The COVID Vaccine: Separating Fact From Fiction
Misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine is spreading on social media. WCCO asks Dr. Nathan Chomilo to debunk some common myths circulating online.
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Misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine is spreading on social media. WCCO asks Dr. Nathan Chomilo to debunk some common myths circulating online.
Health leaders are encouraging Minnesotans to get the COVID-19 vaccine when becomes available. It won't be mandatory, but can institutions or places require people to get it?
In Minnesota, the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine have officially been administered Tuesday morning at the Minneapolis VA hospital. The first to get the shot: a 10-year nurse at the hospital.
It's a historic day in the fight against the COVID-19 virus. Nine months after a global pandemic was declared, the first batch of the vaccines has arrived in Minnesota.
Of more than 700 patients enrolled in the HealthPartners trial, about 30 percent are non-white. That's roughly the demographics of the Twin Cities, which was an objective of the trial.
With the first COVID-19 vaccinations happening overseas, the Minnesota Department of Health is preparing to include daily vaccination updates along with their daily COVID updates.
The first wave of vaccines will arrive from Pfizer next week, will be delivered directly to 25 hubs (often hospitals) around the state, and will then be distributed to 118 smaller clinics.
According to Pfizer's data, 66% of participants experienced pain at the injection site after the second dose, 60% reported fatigue, 52% headaches, 35% chills and 2% vomiting.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says a COVID-19 vaccine could be on its way to the state as early as next week.
