![]() ![]() However, forecasting El Niño is challenging, particularly from March to May when uncertainties are largest due to the autumn predictability barrier, a phenomenon well-known by the agriculture sector. Source: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. The 2002/03 weak El Niño shaded in blue caused widespread impacts on Australia. The strongest events occurred in 1997//16 and are shaded in blue. Dashed red line shows the temperature threshold (NOAA uses +0.5 Celsius) and El Niño events are shaded in red. The index is calculated using the sea surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region (area between 170°W-120°W and 5°S-5°N). Figure 2: Time series of the ENSO index from NOAA for 1950 to Feb 20235. increases in cloud cover over the International Date Lineįorecasting agencies, such as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, consider many of these indicators in seasonal prediction models to determine if an El Niño is underway.westerly wind bursts in the western Pacific Ocean.higher surface air pressure over the western Pacific Ocean and lower pressure in the east.build-up of ocean heat content in the western Pacific Ocean.warming temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.There are several indicators we can look out for when determining if an El Niño is developing: An El Niño usually starts to develop in the Southern Hemisphere autumn and winter, matures in late spring to early summer and then weakens in autumn of the following year. When does El Niño occur?Įl Niño events occur every 3-7 years and can last anywhere from 6 months to 2 years. While El Niño increases the chance of hotter temperatures and reduced rainfall over the east and north of Australia, an El Niño does not guarantee it will be hotter and drier. Both El Niño and La Niña have a large impact on global weather patterns.Įl Niño generally promotes hotter temperatures across Australia, and reduced rainfall in the east and north of Australia.Įl Niño events heighten the risk of heatwaves, drought and bushfires. The opposite state of El Niño is called La Niña, which is associated with a cooling of the central Pacific Ocean and warmer temperatures to the north of Australia. These changes in the ocean and atmosphere interact with each other, forming a coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This is due to increased air rising in the east and air sinking in the west. The warming in the east and cooling in the west is accompanied by a weakening of the easterly trade winds and an atmospheric circulation across the equatorial Pacific Ocean known as the Walker Circulation. During El Niño, there is warming of the sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean and cooling to the north of Australia (Figure 1). Source: adapted from Bureau of Meteorology.Įl Niño is a naturally occurring ocean-atmosphere phenomenon which has major influences on weather and climate in Australia and the globe. ![]() There is increased convection and rainfall over the warm waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, and reduced rainfall over Australia. During El Niño the easterly trade winds weaken, the western Pacific Ocean cools and the central and eastern Pacific Ocean warms. Figure 1: Schematic diagram of El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean. ![]()
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![]() You can never stop, you can never catch up, you can always get a new one, a better one.” The museum was started up by Sigurður Hjartarson, whose interest began when he was given a bull’s penis as a boy.Īccording to Hjartarson: “Collecting penises is like collecting anything. If this list has tickled your fancy, your next move might be to plan a trip to Iceland and visit the Icelandic Phallological Museum, which is dedicated to all things penile. And just in case there was any doubt, it doesn’t make you go blind, either. Thankfully, nowadays, food manufacturers spend less time trying to convince the youth to give up masturbation. He invented cornflakes and other products because he thought that plain foods would lead Americans away from the “sin” of masturbation. John Harvey Kellogg, the breakfast cereal mastermind, hoped that they would. If it is difficult to have or maintain an erection while awake, but not during sleep, this can point to an underlying psychological cause, rather than a physical one. Whatever the reason behind nocturnal erections, they can be useful as a diagnostic tool. So, by reducing the inhibition, the penis becomes erect. ![]() These cells inhibit the tone of the penis. However, because people with vaginas experience something similar - nocturnal clitoral tumescence - bed wetting prevention is probably not the entire answer.Īnother potential explanation is that REM sleep is linked with switching off cells that produce noradrenaline in the locus coeruleus, which is in the brainstem. One theory is that it might help prevent bed wetting: An erection inhibits urination.Ī full bladder is known to stimulate nerves in a similar region to those involved in erections. This is also called “nocturnal penile tumescence,” and it’s still not clear why it happens. Most people with penises have 3–5 erections every night, mostly during REM sleep. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'm not sure the whole 20 floors below ground could be used for some services, stores and periferals like storage and garbage collection. I also tried doing and "underground mall" but I was playing on a huge map and unless I fill the top floors TO THE BRIM with offices and tennants. I spaced the stores out to about one store-length size:Īnd the specialty stores were profitable first day. Interestingly, I added the art gallry on the floor above (16 or 17th floor) and added luxury stores. about them and other tennants walking to their appartment even though the noise is none-existant. Of course the only downside is appartment tennants complain about noise. ![]() Then for appartments, I pushed an elevator to the far right( so a new shaft), build up 5-6 floors and layed out different suites and 2BR / Appartment configurations to fit. I did a couple large restaurants in between my officess so that the smell wouldn't upset the stores. For example I was messing around with the first scenario and had pretty much built up office and to the right I had about 20 tiles with stores and different services. I think it would also depend on how wide your tower is. I'd be miffed as a tenant if the architect extends the trip I make to get home in a building by forcing me on an hour long detour through the commercial district. but for the sake of the proper architecture and infrastructure that the game keeps espousing, that seems horribly counter intuitive. I suppose I could use aforementioned Advanced elevators to snake people through the first three floors on their way to the proper elevators that leave further upwards. For my next tower, I could dedicate the first three floors to just shopping and food, but I'm concerned that the two floor above ground level won't be enjoying any high traffic throughput. It's not like with Simtower to relieve traffic.Īlso, how do people handle creating multi-tier floors dedicated to just stores and food outlets? I love plopping them down in high traffic areas, or in other words, the ground floor, but I've already figured out that the standard and tall map setting - the ones that allow you to build a nice tower - don't have a ground floor big enough to stuff all my shops/restaurants in. what use are they? I know they don't have to start on the ground floor, but how is that usefull? I can't think of anything they can do that ordinary elevators can't or am I missing something? You still can't break them in the middle, everyone can use them and I'm not sure what use there is to having a route that's harder to take since restricting floors to specific tenents already makes sections of your tower exclusive enough by giving everyone else no reason to go there. but since this is a tower construction game I'm already messing with the foundations and planning everything in advance.īefore I find out I shot myself in the foot 2 hours in:Īdvanced / Exclusive Elevators. ![]() I'm not that far into the game yet, maybe a 10 star rating. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a small detail meant to represent the passage of time, Peter, along with other characters, will change clothes as the story moves along. The game takes place over the course of a few weeks in October. “That’s something we didn’t want to lose, even though he has more experience,” Intihar says. As Spider-Man, he exudes confidence and speaks with conviction, but as Peter Parker, he stumbles with his words. It was also important to the team that Spider-Man and Peter Parker feel like separate people. “This is not spoilery, but, for example, there is a thing where Spider-Man jumps into a fight between two other factions that are enemies of his and they’re fighting each other and he says something to the effect of, ‘Guys I know how to settle this – dance off,’” Gage says, “Imagine coming up with like one-thousand of those.” Players will be spending a lot of time with Spider-Man fighting bad guys, after all. ![]() “There are infinitely more one-liners,” Gage says, comparing what he has written for assorted comics to writing for the game. One of those elements that was not ignored or changed for this Spider-Man is he will be full of quips. You have 50 years of great source material to draw from, but you’re doing your own thing.” It was like when my wife and I were writing for the first season Daredevil. “That was really liberating,” Gage says, “I have worked on video games in the past that were tied to movie releases and they were good and I enjoyed them, but at the same time you are bound to an external thing, where here we get to do our own thing. Insomniac worked closely with Marvel’s executive creative director Bill Rosemann on the story and his main advice was that the best Spider-Man stories are the ones where Peter Parker and Spider-Man’s worlds collide, and from there Insomniac set to work crafting a new, but familiar version of the well-known character. ![]() “One of the talks we had was about what it was like to be in your early twenties, just out of college, you thought you could take on the world, you had all this passion and energy for changing the world, and you didn’t have the cynicism that I have now in my forties,” Paquette says. The Spider-Man side of his life is going well, but in the opening moments of the game, right before he leaps out the window to be Spider-Man, a letter slides under his door into his apartment warning of eviction if he doesn’t pay his rent soon. He’s at another starting point in his life, which is a struggle. ”He’s on the verge of becoming an adult, and he’s dealing with a lot of the things people at that age dealing with – student loans, trying to start a career, struggling with money – any number of things,” Intihar says. He’s a scientist, but Intihar cryptically won’t reveal more than that saying, “I can’t tell you where he is working because we’re actually not going to say until the game comes out.” As a 23-year-old college graduate, Peter Parker is experiencing problems that will be all too familiar to anyone who has been in the same position. He was bitten by the radioactive spider when he was 15, but now he is 23 and has a firm grasp on his abilities. ![]() Peter Parker is college graduate in this story. Let’s just do the best, most iconic Spider-Man story we can do,” Christos Gage, a longtime writer for Marvel comics and Spider-Man who co-wrote the game’s script, tells us. We don’t have to worry about the other stuff. “Obviously, he should feel like the classic Spider-Man and Peter Parker everyone knows, but we’re doing our own thing. From the very beginning Insomniac didn’t want to be beholden to any established Spider-Man stories. We didn’t want to tell a story that had already been told,” Insomniac writer Jon Paquette says. “We all knew that people have seen the origin story before, right? We know what that teenage Peter Parker is about. “He still gets bit by a spider, but we don’t really want to go big into the origin story.” You will uncover elements of his backstory, mostly by collecting Peter’s old backpacks strewn about the city, but this is a Spider-Man story that takes place well after Peter Parker became Spider-Man. That is not Miles in that suit, which is a question everyone keeps asking me on twitter,” creative director Bryan Intihar says. From the moment Insomniac’s Spider-Man was revealed with the white spider logo on his chest, it was clear that this version of Spider-Man was going to be a little different from the hero we know, but he will be familiar, and he will definitely be Peter Parker under the mask. ![]() ![]() ![]() Interestingly, in certain cases the data can be recovered from such devices. If this is the case, you may be unable to unlock the device as you won’t be able to enter your passcode. However, the “broken” iPhone might have its display shattered and the touch functionality not working. How the “broken” iPhone is different from “water damaged”? If the device cannot be powered on, there is no difference from the point of data recovery. In Windows, Set up and use iCloud Photos on your Windows PC. For macOS, just connect your Apple account and use the Photos app. The right way: If all you need is your photos, and you had iCloud Photos enabled, you can download them easily to your computer without any third-party tools at all. Google Photos or Microsoft OneDrive) to back up your photos. Another is using a third-party cloud provider (e.g. Paying for additional space in iCloud is one way to ensure your photos are backed up. Since Apple only offers 5GB of iCloud space free of charge, most probably neither the backups nor photos will fit, so most likely you’ll end up with some very old backups and few, if any, photos. If you are reading this article, do check if you have a recent iCloud backup of your device, and if you have iCloud Photos enabled. The many years of experience have taught me that the more valuable and unique data the user has, the less likely he or she will have a backup of that data. Limitations: “Downloading iCloud backups and photos” sounds good enough let’s do that! While this may be possible (as in “you may be able to find a tool that actually works”), the problem is whether you have those backups at all. We have not seen any consumer-grade tool that can download your passwords or messages (SMS and iMessage history) because end-to-end encryption. This may include backups (although we are yet to see a tool that can do that reliably, let alone free of charge) and some synchronized data (which may include your photos if you enabled the iCloud Photos setting in your iPhone). The data recovery tool can try downloading (thus “recovering”) information from your iCloud account. What the tool does: Interestingly, the claim is not necessarily a lie. While a specialized data recovery lab could try temporarily reviving the water-damaged iPhone for the time they need to copy your data off the device (and charge you an arm and a leg for just trying), no end-user software (and definitely no free software) can do that. User expectations: The bold claim makes me think that the tool can somehow magically extract information from a sunk device that cannot be powered on. Let’s first deal with the “water damaged” claim, as in “the device doesn’t power on”. The company makes a bold statement, claiming that its tool can “Recover data lost due to water damaged, broken, deletion, device loss, etc.” (original spelling preserved). When researching the various data iOS recovery tools, I was baffled by the very ambitious claim made by one data recovery company (you’ll easily find it if you look). Let us place the claims through our usual scrutiny. Do any of those tools actually work, and do they live up to the user’s expectations? The answer is complex, hence this article. These tools’ claims range from “Recover data lost due to water damaged, broken, deletion, device loss, etc.” to the much more reserved “Selectively recovers iPhone data from internal memory, iCloud, and iTunes”. There is no lack of tools claiming the ability to recover lost or deleted information from the iPhone. ![]() ![]() ![]() To play Fortnite on your iOS device, you simply need to sign up for these services and use them on your device. GeForce Now and Xbox Cloud Gaming both have Fortnite, while you can also play the popular game on Amazon Luna. However, this process will be done through cloud gaming services.įortunately, you may use cloud gaming services to play Fortnite on iPhone and iPad. While you cannot download Fortnite on iOS devices, you can still play it. Due to this, Fortnite was taken off the App Store in 2020 and is no longer available on it. Besides Google, Epic Games also filed a lawsuit against Apple. If you’re wondering how to download Fortnite on your iOS device, then we have some bad news for you. If you’re not interested in having Fortnite on your device, however, you can also play it through cloud gaming services. Unfortunately, the Samsung Galaxy Store is not available on non-Samsung devices, so your only option is to grab it from Fortnite’s official website. You need to open the store, search for Fortnite, and initiate the download process. ![]() If you own a Samsung device, you can download Fortnite straight from the Samsung Galaxy Store. ![]() But for now, you need to open /android in your browser to download Fortnite on your mobile device. Instead, you have to go to Fortnite’s official website, download the game file, and install it on your Android device.Ĭonsidering that Epic won a lawsuit against Google, the game may return to the Play Store in the future. Due to this, you cannot download the game the same way you would download other apps. How to download Fortnite on Android devicesĮpic Games doesn’t get along with Google, which is why Fortnite was removed from the Play Store in 2020. Due to this, we recommend you check the best graphic settings for Fortnite on PC to get the most out of your system. Unlike the console version of Fortnite, the PC version has many advanced settings. As soon as the download is done, you will be able to play the popular videogame. After that, log in with your Epic Games account, look for Fortnite, and download it. To download Fortnite on PC, download the Epic Games Launcher and install it on your system. If you don’t already have it, you don’t have to worry, as the account creation is free and fast. To access Epic’s digital storefront, you will have to create an Epic Games account. Furthermore, Epic Games frequently releases free games, so keep an eye on them and add them to your library. This application will also give you access to a huge library of other videogames that you can get. To play the game on your computer, you will have to download the Epic Games Launcher. Download Fortnite on PCĭownloading Fortnite on a PC is very simple and quick. Thanks to this, you will be able to use your skins on other devices and team up with your friends who are on different platforms. Once you start playing Fortnite on a console, you will have to link your console account to an Epic Games account. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Microsoft Edge PDF solution with the legacy engine will go out of support in March 2024. To meet the needs of organizations with managed devices, the transition to the built-in Microsoft Edge PDF reader with Adobe Acrobat’s PDF capabilities will occur in phases, with an initial opt-in option for managed devices. ![]() With Adobe Acrobat capabilities powering the PDF experience in Edge, Windows 10 and Windows 11 users can use Adobe’s best-in-class PDF capabilities within the Microsoft Edge web browser, without the need to download or switch to a separate application. Users across the world interact with trillions of PDF files across web, mobile, and desktop. In the age of digital transformation, the web browser is the place where people collaborate, share information, and get work done in the cloud. Microsoft Edge users with existing Adobe Acrobat subscriptions can use the Acrobat extension inside Edge at no extra cost. Users who want more advanced digital document features - such as the ability to edit text and images, convert PDFs to other file formats, and combine files - can purchase an Acrobat subscription that enables access to these features anywhere, including directly inside Microsoft Edge via an extension. “Adobe’s PDF technology in Microsoft Edge means users will have fast and secure access to critical digital document capabilities.” “Bringing Adobe and Microsoft closer together is good for productivity and good for customers,” said Jared Spataro, corporate vice president, Modern Work & Business Applications at Microsoft. These capabilities will continue to be free of cost. This will give users a unique PDF experience that includes richer rendering for more accurate colors and graphics, improved performance, strong security for PDF handling, and greater accessibility - including better text selection and read-aloud narration. Together, the two companies are enhancing the PDF experience and value users have come to expect in Microsoft Edge by powering the built-in PDF reader with Adobe Acrobat's PDF rendering engine. Please contact us for free expert consultancy on your specific Adobe agreements, more information and to request a quote.Adobe and Microsoft bring industry-leading Acrobat PDF experience to 1.4 billion Windows users through Microsoft EdgeĪdobe and Microsoft have taken the next step in their commitment to transform the future of digital work and life by bringing Adobe Acrobat’s PDF capabilities to more than 1.4 billion Microsoft Windows users in Microsoft Edge. įor useful software licensing information on Adobe, please visit. įor another explanatory video, please visit. This enhanced labeling experience utilizes the latest version of Purview Information Protection, taking into account various details like label descriptions, embedded content markings, and justification logic, resulting in a more intuitive user experience for customers.įor the announcement of the integration of Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) within Adobe Acrobat, including an explanatory video, please visit. Now, for organizations adopting MPIP as their standard, they can leverage the native capability within the desktop version of Acrobat to apply and edit Information Protection sensitivity labels and policies to their PDFs. Since 2018, Adobe Acrobat and Reader apps have supported seamless viewing of PDFs protected by Microsoft Purview Information Protection. With this integration, Adobe Acrobat brings the same level of classification, labeling, and protection found in Microsoft 365 file formats to PDFs. Since May 8, 2023, Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) is fully integrated in Adobe Acrobat to enhance PDF security. ![]() ![]() ![]() It seems the developer fixed the software or the servers, so it appears to work reliably now. Initially when we got the frames there was a bug in the software which caused uploads to fail most times. My sister bought one for everyone this year and it is neat to be able to upload new photos to anyone else’s frame easily over the internet. These new WiFi frames are so much more useful. I loaded it with photos and gave it to my grandparents. I bought a digital photo frame 15-20 years ago when they first came to market. Polaroid Digital Picture Frames Phone: 85 ![]() Please contact our support line provided below and we would be happy to assist your. Now our App functionality has been fully restored and we are sorry for any temporary disruption in service that was experienced by some users. Also you can call Customer Service Center. Sorry to make you disappointing, we had some instruction as stated on the box and in the manual. The real difficulty is that this was not an inexpensive picture frame. I can’t even find a “frequently asked questions” website to attempt to get this thing to work. Prior review: Purchased as a gift thinking the brand name might make it a good product choice, I suppose this brand doesn’t mean anything anymore. This was an expensive gift from a brand I used to trust. So I will just return the Polaroid picture frame and never by from them again. The software company that Polaroid “hired” to carry the brand name into WiFi capabilities is an LLC out of China that apparently has no interest in fixing this. Called the support telephone number only to find out this is a known problem going back almost a full month or more and you will notice that this app hasn’t been updated for 2 months. ![]() Previously: spent lots of time on this, uninstall, reinstall, WiFi reboot, etc. Please note: The Polaroid Wi-Fi Photo Frame 3.0 App only works with compatible Wi-Fi photo frame models (PDWX-800BB, PDWX-800CD, PDWX-800NT PDWX-1050B, PDWX-1050G). Send fun Snapchat photos or videos as well as Google Photos directly to the frame Stay connected to people of all ages and levels of tech savviness Securely share hi-resolution photos and videos with family and friends without making them stumble through cumbersome social media, texts or emails.Įnjoy a subscription-free and ad-free experience while watching music filled photo slideshows and videos with captions showcasing your loved one’s favorite moments in time. Users can watch videos, customize photo slideshows with music and even get up to date weather reports through the frames built in real-time wireless weather display. App allows you to send multiple pictures or videos at one time saving you countless hours of transfer time and frustration (frame can hold thousands of pictures and videos with its built in 8GB of memory). Sync multiple smart phones/devices to one frame or one smart phone/device to multiple frames. The Polaroid Wi-Fi touch screen photo frame allows you to instantly display photos and videos with captions from anywhere! Simply download the FREE Polaroid Wi-Fi Photo Frame 3.0 App, connect the picture frame to a Wi-Fi network, link the two with a secure 8-digit code and instantly begin sharing your favorite moments in time. Instantly send photos & videos along with comments and emojis to a Polaroid Wi-Fi digital picture frame from anywhere in the world! Securely share photos and videos with captions from iOS Apple Smartphones or iPads to any Polaroid compatible Wi-Fi photo frame. ![]() ![]() If it's been rolling around in the bottom of your purse, it could have easily rubbed right off. The catch: Not every bottle may come imprinted with an expiration date, according to Suzanne Willard, PhD, a clinical professor and associate dean for global health at the Rutgers School of Nursing. There are "no clear visual signs of expiration so checking the label is the only reliable way" to tell if that bottle deserves to be tossed, he says. Andrew Alexis, MD, chair of Mount Sinai's department of dermatology. "The active ingredients are only guaranteed effective until the expiration date," says Dr. Yep, most hand sanitizers have an expiration date and you probably should pay attention to it. ![]() The next time you reach for that little bottle, turn it over and check the date imprinted on the packaging. It's always there when you need it, but if it's been there forever.is it still good? If you're a germaphobe like me, you probably have a mini bottle tucked in a pocket of every purse, gym bag, and backpack in your closet. ![]() ![]() If a non-sterile product has no expiry date, it's a question of judgment based on if the product is still suitable for use.Hand sanitizer is a bit like chapstick or lip gloss. If a product is sterile and does not have an expiry date, it is best to check with the manufacturer to find out how long the product can be kept. Not all products have an expiry date, however sterile items most often do. If there is a recall or product safety update, this is the number you would have to check to see if your product has been affected.Įxpiry Date - This is typically shown after an egg timer symbol, this tells you the year and month the product expires and when you need to replace your products. LOT Number - Products are made in batches, this tells you the batch your product belongs to. Revision (Rev) Date - This tells you the year and month the product artwork was last updated. Product Code (REF) - This tells you the unique product number which you can search our website for or quote to customer services when you need to replace your expired products. Understanding the important information you need to keep track of on your product label. Yes, expired gloves may not protect you from exposure to blood borne pathogens and other infectious materials due to the potential loss of functionality and sterility. Yes, sterile cleansing wipes which have expired may no longer be sterile and can dry out and be ineffective. Yes, expired bandages can deteriorate over time and lose their sterility. If your plasters are sterile, the wound pad can also lose its sterility. Yes, over time, plasters can lose their adhesiveness. The expiry date displayed on our first aid kit labels shows the earliest expiry date of an item within the kit. ![]() Please note all of our St John Ambulance branded kits have a minimum shelf life of one year. Download our check list to help you keep track. We recommend you check the expiry date on your first aid products, write the dates down and then stick a reminder in your diary. Items that have passed their expiry date should be disposed and replaced as they may not be effective and can start to deteriorate, making them unsafe. Some items within your first aid kit can expire. You should replace used items as soon as they are used so that they are not missing from your kit in case of emergency. For example, if you work with hazardous substances, work remotely, or don't have access to running water, effective eye wash is essential. It’s important to make sure your first aid kit is well-stocked with appropriate first aid supplies for your workplace. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kiessling eventually paid for a flu shot and said she would try to get her updated Covid-19 shot next week. The customer service representatives told her they were being besieged with calls but had little information to give people. Kiessling said she was told they didn’t have any plans to communicate with their members about the outage, either.ĬareFirst did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. When she called CareFirst, she said, she was told it was having a network-wide problem with billing for all vaccines. She decided to try talking to her insurance company. We’re getting flu shots this week, in theory, and Covid shots next week,” she said.īut when she went to the grocery store pharmacy where she’s gotten all her previous vaccines with little fuss, she was told she would have to pay out of pocket if she wanted her shot. Kiessling and her family are covered by CareFirst Blue Cross and Blue Shield through her husband’s employer. Koldo圜hris/Moment RF/Getty ImagesĬDC recommends updated Covid-19 vaccines for everyone 6 months and older ![]() African American female nurse or doctor injecting vaccine into caucasian blonde girl patient siiting on examination table in vaccination center. Young girl watching her being injected with COVID-19 vaccine at a medical clinic. Kira Kiessling, 38, of Washington DC, recently booked appointments for her flu and Covid-19 vaccines in anticipation of an upcoming business trip. “Now, what’s happened with commercialization is, we’re back to health care as we know it, and its challenges and its complexities,” she said. Rite Aid and Walmart said they had not begun scheduling vaccine appointments but expect to get their first shipments of the updated Covid-19 vaccines this week.ĭuring previous Covid-19 vaccination campaigns, when the government was in charge of buying, distributing and monitoring the vaccines, Kates says Americans got a taste of what universal health care could look like, and everyone had access. It expects to make more appointments available later this week. Walgreens described any problems as isolated and said it now has enough supply to honor existing vaccine appointments at most stores. It is also the case that insurers have known this was going to happen for quite a while.”ĬVS said it has had to reschedule some appointments as it receives vaccines on a rolling basis. There are things that have to be put in place, so it is temporary. “It is the first time they’re being commercialized. ![]() “All of this is temporary,” said Jen Kates, a senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation who is tracking vaccine access. ![]() Last year, most people who got a bivalent Covid-19 vaccine did so within the first two months of approval, according to CDC data. We’ve contacted the pharmacists, and we’re working with–and to make sure everyone understands how this works–you should not have to pay out of pocket if you are insured,” Becerra said, adding that there are also free vaccines for people who are not insured through the Bridge Access Program.įor the most part, the snafus seem to be short-term problems related to limited early supplies or trouble getting the correct codes set up to bill insurance, but experts say they were also avoidable issues that are slowing the momentum of the fall vaccine campaign at a critical juncture. “We’ve heard these stories, and we’ve contacted the insurers. On Wednesday, at a press event where he got his own Covid and Flu vaccines, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said they were working to smooth any hiccups. The CDC directed questions about the problems to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Some people have booked appointments and gotten a shot already, but others who have tried to follow the CDC’s guidance have run into roadblocks that didn’t exist before the government commercialized the Covid-19 vaccines this year. Some pharmacies have scheduled vaccine appointments only to cancel them when they run out of doses. And people have arrived for their vaccine appointments expecting the cost to be fully covered by their insurance, only to be told that they have to pay out of pocket for the shot, which retails for between $100 and $200, with an administration fee. Meet the Black students who were instrumental in developing the first Covid-19 shots From left, Olubukola Abiona, Geoffrey Hutchinson and Cynthia Ziwawo pose at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta on September 13, 2023. ![]() |
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