As boosters are authorized for all three COVID-19 shots available in the US, the ability to swap out vaccine types looks to be a boon to the immune system.
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Public health experts know that schools are likely sites for the spread of disease, and laws tying school attendance to vaccination go back to the 1800s.
Today’s announcement sent a clear message to all regions – get to a 90% vaccination rate or face the possibility of a lockdown when COVID-19 inevitably arrives.
Using a robust statistical model, researchers estimate that coronavirus vaccines had prevented 140,000 deaths by May 9, 2021.
In light of mounting research showing the serious risks of contracting COVID-19 during pregnancy, the CDC is re-upping its urgency that pregnant women get their shots.
COVID vaccines have no effect on fertility, do not impact the chance of a miscarriage, and are safe and effective while pregnant. Here’s what the science shows.
If mandatory vaccination means exclusion from certain activities in life, sometimes that’s just the price of sticking to one’s convictions.
Employers need to go beyond the public health orders to ensure their workers are safe from COVID. Here are four key areas to focus on.
People who oppose vaccination won’t be swayed by statistics. To convince them, it is necessary to share real-life experiences and stories with which they will identify.
If COVID-19 becomes endemic, we’ll see multiple local outbreaks. Schools and businesses will close for days because too many people are sick. Local hospitals will be overwhelmed without warning.
As lockdowns ease and those who are double-vaccinated gain extra freedoms, we’re likely to see a greater divide between the rich, who tend to have higher vaccination rates, and the poor.
In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to leave town or stay in their homes.
NSW and Victoria have taken different approaches on allowing unvaccinated people in places of worship, indicating the possibility for conflicting and confusing rules across the country.
If you feel like you’re having a medical emergency then you should still go to hospital. Expect longer waits and extra precautions.
Talking about your own experience can help normalise vaccination.
The decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccine comes from a complex set of psychological factors.
A growing body of research shows that nutrition, sleep, exercise and a host of other lifestyle choices can help optimize the immune system. But they are no substitute for life-saving vaccines.
Epidemics do not require the total eradication of the disease to end.
Experts at the Doherty Institute have updated their modelling to heighten caution around reopening for business and play.
Until vaccination rates in the country’s most vulnerable groups are much higher, elimination remains the best way to avoid repeating the mistakes of history.
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor and Head of Clinical Research, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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Professor and Director for the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine, University of Sydney
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Honorary Fellow at Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Global Public Health and Director of the Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Associate professor, UNSW
