“I think, in many respects, Omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility, will, ultimately, find just about everybody,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci yesterday during a “fireside chat” with the Center for Strategic & International Initiatives. His comment came one day after the U.S. set an all-time record for daily infections, at 1.4 million, and also for test positivity, at 26%, per Johns Hopkins University.
Fauci went on to reference statements he made last year in which he said Covid would likely not be eradicated, but controlled, becoming an endemic problem, rather than a pandemic.
“It’s no way, I believe, likely – I mean, aspirational, but not likely – that we’re going to eliminate it because, A.) it has a high degree of transmissibility; B.) variants arise; and C.) there are so many people that are unvaccinated. And we eliminated polio because we got almost everybody vaccinated. We eliminated measles...
Fauci went on to reference statements he made last year in which he said Covid would likely not be eradicated, but controlled, becoming an endemic problem, rather than a pandemic.
“It’s no way, I believe, likely – I mean, aspirational, but not likely – that we’re going to eliminate it because, A.) it has a high degree of transmissibility; B.) variants arise; and C.) there are so many people that are unvaccinated. And we eliminated polio because we got almost everybody vaccinated. We eliminated measles...
- 1/12/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The Food and Drug Administration announced it will move to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars from the market, hoping the decision will help reduce addiction and youth smoking as well as close health disparity gaps between black and white Americans.
“Banning menthol — the last allowable flavor — in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products,” said Acting Fda Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock in a statement on the decision issued Thursday.
Woodcock added, “With these actions,...
“Banning menthol — the last allowable flavor — in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products,” said Acting Fda Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock in a statement on the decision issued Thursday.
Woodcock added, “With these actions,...
- 4/29/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
New York, Feb 28 (Ians) The US Food and Drug Administration (Fda) has approved the single-shot Johnson and Johnson (J&j) Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the third to be authorised against the disease in the country.
The authorisation allows the vaccine to be distributed in the US for use in individuals 18 years of age and older, the Fda said on Saturday.
"The authorisation of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for Covid-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States," Acting Fda Commissioner Janet Woodcock, sia din a statement.
The totality of the available data provides clear evidence that the Janssen Covid-19 Vaccine may be effective in preventing the coronavirus, the Fda said.
The Janssen Covid-19 vaccine is manufactured using a specific type of virus called adenovirus type 26 (Ad26).
The vaccine...
The authorisation allows the vaccine to be distributed in the US for use in individuals 18 years of age and older, the Fda said on Saturday.
"The authorisation of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for Covid-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which has claimed over half a million lives in the United States," Acting Fda Commissioner Janet Woodcock, sia din a statement.
The totality of the available data provides clear evidence that the Janssen Covid-19 Vaccine may be effective in preventing the coronavirus, the Fda said.
The Janssen Covid-19 vaccine is manufactured using a specific type of virus called adenovirus type 26 (Ad26).
The vaccine...
- 2/28/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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