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Pfizer Vaccine Protects Against U.K., South Africa Variants of Coronavirus

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Ridgewood NJ, the COVID19 vaccine developed by Pfizer appears to be effective against the more transmissible variants of the coronavirus, including the one first discovered in South Africa, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Swedish Study Says Schools Safe to Open for In-person Learning

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Ridgewood NJ, a new research letter in the New England Journal of Medicine presents comprehensive data from Sweden, where schoolchildren up to age 16 never stopped going to school and never adopted masks or distancing measures.

Among the 1.9 million children in Sweden, just 15 required intensive care and zero died. Less than 10 preschool teachers and 20 schoolteachers required intensive care, the latter substantially lower than the average across all professions.

https://nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2026670?query=TOC