Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 10-21-2021

<p>This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for October 21st, 2021.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be the leader of a country during a global pandemic. A leaked document suggests a Brazilian congressional panel is ready to recommend mass homicide charges be brought against President Bolsonaro over how he handled the virus. The charge is he deliberately allowed it to spread in hopes of achieving herd immunity.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As we reported yesterday, millions of Russians are under strict new restrictions. In Moscow, all unvaccinated residents over 60, and unvaccinated people with chronic diseases have to lock down at home for four months. Non-working days have also been declared from October 30 to November 7 across Russia.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The U.S. released its plan to vaccinate children 5 to 11. They’ll be able to get it at their pediatrician's office, a local pharmacy, or maybe even their school. Authorization to use Pfizer in kids is expected in a few weeks and those will be low dose shots.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Moderna won’t give up how to make its vaccine, so the World Health Organization has hired an African startup to hack the formula. Or at least get as close to it as they can. Moderna's patent is public but the way it’s written doesn’t disclose everything. Moderna has said several times they won’t enforce their intellectual property during the pandemic, so it’s safe for the startup to move ahead without much fear of getting sued.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>They don’t have a choice in whether or not to get vaccinated, they haven’t organized protests against it, and so far, none of them have even said anything about it. 80 animals at the Cincinnati Zoo got two doses of vaccine designed for veterinary use. Handlers worked for weeks to get the animals comfortable with everything they’d see and feel when they got the injections.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the United States cases were down 22%, deaths are down 14%, and hospitalizations are down 19% over 14 days. The 7-day