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Dr. Michael Osterholm is not the Cassandra that some suspected him to be. His idea of doing away with the second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in order to get more folks vaccinated may not be so extreme under the menace of the variant B.1.1.7. He advocates getting needles in everyone's arms ASAP. The timing of the "happy days are here again" attitude sweeping across some states is most unfortunate.


Virus Expert Sounds "Emergency" COVID Alarm

https://news.yahoo.com/virus-expert-sounds-emergency-covid-120158188.html

"We need to go into an emergency mode because of what is the approaching disaster with the B.1.1.7 variant," said epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm on his podcast Monday.

Osterholm recommends delaying second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and allocating those shots to people who haven't yet received their first dose, particularly those 65 years of age or older, because age is the greatest risk factor for severe illness, hospitalization and death.

"I believe we've lost our opportunity to save many lives in the weeks ahead," he said. "There is no mistaking. The approaching dark clouds are coming."