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Some variants from overseas spread faster.
Weeks after novel coronavirus variants first appeared locally, Illinois trails even the slow pace of most other states in tracking new forms of the COVID-19 virus.
Ranking 28th among states and Washington, D.C., Illinois has genetically sequenced only 0.164 percent of its COVID cases a total of 1,899 according to the latest Centers for Disease Control & Prevention data. Nationally, the average is 0.5 percent, well below what experts say should be the minimum standard: sequencing at least 5 percent of all positive cases.
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Without more sequencing, Illinois and the U.S. are flying blind: unable to quickly detect mutations that could dictate how fast the virus spreads, the effectiveness of existing vaccines and, ultimately, how long the pandemic lasts.
State Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome. (Photo courtesy Georgia Senate)
A Republican state lawmaker leads a bipartisan effort to modernize the stateâs HIV laws, which critics say arenât rooted in science and stigmatize people living with HIV.
Sen. Chuck Hufstetler, a Republican from Rome, introduced Senate Bill 164 on Feb. 11. The measure would require prosecutors to show a person charged with exposing someone to HIV through sex had an âintent to transmit HIVâ and posed a âsignificant risk of transmissionâ based on current science.Â
Current Georgia law makes it a crime for people living with HIV to have sex or donate blood without disclosing their status, regardless of whether they intend to transmit HIV or pose any risk. It’s a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. State law also criminalizes spitting at or using bodily fluids on law enforcement or corrections officers by a person living with HIV, an offense that can carry
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