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Are Vaccines Working for the Elderly of Arkansas?

Title (Dublin Core)

Are Vaccines Working for the Elderly of Arkansas?

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Description (Dublin Core)

This is a news article detailing a dramatic decrease in Covid-19 related deaths for individuals over 65 per the Arkansas Department of Health. The article provides context in previous data collection, highlighting that 80% of Covid deaths in 2020 were individuals 65 and older. Further, the article states that in 2021, 65% of Covid related deaths were individuals 65 and older. The Department of Health now reports fewer and fewer deaths in general, and attributes this to the rapid vaccination of the elderly, particularly in retirement facilities that were hit the hardest at the start of the pandemic. Indeed, the medical community has a greater understanding of Covid's impact on the body and how best to effectively treat the elderly. So it really begs the question: Are we really safe to pull away from the panic of Covid now that the most vulnerable community is safer from Covid than ever before? Or are we merely in a lull between waves?

Date (Dublin Core)

January 18, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

Desmond Nugent

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Brett Reinert

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-dept-of-health-sees-15-percent-decrease-in-covid-death-among-elderly-population
https://archive.ph/1Comn

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Public Health & Hospitals

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

elderly
vaccine
Arkansas
death

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

ASU
Over65

Collection (Dublin Core)

Over 60

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/27/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

3/29/2022
04/21/2022
08/02/2022
05/23/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/27/2022

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on March 27, 2022 by Brett Reinert (He/Him) using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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