Opioid overdose deaths surged 24% during pandemic lockdowns in Chicago, CDC report reveals
Opioid-related deaths in Cook County went from 23 per week in 2018-2019, to 35 per week in late 2019-early 2020, to 43 during the stay-at-home order
When such orders are put in place, opioid users may miss out on needed support, especially in the event of an overdose
Cook County opioid deaths remained at a high level after the stay-at-home order was lifted, indicating a need for increased support and outreach to those impacted
I m really worried : CDC Director hits out at states like Texas for opening early because 90% of Americans are not fully inoculated: Scientists found 80% of Houston s water is teeming with UK s Super-COVID yet still restrictions were lifted
CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky urged caution as some states like Texas and Mississippi lift restrictions on businesses and do away with mask mandates
She warned that just 9.7% of the population has been fully inoculated, meaning that 90% does not have adequate protection against COVID-19
Walensky also spoke about the guidelines for fully vaccinated adults and said the recommendations are for what people should be doing in private settings not in public
New data from the CDC found that 2.6% of all emergency department visits are for COVID-19-like illness, which is 30% higher than the national average of 2%.as B 1.1.7 continues to spread
Of 7,000 reactions reported to the CDC s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System between December 2020 and January 2021, 5,505 reactions were in women and 1,408 were in men.
The airline industry has called on the Biden administration to issue vaccine passports and pushed back against the CDC for urging fully vaccinated Americans to avoid travel.