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'A little bit surreal': EC man got polio, COVID-19 vaccines at North High School - Leader-Telegram 'A little bit surreal': EC man got polio, COVID-19 vaccines at North High School - Leader-Telegram Posted: 25 Mar 2021 06:00 PM PDT EAU CLAIRE — David Barnes of Eau Claire didn't expect to see two epidemics in his lifetime. But nearly 60 years after Barnes got a polio vaccine at North High School as a young kid, he returned to North again — this time, as a retiree, for a COVID-19 vaccine. "That was a little bit surreal," Barnes said Wednesday, a week after receiving his second dose. "What goes around comes around for me." David, 70, and his wife, Gail Barnes, 69, both received their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on March 17 at a North High School clinic run by the Eau Claire City-County Health Department. "We were thrilled," David said. "...

Clinical trials showed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is safe; its side effects are mostly mild - Health Feedback Clinical trials showed that the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is safe; its side effects are mostly mild - Health Feedback Posted: 26 Mar 2021 10:38 AM PDT "80% of people taking the Moderna vaccine had significant side effects"; "children in Sudan got polio from the polio vaccine" Misleading : Side effects caused by the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine include pain in the arm, fever, and fatigue. These are mainly minor, short-lived effects that don't cause long-term health issues. Lacks context : The oral polio vaccine is made with a live weakened poliovirus. It doesn't cause polio in children who receive the vaccine. However, the live virus is shed into the environment by vaccinated people and in rare cases it may cause the disease in unvaccinated people. Therefore, the solution is to...

The Poster Child | Free News | leader-call.com - leader-call.com The Poster Child | Free News | leader-call.com - leader-call.com Posted: 26 Mar 2021 12:44 PM PDT From Truman to Trump, polio patient  brings unique perspective to pandemic Terry Tullos was the national poster child for polio when he was a toddler. He doesn't plan on becoming the face of COVID-19 as a senior citizen. That's why he and his wife Marda lined up early to get vaccinated against the virus.  The 76-year-old Jones Countian has a unique perspective on the pandemic. He contracted polio just before his 1st birthday and has dealt with the harsh effects of the disease all of his life. "Most people who get COVID seem to recover after flu-like symptoms and are able to resume their lives, just as I did recover from polio and was able to resume life activities for 40 years," Tullos said. "Who knew that something called post-pol...

February personal spending falls 1% - Yahoo Money February personal spending falls 1% - Yahoo Money The fight against Polio - 1953 | Movietone Moment | 26 March 2021 - British Movietone Yogi Adityanath pledges to make UP TB-free by 2025 - Sify February personal spending falls 1% - Yahoo Money Posted: 26 Mar 2021 11:02 AM PDT The Daily Beast Kristi Noem—the GOP's Rising Star—Fades Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos GettySouth Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem seemed to be on the fast-track: a national profile, a good relationship with former President Donald Trump, and the favor of conservatives in her state and across the country. But a bill targeting transgender athletes—and the no-win politics that have engulfed the legislation—now suddenly threatens to sideline her ambitions.House Bill 1217 in the South Dakota legislature would prohibit transgender women from participating in female sports. And while Noem ...

Vaccinating the World Against Covid-19 Can Take a Lesson From Polio, Smallpox - Bloomberg Vaccinating the World Against Covid-19 Can Take a Lesson From Polio, Smallpox - Bloomberg Carol Ferguson: Vaccines work -- life lessons from polio survivors - TribLIVE Virus Variants Likely Evolved Inside People With Weak Immune Systems - The New York Times Vaccinating the World Against Covid-19 Can Take a Lesson From Polio, Smallpox - Bloomberg Posted: 27 Feb 2021 12:00 AM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content] Vaccinating the World Against Covid-19 Can Take a Lesson From Polio, Smallpox    Bloomberg Carol Ferguson: Vaccines work -- life lessons from polio survivors - TribLIVE Posted: 11 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. We've been here before. For half of the 20th century, polio was...