We just can’t accept the COVID-19 vaccines like we embraced the polio vaccines in the 1950s.
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Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Maine CDC reports 603 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
Meanwhile, coronavirus hospitalizations statewide increased to 235 on Saturday, another record.
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Posted inNation / World
U.S. booster shots start even as millions remain unprotected
The vast majority of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are among the unvaccinated, the CDC director notes.
Posted inHealth, Maine
COVID continues to whiplash tri-county region as Maine hospitals are inundated with patients
The statewide single-day records for total hospitalizations, individuals in critical care and individuals on a ventilator were all shattered this month.
Posted inNation / World, Schools & Education
Pediatric COVID-19 cases rose faster in counties without school mask requirements, CDC says
Data from the CDC on the new K-12 school year bolster the agency’s recommendation for masks in schools and in-person classes.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids?
The delta variant is causing a surge in infections among kids in the U.S. and elsewhere, but experts say there are no strong signs that it is causing more severe disease for young patients
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine health care providers gear up to offer COVID-19 booster shots
Meanwhile, the delta variant continues to drive infections and hospitalizations around the state, with 714 new cases reported on Friday.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News, Schools & Education
Spruce Mountain Elementary School in COVID-19 outbreak
There were three positive cases within 14 days, state CDC says.
Posted inHealth, Lewiston-Auburn
As Lewiston grapples with its own COVID surge, CMMC doctor warns that delta ‘is a big gamble’
The vast majority of patients hospitalized at Central Maine Medical Center and at Maine hospitals are unvaccinated.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World, News
CDC endorses Pfizer boosters for older Americans and people at higher risk
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off late Thursday night on a series of recommendations from a panel of advisers, and made one recommendation that the panel had rejected.