“It’s‘ The Endless Story. ’And your most important question is,‘ When will this stop? ’” Dr. Joseph Varon, of United Memorial Medical Center in Houston.
Dr. Varon says 33 out of 35 hospitals in the metropolitan city of Houston no longer accept new patients.
“Projections are that this will end sometime in March next year, but that doesn’t take into account human stupidity,” Dr. Varon said.
Doctors say the vast majority of new patients are among unvaccinated people.
The data show that only 46% of young people aged 18 to 24 are fully vaccinated.
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New Jersey Vaccine Mandate for School Staff
Gov. Phil Murphy announced that all New Jersey school staff, from preschool through 12th grade, will need to be fully vaccinated on Oct. 18 or undergo regular testing, up to one or two. times a week.
NEW: All preschool staff at 12 must complete a full vaccination course or undergo regular testing at least once or twice each week.
It must be completed by October 18th. pic.twitter.com/OeoCNPgosA
– Gov. Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) August 23, 2021
The Pentagon will order the COVID-19 vaccine for members of the military service
The Pentagon says it will require service members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine now that the Pfizer vaccine has received full approval.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is fulfilling his vote earlier this month to require the shots once the Food and Drug Administration approves the vaccine.
FDA-approved Pfizer vaccine
The United States fully approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help raise public confidence in the shots as the nation fights the most contagious coronavirus mutant to date.
The vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, now has the strongest support from the Food and Drug Administration, which has never had so much evidence to judge the safety of a shot.
New York vaccine requirement for teachers and school employees
Mayor Bill de Blasio says public school employees must have received at least one dose by Sept. 27. The new vaccination policy will not allow weekly testing as an option.
Why not rush to get a COVID-19 vaccine before it is given to you
Next month, millions of Americans will be preparing to roll up their sleeves to get a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. But when it comes to reinforcing traits, it’s not as simple as “more is more,” it’s also a matter of when.
For severely immunocompromised individuals, a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is now available. By mid-September, this option is expected to be open to anyone with Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, at least eight months after their second dose.
Health experts warn not to jump the gun or the line when you may need a booster shot.
Large events were canceled due to the delta variant, economies of the wallop states
A festival in New Orleans. Concerts in Nashville, Tennessee. A comic book convention in Atlanta. As the delta variant increases nationwide, states with low COVID vaccination rates are suffering a loss of tourist dollars due to cancellations and postponements of major events.
Of the 11 states with vaccination rates below 50%, Louisiana, Tennessee and Georgia have canceled basic events, at an estimated cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to local and state economies, according to officials.
What you need to know about delta and other variants of COVID-19 concern
Centers for disease control and prevention included the COVID-19 delta variant as one of its “worrying variants” (VOCs) on June 15th. According to the CDC, VOCs can be more contagious, more dangerous, less susceptible to available treatments, or more difficult to detect. All current VOCs have mutations in the ear protein of the virus, which acts as a key to breaking into cells and infecting them. And that’s a potential concern, because the peak protein from the original version of the virus is the one the scientists used to design the three authorized vaccines. It is also what monoclonal antibody treatments adhere to so that the virus cannot enter the cells, effectively “neutralizing” the threat. So far none of these mutations have changed the virus enough to minimize vaccines. The uncontrolled spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, means the virus is mutating rapidly. This is why many new variants are being discovered in places with the highest infection rates and a large number of unvaccinated individuals, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Brazil.
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