#Virus

This post is NOT debating, opposing, or supporting the mask mandate so please no @โ€˜s in that regard. Rather, Iโ€™ve been trying get my head wrapped around the legal parameters
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Some thoughts on where we are with COVID in Iowa.#bedsHospitals are full. Don't look at "beds" available on websites. Hospitals are already running at >100% capacity. Healthcare workers are burning
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1/ I am *still* seeing people claim that the PCR test has a 93% false positive rate. This has been debunked many times but let me have one more go...
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Trump told Bob Woodward on February 7th that he knew that COVID-19 was deadly and airborne. He told the public that it would just go away. And then he held
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.@monaeltahawy has said, FUCK NORMAL, in a short video that rightly pins the pandemic on the status quo that made it possible. Going back to normal isn't what we need.
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A year ago I woke up to an editor's email asking for a reporter to go to Wuhan, which was locking down because of a new virus. Shut a whole
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The UK government's only strategy for some time - and this goes for everything, not just the pandemic - is leaking vague policy plans to trusted journos and letting the
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If #CollegeFootball doesn't happen this fall, then I believe you won't see it again until the fall of 2021 -- and that is after a good percentage of FBS athletic
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Deep Dive!This is an important thread about testing for SARS-CoV-2 which will explain:-why herd immunity is possible at 10-20%-why testing has really let us down and led to bad policy
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Thread.If you've any symptom at all, you could have Covid. Let's begin with feet.Sore toes? It's likely Covid!https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/covid-toes-coronavirus-symptoms-feet-purple-swollen-rash-
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1/ NEW: During 12 fateful days in January, Chinese authorities failed to report any new coronavirus cases, lulling Wuhan residents into complacency.Why? In part, because of cronyism and secret deals
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A regarding facemasks (now required in Melbourne).We've been seeing 200-400 cases a day for about a week now. I've been wearing a mask in public for a while now. I
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As I see the news from the UK about serious allergic reaction to the COVID vaccine is making the rounds, now seems like a great time to clear up some
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Pelosi:"Today,Ldr McConnell continued to block the relief Americans need,holding a vote on a bill that refuses to crush the virus,abandons our heroes in state and local gov't,ignores families facing hunger
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COVID Update June 30: What does the Congress owe us?Time for them to support the American public through chaos. And the virus. 1/ The American public need these 4 things
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Covid Epi Weekly: Best of Times, Worst of TimesThe third US surge is fading fast but variants, some ominous, are spreading fast. Vaccination is picking up steam but we're failing
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