I don’t think it’s possible for doctors to convince their patients to opt for the COVID booster in the same way that they do for the flu shot. For reasons I discussed at length in my answer to #1, the two decisions don’t pose the same questions. For most people who get an ann...
However, the moderating effect of government economic support is not always significant, and caution is needed when interpreting the results. Our analysis also highlights the potential risks associated with low levels of government economic support during the pandemic. Specifically, we find that in coun...
Report Date Versus Date of Event: Immunization data are published by date of vaccination. Vaccination data may be entered into CIR several days after the vaccine was administered. Therefore, new records reported to CIR each day contain a mix of vaccines that were administered the day prior, as...
The rise of the highly lethal severe acute respiratory syndrome-2 (SARS-2) as corona virus 2019 (COVID-19) reminded us of the history of other pandemics that happened in the last century (Spanish flu) and stayed in the current century, which include Severe-Acute-Respiratory-Syndrome (SARS)...
"for more than 40 years, flu shots have been updated annually to protect against new strains of influenza and we're now updating our covid vaccines the same way." vaccination versus infection although some still believe getting infected with the virus confers greater immunity than a covid shot...
Because the availability of the vaccine in North America is limited in the summer season, those needing the vaccine for travel purposes should discuss the best option for flu prevention, vaccine versus carrying of antiviral medications, with their doctor. Those who are at high risk of getting com...
(PRNT50GMT of 69.45 versus 251.6) [43] and neutralizing antibody (nAb) levels decline more rapidly than ChAdOx1 [44]. Although a third dose of the same vaccine was found to effectively restore nAb levels [45], such homologous boosting does not provide sufficient levels of protective nAb ...
Sex-differential excess mortality versus overall excess mortality A possible association between sex-differential excess mortality and overall excess mortality was explored by linear regression, using the respective excess mortalities for the seasons 2016/17 to and including the 2019/20 COVID-19 season....
This could be attributed to the fact that individuals associate the name of such a rate with the closest mild disease they are accustomed to; namely, a flu. Being informed about the infection fatality rate of COVID-19 significantly reduces lock-down behavioural decisions. This could possibly be...
Dr Jonathan Quick, head of pandemic response at the Rockefeller Foundation, said: “You have 50m to 100m Americans a year getting the sniffles and, given the impact of Covid versus flu, you’re going to want to distinguish between the two. That’s going to be a huge challenge.” Mr D...