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ANALYSIS: Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible

Fri, 2021-03-19 20:40 — mike kraft

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00728-2

As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is starting to look unlikely.

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Experts: Virus surge in Europe should raise caution flags for the US

Wed, 2021-03-17 12:46 — mike kraft

Experts: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for US Optimism is spreading in the U.S. as COVID-19 deaths plummet and states ease restrictions and open vaccinations to younger adults. But across Europe, dread is setting in with another wave of... AP NEWS

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Experts warn that after weeks of declining coronavirus cases, hot spots are emerging as restrictions relax

Wed, 2021-03-17 10:15 — mike kraft

After weeks of declining cases, echoes of hot spots emerge in Upper Midwest, New York City area Michigan has seen a rise in hospitalizations and positive test results. Minnesota’s numbers are creeping up, as are Maryland’s and New Jersey’s. Many places, including New York City and surrounding counties, are no longer seeing steady declines in cases, despite intensive vaccination efforts. Joel Achenbach, Ariana Eunjung Cha, Jacqueline Dupree Washington Post

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Hundreds of spring breakers arrested in Miami for ignoring COVID-19 restrictions

Mon, 2021-03-15 19:43 — mike kraft

Hundreds of spring breakers ignoring COVID-19 rules arrested in Miami Mayor of Miami Beach, Fla. Dan Gelber (D) said in an interview released on Monday that hundreds of people celebrating spring break in south Florida had been arrested this past weekend for ignoring coronavirus guidelines. Joseph Choi TheHill

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Granny shouldn’t be out here’: Maskless spring breakers flout South Beach COVID rules, governor forgives past fines

Sat, 2021-03-13 18:21 — mike kraft

‘Granny shouldn’t be out here’: Maskless spring breakers flout South Beach COVID rules With a black mask pulled under his chin, 22-year-old Ace Beck weaved through spring breakers on busy Ocean Drive without any concern for catching COVID-19 — or unwittingly passing it on to somebody else. YahooNews

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NIH Director urges people to keep masks on despite Texas and other states relaxing requirementsrelaxing

Sat, 2021-03-13 18:09 — mike kraft

Keep masks on, NIH director pleads as Texas enters 1st weekend without statewide Covid-19 restrictions As spring break travel picks up and states increasingly drop Covid-19 restrictions, Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health director, is pleading with people to keep using masks regardless of prevailing rules. Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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CDC updates Covid-19 guidance for childcare programs, including wearing masks

Fri, 2021-03-12 19:11 — mike kraft

CDC updates its Covid-19 guidance for childcare programs The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday updated its guidance for childcare programs during the pandemic, emphasizing the importance of mask-wearing for everyone 2 years of age and older, as well as air ventilation and other strategies. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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ANALYIS: What went right and what went wrong in US pandemic response

Thu, 2021-03-11 19:32 — mike kraft

How the U.S. Pandemic Response Went Wrong—and What Went Right—during a Year of COVID On the anniversary of this global disaster, we take a look back at some of the biggest mistakes, surprising successes and lingering questions Tanya Lewis Scientific American

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Seattle’s virus success is an example of what could have been

Thu, 2021-03-11 19:15 — mike kraft

SEATTLE — Facing the nation’s first widespread coronavirus outbreak, some of Washington State’s top leaders quietly gathered on a Sunday morning last March for an urgent strategy session.

The virus had been rampaging through a nursing home in the Seattle suburbs. By the time the meeting began, the region had recorded most of the nation’s first 19 deaths. New cases were surfacing by the hour.

As the meeting’s presentation got to the fifth slide, the room grew somber. The numbers showed a variety of potential outcomes, but almost every scenario was a blue line pointing exponentially upward. ...

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