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Covid-19 And Vaccination: Myths Vs Science, Vivek P. Chavda, Yangmin Chen, Jayant Dave, Zhe-Sheng Chen, Subhash C. Chauhan, Murali M. Yallapu, Vladimir N. Uversky, Rajashri Bezbaruah, Sandip Patel, Vasso Apostolopoulos
Covid-19 And Vaccination: Myths Vs Science, Vivek P. Chavda, Yangmin Chen, Jayant Dave, Zhe-Sheng Chen, Subhash C. Chauhan, Murali M. Yallapu, Vladimir N. Uversky, Rajashri Bezbaruah, Sandip Patel, Vasso Apostolopoulos
School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Introduction: Several vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) have been developed since the inception of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019, at unprecedented speed. However, these rapidly developed vaccines raised many questions related to the efficacy and safety of vaccines in different communities across the globe. Various hypotheses regarding COVID-19 and its vaccines were generated, and many of them have also been answered with scientific evidence. Still, there are many myths/misinformation related to COVID-19 and its vaccines, which create hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccination, and must be addressed critically to achieve success in the battle against …
Covid-19 Vaccination Drive In A Low-Volume Primary Care Clinic: Challenges & Lessons Learned In Using Homegrown Self-Scheduling Web-Based Mobile Platforms, Reita N. Agarwal, Rajesh Aggarwal, Pridhviraj Nandarapu, Hersheth Aggarwal, Ashmit Verma, Absarul Haque, Manish Tripathi
Covid-19 Vaccination Drive In A Low-Volume Primary Care Clinic: Challenges & Lessons Learned In Using Homegrown Self-Scheduling Web-Based Mobile Platforms, Reita N. Agarwal, Rajesh Aggarwal, Pridhviraj Nandarapu, Hersheth Aggarwal, Ashmit Verma, Absarul Haque, Manish Tripathi
School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Background: The whole of humanity has suffered dire consequences related to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccination of the world base population is considered the most promising and challenging approach to achieving herd immunity. As healthcare organizations took on the extensive task of vaccinating the entire U.S. population, digital health companies expanded their automated health platforms in order to help ease the administrative burdens of mass inoculation. Although some software companies offer free applications to large organizations, there are prohibitive costs for small clinics such as the Good Health Associates Clinic (GHAC) for integrating and implementing new self-scheduling software …
Emerging Issues In Covid-19 Vaccination In Tropical Areas: Impact Of The Immune Response Against Helminths In Endemic Areas, Leonor Chacin-Bonilla, Nathalie Chacón-Fonseca, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
Emerging Issues In Covid-19 Vaccination In Tropical Areas: Impact Of The Immune Response Against Helminths In Endemic Areas, Leonor Chacin-Bonilla, Nathalie Chacón-Fonseca, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales
School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected over 165 million people and caused the death of 3.4 million worldwide (up to May 20, 2021) (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html), becoming a serious problem of global public health and the worst epidemic in the last century, after the pandemic 1918 influenza. Researchers worldwide are trying to find valuable drugs against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Some of them focused as antivirals, others targeted in other ways (e.g. immunomodulation) to relieve the symptoms of the infected patients and help lower the death toll throughout the world. Unfortunately, there is a lack of …