People predicting the demise of baseball seem to forget that there will always be new old people.
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A new omicron subvariant has been detected in the U.K. as the country faces a renewed surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations.The XE variant, as it is known, has so far been detected in 637 patients nationwide, according to the latest statistics from the U.K. Health Security Agency, which said there is currently not enough evidence to draw conclusions on its transmissibility or severity.XE contains a mix of the previously highly infectious omicron BA.1 strain, which emerged in late 2021, and the newer “stealth” BA.2 variant, currently the U.K.’s dominant variant.
Attorney General Merrick Garland tests positive for Covid hours after event with FBI director, other top officialsGarland over the weekend had reportedly gone to a white-tie dinner attended by hundreds of politicians and journalists, a growing number of whom have since tested positive for Covid.
QuoteA new omicron subvariant has been detected in the U.K. as the country faces a renewed surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations.The XE variant, as it is known, has so far been detected in 637 patients nationwide, according to the latest statistics from the U.K. Health Security Agency, which said there is currently not enough evidence to draw conclusions on its transmissibility or severity.XE contains a mix of the previously highly infectious omicron BA.1 strain, which emerged in late 2021, and the newer “stealth” BA.2 variant, currently the U.K.’s dominant variant.https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/06/uk-has-detected-a-new-covid-variant-heres-what-we-know-so-far-about-omicron-xe.htmlXEXEXE
Pelosi, 82, is the first in congressional leadership to test positive. She did not attend the Gridiron Club dinner on Saturday, after which more than a dozen guests — including two Cabinet members, two members of Congress and a top aide to Vice President Harris — tested positive for coronavirus. Those included Reps. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.); Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo; and Attorney General Merrick Garland. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said Thursday morning that she had tested positive for coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms. Bowser, 49, is fully vaccinated and boosted. In several tweets, Bowser shared that she tested positive using a home test Wednesday, which she confirmed through a PCR test.
We've pretty much dropped all of our mask mandates outside of public transport and planes and in hospitals and nursing homes etc.High vaccination rates are the most effective tool the world has and this is what should be getting pushed as much as possible.
Universities nationwide are reinstating mask mandates amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases.Driving the news: The American University announced Monday it would reinstate its mask mandate in all Washington, D.C., campus buildings starting April 12. It joins Columbia, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and Rice universities, which have also recently reinstated mask policies, according to the New York Times.
The Boston Public Health Commission reported today that the citywide Covid-19 test positivity rate has reached 6.2%, up from just 2.2% in early March.With a holiday weekend approaching, the commission says resident should strongly consider wearing masks again, get tested before going to social or indoor gatherings, stay home if feeling sick or testing positive, open windows at those gatherings and get a booster if over 50.The positivity number exceeds one of the city's three threshold statistics for bringing back indoor masking and vaccination-proof requirements. The commission says the highest infection rates are among people 20-30 and that seven parts of the city are currently above the 5% positivity threshold:
QuoteThe Boston Public Health Commission reported today that the citywide Covid-19 test positivity rate has reached 6.2%, up from just 2.2% in early March.With a holiday weekend approaching, the commission says resident should strongly consider wearing masks again, get tested before going to social or indoor gatherings, stay home if feeling sick or testing positive, open windows at those gatherings and get a booster if over 50.The positivity number exceeds one of the city's three threshold statistics for bringing back indoor masking and vaccination-proof requirements. The commission says the highest infection rates are among people 20-30 and that seven parts of the city are currently above the 5% positivity threshold:https://universalhub.com/2022/covid-19-rates-going-again-city-urges-doesnt
But one of them, BA.2.12.1, contains a mutation that appears to give the variant an advantage, computational biologist Cornelius Roemer wrote on Twitter. The mutation resides on the part of the virus that binds to human cells. And in previous variants, this mutation has helped the virus infect cells, studies have found. The BA.2.12. variant appears to have a growth advantage of about 30% to 90% per week over BA.2, Roemer estimates."It looks like [the variant] has an advantage ... It has certainly rapidly grown in some places," epidemiologist William Hanage, at Harvard University, wrote in an email to NPR. Some of the variants' mutations could help the virus evade the immune system, he notes
Really, planes are the place I’ll continue wearing a mask. Many years ago, whenever I’d fly with an East Asian airline, they’d provided masks. I’d wear them when relaxing or sleeping. Maybe placebo, but they’re the only flights I didn’t feel on the verge of coming down with something.
NYC just hit 7% positivity so this is a great time for the great maskless experiment.Can someone remind me what happened in the UK when they removed masks on planes
How the hell does the virus get in there? Like, how much border crossing even happens? Wikipedia: "In response to the threats posed by COVID-19, North Korea closed its borders to foreign tourists on 22 January 2020.[3] As of 8 April 2021, tourism has not been allowed to resume and the economic losses are estimated to be at least $175 million.[4]"
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