Daily cases at 21,922 (-4,069 vs. 7D ago, but 7D delta is distorted due to holiday), daily vaccinations at 338,666 (+120,490 vs. 7D ago)

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  Eye-catching COVID headlines12% of US who received their first dose missed second dose of vaccine; efficacy more than doubles after receiving both doses...The below article caught my eye Tuesday. According to the article, roughly 12% (up from 8% seen earlier this year) of the US population who were eligible for a second dose (in other words, they received their first dose) had missed their second dose of the vaccine, either Moderna or Pfizer. This 12% adds up to nearly 15 million people who have not received their second shot. WOW! This study shows that vaccine hesitancy is intensified which could also partially explain the stalled vaccination rate recently. As a reference, the article also cited a study that found that the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine against the Delta variant could jump from 33% with the first dose to 88% with the s...

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