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Dr. Eric Toner, senior scholar and scientist at the Center for Health Security at Johns Hopkins University, will be the featured speaker at the Jan. 28 Chaffee County League of Women Voters Zoom Drinks & Dialogue webinar. In “COVID-19: Where Are We and When Will It End?” Dr. Toner will discuss the current state of the epidemic nationally and in Colorado; national vaccination efforts and policy; how vaccination will affect daily life in our community; and changes that the new administration might bring to tackling the epidemic. Dr. Toner and the Center for Health Security at the Bloo...

Blame multiple governmental failures involving planning, coordination and public communication.

States, feds hit hurdles and try new approaches to speed pace of shots in arms by Andy Markowitz, AARP, January 14, 2021 | Comments: Getty Images En español | The federal government has delivered more than 29 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to states, territories and tribal governments as of Jan. 13, but only about 10.3 million, or 35 percent, have been administered, according to tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While that rate has been ticking up in recent days, it still means millions of shots are sitting in storage. In a handful of states, th...

Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Research Institute have promising new data indicating their vaccine will work against significant mutations of COVID-19,

Health experts decry the chaotic rollout of the vaccine, but government says progress is on the way