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Chinese COVID Lab Leak Debate Resurges After New Report of Energy Department assessment

Mon, 2023-02-27 22:19 — mike kraft

New assessment on the origins of Covid-19 adds to the confusion | CNN Politics Three years removed from the start of a Covid-19 pandemic that is still disrupting daily life, an assessment from the US Energy Department is only adding to the confusion about what really happened in Wuhan, China. Paul LeBlanc CNN

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Study outlines how celebrity tweets influenced negative US public opinions toward counter-pandemic efforts

Fri, 2023-02-24 23:12 — mike kraft

Celebrity tweets swayed US public opinion toward pandemic efforts, study suggests US celebrity Twitter posts—especially those from politicians and news anchors—likely influenced the increasingly negative US public attitudes toward efforts to combat COVID-19. CIDRAP

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The new claims that masks are not effective come under scrutiny

Thu, 2023-02-23 07:03 — mike kraft

The new scientific review on masks and Covid isn’t what you think A meta-analysis seeks to be the last word on the effectiveness of masks, but finding answers in science isn’t that easy. Kelsey Piper Vox

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Corrected entry: Higher ivermectin dose, longer duration still ineffective for COVID, new trial

Wed, 2023-02-22 08:31 — mike kraft

Higher ivermectin dose, longer duration still futile for COVID, trial finds CIDRAP

A randomized, controlled trial (RCT) shows that even at a higher dose and longer treatment duration, the antimalarial drug ivermectin didn't shorten the time to a sustained recovery from COVID-19.

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Food issue: Ukrainian grain shipments drop as cargo inspections slow down

Mon, 2023-02-20 23:22 — mike kraft

Ukrainian grain shipments drop as ship backups grow LONDON (AP) — The amount of grain leaving Ukraine has dropped even as a U.N.-brokered deal works to keep food flowing to developing nations, with inspections of ships falling to half what they were four months ago and a backlog of vessels growing as Russia's invasion nears the one-year mark. AP NEWS

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COVID-origins investigations: WHO shelves 2nd phase, House Republicans summon Fauci and other officials for their hearings

Wed, 2023-02-15 07:57 — mike kraft

WHO abandons plans for crucial second phase of COVID-origins investigation Nature - Sensitive studies in China were intended to pinpoint the source of the pandemic virus. Mallapaty, Smriti nature

The World Health Organization (WHO) has quietly shelved the second phase of its much-anticipated scientific investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, citing ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China, Nature has learned. ...

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The COVID Pandemic Is Not Over For Older Persons

Wed, 2023-02-15 00:16 — mike kraft

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For older Americans, the pandemic still poses significant dangers. About three-quarters of Covid deaths have occurred in people over 65, with the greatest losses concentrated among those over 75.

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U.S. House votes to end COVID vaccine requirement for foreign air travelers

Fri, 2023-02-10 00:45 — mike kraft

U.S. House votes to end foreign air traveler COVID vaccine requirement The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the few remaining pandemic travel restrictions still in place. David Shepardson Reuters

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Analysis: Public health is being undermined by denialism

Fri, 2023-02-10 00:25 — mike kraft

Denialism is seeping into legislation and undermining public health Denialism represents a shift in the common practice of disputing notions that we may not agree with to the outright rejection of facts in an antagonistic way. dtodd The Hill

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Knowing someone who died or suffered from COVID-19 increases the likelihood of a person geting vaccinated --study

Wed, 2023-02-08 22:53 — mike kraft

People who know someone who died of COVID-19 more likely to get vaccinated - UPI.com People who know someone who was sickened by COVID-19 or who died from it were twice as likely to get their own vaccinations, a recent study found. UPI

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