With Texas and Mississippi opening up their states, relaxing mask mandates and business regulations, health experts are cautioning it could lead to another surge, none louder than Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the President and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who spoke to CNN’s Erin Burnett and delivered a stark warning. For weeks, he and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have said now is not the time to let our guards down. Read on for his urgent message—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don't miss these Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus. Dr. Fauci Called the Decision to Relax Restrictions “Inexplicable”Texas Governor Greg Abbott lifted his state’s mask mandate and said business could open 100%, drawing praise from the right but exasperation from health experts and condemnation from President Joe Biden. &#x
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While all of the COVID-19 vaccines are spectacularly good at shielding people from severe illness and death, the research is unclear on exactly how well they stop the virus from taking root in an immunized person’s nose and then spreading to others.
It’s not uncommon for a vaccine to forestall severe disease but not infection. Inoculations against the flu, rotavirus, polio and pertussis are all imperfect in this way.
With 50 million Americans immunized against the coronavirus, and millions more joining the ranks every day, the urgent question on many minds is: When can I throw away my mask?
How future generations will judge humanity s performance against the coronavirus
Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post
March 4, 2021
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On the wooded site of a former golf course in suburban Washington, archivists are building a global time capsule of the pandemic. The digital repository - to be housed at the National Library of Medicine, a Cold War-era fortress appropriately built for fearful times - holds 30 million documents from 9,000 sources, with links to similar troves from Beijing to Paris.
New Mexico corrections officer sues over vaccination mandate
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press
March 4, 2021
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) A corrections officer is suing a New Mexico county over a requirement that first responders and other employees be vaccinated, setting up another legal fight during a pandemic that is testing local and federal public health laws.
Isaac Legaretta says in a complaint filed Feb. 26 in federal court that a directive forcing Dona Ana County employees to take vaccines that are not yet fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violates federal law.
Legaretta is facing termination for declining a vaccination. His attorney, N. Ana Garner, is seeking an injunction to keep the county from firing or disciplining the officer before a ruling is issued. The attorney said that while she s not aware of a similar lawsuit in the U.S., she would be surprised if there was none.
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