Yearly Archives: 2022

Clear evidence that COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are saving lives

By |2022-01-05T11:56:48-07:00January 5th, 2022|Preparedness|

Our latest report on COVID-19 outcomes by vaccination status offers even more evidence that vaccines are saving lives.  In November, those who weren’t vaccinated were 31.1 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the fully vaccinated. They also were 4.9 times more likely to test positive for COVID-19.  This is a big change from [...]

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8.7 million reasons why it’s safe and smart to vaccinate young kids against COVID-19

By |2022-01-04T12:45:48-07:00January 4th, 2022|Preparedness|

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has 8.7 million reasons why it’s safe and smart to vaccinate kids ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19.  Building on extensive trials that found no serious vaccination-related events, this study found serious adverse events extremely rare among children ages 5 to 11 who [...]

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COVID-19 cases are spiking in Arizona and elsewhere: Here’s what you need to know

By |2022-01-03T15:35:50-07:00January 3rd, 2022|Preparedness|

As is the case around the country, Arizona is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases amid the spread of the extraordinarily contagious Omicron variant. The COVID-19 Cases by Day graph on the ADHS COVID-19 Dashboard shows a surge beginning two days after Christmas, with more than 7,000 cases and even 8,000-plus cases on days for [...]

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COVID-19 cases added to dashboard temporarily affected by the New Year’s holiday

By |2022-01-02T06:31:35-07:00January 2nd, 2022|Preparedness|

Cases added in today’s COVID-19 data dashboard update are lower than they’d ordinarily be because of the New Year’s holiday. Expect to see higher numbers of cases added in the coming days as the dashboard catches up.  Major holidays are the rare exception when information temporarily slows to the COVID-19 data dashboard.  I wish everyone [...]

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