COVID-19 making worrying comeback WHO warns
COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned.
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What’s different about this summer’s FLiRT COVID wave
Based on wastewater sample data, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention reports that COVID levels have increased in most states nationwide.
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Mask Bans Insult Disabled People, Endanger Our Health, and Threaten Our Ability to Protest
Beyond the efforts to keep our bodies from falling apart, we face existential threats from a society that actively silences, diminishes, excludes, and eliminates us.
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COVID-19 is on the rise with wide-ranging symptoms
new variants of the coronavirus — called FLIRT variants — have found a way to evade immunity, affecting even people who have previously had COVID-19. And symptoms can be hard to spot
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‘Playing COVID roulette’: Some infected by FLiRT variants report their most unpleasant symptoms yet
anecdotally, including on social media sites, people are expressing shock at how sick they’ve become from the latest subvariants, which have been collectively nicknamed FLiRT.
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NYC COVID cases up 250% in 2 months — and this variant's harder to duck
Cases have been rising nationally and locally for about two months, driven by FLiRT variants.
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CDC finds that COVID-19 can surge throughout the year
COVID-19 has peaks in the winter and also at other times of the year, including the summer, driven by new variants and decreasing immunity from previous infections and vaccinations.
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A covid summer uptick is underway as FLiRT and LB.1 variants ascend
Coronavirus infections are likely growing in 44 states and territories as of June 25, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Study finds all N95 masks effective for reducing an ill person's danger to others, especially duckbill masks
"All masks and respirators significantly reduced exhaled viral load, without fit tests or training. A duckbill N95 reduced exhaled viral load by 98% (95% CI: 97%–99%), and significantly outperformed a KN95 (p < 0.001) as well as cloth and surgical masks. Cloth masks outperformed a surgical mask (p = 0.027) and the tested KN95 (p = 0.014)."
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Mask bans continue to spread but their impact on the health of the community is under-reported, even by leftist publications
There are still health risks and mask bans are threatening the most vulnerable