Month: January 2022

A new study out of Israel found that unvaccinated children may get indirect protection from COVID-19 through their vaccinated parents. Researchers studied households made up of two parents and unvaccinated children, estimating the effect of parental vaccination on unvaccinated children’s risk of catching COVID. The research was conducted during two periods in 2021, corresponding with the alpha and delta variant waves. The study found that, regardless of household size, having one vaccinated parent decreased the risk of an unvaccinated child catching COVID by 23.4% on average. Two vaccinated parents decreased the risk by an average of 64.9%, although the risk only decreased by 58.1% during the delta wave compared to 71.7% during the alpha wave.   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

A California mother of three died of COVID-19 after she was denied a vaccine and then monoclonal antibody treatment because she had multiple sclerosis, her family claims. Nerissa Regnier, 45, a real estate agent from Mission Viejo, died Dec. 16 after allegedly being refused a jab despite asking for one seven times within six months, ABC 7 Los Angeles reported. She was then denied monoclonal antibody treatment after contracting the deadly bug, her family’s attorneys said this week as they announced plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against her health care provider, Kaiser Permanente. “She was a very healthy mother of three managing her MS,” attorney Annee Della Donna said about Regnier, who left behind her husband, Devin Regnier, and three children, ages 14...

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