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People getting tested for Covid-19 are finding that delays can outlast the period of their quarantine. (© FlaglerLive)
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Era of ‘Free’ Covid Vaccines, Test Kits, and Treatments Is Ending. Who Will Pay Tab Now?

February 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Those were the days: Covid testing at the Flagler County airport in January 2022. (© FlaglerLive)

Time is running out for free-to-consumer covid vaccines, at-home test kits, and even some treatments. Vaccine prices will be steep, as will covid treatments, and benefits will depend on insurance coverage even as many are poised to lose insurance because of new government rules.

Covid-19 Deaths Continue to Be Undercounted

January 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

An accurate count of COVID-19 deaths is critical both scientifically and politically.

Some politicians and a few public health practitioners have argued that Covid-19 deaths are overcounted. Research shows otherwise. From March 2020 to February 2022 there were between 130,682 and 412,353 more excess deaths than reported Covid deaths.

Covid Vaccines and Sudden Death: Separating Fact from Fiction

January 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Vaccine rumors continue to swirl, and distrust in vaccines remains. The latest onslaught comes from blogs and social media around heart problems and sudden deaths following COVID-19 vaccination, particularly among young adults. Here are the facts.

DeSantis Wants Freedom of Medical Disinformation and Bans on Safety Requirements

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Life-saving precautions make DeSantis sick. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, flanked by Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, unveiled an initiative to permanently ban mask requirements across Florida, permanently block Covid-19 vaccine requirements at schools and businesses, and provide protection of “medical freedom of speech”–that is, physicians who disagree with Covid science.

Child Vaccination Rates, Already Down Because of Pandemic, Fall Again

January 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

They have not helped. (© FlaglerLive)

Instead of recovering after schools reopened in 2021, historically low rates of child vaccination worsened, according to new data from the CDC. Experts fear that the skepticism of science and distrust of government that flared up during the pandemic are contributing to the decrease.

Myocarditis: Covid-19 is a Much Bigger Risk to the Heart than Vaccination

January 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Perhaps the most common point of conflict concerning Covid-19 vaccines is the risk of myocarditis following immunization, particularly among young people. In Florida, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis have turned against vaccinating younger people based on that misconception.

Flagler Public Health Officials Reassert Efficacy of Covid Vaccines as DeSantis Intensifies Denialism

December 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis is intensifying his war on Covid vaccines. (© FlaglerLive)

In a sharp escalation of Covid vaccine denialism by a sitting governor, Ron DeSantis on Tuesday called on the state Supreme Court to empanel a grand jury to investigate alleged “wrongdoing” related to the vaccine, as Flagler County’s architects of the response to the pandemic reasserted the efficacy of the vaccine and relied on the latest science.

Flagler’s Kindergarteners Have Florida’s Highest Rate of Religious Exemptions from Immunization

December 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A notorious Flagler County anti-vaxxer. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s kindergarteners enrolled in public schools have the highest rate of exemption from immunization on religious grounds in Florida–5.5 percent, according to a new report by the Florida Department of Health. It now appears that disinformation about Covid vaccines, which played a large role in keeping the Covid-immunization rate below 70 percent, is infecting trust in other vaccines. That trust is being undermined even by the Florida Department of Health.

Covid Outbreaks Hit 4 Flagler Nursing Homes as Infections Rise and DeSantis Derides ‘Jabs’ for Children

June 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis at a press conference Thursday. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

As covid infections from the Omicron-21 variant continue to rise in Flagler County, with significant outbreaks at four nursing homes, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration were issuing conflicting statements about ordering vaccines for children under 5. DeSantis and his administration aggressively derided the option on Thursday, then backtracked somewhat on Friday.

Mask-Up Again: Covid Patients Up to 13 at Hospital, Flagler Positivity Rate Above 21% as Cases Rise

June 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Time to put it back on again? (Ashkan Forouzani on Unsplash)

Covid cases have increased for the 10th straight week in Florida, to just under 72,000 as of May 27, and have also increased in Flagler County, to 270 this week, up from 219 the week before, according to the Flagler County Health Department. The county’s positivity rate was 21.3 percent. Flagler is averaging 26 new cases per day. But there are glimmers that the surge is leveling off.

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