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Estimated 3 million Americans avoiding working in person due to COVID --study

Thu, 2022-11-10 22:54 — mike kraft

3 million Americans are still avoiding the workforce. They might be ‘long social distancing’ Unemployed workers might be "long social distancing," a new paper finds. They're too afraid of catching COVID to return to work. YahooFinance

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Americans' fears of catching COVID lowest since summer of 2021: Gallup

Thu, 2022-11-10 22:27 — mike kraft

Fears of catching COVID lowest since summer of 2021: Gallup Story at a glance Just 28 percent of Americans are concerned about catching COVID-19, marking the lowest total reported since June of 2021. The findings come as some experts raise concern abo… Gianna Melillo The Hill

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China's government promises change but sticks to severe ‘zero COVID’ plan

Thu, 2022-11-10 22:19 — mike kraft

China promises change but sticks to severe 'zero COVID' plan BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders promised Thursday to improve quarantine and other anti-virus policies after public frustration boiled over into protests but said they will stick to a severe “zero COVID” strategy that has confined millions of people to their homes and disrupted the economy. AP NEWS

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China's COVID ilockdowns hit country's economic powerhouse Guangzhou

Wed, 2022-11-09 22:23 — mike kraft

Virus lockdowns hit China economic powerhouse Guangzhou BEIJING (AP) — A surge in COVID-19 cases has spurred lockdowns in the southern Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou, adding to financial pressure that has disrupted global supply chains and sharply slowed growth in the world’s second-largest economy. AP NEWS

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The country’s borders remain largely closed and internal travel and trade is fraught with ever-changing quarantine regulations.

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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 22:41 — 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 21:23 — 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.

Tue, 2022-11-08 06:35 — 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 21:56 — 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 21:39 — 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

Fri, 2022-11-04 00:43 — 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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