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  1. Do I Have to Have That Vaccine?
    11 Nov 2020 … If approved, the vaccine could be in use by mid-to-late December 2020. But what about people who choose not to get the vaccine? What about people who have religious beliefs that are not in concert with vaccination? Does a vaccine Continue reading
  2. People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
    2 Feb 2021 … Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for people 75 and up can leave out Black Americans, who tend to die younger than their white counterparts. In majority-Black Shelby County, this gap raises questions of how to make the vaccine rollout equitable. Continue reading
  3. Why Do So Many Young Americans Misunderstand Vaccination? In 1954, 1.8 million children participated in the Salk polio vaccine trials. (Photo: March of Dimes)
    2 Feb 2015 … Dr. Jonas Salk's discovery of a polio vaccine was supported by a nation-wide commitment to ending the disease. Today, measles is making a comeback as some parents exclude their children from vaccinations. Continue reading
  4. Unsanitized: America’s Vaccine Rollout Should Infuriate You
    1 Jan 2021 … As of the end of 2020, Americans have received a dose of one of the two coronavirus vaccines made available for emergency use. Trump administration officials with Operation Warp Speed initially promised 20 million people vaccinated by the end of the year, meaning 40 million Continue reading
  5. Unsanitized: Pay People to Get the Vaccine
    12 Dec 2020 … That should be part of a relief bill entirely focused on getting the vaccine to people as fast as possible. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for December 10, 2020. Continue reading
  6. The Freakout About Giving COVID Vaccines to Prisoners Has Already Begun
    12 Dec 2020 … As the arrival of the first COVID vaccines approaches, a political backlash has been brewing over the idea that inoculating people behind bars should be a priority. Continue reading
  7. Unsanitized: Distributing the Vaccine, Here and Abroad Johns Hopkins Daily Covid Map
    12 Dec 2020 … There’s every expectation that the Pfizer vaccine will be approved for use in the US and should begin to roll out among the first hospital workers and nursing home residents by the weekend. But it’s not that simple. Continue reading
  8. The Politics of Vaccination
    2 Feb 2012 … A measles outbreak has made vaccination an unexpected issue in the 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading
  9. Going Behind ‘The Vaccine War’
    2 Feb 2012 … Jon Palfreman, producer of Frontline's "The Vaccine War", shares what he discovered and how it applies to the current debate. Continue reading
  10. Vaccine for Me and Not for Thee Residents wait in line for COVID-19 tests at a test site run by CORE at St. Benedict the African Catholic Church in the Englewood neighborhood on November 12, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Illinois. Today Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a stay-at-home advisory as the city topped a 14 percent positivity rate, recording nearly 2,000 new case a day. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2020 … We are concerned about what lies ahead as the other 300-plus million Americans line up for shots. Given what we’ve seen so far in the pandemic response, it’s not unreasonable to fear that the vaccination process will be just as Continue reading