the first famous American anti-vaccine proponent right up until the day his four-year-old son died of smallpox. And, when that happened, he became a real advocate of the smallpox vaccine, said UC Berkeley Vaccinologist Dr. Lee Riley. Riley is one of four distinguished physicians KTVU spoke with, all experts in vaccines and the reluctance of some to get them. Riley says social media allows the most misinformation to be fed and passed on. ....
Worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccine set to begin Tom Vacar reports on the logistics involved in distributing the vaccine. OAKLAND, Calif. - As the pandemic drags on with record-setting deaths, daily new cases at an all-time high, and ICU capacity stretched thin, there s no time to waste in distributing a COVID-19 vaccine. Various COVID-19 vaccines have been developed, and will attack coronavirus in different ways. The first wave of vaccines require super cold temperatures for storage and shipment worldwide. Pfizer s scientists say its 95% effective COVID-19 vaccine must be shipped and stored minus at 70 degrees Celsius; that s 94 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. ....