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Analysis: Americans Struggle for New Balance and face contradictions as the Covid Pandemic lingers

Tue, 2022-11-15 10:43 — mike kraft

...life has in many ways returned to something like the Before Times. Restaurants are packed, and cultural performances sold out. Children are sitting in schools, and workers are trickling back into offices. Masks are no longer required in public, even in New York City’s subways.

The summer travel season was a blockbuster. Even cruise ships — derided as floating Petri dishes early in the pandemic — were filling up with eager passengers.

Most Americans want to get back to normalcy and are unwilling to let Covid rule their lives any longer, Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, said in an interview. “Those two sets of goals are achievable,” Dr. Jha said, so long as Americans keep getting vaccinated, test when necessary and wear masks in crowded public settings.

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China's state media demand strict adherence to ‘zero COVID’

Tue, 2022-11-15 10:12 — mike kraft

China state media demand strict adherence to 'zero COVID' BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling party called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy Tuesday in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places. AP NEWS

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The People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, said in an editorial that China must “unswervingly implement” the policy that requires mass obligatory testing and places millions under lockdown to try to eliminate the coronavirus from the nation of 1.4 billion people and the world’s second-largest economy.

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Americans' fears of catching COVID lowest since summer of 2021: Gallup

Thu, 2022-11-10 10:27 — mike kraft

Fears of catching COVID lowest since summer of 2021: Gallup Story at a glance Just 28 percent of Americans are concerned about catching COVID-19, marking the lowest total reported since June of 2021. The findings come as some experts raise concern abo… Gianna Melillo The Hill

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COVID Superspreader Events Still Exist But Probably Underreported

Mon, 2022-11-07 09:56 — mike kraft

COVID Superspreader Events Still Exist. Here's What They Look Like Now. Just because we don't hear about clusters of infections like we did in 2020 and 2021 doesn't mean they don't happen. YahooNews

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Chinese cities double down on zero-COVID restrictions as outbreaks widen

Thu, 2022-10-27 08:44 — mike kraft

Chinese cities double down on zero-COVID as outbreaks widen Chinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the northwest are doubling down on COVID-19 curbs, sealing up buildings, locking down districts and throwing millions into distress in a scramble to halt widening outbreaks. Ryan Woo Reuters

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Cases of BQ.1, BQ.1.1 COVID variants double in U.S. as Europe warns of rise

Fri, 2022-10-21 17:12 — mike kraft

Cases of BQ.1, BQ.1.1 COVID variants double in U.S. as Europe warns of rise U.S. regulators estimated BQ.1 and closely related BQ.1.1 accounted for 16.6% of COVID variants in the country, nearly doubling from last week, as Europe expects them to become dominant in a month. Manas Mishra,Khushi Mandowara Reuters

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Hong Kong further eases coronavirus measures

Fri, 2022-09-30 10:59 — mike kraft

Hong Kong government to further ease coronavirus measures The Hong Kong government said on Friday it aims to ease some coronavirus curbs in an orderly way as pandemic trends in the Asia financial hub were continuing to stabilise. Reuters Reuters

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Europe sees new Covid wave as summer starts

Wed, 2022-06-22 09:56 — mike kraft

Summer starts in Europe with new Covid wave Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising across the continent, spurred by Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Eliza Mackintosh and Hafsa Khalil, CNN CNN

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WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

Mon, 2022-05-30 09:04 — mike kraft

WHO: Monkeypox won't turn into pandemic, but many unknowns LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. AP NEWS

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New York City health chief: urges people to wear masks indoors; 'high' COVID alert level coming

Mon, 2022-05-16 18:34 — mike kraft

NYC health chief: Wear masks indoors; 'high' COVID alert level coming New York City is approaching a ‘high’ level of COVID-19 alert, according to Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. In a tweet issued Monday morning, Vasan said he was urging all New Yorkers to wear a mask while indoors. FOX 5 NY FOX 5 New York

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Raising the alert level from medium to high indicates an increased and significant level of community spread.

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