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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin drove a crowd into a frenzy when she told them she would never get a vaccine. "It'll be over my dead body that I'll have to get a shot," Palin told attendees of Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2021 in Phoenix, AZ. "I will not do that. I won't do it, and they better not touch my kids either." When asked by TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk what she would say to people who might be fired from a job or kicked out of school over an unwillingness to comply with a vaccine mandate, Palin answered, "I...

A study released this month found that the rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths in rural areas have far surpassed those being observed in metropolitan communities, with rural mortality rates more than double that of urban ones.

... Wendell and Eskew had scheduled appointments to get COVID-19 vaccines ahead of their upcoming wedding on Aug. 21, but after Wendell became infected, their plans were derailed. Eskew said that the reason they had not gotten vaccinated earlier was the deluge of misinformation circulating about the shots.

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is preying largely on a distinct group: 71 million unvaccinated Americans. ... Health experts say the vast majority of the hospitalized and dead have been unvaccinated. While some vaccinated people have suffered breakthrough infections, those tend to be mild.

People who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had “slightly higher” antibody levels than those who received the Pfizer, now formally called Comirnaty, shot, according to a new small study. While both vaccines insert molecules called mRNA that teach our bodies how to produce coronavirus antibodies, the Moderna shot uses more than three times the amount of mRNA than the Pfizer vaccine. This, the University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers say, could explain their findings. So, does that mean the Moderna vaccine offers better protection against COVID-19? The study was published Sept. 2 in the journal JAMA. “The thing that...

THE heartbroken family of an anti-vaxxer nightclub boss who died of Covid have urged the public to get vaccinated. David Parker, 56, posted scores of Facebook comments mocking the vaccine. He dismissed it as “experimental” but just weeks later fell ill with the virus and died in hospital. His shattered relatives yesterday pleaded with other sceptics to put their doubts aside and get the jab. His close pal Steve Wignall said: "His family are devastated, they were very close and loved each other dearly. "But despite their terrible loss they would like it to be known that they're encouraging everyone...