William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology, said that as much as 80% of the population will have to be immunized. Basic measures such as wearing masks and maintaining physical distance from others remain crucial to protect against dangerous strains while we wait for vaccinations, experts said. “We’re absolutely racing to get prevalence down as quickly as we can, because we never know what the next mutation might be,” said Paul Biddinger, medical director for emergency preparedness at Mass General Brigham and director of the Emergency Preparedness Research, Evaluation & Practice Program (EPREP) at Harvard Chan School. January 29: As new variants of the virus spread, a race is on to vaccinate the public to protect against potentially more dangerous strains (Boston Globe)Įpidemiologists say that the longer COVID-19 spreads, the more likely it is that dangerous strains will emerge-and therefore it’s imperative to vaccinate people as quickly as possible.
Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, said, “Right now, it is the law of the jungle.” Low-income countries are at the back of the line to receive COVID-19 vaccines. January 29: The global line for coronavirus vaccines stretches back to 2023 (Axios)
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“We don’t want this registration infrastructure … to widen inequalities in access, and as we go through each phase, the number of people who are eligible is going to grow and grow and grow,” she said. will offer more help for people struggling to get vaccination appointments (Boston Globe)ĭiscussing problems with Massachusetts’ online registration system for COVID-19 vaccines, research scientist Rebekka Lee said the system could exacerbate inequities because it can pose difficulties for non-native English speakers, people with limited access to the Internet, or those who aren’t tech savvy. Jacobson Research Professor of Public Health, and Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics, were quoted. January 30: Is a COVID variant already in Kansas and Missouri? Here’s why health officials worry (Kansas City Star)Įxperts discussed the potential dangers of coronavirus variants. William Hanage, associate professor of epidemiology, called newly emerging coronavirus variants “serious causes of concern, but we don’t know enough about them at the moment to be able to be definitive.” He said the lack of certainty “should be a very strong impetus to get as many people vaccinated as possible.” January 30: Coronavirus variant finding in Minnesota raises troubling questions (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) “The concern is whether it will be a year or three years until we can make enough vaccines against enough strains to get this under control.” “We will not be for decades dealing with a pandemic,” said Marc Lipsitch, professor of epidemiology and director of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics. January 30: Coronavirus mutations add urgency to vaccination effort as experts warn of long battle ahead (Washington Post)ĭangerous new variants may mean a that a higher level of herd immunity, perhaps 80% of 85%, will be needed to slow down the pandemic.
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January 31: Pool testing at home for protection against COVID-19 some on board, others see potential problem (MetroWest Daily News) Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health, quoted January 31: Florida Department of Health discusses struggles with vaccine rollout (WINK News) Here’s a selection of stories from January 2021 in which they offer comments and context: We’ll be updating this article on a regular basis. Chan School of Public Health experts have been speaking to a variety of media outlets and writing articles about the pandemic. In the wake of an outbreak of coronavirus that began in China in 2019, Harvard T.H. For the Harvard Chan community: Find the latest updates, guidance, useful information, and resources about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) here.
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