CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada statehouse will reopen Thursday after more than two months of being shuttered to the public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Americans hit the road to get vaccinations, giving new meaning to the term covid long-haulers
Michele Weldon, The Washington Post
April 12, 2021
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The author gets her shot at a CVS Pharmacy in Pekin, Ill.Photo by Michele Weldon for The Washington Post.
An earlier version of this report incorrectly spelled Rachael Dziaba s last name.
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As I headed south on Interstate 55 in central Illinois recently, windshield wipers slap-tapping against a heavy rain, an overhead sign blared a warning in all-caps golden neon letters. Pay Attention, it said, You Never Know What Is Ahead.
Fitting, I thought. By driving 169 miles from my home in suburban Chicago to a downstate CVS Pharmacy for my first coronavirus vaccination, I was investing seven hours of a workday to protect myself from what may be ahead. As a 62-year-old with preexisting conditions, I had decided to take a one-day vaccication.
The Latest: 3 Washington counties to tighten pandemic rules
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1of15Karl Pajak, 28, right, and Yuting Yu, 22, fill out forms to get the Moderna vaccine at a vaccination center in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, April 12, 2021. The city of Los Angeles has opened up vaccines to younger people, days ahead of the state broadening eligibility to everyone 16 and up.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less
2of15Manuwara Begun, 46, sorts out garbage collected from households in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Begun lives in a cardboard hut behind a five-star hotel in the heart of New Delhi and feels the inequity keenly. Trash pickers often find it hard to get vaccines because they are not considered by the government to be essential workers or cannot afford to wait at overburdened public hospitals for free shots. Chintan estimates that each year, those like her save the local government over $50 million and elimi
The Latest: Italian police block protesting business owners
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1of12Demonstrators of the Io apro (I open) movement face police during a protest against restriction measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Rome, Monday, April 12, 2021. Italian restaurant owners from all over Italy and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to a virus lockdown scuffled with police Monday during a non-authorized protest nearby the Parliament in Rome. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)Roberto Monaldo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Friday, April 9, 2021. Faced with the country s highest rate of new coronavirus infections, Whitmer on Friday urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)APShow
More young people are catching COVID-19 despite record vaccines
Masks are still a huge part of this fight.
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For the third week in a row, Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are increasing, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This is despite a record-breaking 4.6 million vaccine doses administered in one day.
Part of the cause is the U.K. variant of the disease, known as B.1.1.7. “[This] variant has mutations that allow it to bind more,” CNN medical analyst Jonathan Reiner said. “Think of this mutation as making the virus stickier.”
Studies also indicate that this variant is also deadlier, partcularly to young people. Not only is it more contagious, but when you are infected with it, you re more likely to get serious disease, Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt Medical Center told National Geographic. And so we re concerned about it.