The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 4,705,194 (up 9,806 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 732,244 (up 2,292 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Two new studies conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital looked at the effect of coronavirus vaccines on pregnant women. Here are some of their findings. One interesting tidbit: The gender of a fetus may actually affect how many antibodies the body produces to fight the coronavirus. A federal judge in Boston has denied a motion to halt Mass General Brigham's vaccine requirement for employees. Barrington, R.I., has joined the list of school districts requiring teachers and school staff members to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The US Supreme Court declined this week to consider an emergency appeal of the coronavirus vaccine requirement for Maine health care employees.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  784,800 cases (up 2,622 from Tuesday)  ·  18,505 deaths (up 31 from Tuesday)  ·  532 hospitalizations (down 47 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  177,804 cases (up 524 from Tuesday)  ·  2,871 deaths (up 4 from Tuesday)  ·  108 hospitalizations (down 4 from Tuesday) Reported increases or decreases from the last issue of this newsletter. Sources: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Rhode Island Department of Health View all COVID-19 news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: COVID-19 Impact Massachusetts education leaders on Thursday reported 1,804 new cases among public school students and 350 among staff members for the week that ended Wednesday. Why didn't the July outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Provincetown become a super-spreader event? A new study found that Cape Cod's high vaccination rates and local leaders' quick public health measures likely stopped the outbreak from spreading as far as it could have.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 411,010,650 vaccinations 45,273,200 cases 732,735 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (70.7.%) Connecticut (70.1%) Rhode Island (70.1%) Maine (69.9%) Massachusetts (69.1%) Bottom Ranked West Virginia (40.9%) Idaho (43.1%) Wyoming (43.3%) Alabama (44.2%) Mississippi (45.1%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  6,732,132,737 vaccinations 242,388,958 cases 4,927,692 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide The United States today donated its 200 millionth COVID-19 vaccine with the rest of the world. India has hit a vaccine milestone: 1 billion doses administered. The World Health Organization says Europe is the only region in the world where coronavirus cases are rising. The United Kingdom is reporting new cases of coronavirus at levels not seen since the summer. Coronavirus cases and virus-related deaths are hitting all-time highs in Ukraine. Moscow plans to shut down restaurants and introduce other restrictions as COVID-19 surges in the country. Belgium is also bracing for another surge of cases.

 

 

What's Next A reminder: For as long as the coronavirus continues to infect people, new variants can emerge. Hawaii wants vaccinated tourists to come back starting in November.