April 28, 2022 - (Tarrant County) Tarrant County Public Health hosts numerous pop-up COVID-19 clinics across Tarrant County each week in partnership with public and private organizations listed below. Each site has the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and at times the Johnson & Johnson. Children five and older are eligible for the vaccination. Parents need to bring proof of the childs age and their own ID for the vaccination. Booster vaccinations are available at all of the vaccination locations.
TCPH would like to bring a COVID-19 vaccination clinic to businesses, churches and organizations in the community who are interested in hosting a pop-up clinic. Its easy and free to host a clinic.In addition to the vaccination opportunities below, the cities of Arlington, Fort Worth, Mansfield, North Richland Hills, Hurst, and Tarrant County College have also added opportunities for vaccinations. To find a local vaccine site, the County created a vaccine finder page:VaxUpTC website.
Pop-Up COVID-19 locations:
African American Health ExpoSaturday, Apr. 30: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.2864 Mississippi Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76104
Arlington Public LibrarySaturday, Apr. 30: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.1817 New York Ave.Arlington, TX 76010
Greater Saint Stephen First ChurchMonday, May 2: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.3728 East Berry St. Fort Worth, TX 76105
Eagle Crest Villa (Drive-thru)Tuesday, May 3: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.113 Denver Trail Azle, TX 76020
Vaxmobile Our Lady of GuadalupeThursday, May 5: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.4100 Blue Mound Rd. Fort Worth, TX 76106
Tarrant County Public Health CIinics:
Northwest Public Health CenterMonday to Friday:8 a.m. to 12 p.m.and1 to 5 p.m.3800 Adam Grubb RoadLake Worth, TX 76135
Bagsby-Williams Health CenterMonday to Friday:8 a.m. to 12 p.m.and1 to 5 p.m.3212 Miller Ave.Fort Worth, TX 76119
Southeast Public Health CenterMonday to Friday:9 a.m. to 12 p.m.and1 to6p.m.536 W Randol MillArlington TX, 76011
Main Public Health CenterMonday to Friday:8 a.m. to 12 p.m.and1 to 6 p.m.1101 S. Main StreetFort Worth, TX 76104
Southwest Public Health CenterMonday to Friday:8 a.m. to 12 p.m.and1 to 5 p.m.6551 Granbury RoadFort Worth, TX 76133
Watauga Public Health CenterMonday to Friday:8 a.m. to 12 p.m.and1 to 5 p.m.6601 Watauga RoadWatauga, TX 76148
Amazon will no longer grant up to seven days of paid time off (PTO) for workers sick with COVID-19, the company announced in an internal memo obtained by The Verge (via CNBC). Starting Monday, Amazon will offer up to five days of unpaid, excused leave, with the option for workers to use the paid sick time theyve accrued.
Amazon initially offered 14 days of PTO at the start of the pandemic, but later shaved one week off this policy in line with the Center for Disease Controls (CDC) updated guidance. The company now says workers with confirmed COVID-19 cases can submit a request for paid time off per its standard sick leave policy, regardless of vaccination status. It will also stop giving workers excused time off when waiting for their COVID-19 test results, citing the wide availability of rapid tests.
Amazon is adjusting some of its other COVID-19 policies as well. Its discontinuing its vaccine incentive program that paid workers $40 for every COVID-19 vaccine dose they received, and will no longer notify entire workplaces of positive COVID-19 cases unless required by law. Amazon has made continued to make adjustments to its policy over the course of the pandemic and ended mask requirements for both vaccinated and unvaccinated warehouse workers in February.
The sustained easing of the pandemic, ongoing availability of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, and updated guidance from public health authorities, all signal we can continue to safely adjust to our pre-COVID policies, Amazons notice reads. We are monitoring conditions closely and will continue to adjust our response as appropriate.
Amazon announced its updated policies just a day after the LDJ5 Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York ended its union election. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is set to tally up those votes on Monday, and if the warehouse votes to unionize, it will become the second Amazon warehouse to do so. Last month, a nearby Staten Island warehouse voted to unionize with the Amazon Labor Union (ALU) in a historic win for workers.
#50. Cayuga County
- Population that is fully vaccinated: 59.3% (45,388 fully vaccinated)--- 22.8% lower vaccination rate than New York- Cumulative deaths per 100k: 196 (150 total deaths)--- 43.7% less deaths per 100k residents than New York- Cumulative cases per 100k: 22,200 (17,000 total cases)--- 15.8% less cases per 100k residents than New York
Oregon COVID-19 cases are up, severity is down - OPB
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Its been one month since masks came off in most public spaces in Oregon and things are going exactly as expected, said Dr. Paul Cieslak, the medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations at the Oregon Health Authority.
We are now seeing cases start to increase and hospitalizations start to increase, he said. This was predictable. In fact, that was predicted by our modeler, Dr. Peter Graven at [Oregon Health & Science University.]
Despite the rising cases, which are due largely to the lifting of the mask mandate and the increased transmissibility of the now dominant BA.2 omicron subvariant, Cieslak said Im very optimistic that were not going to see the kind of surges in hospitalized patients that we saw with omicron and delta.
His primary reason for that optimism is that immunity is currently very high. Seventy-six percent of Oregonians are fully vaccinated, according to the Oregon Health Authority, and many who are not, including young children, have already been infected, whether they know it or not, Cieslak said. About 75% of children had contracted COVID-19 as of February 2022, according to a study by the CDC that collected blood samples from tens of thousands of people to test for antibodies. The rate was nearly the same for children younger than 12 and those aged 12 to 17. (More than half, 58%, of all people tested had antibodies indicating prior infection.)
Wesley DeCastro wears a button and sticker after his vaccination at a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine clinic held at Clackamas Town Center in November 2021 in Happy Valley, Ore. The clinic was offered by the Clackamas Countys Department of Public Health and offered Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children ages 5 through 11 years old.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
Since children younger than five have been hospitalized at such low rates despite their high exposure level, Cieslak said he would be paying close attention to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions discussions about the recently submitted vaccine performance data for this age group.
Theyre going to need to look at disease rates. Theyre going to need to look at protection and theyre going to need to make some estimates about how long does that protection last, he said. Is it really going to be worthwhile for young children to get vaccinated? Whats their likelihood of ending up in the hospital with COVID-19? Especially given that many of them have already been infected and have at least some immunity from that prior infection.
The other reason for Cieslaks optimism, is that while omicron is more contagious, its decidedly less severe. That holds true for both the original omicron variant and the BA.2 subvariant, which now account for 100% of the COVID-19 cases in Oregon, according to state data.
It seems to be more like a really bad cold, said Dr. Melinda Muller, the associate chief medical officer at Legacy Health, a statewide hospital network. Not to downplay it, but I think the vaccines are working and doing what theyre supposed to do and helping us even if you get it youre not going to get super sick.
Muller said shes had a lot of patients, including many who have avoided contracting it so far by doing everything right, come down with the disease in recent weeks. Theyre getting it but theyre not getting really really sick, she said of her vaccinated patients who have carefully followed masking and distancing recommendations and yet are getting sick now anyway.
Vaccinated adults are especially likely to have mild symptoms if they catch COVID-19 these days. Fever, sore throat and fatigue remain common, but Muller said she has seen fewer of these patients present with shortness of breath, debilitating fatigue, or other more severe symptoms.
Definitely talk to your doctor, like if you have diabetes or some other illness, such as an underlying lung condition, said Muller, but even people who have that dont seem to be getting too much sicker.
Muller is still wearing a mask in the grocery store and plans to don one for an upcoming flight, but said she is loosening up in other areas of her life, like going out to eat.
I think were starting to come into some kind of equilibrium, Muller said, noting that its still unclear if there will be a few more surges soon or if there will be a yearly surge pattern, like with the flu. But it has been almost three years, she pointed out, the same length of time it took the 1918 flu pandemic to run its course.
I think were getting close to this is just going to be part of life, she said. We just dont know to what degree a part of life it is yet.
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The press conference was the state health agency's first COVID briefing since early March and comes after a federal court ruling rescinding mask requirements on planes, trains and buses.
While the number of COVID-19 cases increase, authorities say they expected a jump and are not concerned.
Vaccinations and residual immunity are among the reasons, President Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday, as the number of deaths drop and hospitalizations rise only slightly.
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Novak Djokovic will be allowed to defend his Wimbledon title after organisers at the All England Club said players will not need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to compete at the tournament.
Djokovic was barred from playing at the Australian Open in January because of his unvaccinated status, which also prevented him from playing tournaments in the United States last month.
But All England Club CEO Sally Bolton announced that unvaccinated players can compete at Wimbledon, and they will not need to quarantine on arrival ahead of the tournament, which begins June 27.
"The requirements set up do not include mandatory vaccination," Bolton said at a news conference on Tuesday. "It will not be a condition of entry for the championships this year."
Players will also be allowed to book their own accommodations, rather than staying together in the same hotel, as they did in 2021.
Djokovic will also compete at the French Open at Roland Garros as he looks to win his 21st Grand Slam to draw level with Rafael Nadal.
Attention will then turn to the grass-court season, where Djokovic will be competing for what he hopes will be his seventh Wimbledon title.
Organisers also said that banning Russian and Belarusian players from this year's championships was the only viable option under the guidance provided by the British government.
The AELTC took the decision in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and it was swiftly condemned by the men's and women's tours.
AELTC chairman Ian Hewitt said the government guidance did not allow players to compete at the tournament based on their rankings and there were two available options: declining entries, or allowing entries but only with specific written declarations from individual players.
"We believe we have made the most responsible decision possible in the circumstances," Hewitt told reporters, adding that they are in regular discussions with the ATP and the WTA.
"And that within the framework of the governance position, there's no viable alternative to the decision we have taken in this truly exceptional and tragic situation."
The move marks the first time players have been banned on the grounds of nationality since the years immediately following World War II, when German and Japanese players were excluded.
Wimbledon is also the first tennis tournament to ban individual competitors from the two countries; among those banned are men's world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia and women's world No. 4 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.
Information from Reuters contributed to this report.
The vaccine deployment in December 2020 signaled a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of May 2021, 40% of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated. But as vaccination rates lagged over the summer, new surges of COVID-19 came, including Delta in the summer of 2021, and now the Omicron variant, which comprises the majority of cases in the U.S.
The United States as of Apr. 29 reached 993,465 COVID-19-related deaths and nearly 81.3 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Currently, 66.1% of the population is fully vaccinated, and 45.8% of vaccinated people have received booster doses.
Stacker compiled a list of the counties with highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in Montana using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Covid Act Now. Counties are ranked by the highest vaccination rate as of Apr. 28, 2022. Due to inconsistencies in reporting, some counties do not have vaccination data available. Keep reading to see whether your county ranks among the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in your state.
A recent article published in theMed journal reported that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) booster vaccinations enhance the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineage neutralizations.
In late November 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was detected in Japan. This variant has nearly 36 mutations in the spike (S)protein, which is a target for neutralizing antibodies and can evade vaccine-mediatedprotection.
Numerous studies have shown that antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 drop progressively following the second vaccination. A coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) booster vaccination program began primarily focusing on medical professionals and at-risk groups in several nations. Yet, the immunogenicity and safety of the three-dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccination regimeagainst Omicron areunclear.
In the present study, the scientists analyzed the immunogenicity and safety of a three-dose regimen of the COVID-19 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Pfizer vaccine. The authors assessed 272 healthcare personnel for long-standing Pfizer vaccine immunogenicity and safety. The team constructed a COVID-19 vaccinee panel to determine the vaccine's two- and three-dose immunogenicity and safety against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) such as Omicron. For this, they used a live SARS-CoV-2 microneutralization test.
The authors isolated and analyzed two Omicron sequences harboring R346K mutations in the S receptor-binding domain (RBD), the primary targets for evading neutralizing monoclonal antibodies like AZD1061/cilgavimab, despite being rare within the Omicron lineage. The team contrasted neutralizing titers (NTs) against the SARS-CoV-2 VOCs such as Gamma, Delta, Omicron, and Beta, following the second shot of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine. The researchers analyzed the alterations in NTs and anti-S antibodies against the Omicron sublineages in Japanese medical personnel who received a third shot of the Pfizer vaccination.
The study results were consistent with a recent investigation, which found that NTs for the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma and Beta strains with three-vaccine escape mutations in the S RBD were significantly decreased following two-dose Pfizer vaccination. Further, NTs against Gamma and Delta were marginally lower than those against WK-521, the SARS-CoV-2 parent strain. The researchers noticed a significant decline in NTs against the Omicron variant. Even 1012 days followingthe second vaccination, NTs against Omicron in sera samples from 35% of subjects were beneaththe detection limit, demonstrating poor or no cross-reactivity toward Omicron.
After the second vaccination, NTs against the Omicron, WK-521, and Delta strains dramatically dropped 244 days later. According to the NT monitoring data, the efficacy of the second vaccination shot was not sustained at 243 days or after.
NTs and anti-S antibodies against Omicron, Delta,and WK-521were significantly as well as rapidly elevated after three doses of Pfizervaccination. NTs against the Delta variant following the booster dose were superior to those against the WK-521 variant post-second vaccine dose. After the booster shot, the NTs against Omicronwere equivalent to those against WK-521 following the second dose. These findings show that three-dose COVID-19 Pfizervaccinations against both the original strain and contemporary variants will have equal vaccine efficacy.
The researchers discovered that a three-dose vaccination boosts neutralizing antibodies against theOmicron subvariants, with no significant changes in neutralization capabilities between the sublineages. A phase 2/3 trial found that the booster shot does not affect the rate of adverse events or particular adverse effects in a short-term review. Healthy subjects or those who had fatigue, headache, injection site pain, or fever did not demonstrate abnormal or sustained cytokine generation one to two weeks following the third vaccination shot.
Only eotaxin levels rose followingthe third vaccine shot relativeto the period following the second dose. Eotaxin was a chemokine ligand for C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 3 (CCR3) secreted by epithelial and endothelial cells and was a basophil and eosinophil chemoattractant. During persistent inflammatory reactions, eotaxin attracts eosinophils to the inflammatory site and produces reactive oxygen species, rendering tissue damage.
After the third vaccination dosage, eotaxin levels may be linked to adverse effects such as injection site redness and pain. Damage-associated inflammatory cytokine concentrations triggered by eosinophils, and major eotaxin pathways, including interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma, were unaltered in the current samples. These findings imply that eotaxin on its own was not a predictor of serious adverse outcomes.
The study findings demonstrated that the anti-S antibodies and NTs against the SARS-CoV-2 ancestor strain (WK-521) were robust following the COVID-19 Pfizer two-dose vaccination, whereas NTs against VOCs were much lower. NTs against Omicron were completely eradicated in approximately 80% of the vaccinee panel between 93247 days of the vaccine's second shot.
Anti-S antibodies and NTs against the SARS-CoV-2 WK-521, Omicron, and Delta variants increased significantly after the booster vaccination. Between the Omicron subvariants BA.1.1, BA.2, and BA. 1.1, there were no substantial changes in the neutralizing ability of sera from booster-vaccinatedpeople. The authors observed that booster vaccination broadened cross-reactivity and humoral immunity with the Omicron variant without affecting cytokine profiles or the rate of adverse events.
Overall, the study findings show that a third COVID-19 vaccine dose was safe and increased neutralization against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, Bill Gates has warned, saying there could still be a variant which is "even more transmissive and even more fatal".
"We haven't even seen the worst of it," he said in an interview.
While not wanting to be a "voice of doom and gloom", the risk of a more virulent variant emerging is "way above 5%", the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist told the Financial Times.
"We're still at risk of this pandemic generating a variant that would be even more transmissive and even more fatal," he said, adding that longer-lasting vaccines which block infection are urgently required.
Gates, one of the world's wealthiest people, has written a book called How to Prevent the Next Pandemic.
He is urging the creation of a team of international experts - ranging from epidemiologists to computer modellers - to identify threats and improve international coordination.
He is also calling for a global epidemic response team, managed by the World Health Organisation, and says extra investment is vital.
"It seems wild to me that we could fail to look at this tragedy and not, on behalf of the citizens of the world, make these investments," he said.
While acknowledging that the war in Ukraine is dominating the international agenda at present, he added: "The amount of money involved is very small compared to the benefit and it will be a test: can global institutions take on new responsibilities in an excellent way?"
A pandemic is something Gates has been warning about for years, having given a TED Talk in 2015 about the threat of a super-virus.
"If the pandemic hadn't come along it would have been a fairly obscure TED Talk," Gates told The Times.
"Now it's been watched 43 million times."
Modern life is not helping either, he added. "Everyone who works in infectious diseases just has this fear of human transmissible respiratory viruses. The more people travel and the stronger the interaction between wild species and humans, the more risk of zoonotic cross-species-type diseases."
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
He said that he started feeling a little congested so he took an at-home test.
The mayor said he has a stuffy nose and small cough, but generally feels fine.
This comes as thestate's positivity rate increasedto over 9% on Friday. The rate Thursday was 8.92%, according to state officials.
There are currently 212 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state.
Bronin is reminding everyone that test kits are available for free at public libraries in the city. All people have to do is show up to a city library in Hartford and receive the tests. Residents can get two kits which each contain two tests.
To pick up tests, you have to be a Hartford resident with proof of where you live. Anyone eligible can head to the front desk of any of these libraries:
The distribution will take place during normal library hours.
Its horrible, he said.
Dr. Philip Elizondo, his orthopedic colleague, said the hospital had to cancel minor surgeries for health problems that subsequently ballooned. One uninsured woman he treated had torn her meniscus, lost her job and lost her house. Dr. Elizondo said he could have performed a 20-minute surgery if the patient had been able to seek care immediately, but instead her injury went untreated and got worse.
Dr. Richard Fremont, a pulmonologist, said that he had treated dozens of Covid patients over the past two years, but that patients with other health conditions, such as chronic asthma, had more often needed oxygen. Because uninsured patients cannot get short-term home oxygen therapy, he sometimes keeps those who need it in the hospital for days or weeks.
The crisis of the uninsured is especially acute in Tennessee, which has one of the highest rates of hospital closures in the country and is among a dozen states that have chosen not to expand Medicaid to cover more low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. Roughly 300,000 people in the state fall in the so-called coverage gap, meaning they are ineligible for either Medicaid or discounted health insurance under the Affordable Care Act despite having little to no income.
John Graves, a health policy professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said the influx of relief funds during the pandemic had allowed something akin to a universal coverage system within a system, granting coverage to everyone who got Covid. Now, he said, hospitals and patients are back to facing prepandemic pressures and will face even more once the federal government ends the public health emergency, which has temporarily increased Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements.
The federal Provider Relief Fund offered hospitals an early lifeline in the pandemic by providing tens of billions in direct funding, although the money was steered inequitably, said Jason Buxbaum, a Harvard doctoral student who has written about the program.
Separately, the Covid-19 Uninsured Program provided more than $20 billion in reimbursements to roughly 50,000 hospitals, clinics and other providers for testing, vaccinating and treating the uninsured, including nearly $8 million to Nashville General. A pandemic relief package that has stalled in the Senate will most likely not replenish the fund, leaving providers on the hook and making reimbursements during future Covid waves unlikely.
