Vaccinations

Generalized vaccine hesitancy a factor in most decisions to not get COVID-19 vaccines --study

Wed, 2023-08-09 21:45 — mike kraft

Vaccine hesitancy behind most decisions to not get COVID-19 vaccines The level of hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine was much higher than for other routinely given vaccines. CIDRAP

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Vaccine hesitancy, which began to grow steadily in the US during the early 2000s with false claims that common childhood vaccines caused autism, soared again during the pandemic, as employee vaccine mandates became political footballs.

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Extroverts more likely to refuse vaccines, Canadian study finds

Wed, 2023-08-09 16:47 — mike kraft

Extroverts more likely to refuse vaccines, study finds - UPI.com Compared to other personality styles, extroverts were 18% more likely to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, a new study found. UPI

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When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise.

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UK's recommendations for fall COVID boosters

Wed, 2023-08-09 15:10 — mike kraft

UK releases recommendations for fall COVID boosters Drazen Zigic/iStock CIDRAP

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In its announcement today, the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) detailed the people who will be eligible to receive the vaccine in the fall—those most likely to benefit from vaccination. Aside from those ages 65 and older, the list includes people in nursing facilities and their caregivers, people ages 6 months to 64 who are in clinical risk groups, people ages 12 to 64 who are family contacts of immunocompromised people, and frontline health and social care workers.

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Negative view of COVID vaccines continue - new polls

Mon, 2023-08-07 23:06 — mike kraft

Prior infections influence opinions of COVID-19 vaccines Province of British Columbia / Flickr CIDRAP

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The results of the present study show many Americans still hold a dismissive view of COVID-19 vaccines. As of April 2023, 30% of the population have not been vaccinated with primary doses, and 83% of those eligible have not received a booster dose.

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Guidance on vaccinations, etc as summer Covid-19 cases increase

Mon, 2023-08-07 15:13 — mike kraft

As a summer wave of Covid-19 hits the US, questions about vaccines, quarantine and testing are back | CNN Covid-19 is on the rise again as the world approaches the fourth virus season since the coronavirus arrived on the scene. Amanda Musa CNN

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Misinformation issue: FDA tries to fight misinformation but sometimes stumbles

Mon, 2023-07-24 14:21 — mike kraft

FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has called misinformation one of the deadliest killers in the United States. As the FDA tries to fight that scourge, it sometimes stumbles. khnerich KFF Health News

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U.S. The CDC is preparing for a winter with '3 bugs out there': Covid, flu and RSV

Mon, 2023-07-24 14:06 — mike kraft

Ready for another 'tripledemic'? CDC prepares for a winter of '3 bugs out there' Vaccine fatigue is already here, although many Americans will be urged to get three different shots this fall. NBC News

Even as the nation is faced with blistering heat waves this summer, Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is already thinking ahead to cold and flu season this winter.

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Bivalent COVID-19 booster outperforms monovalent version --new study

Thu, 2023-07-20 13:36 — mike kraft

Study shows bivalent COVID-19 booster outperforms monovalent version CIDRAP

A new Italian study finds that estimated relative vaccine effectiveness (rVE) was 49.3% for the bivalent (two-strain) booster and 26.9% for the monovalent (single-strain) booster, with protection lasting at least 4 months for the bivalent booster and waning fast for the monovalent version. The study appears in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

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