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COVID-19 Testing in Facilities | Department of Public Health & Environment

January 21, 2021 dashephe

CDPHE to Discontinue Curative Testing for Residential Care Facilities https://cdphe.colorado.gov/health-facility-covid-19-response/residential-care-strike-team/covid-19-testing-in-facilities

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Can Negative Results with BinaxNOW Test Be Trusted? | MedPage Today

January 20, 2021 dashephe

Real-world data from Arizona cast doubt https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90768?xid=nl_covidupdate_2021-01-20&eun=g1729028d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyUpdate_012021&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_Daily_News_Update

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Will the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine cause a false positive antigen/POC or PCR COVID-19 test?

January 20, 2021 dashephe

The mRNA vaccines from moderna and Pfizer should not affect the results of either the nucleic acid or antigen (POC) COVID-19 tests. Evidently, the antigen used for the antigen POC…

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Vaccines are Ready. Come and Get ‘Em, Or Should We Institute a ‘Pay-for-Jab’ Program? | American Council on Science and Health

January 16, 2021 dashephe

When faced with a life threatening situation there are those that will fight and those that will choose flight. There are those that would save themselves and there are those…

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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

January 15, 2021 dashephe

https://www.mcknights.com/news/clinical-news/covid-19-vaccine-now-a-condition-of-employment-for-some-senior-living-operators/

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Improving COVID vaccination from a marketing perspective

January 15, 2021 dashephe

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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

January 14, 2021 dashephe

https://www.mcknights.com/news/clinical-news/covid-19-vaccine-now-a-condition-of-employment-for-some-senior-living-operators/

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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

January 14, 2021 dashephe

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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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