COVID surge in unvaccinated is pushing US to more mandates, masks, mitigation
“More mitigation is coming… and it’s coming because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again”
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Alabama COVID Hospitalizations Jump 400 Percent as Governor Fumes About ‘Unvaccinated Folks’
There were at least 916 coronavirus patients in state hospitals on Monday, marking a 411 percent increase from the beginning of the month.
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US to keep Covid travel restrictions in place as Delta variant spreads
No plan to lift limits ‘at this point’ in blow to hope of salvaging international summer travel season
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Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal
The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Covid News: Apple Store and Office Reopening Delayed
This week: A Covid resurgence delays Apple’s plan to return, a few days with the MagSafe Battery Pack, Apple Watch software chief expands his role, and AirPods get new software.
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Star golfer out for Covid –
Star golfer out for Covid — for 2nd time in 2 months… (First column, 4th story, link) Related stories:Team USA Wins 6 Medals in Best Olympic Start Ever… Athletes chant ‘Dr. Biden’ as first lady cheers swimmers… Sweltering Condit…
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5-Year-Old Boy Dies of COVID-19 in Georgia
It’s rare for children to die of the coronavirus. The CDC says only 335 of the 600,000 people who have died from COVID-19 in the United States were under 18. WebMD Health News
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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?
Telework, telelearning, telemedicine, and telecommerce are here to stay
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2 COVID patients dead after power outage at Jordan hospital
The country’s health minister says two coronavirus patients have died at a hospital in the Jordanian capital of Amman after a short circuit knocked out power at the facility’s intensive care unit
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COVID Cost 5 Days Per American Versus 1.5 Year Life Expectancy Loss
CDC reported that life expectancy in the U.S. declined by 1.5 year in 2020 due to COVID and excess deaths but life expectancy one year snapshot assumes 2020 repeats forever. Life expectancy calculations take the deaths and age of deaths in a year and then assume this will repeat in the future. There were 3,358,814…
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