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Insights into those who have not been vaccinated yet but are not hesitant

Wed, 2021-05-12 19:58 — mike kraft

It had been weeks since Acy Grayson III, owner of Let It Shine, a home improvement outfit he runs out of his own home in the suburbs of Cleveland, had vowed to get a Covid-19 vaccine.

Appointments were available.

But Mr. Grayson, who never knows how long a job will take or when a new one will come along, had found it hard to commit to a time and a place. The mass vaccination site where appointments were not required was off his beaten path. He did not know that a nearby church, Lee Road Baptist, had been dispensing vaccines on Fridays — but the truth is, even if he had, it is unlikely he would have made the short trek to get one there, either.

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International public health panel sharply criticizes political leaders for slow response to coronavirus pandemic

Wed, 2021-05-12 09:44 — mike kraft

Panel blasts COVID-19 response: 'Global political leadership was absent' A prominent panel of political and public health leaders has blasted the international and national response to the coronavirus pandemic, labeling slow and tepid reactions around the world as a Reid Wilson TheHill

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New poll: Percentage of American vaccine holdouts inches downward but hard core still needs convincing.

Tue, 2021-05-11 21:08 — mike kraft

Poll: Most in US who remain unvaccinated need convincing Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than just a few months ago, but questions about side effects and how the shots were tested still hold some back, according to a new poll that highlights the challenges at a pivotal moment in the U... AP NEWS

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The Coronavirus spread threatens Southeast Asia and elsewhere

Tue, 2021-05-11 19:20 — mike kraft

As the virus threatens Southeast Asia, the spread of new variants continues to be a danger everywhere

After a devastating year with wave after wave of coronavirus infections around the world, new cases and deaths are falling in many of the Western nations that were once among the hardest hit. But while the virus recedes in wealthy nations with robust vaccination campaigns, it is pummeling India and threatening to swamp Southeast Asian countries that until now had largely kept the virus at bay.

Taken together, the opposing regional trends add up to a leveling of global daily new cases at “an unacceptably high plateau” that leaves the world in continuing danger, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.

In Southeast Asia, Dr. Tedros noted that “cases and deaths are still increasing rapidly.”

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