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A growing body of preliminary research suggests the Covid vaccines used in most of the world offer almost no defense against becoming infected by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

All vaccines still seem to provide a significant degree of protection against serious illness from Omicron, which is the most crucial goal. But only the Pfizer and Moderna shots, when reinforced by a booster, appear to have initial success at stopping infections, and these vaccines are unavailable in most of the world.

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Russia cracks down on anti-vaxxer disinformation; inoculation campaign lags behind

Wed, 2021-11-24 17:23 — mike kraft

Russia cracks down on anti-vaxxer disinformation as inoculation push lags behind Russian authorities said on Wednesday they were scouring social networks and media websites to find people spreading false claims about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccination, the latest in a series of measures to invigorate sluggish inoculation rates. Gleb Stolyarov Reuters

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OVERVIEW: Europe, Asia, Mideast COVID-related developments

Mon, 2021-11-15 14:59 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Britain's booster vaccine rollout is to be extended to people between 40 and 49 years old, officials said, in a bid to beef up waning immunity in the population ahead of the colder winter months. Reuters Reuters

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Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider re-imposing unpopular lockdowns

Fri, 2021-11-12 16:45 — mike kraft

COVID-19's epicentre again: Europe faces fresh reckoning Europe has become the epicentre of the pandemic again, prompting some governments to consider re-imposing unpopular lockdowns in the run-up to Christmas and stirring debate over whether vaccines alone are enough to tame COVID-19. Josephine Mason,Emilio Parodi Reuters

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Covid-19 drove deaths up 16% in OECD countries; deaths in Russia rech record daily level

Tue, 2021-11-09 15:55 — mike kraft

Covid-19 drove deaths up 16% in OECD countries and hit mental health, too, report finds The Covid-19 pandemic drove deaths up by 16% among the 38 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, hitting overall life expectancy in 24 out of 30 members, the organization said Tuesday. Maggie Fox, CNN CNN

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Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels

Mon, 2021-11-08 15:37 — mike kraft

Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Monday as some countries in eastern Europe experience record outbreaks, even as the Delta variant surge eases and many countries resume trade and tourism. Roshan Abraham,Rittik Biswas Reuters

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Life expectancy fell sharply in the U.S. and Russia last year because of COVID

Thu, 2021-11-04 14:57 — mike kraft

The United States had the second-steepest decline in life expectancy among high-income countries last year during the pandemic, according to a study of death data spanning several continents.

The only country studied that saw a starker overall trend was Russia.

The study, published Wednesday in The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), assessed premature death in 37 countries, comparing observed life expectancy in 2020 with what would have been expected for the year based on historical trends from 2005-2019. Life expectancy dropped in 31 of these countries during the pandemic.

The U.S. trend was among the worst. ...

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