We’re starting to get some great news in the States. Cases have decreased 33% in the past 14 days, which is welcomed progress. We need all the help we can get before Winter, as coronaviruses are typically seasonal. And while we’re improving as a whole, there are certainly still hot spots. Alaska has the highest case rate per capita in the
The fact that the unvaccinated are likely to be uninsured really jumped out at me. I know we tell people that the vaccine is free, but I know people who have been told they would have to pay co-pays that aren't technically for the vaccine, but for administering it. Also, most places are now charging for tests. Given that we get socked with unanticipated expenses all the the time when we access health care, I wonder what kind of marketing campaign would be needed to assure people they won't be charged. This is definitely a problem.
Washington Post article about a recent poll seems relevant to this post. While vaccinated R and D had a similar understanding of how effective the vaccine is in preventing hospitalization, and unvaccinated Democrats were also aware, unvaccinated Republicans turned out to consider it to have no effectiveness against hospitalization. (They estimated that vax and unvax alike had about a 5% chance of hospitalization.)
Not only does this give a lot of context to how damaging misinformation is, but the D stats are a reminder that we still have a lot of structural barriers to vaccination nobody's really talking about. (Another wapo article mentions 44% of unvax are open to vax)
Can you comment on when the Pfizer vaccine for age 12-17 will be fully FDA approved? I had to negotiate that our 12 year old be vaccinated when its fully approved and am impatient for her to be vaccinated.
Israel's spike was surprising and concerning. I know its going down significantly now, but of the spike, what percentage were breakthrough vs unvaccinated? Was that a wave of the unvaccinated or Pfizer vulnerability?
I am a Federal employee, and with the new requirements that all feds be vaccinated by 11/22, we are getting a LOT of pushback from employees in rural America. One shared this recently-published article with me, and I'd love to hear your take on the data. The author is certainly in a position where I would not expect garbage science, so how does this analysis fit with the overall picture of what you are seeing in published research articles?
Subramanian, S.V., Kumar, A. Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States. Eur J Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7
I asked this on another thread but the question remains, especially after seeing these numbers. What explains these slow downs if vaccination rates haven't changed that much and there are no new masking or social distancing policies (presumably). Did the virus just run its course in these hot spots, infecting whomever it was going to infect?
Since we assume natural immunity is 90 days, how safe would it be for my (too young to be vaccinated) children be, playing with their cousins(outside only) that had the virus the first of September? Thank you for keeping us all informed. You are my saving grace!!
The fact that the unvaccinated are likely to be uninsured really jumped out at me. I know we tell people that the vaccine is free, but I know people who have been told they would have to pay co-pays that aren't technically for the vaccine, but for administering it. Also, most places are now charging for tests. Given that we get socked with unanticipated expenses all the the time when we access health care, I wonder what kind of marketing campaign would be needed to assure people they won't be charged. This is definitely a problem.
Washington Post article about a recent poll seems relevant to this post. While vaccinated R and D had a similar understanding of how effective the vaccine is in preventing hospitalization, and unvaccinated Democrats were also aware, unvaccinated Republicans turned out to consider it to have no effectiveness against hospitalization. (They estimated that vax and unvax alike had about a 5% chance of hospitalization.)
Not only does this give a lot of context to how damaging misinformation is, but the D stats are a reminder that we still have a lot of structural barriers to vaccination nobody's really talking about. (Another wapo article mentions 44% of unvax are open to vax)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/27/misinformation-epidemic-among-unvaccinated-republicans-one-stat/
Can you comment on when the Pfizer vaccine for age 12-17 will be fully FDA approved? I had to negotiate that our 12 year old be vaccinated when its fully approved and am impatient for her to be vaccinated.
Israel's spike was surprising and concerning. I know its going down significantly now, but of the spike, what percentage were breakthrough vs unvaccinated? Was that a wave of the unvaccinated or Pfizer vulnerability?
I am a Federal employee, and with the new requirements that all feds be vaccinated by 11/22, we are getting a LOT of pushback from employees in rural America. One shared this recently-published article with me, and I'd love to hear your take on the data. The author is certainly in a position where I would not expect garbage science, so how does this analysis fit with the overall picture of what you are seeing in published research articles?
Subramanian, S.V., Kumar, A. Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States. Eur J Epidemiol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7
also available at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-021-00808-7
I asked this on another thread but the question remains, especially after seeing these numbers. What explains these slow downs if vaccination rates haven't changed that much and there are no new masking or social distancing policies (presumably). Did the virus just run its course in these hot spots, infecting whomever it was going to infect?
Since we assume natural immunity is 90 days, how safe would it be for my (too young to be vaccinated) children be, playing with their cousins(outside only) that had the virus the first of September? Thank you for keeping us all informed. You are my saving grace!!