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In May, the late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!" aired a public service announcement that told viewers to “grow the f*ck up" and take the Covid-19 vaccine. In the clip, a Trump-supporting White woman is belittled for spreading misinformation about vaccination risks via Facebook. Viewers are mocked for listening to her over the advice of health care workers who “are smarter than we are." Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. The tone of this PSA is consistent with a broader trend in mainstream media coverage of vaccination rates. N...

Study provides new insight on vaccine hesitancy in Maine © WMTW image The research categorizes respondents, including Mainers, into groups based on five vaccine “personas.” A newly released study from health care data analysis nonprofit Surgo Ventures examines barriers when it comes to vaccination for COVID-19. Nearly 18,000 people across the country, including Mainers, participated in the survey through Facebook. Sign up for our Newsletters The survey and its findings are centered around five designated COVID-19 vaccine “personas”—The Enthusiasts, The Watchful, The Cost-Anxious...

Readers, I got a late start. I will add more shortly. –lambert UDPATE All done! Bird Song of the Day The Crested Serpent-Eagle. #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching. All the charts are becoming dull — approaching nominal, if you accept the “new normal” of cases, for example. Still whoops. I guess we’ll see if Biden abandoning masks provides sufficient incentive. There’s also been a lot of discussion about polling that shows differe...

Photograph via Shutterstock. A new survey from global health think tank Surgo Ventures explains why some Americans haven’t been vaccinated yet, and identifies barriers that they may face in getting the vaccine. Respondents were split into five groups: the Enthusiasts, the Watchful, the Cost-Anxious, the System Distrusters, and the Covid Skeptics. The DMV, in particular, has an abundance of System Distrusters and Covid Skeptics. Over half of DMV residents have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, which is higher than the 47.5 percent national average. However, eleven percent...

Source: Getty Images The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meets today  to review the data that have led, “out of an abundance of caution,” to a recommended pause in the use of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. The focus is on six cases of what appears to be a very rare but severe type of blood clot, all occurring in women ages 18 to 48, with symptoms developing six to 13 days after vaccination. One woman died and another is hospitalized in critical condition. Nearly 7 million doses of the single-dose J&J vaccine have been given in this country. The concern is a clo...