Month: February 2021

'If that's at the expense of older people dying, is that a good trade-off?" BEND, Ore. (KTVZ)-- The Oregon Health Authority recently announced that seniors 80 and older will be eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine beginning Feb. 8, with other age groups set to follow in the coming weeks. But the agency also said this week there's not going to be enough vaccine doses to meet the demand, which can only add fuel to the fire of frustration many seniors have felt in recent weeks and months. NewsChannel 21 has heard directly from a handful of seniors who have voiced their frustration with vaccine rollout, like Bill Gawlowksi. "I know it's difficult, we're not getting vaccines fast enough," he said. I just feel like seniors are getting kicked to the curb, so...

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Consumer electronics retailer B8ta has temporarily closed two San Francisco stores, the latest shuttering coming after an armed robbery on Wednesday at its Hayes Valley location amid a surge in violent crime. Security camera footage shows a man with a scooter entering the store and flashing a silver gun at the store manager, who backs away. The man, who is wearing a mask and baseball cap, takes two laptops and leaves the store on the scooter. B8ta CEO Vibhu Norby said crime has gotten much worse this year in San Francisco. Last month, an unmasked man “clearly on drugs” took an $800 product and ran out, he said. Separately, another man went into the store’s back room and damaged products and broke a sign, according to a police report. At its Union Square location, two women s...

Can someone who is about to receive the coronavirus vaccine take painkillers before or after the vaccine is administered to them?Doctors say it’s best to avoid them unless you routinely take them for a medical condition. Although the evidence is limited, some painkillers might interfere with the very thing the vaccine is trying to do: generate a strong immune system response."It's an important but unknown question," Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, said. "I think the best thing to do right now is to not take Tylenol or ibuprofen before the vaccine," Ellerin said. "If you have significant side effects afterward, absolutely."Vaccines work by tricking the body into thinking it has a virus and mounting a defense against it. That may cause arm soreness...

Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Twenty-nine additional cases of COVID-19 were reported today. One case was reclassified from PCR+ to Antigen+, and one previously recorded case was removed due to an out-of-area lab reporting error. The total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus now stands at 2,877.  The county will receive a total of 3,975 doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week, 3,000 Moderna and 975 Pfizer, as part of its weekly allocation from the state. Humboldt County Public Health is reserving 870 doses for use at its large-scale vaccination clinics next week, while the remainder will be distributed to local approved vaccinators.  Regardless of which provider is administering the dose, vaccinations are offered by a...