COVID Help Desk: Answering your questions on vaccine ingredients, allergies and more
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A nurse measures vaccine doses before administering them at Minute Maid Park Jan. 16. The city has now launched a drive-thru site at Delmar Stadium with United Memorial Medical Center. The site only is open to people with appointments.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Registered nurse Wanda Parker prepares a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for Houston Fire Department District 20 Chief Patrick Rocha Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital in Houston. Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital started vaccinating Houston firefighters last week.Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Anxiety is contagious.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the level of depression and anxiety in our community (and literally everywhere in the world) is at an all-time high. People live in fear of contracting the coronavirus for very good reasons. If the potential for severe illness isnât bad enough, many are also struggling to make ends meet while others are coping with the almost impossible task of caring for children while trying to work from home.
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â M. Christine Macbeth, president and CEO, Brien Center
Multigenerational families canât help each other for fear of exposing older members to what can be a deadly illness. Thus, many of us are alone with our fears and anxiety, which only makes everything harder to bear. For most individuals and families, the pandemic has caused relentless, unprecedented daily stress.
As of the evening, the tracker showed that 405,400 people have died from the disease caused by the new coronavirus in the United States. The total number of combat and non-combat deaths in World War II was 405,399, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.