I really miss my mom.
Like millions of Americans, my family and I have avoided in-person gatherings over the past year out of concern about spreading COVID-19. They live several hours away, in a city much smaller than mine where the nearby hospitals filled up faster. Even with the precautions â masks, social distancing and so much hand sanitizer that I wish I had stock in Bath & Body Works â I feared any chance that I could expose them.
So I was more than ready to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises that fully vaccinated people can gather indoors without wearing masks, though health experts say it remains important to take precautions in public places.
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The final insult: Some dying of COVID while awaiting vaccine
JAY REEVES, Associated Press
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1of8In this undated selfie photo provided by Charlotte Crawford is Natalia Crawford, who died of COVID-19 in Texas before she had a chance to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus that causes the illness. More than 247,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since vaccines first became available in mid-December 2020. While it s unknown how many of them wanted to be immunized, families have wrenching stories of loved ones being infected after months of staying safe and then dying before they could get a dose. (Natalia Crawford via AP)Natalia Crawford/APShow MoreShow Less
Virus welcome side effect : Masks cutting flu cases dramatically
Darren Iozia, darren.iozia@myjournalcourier.com
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The COVID-19 pandemic led health officials in 2020 to recommend that people keep their distance, wear a face mask, sanitize and wash their hands properly in a bid to slow the novel coronavirus.
Those recommendations also did their part to all but stomp out flu season in west-central Illinois.
As the COVID-19 infection rate peaked in the fall in the region, Scott Boston, Passavant Area Hospital president, recommended that everyone get a flu shot to try to prevent the region being hard hit by a COVID-19 and flu one-two punch.
Middletown among 17 cities to host FEMA mobile vaccination clinic
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Medical personnel administer the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Shepherd Home on Bow Lane in Middletown Thursday.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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The Middletown Health Department gave out the one-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the Shepherd Home on Bow Lane.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN It’s “open season” for COVID-19 vaccines in Connecticut, and Middletown is at the forefront of distributing the shots with 30 percent of citizens getting at least their first dose, officials said Thursday.
The older population is boasting even better numbers with 94 percent of those 65 and older, and 84 percent of the 75 and older crowd, already having taken the first dose, according to Acting Health Director Kevin Elak, who conducted a Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic at the Shepherd Hom