Rob Dillard

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<p>Here are the some of the main COVID-19 stories of the week ending in July 2, 2021.<h2>Local Officials Are Concerned Over Increased Infections</h2><p>As the nation prepares to celebrate Fourth of July weekend, local officials <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html">are sounding</a> the alarm over an increase in COVID-19 infections. For example, in Arkansas, one of the least vaccinated states in the country, cases are surging. &ldquo;We are now going in the wrong direction yet again with Covid-19 infections here in the state of Arkansas,&rdquo; said Dr. Cam Patterson, chancellor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, during the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKTq1JA6XdU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">state&rsquo;s weekly briefing</a> Tuesday. &ldquo;With July 4th holiday coming up and eventually kids going back to school, we have to be concerned that this would be a trend that could continue. And if it does, it would appear that we may be in the beginning of the third surge of Covid-19 here in the state of Arkansas.&rdquo;</p><h2>Biden Administration to Deploy COVID Response Teams Across the US</h2><p>The Biden administration <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/politics/delta-variant-white-house-response-teams/index.html">will deploy</a> response teams across the US to areas with a high rate of spread from the Delta variant. These teams comprise officials from the US CDC, and the Department of Health and Human Services. &ldquo;We want to be as clear as possible,&rdquo; press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday. &ldquo;So, if you have been vaccinated, the message we&rsquo;re conveying is: You&rsquo;re safe&hellip;If you are not yet vaccinated, you are not safe and protected. That&rsquo;s why you should go get vaccinated. It&rsquo;s not more complicated than that in some regards.&rdquo;</p><h2>J&amp;J Vaccine Lasts at Least 8 Months and Protects Against Delta</h2><p>The Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/health/johnson-vaccine-delta-variant/index.html">provides immunity</a> for at least eight months, and it appears to protect against the highly transmissible Delta variant. &ldquo;Current data for the eight months studied so far show that the single-shot Johnson &amp; Johnson COVID-19 vaccine generates a strong neutralizing antibody response that does not wane; rather, we observe an improvement over time,&rdquo; Dr. Mathai Mammen, head of research and development at J&amp;J&rsquo;s Janssen vaccine arm,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jnj.com/positive-new-data-for-johnson-johnson-single-shot-covid-19-vaccine-on-activity-against-delta-variant-and-long-lasting-durability-of-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said in a statement.</a></p><h2>Delta Variant Now in All 50 States</h2><p>The Delta variant is now present in all 50 US states, after South Dakota became the last state to report the rapidly spreading strain. &ldquo;When you have such a low level of vaccination superimposed upon a variant that has a high degree of efficiency of spread, what you are going to see among under-vaccinated regions &mdash; be that states, cities or counties &mdash; you&rsquo;re going to see these individual types of blips,&rdquo; said Dr. Anthony Fauci. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s almost like it&rsquo;s going to be two Americas.&rdquo;</p><h2>Pfizer Vaccine May Offer Years of Protection</h2><p>A new study <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html">indicates</a> the two-doser Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine should keep immune response to COVID-19 up for years &ndash; unlike flu vaccines, that require a yearly booster.</p></p>


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