Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Lake Zurich High School Student Media

Bear Facts
Mark Pfister, Lake County Health Department executive director, talked to students about the development and effectiveness of the COVID vaccine. “The technology and being able to look at the genomic sequence made it much more beneficial to put this vaccine together in a timely manner, but billions of dollars were allocated for additional research and development, and I think that's what a lot of us forget about; pharmaceutical companies, when they do research and development, they want to invest in something that is going to be a return on their investment. Usually, the flu vaccines tend not to be a large return on their investment, so in this case, they're getting a large return on investment and put in the research that was necessary to get these very highly effective vaccines that are 90 plus percent effective,” Pfister said. “The flu vaccines tend to be about 40 to 60% effective, so great, great work that they did to get these very effective vaccines.”

LCHD updates student journalists about vaccination

Sasha Kek, LZ Life Editor
December 3, 2021
According to OurWorldinData.org statistics, 52% of Americans are fully vaccinated. Yet the vaccine does not guarantee immunity from COVID, and there are increasing numbers of breakthrough cases that resulted in hospitalization or death; if the vaccine is not 100 percent effective to prevent people from contracting the virus, why should anyone be forced to take it?

My health, my choice

Sasha Kek, LZ Life Editor
August 25, 2021
As the waves for the vaccine continue to move forward, more and more people are feeling desperation to receive the vaccine. Jordan Addison, English teacher, is one of the lucky few who has already received the vaccine.

A vaccine at the end of the tunnel

Kaitlin Geisler, Social Media Manager
February 16, 2021
Students optimistic, but react with concerns to new COVID-19 vaccine

Students optimistic, but react with concerns to new COVID-19 vaccine

Caroline Sun, Digital Editor-in-Chief
December 14, 2020
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