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Dr. Vincent Hsu, an epidemiologist and executive director of infection prevention at AdventHealth, said the increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations is a result of the highly contagious Delta variant. The Delta strain, which mutated from the original COVID-19 virus and is now the dominant variant both in Florida and nationwide, is also infecting fully vaccinated people, according to Hsu, though typically the symptoms aren t enough to be admitted to the hospital.
As of July 8, 42% of Florida’s population has not been vaccinated against the virus, according to the Florida Department of Health’s most recent update.
The same trends are occurring nationwide, causing some hospitals to begin reinstating restrictions, such as mask-wearing and limiting visitors for patients, and, in more extreme cases, suspending or delaying elective surgeries.
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Doctors say it s a possibility vaccinated pregnant women could transfer immunity to their newborns
Dr. Elizabeth Ransom from Baptist Health says there have been many studies done on pregnant women since the vaccine rollout. Author: Briana Ray-Turner Updated: 6:34 PM EDT March 17, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla Can vaccinated pregnant mothers give their newborn babies more protection against the virus?
Dr. Elizabeth Ransom from Baptist Health in Jacksonville says there was a recent study by the University of Pennsylvania where they looked at over 1400 pregnant women who delivered between April and August.
“83 of the women were positive for having COVID antibodies, so in other words they’ve had the infection and most of the infants also had antibodies, said Dr. Ransom.
Hospital workers receive second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as officials work to ramp up public vaccinations
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville hospital workers are receiving their second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as health department officials are still working to ramp up the volume of vaccinations given to the general public.
As of Wednesday, more than 16,000 people in Duval County had been vaccinated, according to Florida Department of Health data. Many of those who have been vaccinated are hospital workers and nursing home residents.
Baptist Health in Jacksonville reported it is vaccinating around 1,000 people each day and expects to be through its allotment of the vaccine by the end of the week.