A Fourth Coronavirus Surge is Likely
The plunge in daily new coronavirus cases has ceased and may be climbing again, but the news is brighter when looking at the summer. Most of the public health experts interviewed by The New York Times believe a surge is likely but not inevitable. March 1, 2021, 10am PST | Irvin Dawid Share
“We may be done with the virus, but clearly the virus is not done with us,” Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a Feb. 26 press briefing by the White House COVID-19 Response Team. She added that the latest data suggests that these declines may be stalling, potentially leveling off at, still, a very high number.
Cases of COVID-19 in nursing homes in Oklahoma have declined to the point that strict visitation policies implemented to slow infections are being reviewed,
Protesters target Santa Cruz Trader Joe s again, saying mask rules are like Nazi Germany
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A Trader Joe’s sign. An anti-mask
group targeted a Santa Cruz Trader Joe’s for the second time in recent weeks on Sunday, some of whom compared the grocery store to Nazi Germany for enforcing a county-wide requirement for shoppers to wear masks.Ric Francis / AP
An anti-mask group targeted a Santa Cruz Trader Joe’s for the second time in recent weeks on Sunday, some of whom compared the grocery store to Nazi Germany for enforcing a county-wide requirement for shoppers to wear masks.
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