The White House is ramping up efforts to ensure that U.S. adults get vaccinated against Covid-19, announcing extended pharmacy hours for shots and free child care for recipients, expanded community outreach efforts and even free beer.
The push is part of a broader effort by the administration to encourage and make it easier for unvaccinated Americans to get Covid-19 shots — and meet President Joe Biden's goal of giving at least one shot to 70 percent of U.S. adults by July 4.
I think Biden wants to go further... It is about his performance and not about the young people who was not impacted at all.
It is a diversion from the south border chaos. The Gasoline high prices and shortage, etc. Just a thought.
Ever since the vaccine rollout started, the US has obsessed over herd immunity, or the idea that when enough people become immune to Covid-19, whether through infection or vaccination, the risk to those without immunity becomes negligible.
Estimates for achieving this nebulous goal vary widely, but states are clearly on different trajectories, and disparities in vaccination rates are sometimes even more stark at the local level.
While the US is doing well on the whole, ultimately what matters is how many people have had Covid-19 and how many are fully vaccinated in each community.
As such, it is long past time to retire the idea of a national herd immunity and instead focus on local case levels, hospitalization, death and vaccine coverage. Just a thought.
The covert narcissist makes fun of others through jokes, blames others at work and in relationships, and works behind the scenes to cause others to fail for their benefit. They may also choose not to work on team or group projects but use the blame game to shift the focus to others.
The covert narcissist is not extroverted, and they tend to be very insecure. Staying away from others limits their need to compare themselves or to have to live up to external standards.
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June Tatelman had recently received her second dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. Maybe soon she could play with her grandchildren etc...
She ran into her family physician -- who killed her buzz very quickly.
To treat inflamed blood vessels in her lungs, Tatelman, 73, takes a drug that suppresses her immune system. Medical studies suggest the vaccine might not work well for some.
He asked her to get a blood test to see if the vaccine had worked -- if she had antibodies against the virus.
She did the test and had no detectable antibodies against Covid-19.
There's very little data to help answer these questions. Tens of millions of other Americans are also taking immunosuppressive drugs that might weaken the effect of the Covid-19 vaccine, and they find themselves in uncharted territory,
