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The US birth rate fell by 4 percent last year, the largest single-year drop since the late-1970s, according to new provisional data released by the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday.
All in all, last year saw the lowest number of births since 1979. The CDC statistics suggest that there were 3,605,201 births in the US during 2020, down 4 percent from the number in 2019, which was 3,747,540 births. Birth fell across the board with declines being seen in all age groups, ethnicities, and races.
Similar trends of slipping birth rates during 2020 have been previously noticed elsewhere in the world, including the UK, France, and Spain.
April 28, 2021
Though more than 142 million Americans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to date, public confusion and uncertainty about the importance of second doses and continued public health precautions threaten to delay a U.S. return to normalcy, according to Cornell-led research published April 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In a nationally representative survey of more than 1,000 American adults conducted in February, less than half of respondents said they believed the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines provided strong protection against COVID-19 a week or two after a second dose, consistent with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), the researchers found. One-fifth believed the vaccines provided strong protection after only one dose, and another 36% were unsure.
Study: Failure to combat second-dose vaccine attrition could prolong the pandemic
Though more than 131 million Americans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to date, public confusion and uncertainty about the importance of second doses and continued public health precautions threaten to delay a U.S. return to normalcy, according to Cornell-led research published April 28 in the
New England Journal of Medicine.
In a nationally representative survey of more than 1,000 American adults conducted in February, less than half of respondents said they believed the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines provided strong protection against COVID-19 a week or two after a second dose, consistent with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), the researchers found. One-fifth believed the vaccines provided strong protection after only one dose, and another 36% were unsure.
Missing the Second Jab Could Extend Pandemic by Angela Mohan on April 29, 2021 at 5:58 PM
New England Journal of Medicine.
In the survey of more than 1,000 American adults, less than half of respondents said they believed the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines provided good protection against COVID-19 a week or two after a second dose, consistent with guidance from the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC), the researchers found.
20 percent believed the vaccines provided strong protection after only one dose, and another 36% were unsure.
Among vaccinated survey respondents (19% of the sample), barely half reported being told about the timing of vaccine protection, and only slim majorities said they d been advised to continue wearing masks, social distancing and avoiding crowds.