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| Today we're leading the newsletter with a column on COVID vaccines. These experts explain a lot of questions people may have about why COVID vaccines don't prevent infection like other vaccines. We also have a column on pornography and mental health and another column on maternal deaths in the U.S. Happy reading. |
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| By Ezekiel Emanuel, Rick Bright, Michael Osterholm and Luciana Borio |
| Americans' opinions about the COVID-19 vaccines are largely wrong. |
| We persist in thinking they should prevent all SARS-CoV-2 infections, but given the biology of the virus and the way our immune systems respond to either infection or vaccination that does not happen. |
| As with other vaccines, the goal is to prevent serious and deadly outcomes, not to prevent all cases of transmission and infection. |
| By acknowledging this reality, we will be able to better target vaccines – and other COVID interventions – to help us transition from pandemic to endemic infections, and what we should think of as co-existing with the virus. |
Today's Editorial Cartoon |
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| By Dr. Mary-Ann Etiebet and Sema Sgaier |
| The recent Biden-Harris Maternal Health Day of Action focused the nation's attention on shameful and inexcusable facts about the health and survival of our mothers. Not only is America's overall maternal mortality rate the highest among wealthy nations, death occurs more than twice as often for Black, American Indian and Alaska Native women. |
| The day saw dozens of organizations, including ours, make significant commitments to act, but how do we increase the chances that these actions will help reverse decades-long trends of worsening health inequities? |
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| By Theresa Olohan |
| In December, French authorities promised to block five major porn sites if they didn't take immediate action to ensure that viewers are 18 and older. This news came shortly after Billie Eilish's denunciation of pornography, which shocked many of the 20-year-old singer's fans. |
| Aside from the novelty of a celebrity acknowledging the pitfalls of pornography consumption, people were horrified to hear that Eilish was exposed to sexually explicit acts online when she was only 11 years old. |
| Yet her experience is far more common than many Americans seem to realize. According to a study by the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, 93% of boys and 62% of girls are exposed to pornography before age 18. |
Other columns to read today |
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Columns on qualified immunity |
| We're doing a series examining the issue of qualified immunity. For more on the series read here. |
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| This newsletter was compiled by Jaden Amos. |
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