Walt Disney World Resort Update for August 24-30, 2021 by Alan S. Dalinka

Walt Disney World Resort Update for August 24–30, 2021

 Writer’s Note & News (Combined)

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age and for the administration of a third dose in certain immunocompromised individuals. Florida continues to be among the leaders in the counts of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations spurred by the Delta Variant. The number of young people becoming seriously ill and requiring hospitalization continues to be significant as well.

Orlando Sentinel also reported last night that Disney reached an agreement with unions representing its workers requiring all on-site employees to

Walt Disney World Resort Update for August 24-30, 2021 by Alan S. Dalinka Read More

Resistance to previous-vacation resort antibiotic may perhaps be passing among pet pet dogs and their owners

The risky mcr-1 gene, which offers resistance to the last-resort antibiotic colistin, has been identified in four healthy individuals and two pet puppies. In two circumstances, equally puppy and owner ended up harbouring the gene, according to new investigation currently being offered at the European Congress of Scientific Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) held online this 12 months.

Due to the fact initially being noted in China in 2015, the mcr-1 gene has been uncovered in numerous persons and animals about the planet. It confers resistance to colistin, an antibiotic of final resort made use of to deal with infections from some germs resistant to all other antibiotics. The nightmare scenario that could arise is mcr-1 combining with currently drug-resistant microorganisms to make a truly untreatable an infection.

Dr Juliana Menezes and colleagues at the Centre of Interdisciplinary Analysis in Animal Overall health, School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Lisbon,

Resistance to previous-vacation resort antibiotic may perhaps be passing among pet pet dogs and their owners Read More