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Opinion: OPINION After COVID and monkeypox, it's time to rethink how U.S. responds to infectious diseases

Tue, 2022-11-08 10:41 — mike kraft

After COVID and monkeypox, it's time to rethink how U.S. responds to infectious diseases The COVID-19, monkeypox, and now Ebola responses have illustrated the urgent need to re-imagine the nation’s laboratory system. Scott J. Becker USA TODAY

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China :Residents clash with authorities over COVID rules,new curbs

Tue, 2022-11-08 09:23 — mike kraft

Residents clash with Chinese authorities over COVID rules BEIJING (AP) — Police in northeastern China said that seven people have been arrested following a clash between residents and authorities enforcing COVID-19 quarantine restrictions. The violence comes as China reports new cases nationwide, with 2,230 cases reported Tuesday in the southern manufacturing and technology hub of Guangzhou. AP NEWS

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Trying to understand long covid, scientists made mini brains and infected them with coronavirus.

Mon, 2022-11-07 18:35 — mike kraft

Scientists made mini brains and infected them with coronavirus.

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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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China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge despite public frustration, change comes in small increments

Mon, 2022-11-07 09:39 — mike kraft

What exit? China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge despite public frustration China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they're intended to protect. By Nectar Gan, CNN CNN

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The unrelenting campaign has kept infections and deaths low at great economic and social cost, as new fast-spreading variants make containing the virus near impossible....

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Regular exercise may improve the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines--study

Thu, 2022-11-03 13:43 — mike kraft

Regular exercise may improve the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines Exercisers who were vaccinated were about 25 percent less likely to be hospitalized with covid than sedentary people who got the same vaccine, a study finds. Gretchen Reynolds Washington Post

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Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us--a complex issue ?

Thu, 2022-11-03 12:09 — mike kraft

Are the unvaccinated still a danger to the rest of us? Americans who still aren't fully vaccinated against COVID-19 probably have some immunity from a past infection. They may not be so dangerous anymore. YahooNews

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Analysis: The Pandemic Uncovered Ways to Speed Up Science

Tue, 2022-11-01 17:44 — mike kraft

The Pandemic Uncovered Ways to Speed Up Science There doesn't have to be a trade-off between good research and fast research. Saloni Dattani WIRED

The pandemic highlighted broad problems in research: that many studies were hyped, error-ridden, or even fraudulent, and that misinformation could spread rapidly. But it also demonstrated what was possible.

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OPINION: We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.

Tue, 2022-11-01 17:39 — mike kraft

Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID. Emily Oster The Atlantic

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Tucson, Arizona man convicted in clash over school COVID mandates

Mon, 2022-10-31 13:25 — mike kraft

Tucson man convicted in clash over school COVID mandates TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Tucson man who showed up at an elementary school with zip ties and threatened to arrest the principal over COVID-19 quarantine measures has been convicted of several misdemeanor offenses. AP NEWS

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