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“Literally a Race Against Time” : The Urgency for Coronavirus Vaccination — The Methods Man

January 14, 2021 dashephe

Get vaccinations done before the more transmissable variants of COVID lead to an increase in infections and the death rate. A more transmissible virus would likely be more deadly to…

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COVID-19 vaccination now a condition of employment for some senior living operators – Clinical Daily News – McKnight’s Long Term Care News

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How accurate is a pulse oximeter? American Thoracic Society

January 14, 2021 dashephe

How accurate is the pulse oximeter? A pulse oximeter may also be less accurate with very low oxygen saturation levels (below 80%) or with very dark skin. False high readings…

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States Brace for New Vax Rules; Negative Test to Fly; Benefit of Double-Masking | MedPage Today

January 13, 2021 dashephe

The unofficial U.S. COVID-19 toll increased to 22,849,333 cases and 380,821 deaths as of 8:00 a.m. ET Wednesday — up 229,980 and 4,538, respectively, from this time a day ago.…

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The Social Depression: America Failed Its Elderly – The Atlantic

January 13, 2021 dashephe

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/social-depression-america-failed-its-elderly/617496/ ……. America’s inability to—or, really, its decision not to—control the virus has meant a precipitous decline in quality of life for its oldest and most fragile, and a catastrophic…

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Dr. Shepherd Medical Director Report 1-2021 Click Here for the Report Resources CDC Post Vaccination Considerations The chronic neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID‐19: The need for a prospective study of viral…

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Color of Coronavirus, 2020 in review — APM Research Lab

January 11, 2021 dashephe

https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-2020-review “Indigenous, Black, and Latino Americans were at least 2.7 times more likely to have3 died for COVID-19 than White Americans, adjusted for age, in 2020. “ 1 in 595…

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Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 | CDC

November 16, 2020 dashephe

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Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shines In Clinical Trial

November 16, 2020 dashephe

Sent to you by David Shepherd (shepherd@docshepherd.com) David Shepherd (shepherd@docshepherd.com) thought you would be interested in this story. Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shines In Clinical Trial The vaccine is nearly 95%…

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The Health Facilities Community Blog: Notice of new testing requirements and testing par…

November 16, 2020 dashephe

The Health Facilities Community Blog: Notice of new testing requirements and testing par…: To: Residential care facilities (skilled nursing facilities, assisted living residences, group homes, and intermediate care facilities) Th……

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