Only 23 percent of the world's population is fully vaccinatedagainst COVID and 31 percent are partially vaccinated, according to Our World in Data, an online educational resource focused on global living conditions. So does possible endemicity mean we should give up now?
What is a COVID-19 vaccine "breakthrough" case? It’s when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus. CLICK HERE TO FIND A COVID-19 VACCINE NEAR YOU In studies, the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna were around 95% effective at preventing illness, whil...
COVID-19 vaccines protect against infection with SARS-CoV-2, but they aren't 100% effective. As such, fully vaccinated people may still catch COVID-19, which is known as a breakthrough infection. But fully vaccinated people are much less likely to develop serious illness from COVID-19 com...
One example is the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations from last year to prepare for the first post zero-COVID wave. As of November 28, 2022, the number of people over the age of 60 who were partially vaccinated or fully vaccinated reached 90.68 percent and 86.42 percent, respectively, accor...
One example is the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations from last year to prepare for the first post zero-COVID wave. As of November 28, 2022, the number of people over the age of 60 who were partially vaccinated or fully vaccinated reached 90.68 percent and 86.42 percent, respectively, accor...
more than 95 million doses have been administered which equates to over 18% of the population.This week, the agency also put outguidelines for those who have been fully vaccinated. Sophie Bushwick of Scientific American fills us in on those guidelines and also talks about research on the...
One example is the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations from last year to prepare for the first post zero-COVID wave. As of November 28, 2022, the number of people over the age of 60 who were partially vaccinated or fully vaccinated reached 90.68 percent and 86.42 percent, respectively, accor...
One example is the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations from last year to prepare for the first post zero-COVID wave. As of November 28, 2022, the number of people over the age of 60 who were partially vaccinated or fully vaccinated reached 90.68 percent and 86.42 percent, respectively, accor...
The availability of updated vaccines is a welcome development. However, this is not the end of the story. We need to make sure eligible people get vaccinated. We also need to acknowledge that vaccination should form part of a comprehensive strategy to limit the impact of COVID-19 from now ...
What if the fully vaccinated are exposed to someone who's infected? The CDC did recently ease those rules: No quarantine as long as the vaccinated person shows no symptoms and it's been at least two weeks but not longer than three months since their second dose. Getting on an airplane?