UF Health expert: COVID-19 booster shot not an if, but a when
UF Health s Assistant Chief Medical Officer explains that if we reach herd immunity, we should be able to have one booster shot and be done with COVID-19 vaccines. Author: Leah Shields Updated: 6:41 AM EDT May 11, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla The more than 100 million Americans who have been vaccinated are now anxiously waiting for data on how long their current vaccines will protect them.
Early data regarding booster shots and when we might need one are starting to come out.
UF Health’s Assistant Chief Medical Officer Dr. Chirag Patel says if more people get their vaccine, then we may be talking about a one-and-done deal.
KGTV. Their website was still down on Monday, May 3.
They confirmed the attack affected several of their systems. However, they didn t go into detail about the breach, only calling it an information technology security incident.
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KGTV, many patient appointments needed to be rescheduled as a result of the cyberattack.
They also found that the attack affected the facility s trauma units. Doctors were unable to access electronic health records.
Patients had to be directed to other hospitals like UC San Diego Health over the weekend.
“This is a nightmare scenario for any hospital or health system, so we offered to help in any way we could,” Dr.
After Scripps Health cyberattack, experts say health care systems are targets
Other nearby hospitals stepped in to take patients
Scripps Health is dealing with a cyberattack from over the weekend. As of Monday, its website is still affected.
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Cybersecurity experts say health care systems have increasingly become targets of attacks.
Over the weekend, Scripps Health confirmed a cyberattack affected many of their systems. As of Monday afternoon, their website was still down.
Scripps Health would not go into detail about the attack, only calling it an âinformation technology security incident.â Many patientsâ appointments needed to be rescheduled due to what happened.
How to reduce potential side effects from COVID-19 vaccine
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is normal for people to experience side effects after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Typically, what is happening in your body is you’re producing an immune response and that’s what we want,” explained Dr. Chirag Patel, the Assistant Chief Medical Officer at UF Health Jacksonville. “It doesn’t mean if you don’t get side effects that you are not producing an immune response, but when you do, the typical reason for that is simply your body is working, your immune system is kicking into action.”