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DARK SECRETS: 5 - The Real Truth

The New York Times Uses a CDC Report on Homicides As an Excuse To Attack Private Gun Ownership

The paper blames a "gun-buying spree" during the pandemic for the 2020 jump in murders.

Reason

Most Americans have COVID-19 antibodies as case numbers rise - Roll Call

The percentage of people with antibodies increased from 34 percent in December to roughly 58 percent in February, the CDC said.

Roll Call

We’re Fighting Covid With Faulty Data

Measurements of illnesses and vaccinations haven’t kept up with the changing nature of the pandemic.

Businessweek

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Extending the Mask Mandate for Air Travel 'Absolutely on the Table' Says White House COVID-19 Czar

"I know the CDC is working to develop a scientific framework," says Ashish K. Jha

Reason

Michael Hiltzik: The anti-vaxxers' campaign against public health advocates gets scarier and more rabid

Last December, we reported on the threatening behavior of a group of anti-vaccine activists toward Kristina Lawson, the president of the Medical Board of California.

Los Angeles Times

CDC head plans to review agency after COVID response criticism

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to conduct a review after facing a wave of criticism for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

CDC recommends second booster shot for Americans over 50

The plan is an effort to protect older Americans if there is another surge in infections.

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Omicron subvariant BA.2 spreading rapidly in LA and across the nation

LOS ANGELES — The percentage of omicron subvariant BA.2 cases is rising in Los Angeles County, a trend seen elsewhere nationwide as officials sound the alarm about Congress’s failure to provide critical funding for vaccinations, tests and anti-COVID-19 drugs.

Los Angeles Times

Omicron subvariant BA.2 spreading rapidly in L.A. and across the nation

LOS ANGELES — The percentage of omicron subvariant BA.2 cases is rising in Los Angeles County, a trend seen elsewhere nationwide as officials sound the alarm about Congress’ failure to provide critical funding for vaccinations, tests and anti-COVID drugs.

Los Angeles Times

COVID-19 rates plunge as decision nears on US asylum limits

COVID-19 rates are plunging among migrants crossing the border from Mexico as the Biden administration faces a decision to end or extend sweeping restrictions on asylum that are aimed at limiting the virus’ spread

The Independent UK

CDC head rips Ron DeSantis over masks

"Those students should have been comfortable wearing a mask," the CDC head said. "It is absolutely their choice"

Salon

The CDC's Explanation for Its Reversal on School Mask Mandates Is Transparently Dishonest

The agency emphasizes that children face a very low risk from COVID-19, which it has known all along.

Reason

Two Years To Slow the Spread

Government can't stop moving the COVID-19 goal posts.

Reason

The CDC Says Most Americans Can Take Their Masks Off

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky stressed that people could continue to wear masks if they wanted to.

Reason

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CDC says most Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announces changes in Covid-19 guidelines for Americans

Tribune News Service

COVID still threatens millions of Americans. Why are we so eager to move on?

Iesha White is so fed up with the U.S. response to COVID-19 that she’s seriously considering moving to Europe.

Salon

Covid still threatens millions

Immunocompromised Americans speak out about being left behind as pandemic era regulations begin to drop

Reason

In Leaked Audio, CDC's Rochelle Walensky Privately Confirms She Won't Relax School Mask Guidance

Walensky acknowledged "limitations" of available studies but told a congressional committee "our guidance currently is that masking should happen in all schools."

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The Independent UK

More virus rules fall as CDC hints at better times ahead

The nation’s top federal health official says the U.S. is moving closer to the point that COVID-19 is no longer a “constant crisis” as more cities, businesses and sports venues began lifting pandemic restrictions around the country

Tribune News Service

CDC weighs plans to lift indoor masking recommendations

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon update its recommendations for indoor masking as the United States begins to transition to learning to live with COVID-19, Biden administration public health officials told reporters Wednesday.

Roll Call

CDC weighs plans to lift indoor masking recommendations - Roll Call

Director Rochelle Walensky said the CDC is now looking at other metrics besides case counts to determine future mitigation measures.

The Guardian - US

Nevada lifts mask mandate as more US states ease Covid restrictions – as it happened

Governor Steve Sisolak rescinds state’s mask mandate immediately – follow all the day’s politics news

Reason

The CDC Stands Firm on 'Universal Masking' in Schools as Blue States Abandon That Policy

Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.

The Guardian - US

Democratic governors lift indoor mask mandates despite CDC guidance – as it happened

Kathy Hochul announces policy will expire as of Thursday as cases decrease but will keep masks in school for now – follow the latest politics news

Tribune News Service

A disabled activist speaks out about feeling ‘disposable’

SAN FRANCISCO — In early January, one of the country’s top public health officials went on national television and delivered what she called “really encouraging news” on COVID-19: A recent study showed that more than three-fourths of fatalities from the omicron variant of the virus occurred among people with several…

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