Covid-19 Tracker: Need A Boost?

San Francisco CA

29 October, 2021

5:31 PM

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By Mark Rabine, Mission Local October 29, 2021 Good morning, Mission, and welcome to Virus Village, your (somewhat regular) Covid-19 data dump. This week Ssn Francisco has seen a small uptick in cases, a small downtick in hospitalizations and increased transmission rates among R Number models. Looks like boosterism may be with us for a while. Now a fourth shot has been approved for people who are immunocompromised. Boosters may help stem a winter surge as the extra shots boost antibodies for a while before fading. Booster logic may stick around much longer, especially if the CDC changes the definition of "fully vaccinated." Meanwhile 3 times as many boosters are being delivered around the world than first shots in low income countries. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.