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Your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, answered
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In this Jan. 31, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist fills a dead volume syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site.Mary Altaffer / Associated Press
The COVID-19 vaccine is a marvel of modern medicine. It s the fastest a vaccine has ever reached people in history, and it is well-documented at being highly effective in limiting COVID-19 deaths and severe cases.
But with it comes a lot of questions, especially as the vaccine becomes more widespread and different options become more available.
And while things aren t back to normal just yet, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, the chief of clinical epidemiology at UCSF, told SFGATE that once more people get the vaccine, transmission can and will reduce.
Vaccine rollout has been confusing, chaotic in D.C., Maryland and Virginia
Julie Zauzmer, Gregory S. Schneider and Erin Cox, The Washington Post
Feb. 8, 2021
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1of3Ramona Cohen waits in line at a Giant grocery store in the District of Columbia in hope of getting a dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Jan. 15, 2021. Cohen, 76, has struggled to get an appointment to obtain a coronavirus vaccine.Photo for The Washington Post by Amanda Andrade-RhoadesShow MoreShow Less
2of3Mark Adamec gets a coronavirus vaccine in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 30, 2020.Washington Post photo by Bill O LearyShow MoreShow Less
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WASHINGTON - The first precious boxloads of the frozen elixir arrived in December, bearing great promise for curtailing the pandemic that has paralyzed the region and the world.
A new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has been confirmed in Oklahoma in a woman with a history of out-of-state travel, state health officials said Friday.