Month: August 2021

The California town of Paradise, which was devastated by the 2018 Camp Creek fire that caused 85 fatalities, has a shockingly low vaccination rate and could become a "superspreader" community. "Across the Golden State, COVID-19 surges are returning in numbers not seen since the winter. That's seen in Butte County, and the low vaccination rates in parts of the county are worrying those treating sick patients with the virus," Chico ABC affiliate KRCR reported Saturday. The report noted "some communities are seeing progress in vaccinating their city, town, or neighborhood, while others are falling behind, according to the most recent data from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), dated August 24." Chico, Butte County's most populous city, had 50.8% fully vaccinated. While the o...

Los Angeles — A new study finds troubling news concerning the Delta variant and those unvaccinated against the coronavirus. This comes as new COVID infections in the U.S. average more than 150,000 per day, a 21% increase in the last 14 days. COVID patients are overwhelming hospitals from coast to coast, driving a summer surge. The Delta variant — which is more contagious than the original "Alpha variant" that spread globally — more than doubles the risk of hospitalization for the unvaccinated, according to a U.K. study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers studied more than 40,000 COVID cases between March and May – when the Delta variant took off in Britain — to compare the rates of hospitalization. The findings closely resembled preliminary data from a Scottish...

“There were a lot of people who had gotten their way earlier than I did,” said L’Abate, who suffers from asthma and has a couple other comorbidities. DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond said more than 100 residents were lined up as early as 4:30 a.m., eager to get the vaccine and the $100 prepaid debit card that came with it. By the time county officials closed the line at 1 p.m., there were at least 750 people still waiting, he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ExploreDeKalb’s $100 incentive drives more than 1,100 vaccinations in one dayL’Abate was one of more than 2,500 people vaccinated on Saturday, which saw the biggest turnout of any vaccine drive the county has held. It was the fourth time DeKalb offered a financial incentive to get the shot using federal stimulus dollars allotted to ...

Video above: Fourth-grade teacher supports vaccine mandateAn unvaccinated elementary school teacher who took off their mask to read to students ended up infecting more than half of them last May — and they went on to infect other students, family members and community members, California public health officials reported Friday.It's a prime example of how easy it is to undermine efforts to protect children too young to be vaccinated, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.The teacher came to work even though they had COVID-19 symptoms and then took off their mask to read to the young students, a team at Marin County Public Health reported in the CDC's weekly report on death and disease. The teacher assumed the symptoms indicated allergies, ...