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Anticipating B117 surge, experts urge continued focus on elders, deferred 2nd vaccine doses – Clinical Daily News – McKnight’s Long Term Care News – McKnight’s Long Term Care News

Infectious disease and vaccine experts have laid out a plan for thwarting yet another uptick in transmission and illness. A new surge is likely by the end of April,…

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To protect communities against an uptick in cases and mortality during an expected U.S. coronavirus variant surge, federal and state officials must continue to prioritize elders for vaccination, according to a group of leading infectious disease and vaccine experts.
In their seventh report from COVID-19: The CIDRAP Viewpoint, the group has proposed a plan for thwarting yet another increase in transmission and illness due to the B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant, first tracked in the United Kingdom. They…

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