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Calls are mounting for the Biden administration to set up a national tracking system of Covid-19 deaths among frontline healthcare workers to honour the thousands of nurses, doctors and support staff who have died in the US, and ensure that future generations are not forced to make the same ultimate – and in many cases needless – sacrifice.
Health policy experts and union leaders are pressing the White House to move quickly to fill the gaping hole left by the Trump administration through its failure to create an accurate count of Covid deaths among frontline staff. The absence of reliable federal data exacerbated critical problems such as shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) that left many workers exposed, with fatal results.
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If you’d rather hear about the AstraZeneca vaccine than read about, we’ve got you covered there as well. Overnight our Australian team have produced this podcast, asking what do we know about blood clots and the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine?
As we know, the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine hasn’t been straightforward. After weathering early questions about its efficacy, there has been a series of rare blood clotting incidents, resulting in several deaths. As authorities investigate whether the vaccine is responsible, some countries have paused their programmes while others, such as the UK and Australia, are forging ahead – albeit with some age restrictions. Our Australian medical editor Melissa Davey explores what we know about the risks and benefits…
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