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Aug 10 2021
Opinion
It’s Not Just About The Masks
It was never just a mask, it has always been a way of thinking. “Mask” is just shorthand.
I got dumped from my volunteer work at the Hawaiian Humane Society for choosing not to wear a mask outside while walking their dogs. Neither science, the CDC, nor the state requires a mask outdoors, and I’m fully vaccinated. Some staff bot saw my naked face and informed me of their “policy.” I
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Jan 21 2022
Fact Check
FactChecking Biden’s Press Conference
In a nearly two-hour press conference, President Joe Biden stretched the facts and left out important context on vaccinations, funding for lead pipe removal, child poverty and more.
Biden exaggerated his administration’s progress against COVID-19, saying that the U.S. is “adding about 9 million more vaccinations each week.” That number has been around 7 million to 8 million doses, and
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Feb 08 2021
News
Biden says it will be difficult to achieve Covid herd immunity before summer’s end
President Joe Biden won’t commit to achieving herd immunity to the coronavirus in the U.S. by the end of summer, suggesting a long road ahead to defeating the deadly virus.
“The idea that this can be done and we can get to herd immunity much before the end of this summer is very difficult,” Biden said in an interview broadcast on CBS on Sunday before the Super Bowl.
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Aug 08 2020
News
2020 Libertarian presidential candidate skips campaign event after getting bitten by bat
The Libertarian Party's presidential nominee, Jo Jorgensen, didn't attend a campaign event after getting bitten by a bat.
Jorgensen, 63, said she missed a campaign event on Saturday morning because a doctor advised her to get a rabies vaccine after the bat attack.
"We are sorry to report that Dr. Jo Jorgensen will not be able to attend the campaign rally tomorrow morning," she
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Aug 03 2022
News
Could Genetics Be the Key to Never Getting the Coronavirus?
Last Christmas, as the Omicron variant was ricocheting around the United States, Mary Carrington unknowingly found herself at a superspreader event—an indoor party, packed with more than 20 people, at least one of whom ended up transmitting the virus to most of the gathering’s guests.
After two years of avoiding the coronavirus, Carrington felt sure that her time had come: She’d been
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Aug 13 2021
News
CDC panel votes to recommend COVID-19 booster shot for certain immunocompromised patients
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee is recommending moderate-to-severe immunocompromised individuals receive an mRNA COVID-19 booster dose. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices held the vote Friday, a day after the FDA expanded emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines to authorize a booster shot for certain immunocompromised
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Aug 01 2021
News
Fauci: 'I don't think we're going to see lockdowns'
The nation's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday he did not expect the U.S. will need to reenter lockdown, as the Delta strain of the coronavirus drives surges in new cases across the country.
"I don't think we're going to see lockdowns," Anthony Fauci said on ABC's "This Week." "I think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak,
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Apr 09 2021
News
No region in the world spared as virus cases, deaths surge
Hospitals in Turkey and Poland are filling up. Pakistan is restricting domestic travel. The U.S. government will send more help to the state with the country’s worst infection increase.
The worldwide surge in coronavirus cases and deaths includes even Thailand, which has weathered the pandemic far better than many nations but now struggles to contain COVID-19.
The only exceptions
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Mar 29 2022
News
Hospitals Prepare For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients As Funding Disappears
As federal funding for COVID-19 runs out, hospitals across the U.S. are prepping for an influx of uninsured people coming in with the virus, The Washington Post reports.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced last week that, “On March 22, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET, the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program stopped accepting claims for testing and treatment due to a
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Apr 22 2022
News
LA County Will Keep Mask Mandates On Public Transportation
The entirety of Los Angeles County will be required to wear masks on public transportation and indoor transit hubs starting on Friday despite the recent federal strike down of mask mandates.
LA county's Public Health Department announced the Health Officer Order on Thursday for all individuals over the age of two regardless of their COVID-19 vaccination status. The order will apply to
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