Topics:
- Update on Numbers
- Update on Trends
- Update on Models
- News: Biden Admin trying to increase vaccine access
- News: Pace of vaccination is uneven and somewhat slow
- World News Update
- Merck ended their covid vaccine program
- J and J vaccine announcement
- About Those Variants: overview of the variants, the three main ones and what we know about them, the implications
- Vaccine Q and A: do I need vaccination if I had COVID? This feels very fast; it is safe? I read about people dying after vaccine, what's up with that? What about antibody-dependent enhancement, does that happen with COVID? Can I take ibuprofen/tylenol before my vaccine to prevent side effects? I'm pregnant--should I get vaccine?
Links:
- NY TImes, BIden Vaccine Plan
- NY Times, Pace of Vaccination
- NY Times, West Virginia Vaccine Strategy
- The Guardian, COVID in India
- Reuters, Merck Ends COVID Vaccine Program
- NY Times, J and J Announcement
- STATNews, COVID Variants
- NY Times, Conflicting Advice for Pregnant Women
- CDC, COVID Vaccine and Pregnancy