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Biden says that vaccinated people can’t spread COVID-19. That’s not what CDC says.

He blamed the holiday party instructions on his wife, Cheryl Hines, and complained, "I’m not always the boss at my own house.”

A new review of the scientific literature confirms the truth about vaccine exemptions; they endanger everyone.

The president made the claim earlier this month while touting vaccine requirements for...

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Experts address concerns over face coverings, sniffles and potential closures as the Delta variant spreads

Satjawat Boontanataweepol / iStock When Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, announced last week that fully vaccinated Americans no longer had to wear masks in most indoor settings unless local mandates dictate so, many public health experts scratched their heads and braced themselves for what they knew would be a confusing moment in Americas battle against COVID-19. "The CDC got the science right, but the policy and communication was really wron...

‘Turning the Corner’: U.S. Covid Outlook Reaches Most Hopeful Point Yet Julie Bosman and Sarah Mervosh © Philip Cheung for The New York Times Signs of hope are appearing across America. Los Angeles County made headlines with the news that it had reported zero new deaths on two consecutive days this week. On some recent days, entire states, including Wisconsin and West Virginia, have reported zero new coronavirus deaths — a brief but promising respite from the onslaught ...

Also Featured Willem Hanekom, director of the Africa Health Research Institute. (@WillemAHanekom) From The Reading List New York Times: “More Contagious Virus Variant Is Now Dominant in U.S., C.D.C. Chief Says” — “A highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in Britain has become the most common source of new infections in the United States, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The worrisome development comes as of...

April 09, 2021 02:23 PM Time to get on the road again? A Kent State epidemiologist and others have thoughts about summer family travel Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The pandemic is making it tough for families to figure out safe travel options this summer, the New York Times says, as parents will have had the opportunity to get vaccinated, but their younger kids have not. To sort through the dilemma, the paper talked with epidemiologists — including one from Kent State University ...