Los Angeles shutting back down again with mandating mask for everyone indoors. We will see what happens in the rest of the state. There are concerns about variances due to too many people unvaccinated.… Read the rest
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Source: Peter Wehner, Contributing Writer (The Atlantic, June 2, 2021). NIH Director: We Need an Investigation Into the Wuhan Lab-Leak Theory)
As Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health, recounted the moment, his eyes welled with tears.… Read the rest
And a new start for millions of people! Life is beginning to feel like it was pre-pandemic. In-person dating is awkward. Students feel socially awkward. Small talk is hard after communicating with people through video and online.… Read the rest
Last April, Texas Governor Abbott lifted the mask mandate and opened everything back up. What changed? Apparently nothing. No affect on employment, no affect on retail foot traffic, and virus counts stayed the same.
Conclusions: Policy didn’t seem to matter, because the effect was the same in both conservative and liberal areas.… Read the rest
As of April 1, the BIG STORY now is whether enough people can get vaccinated to get ahead of the possibility that variants, many of which are more contagious and dangerous, can create another spike and possibly an additional “wave.”
In Washington, all adults 16 and over are eligible for the vaccine.… Read the rest