Fully vaccinated, small groups can gather without masks, says CDC
The new CDC guidance does not include children.
Topic: Dr. Manoj Jain
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March 2021
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How an Indian immigrant became ‘the Dr. Fauci of Memphis’
Dr. Manoj Jain has spent decades tracking viral and bacterial killers in Memphis and around the world.
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February 2021
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Worried about second dose? It’s OK, there’s time, experts say
People getting to the six-week mark and worried about getting second dose can have blood drawn to see if antibodies are present, says Dr. Manoj Jain.
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Missed shots slated for same days next week
State Health Department says next week’s supply of vaccine may be delayed due to the winter storms.
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Health care workers among those reluctant to get vaccinated
Despite public health experts’ pleas to get vaccinated, health care workers are among a third of reluctant Americans wanting to wait to get a COVID-19 shot.
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January 2021
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Local scientists, labs rushing to sequence UK variant
Variant doesn’t appear to be more virulent but could ramp reproduction rate here from 1.07 to 1.57 and dramatically increase deaths.
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December 2020
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COVID-19 vaccines offer hope amid surges, but it’s months away for many
The COVID-19 vaccines now becoming available offer the hope of curtailing the pandemic, but may not be available to the masses for months — and not all automatically trust that the vaccine will be safe.
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Expect pressure on hospitals to test staff more often
The next Shelby County Health Directive, expected soon, will include recommendations that hospitals test employees regularly.
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November 2020
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Houses quieter but medical families will be giving thanks
Health officials have been giving safety advice to the public for months. Local health care leaders told us how they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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The process behind health directives and importance of tripwires
The latest restrictions when warranted will be crafted by the Health Department and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris as they work with legal experts to enact the health directives countywide.
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The Memphis 10: With COVID complicating Thanksgiving, ditch the dining room table but keep the turkey
This Thanksgiving is a brief but particularly fraught moment of decision, another unwelcome marker in Our COVID Year, may it manage to remain singular.
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Moderna vaccine shows 94.5% effectiveness against COVID
The flu vaccine, given every year, has an efficacy rate of 40%-50%.
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Pfizer announces 90% effective COVID vaccine; FedEx set to deliver
By the third week in November, Pfizer expects it will have the final data required to apply to the FDA for emergency-use authorization.
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How we fare with peer cities on COVID-19
As the numbers tick up, Memphis and four other municipalities see similar trajectories.
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State’s IT upgrade to blame for erratic COVID case numbers this week
An IT upgrade to the state’s National Electronic Disease Surveillance System Base System threw off COVID case data entry, creating lags in case numbers that persisted throughout the week.
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Two dozen restaurants sign up for regular COVID testing
Test to Protect will work by allowing businesses to test their own employees with PCR nose-swab kits they can use at work or in their homes.
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October 2020
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Suburbs fueling local surge; task force pushes for statewide mask mandate
Data shows transmission happening in suburbs where athletic events are frequent and masks are fewer.
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How a Memphis medical lab mobilized to fight COVID-19
Poplar Healthcare joined the battle against the coronavirus late, but now it’s leading the charge to help Memphis reopen and stay open.
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August 2020
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Quick, $5 antigen tests expected in Shelby County next month
The U.S. government purchased 150 million rapid-result antigen tests; up to a million are set aside for Tennessee.
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Doctors scratch heads over CDC guidance for less testing
New CDC guidance says that people who come in close contact with a positive case may not need to be tested.
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One in 3 Americans would not get COVID vaccine today, even if free
With the immunity the nation should have by the time a COVID-19 vaccine arrives, health officials say a 45-65% immunization rate should be sufficient.
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July 2020
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Don’t overreact to high positivity rate, experts say
Weekly averages tone down bumps that show up when tests come from a high-impact area or are delayed in being processed and are reported all at once.
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What the positivity rate does, does not tell us about COVID-19
Shelby County’s overall positivity rate surpassed 10% this week. A concerning number local health experts wanted to avoid on a daily basis, much less for the overall rate.
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Testing delays cause strain in every facet of health care
Dr. Jeff Warren says Shelby County now has "too many people who are sick to be able to randomly test people who aren’t."
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The local fight against COVID-19: ongoing, often coordinated, far from finished
Memphis/Shelby County made progress in the struggle against COVID-19, coming out of a Safer at Home order and advancing into a Phase 2 reopening. But Phase 2 has been modified, cases have spiked again, and there remain major concerns going forward, including whether or not elementary and secondary schools can reopen in the fall.
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