2020 has been a crazy year with everything that has been going on. First we were quarantine and now all we do is wear mask. As we are nearing the end of the year, it is said that Pfizer has a vaccine that Is 95% affective on people who have tried it in their trial. This news was found out on November 9th after the eight out of 170 people started to get better. The vaccine has a experimental name of BNT162b2 and has already been through its third trial to get out all the kinks. After they went over everything and fixed what needs to be fixed, Pfizer got in contact with the FDA within days to get it out to American people. Health officials were very pleased with the 90% efficacy the vaccine had at first. Now after reviewing the data, health officials rate even more satisfied because of the 95% efficacy. Some think it might be ready by the end of December to early January.
With the new vaccine hopefully coming in soon, we asked a few AHS students about the past year and what is to come. Faith Bell stated , “ Wearing a mask at school is exhausting and frustrating because it gets uncomfortable and I always have the urge to take it off when it’s in my way.” On top of the struggle of it being uncomfortable, “ Wearing a mask at school can be very frustrating when trying to understand what people are saying,” as said by Lainie Childers. If the vaccine come out at the end of December, Faith said “ I don’t plan on getting the vaccine when it comes out simply because I don’t want the virus,” But Lainie stated “ I may eventually get it, but the people who are compromised should get the vaccine first.” With the next semester coming up we asked the question what does this mean for next semester. Lainie responded with Faith believes that “ Next semester will probably look the same as far as having some online and some hybrid, but we more than likely won’t all be back in the same building for a long while.”
Stz Gists • Sep 1, 2021 at 9:13 am
The CDC stresses that you always have to carry your Coronavirus vaccine card report with you anywhere you go. What they did not tell you is that carrying the card everywhere you go will lead to it wearing out in no time. No one seems to be addressing this issue and I know by now some people’s cards are already getting worn out. However, it is imperative that you have your vaccine card with you when going out but, it does not have to be a hard copy you can make a digital copy.