Public Attitudes

The COVID Pandemic Is Not Over For Older Persons

Tue, 2023-02-14 11:16 — mike kraft

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For older Americans, the pandemic still poses significant dangers. About three-quarters of Covid deaths have occurred in people over 65, with the greatest losses concentrated among those over 75.

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Misinformation issue: Google counter campaign, Sudan study, distortions of Fauci vaccine paper

Mon, 2023-02-13 17:50 — mike kraft

Google to expand misinformation 'prebunking' in Europe WASHINGTON (AP) — After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. AP NEWS

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Suicides in U.S. rose in 2021 after 2 years of declines, CDC report finds

Mon, 2023-02-13 09:45 — mike kraft

Suicides rose in 2021 after 2 years of declines, CDC report finds A new CDC report published Thursday found the number of suicides increased in 2021 -- after two years of declines -- to figures not seen since 2018 ABC News ABC News

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U.S. CDC adds Covid-19 vaccinations to immunization schedules for children, adults

Thu, 2023-02-09 17:31 — mike kraft

CDC adds Covid-19 vaccinations to immunization schedules for children, adults The guidance formalizes current recommendations, and does not mandate vaccines. POLITICO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added Covid-19 vaccinations for children, adolescents and adults to its immunization schedule.

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U.S. House votes to end COVID vaccine requirement for foreign air travelers

Thu, 2023-02-09 11:45 — mike kraft

U.S. House votes to end foreign air traveler COVID vaccine requirement The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place. David Shepardson Reuters

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Analysis: Public health is being undermined by denialism

Thu, 2023-02-09 11:25 — mike kraft

Denialism is seeping into legislation and undermining public health Denialism represents a shift in the common practice of disputing notions that we may not agree with to the outright rejection of facts in an antagonistic way. dtodd The Hill

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Watchdog: US may have misspent $191B in pandemic unemployment benefits

Wed, 2023-02-08 17:39 — mike kraft

Estimate of misspent Covid unemployment payments leaps to $191B Federal officials acknowledge that they cannot precisely identify how much federal aid was wrongfully sent out. POLITICO

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Knowing someone who died or suffered from COVID-19 increases the likelihood of a person geting vaccinated --study

Wed, 2023-02-08 09:53 — mike kraft

People who know someone who died of COVID-19 more likely to get vaccinated - UPI.com People who know someone who was sickened by COVID-19 or who died from it were twice as likely to get their own vaccinations, a recent study found. UPI

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Political leaning influences American doctors' beliefs about COVID treatments-- study

Tue, 2023-02-07 18:58 — mike kraft

Political leaning influences doctors' beliefs about COVID treatments, study finds CIDRAP

Left or right political leaning in the United States predicts both physician and patient beliefs about COVID-19 treatments, with the two groups perceiving information differently, according to a study to be published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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