Covid Vaccine Politics, Politricks, Anti-vaxxer-Anti-masker Fanatics, and Countdown to the Olympics

Allison Y. Gibbons
May 31, 2021

Early comparisons between the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 Influenza pandemic prompted scientists to warn that we would need at least 3 years to gain control over the virus.  We are eighteen months in, half- way there, with global deaths at  three million, five hundred and sixty thousand souls, and counting. Historical evidence is on the side of the contagious disease experts who remind all that vaccination is our best weapon, but until we achieve herd immunity, mask wearing should continue since Covid-19 is now known to be airborne.  But conventional wisdom has no voice in 2021 where human beings have gotten accustomed to lightning-fast accomplishments........

The News Is Still About Covid-19 – It Hasn’t Gone away – Not Yet

Allison Y. Gibbons
March 31, 2021

So, you’ve received your two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna, or your single dose of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine.  Now what?  To put this achievement in perspective, to date, you are among the mere 16% of individuals who are fully vaccinated in the US, and one of the 7% across the world.  If we want to assume that those who have recovered from Covid-19 are at least partially immune, that’s another 9% added to the coverage. Still far from the goal. ..........

V-Safe - CDC's After-Vaccination Health Checker that Works for You

Allison Y. Gibbons
February 26, 2021

If you are experiencing side effects from COVID vaccinations, then the CDC wants to hear from you. And in exchange for receiving information from you, the CDC provides the benefit of a service that monitors your after-vaccine health status.  That is the dual purpose of the CDC's web-based program V-Safe, a smart-phone based tool that uses text-messaging and web-based surveys allowing individuals to register for vaccination-monitoring.
I registered for V-Safe immediately after I received my first Vaccine shot at the end of January (2021).   I can report that I tested V-Safe and it works ............

Fighting Covid19: Two Doses of Vaccine with One Dose of Reality

Allison Y. Gibbons
January 23, 2021

In December the FDA authorized multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech to release a Covid19 vaccine. Soon followed a vaccine by Moderna working with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).  Then in England, a vaccine by Astrazeneca and Oxford University was approved in January.  At first, in the eyes of a skeptical public, these vaccines seemed to come from nowhere fast, too quickly to be trusted. 

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We are now at a different point of understanding ............ 

Does Mouthwash Really Kill the Covid19 Virus

Allison Y. Gibbons
November 22, 2020

News that the use of Mouthwash can help keep us safe from Covid19 went ‘viral’ recently, faster than the Covid19 virus itself.  Listerine started flying off the shelves.  The sound-good story was attributed to a break-through science report endorsed by even the renowned Dr. Oz in his weekly on-line newsletter (ReaganReports,11/18/20)  under a headline, “Mouthwash helps fight Covid19.”

Could there really be a preventive strategy as basic as Mouthwash?

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NOT SO FAST!  Life is not simple when it comes to COVID19 ..............

"There are years that ask questions, and years that answer"

Zora Neal Hurston
American Writer, Civil Rights Advocate, Social Activist