By TAPINTO LIVINGSTON STAFF
May 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM
Alan Garten, MD, Interventional Radiologist and Chair of the SBMC Department of Radiology, is elected President of the Saint Barnabas Medical Staff.
Alan Garten, MD, Interventional Radiologist and Chair of the SBMC Department of Radiology, is .
Credits: SBMC
May 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM
LIVINGSTON, NJ The nearly 1,600 attending physicians at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (SBMC) recently elected leaders among the group to serve two-year terms as Medical Staff Officers.
Inducted at the Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting in April were Alan Garten, MD, who will serve as Medical Staff President as well as First Vice President Michael Addis, MD; Second Vice President John Shumko, MD; Secretary Alison Grann, MD; and Treasurer Michael LaSalle, MD.
Fact Check: Vaccinated people can t emit vaccine particles for unvaccinated to breathe in
The Covid-19 vaccine cannot be inhaled via shedding and can only enter the human body through an administered dose
Associated Press | May 9, 2021 | Updated 10:48 IST
Pfizer s Covid-19 vaccine does not shed from person to person, nor has the company admitted any such thing. (Photo: Reuters)
CLAIM: Pfizer admits in its COVID-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can shed the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.
AP S ASSESSMENT: False. Covid-19 vaccines that are in use, including the Pfizer vaccine, cannot spread between people. Posts making the false claim are misrepresenting standard language in the protocol document intended to protect pregnant women and monitor their potential exposure during clinical trials.
AP fact check: COVID-19 vaccine does not spread by inhalation or skin contact
By Arijeta Lajka
Biden administration seeks to increase vaccination ease
The effort comes as the CDC predicts a July turning point in the pandemic if vaccination rates stay on track.
CLAIM: Pfizer admits in its COVID-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can shed the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. COVID-19 vaccines that are in use, including the Pfizer vaccine, cannot spread between people. Posts making the false claim are misrepresenting standard language in the protocol document intended to protect pregnant women and monitor their potential exposure during clinical trials.
Vaccinated people can t emit vaccine particles for unvaccinated to inhale: Fact check
The Covid-19 vaccine cannot be inhaled via shedding and can only enter the human body through an administered dose.
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UPDATED: May 9, 2021 09:04 IST
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine does not shed from person to person, nor has the company admitted any such thing. (Photo: Reuters)
CLAIM: Pfizer admits in its Covid-19 clinical trial protocol document that vaccinated people can “shed” the vaccine, emitting materials that can spread to unvaccinated people by inhalation or skin contact.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Covid-19 vaccines that are in use, including the Pfizer vaccine, cannot spread between people. Posts making the false claim are misrepresenting standard language in the protocol document intended to protect pregnant women and monitor their potential exposure during clinical trials.
Pfizer and BioNTech are asking the FDA for full approval of their COVID vaccine.If the agency gives it the greenlight it would be the first vaccine in the U.S. to have complete approval.The vaccines that have been approved already were all given emergency use authorization. That s a distinction that s used during public health emergencies. The FDA is expected to take weeks to review the application.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: