It must be made explicitly clear to the public how measures like mask mandates will cut transmission and can be used to incentivize vaccinations. View original article Contributor: Jennifer Nuzzo and Beth Blauer
I’ll say this for the pre-vaccine days: it was far easier to think about risk when the only sensible option—for those lucky enough for it to even be an option—was to hunker down, avoid as much contact with other people as possible, and wait out the storm. But a year of self-imposed isolation, fueled partially … Read more
As the delta variant surges, the significance of breakthrough infections remains unclear. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach
While company data showed a slight drop in efficacy against any symptomatic cases of covid-19, from 96 percent protection in the first two months following vaccination to 84 percent after four months, the vaccine was 97 percent effective against severe disease. View original article Contributor: Carolyn Y. Johnson
Across the country, people said they felt whiplashed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that even vaccinated people should resume wearing face coverings indoors under specific circumstances. View original article Contributor: Derek Hawkins
As the delta variant surges, the significance of breakthrough infections remains unclear. View original article Contributor: Joel Achenbach
While company data showed a slight drop in efficacy against any symptomatic cases of covid-19, from 96 percent protection in the first two months following vaccination to 84 percent after four months, the vaccine was 97 percent effective against severe disease. View original article Contributor: Carolyn Y. Johnson
Across the country, people said they felt whiplashed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that even vaccinated people should resume wearing face coverings indoors under specific circumstances. View original article Contributor: Derek Hawkins
The evolving recommendations around face coverings served as a dismal acknowledgment that infections in the United States have quadrupled in July, even as highly effective vaccines are widely available. View original article Contributor: Marisa Iati
Why the CDC recommends that even vaccinated people wear masks in indoor public spaces in some places. View original article Contributor: Kim Bellware