MARTY MAKARY:
I d love to see the data. And remember, Dr. Fauci is one who claims that he needs to see the data. But yet at the same time, sometimes the argument is used that things are just common sense. So we need to do it. You can t flip back and forth to saying in a scientific way that certain things are common sense. Therefore, we need everyone to do it versus we need data for everyone to do it. I d love to see the data.
Look, kids who are healthy are extremely low risk and constitute such a small minority of overall cases. 0.05 percent, that s five-hundredths of one percent. Even though they re 20 percent of the U.S. population. We ve lost all sense of risk. It s distorted. More kids die from the common cold. They need to be careful, especially if they have comorbid conditions. But there s no data to support what Dr. Fauci is saying.
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UAB Department of Pathology lab manager/researcher Derek Moates said he started getting concerned about the Delta variant of the COVID-19 in the last two weeks.
What he s seen coupled with Alabama s 33% vaccination rate has him concerned not only that the more contagious Delta variant will spread through the state, but also could lead to mutation into a new variant.
Moates lab does sequencing to identify COVID variants, testing samples from various hospitals across the state. The first Delta variant case was found late April, he said, and the second in mid-May. In late May, there were three Delta variant cases found, and another three in June.
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Experts are bracing for a spike in STDs, but not just because it s hot vax summer By: CNN
Updated: 14 JUL 21 18:28 ET
By Rachel Trent, CNN
(CNN) After more than a year of Americans being urged to practice the safe six (feet), infectious disease specialists want to remind them about safe sex.
While different people reacted to pandemic safety guidelines in different ways, for some Americans, lockdown meant less sex. But as more vaccines are administered, social restrictions are getting relaxed and some people seem to be ready to make up for lost time by embracing their hot vax summer.