Month: February 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci recently explained how you can safely eat inside a restaurant during the novel coronavirus pandemic. What’s going on? Fauci told CNN on Tuesday night that people should be cautious about eating inside a restaurant during the pandemic. But, he said, it can be done if it’s “done carefully.” “If you do indoor dining, you do it in a spaced way where you don’t have people sitting right next to each other,” he told CNN on Tuesday night. He said “good airflow” is important. And, he said, you’ll want to avoid being in places where you’re breathing in other people’s breath. Fauci told CNN that he’s aware of the economic problems that restaurants face because of the coronavirus pandemic. “You know, people think sometimes that public health officials are obliviou...

Phase 1BPima County is currently in Phase 1B, more specifically 1B.1, of its COVID-19 vaccination plan, with special emphasis on communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the virus. In Phase 1A, the county vaccinated high-risk health-care workers. Phase 1B.1 is divided into five groups, the first three of which have rolled out simultaneously. Here is a breakdown of these categories: Phase 1B.1.a — Adults 75 and older due to their higher risk for hospitalization, illness, and death from COVID‐19. Phase 1B.1.b — Protective service workers, which include law enforcement personnel, firefighters, emergency response staffers, and corrections and court personnel. Phase 1B.1.c — Teachers and school staffers, educators in higher education and trade schools, and paid child care wo...

Some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week include this one. It’s not legit, even though it was shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: CLAIM: People may be more susceptible to serious COVID-19 illness after they have been vaccinated. THE FACTS: An Instagram post with more than 4,000 likes falsely claims that people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine may experience more severe symptoms if they are exposed to the virus. “Studies have warned COVID-19 vaccines may result in more serious disease when exposed to the virus by way of pathogenic priming and immune enhancement,” reads the post, which was shared by Joseph Mercola, a doctor who runs a natural health website. But scientists told The Associated Press...

An immunization expert is accusing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with a company called Deloitte for stealing her ideas for a mass vaccination tracker.  A cease-and-desist letter from August obtained by The New York Times shows Tiffany Tate, creator of vaccination tracker PrepMod, is seeking $15 million in damages after she believes the CDC and Deloitte took the ideas from her vaccination tracker and implemented them in their own Vaccine Administration Management System (VAMS) The letter outlines the events that led up to Deloitte and the CDC’s deal and claims that they obtained details of Tate's work and then implemented similar features in their own system.  Deloitte even tried to hire Tate in June to help develop the system she claims she already ...

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