In actual COVID-19 news...
CDC announces the majority of cases in the US are now the more infectious Delta Variant (
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Illustrating the rapid rise in the prevalence of the variant, the proportion of U.S. COVID-19 cases that were the delta variant rose from 30.4 percent for the two weeks ending June 19 to 51.7 percent for the two weeks ending July 3.
The delta variant is highly transmissible, and experts are warning that it could cause localized spikes in cases in areas of the country with low vaccination rates, such as the South.
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But conspiracy mongers hold on a sec:
The Biden administration is not preparing to return to any national recommendations for restrictions, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday, pointing to the rising vaccination rate, while noting localities can decide differently.
this is NUTS.
They absolutely need to keep a mask mandate in place; the anti-mask/anti-vaxx retards are too prevalent, and are too stupid to behave appropriately without rules in place to make them follow basic hygiene and decency.
The Tokyo Olympics won't allow fans after Japan declares a state of emergency due to increases in infections (
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Things are getting bad again in Nevada/Vegas (of course) (
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RENO, Nev. (AP) - The COVID-19 positivity rate in Nevada has more than doubled over the last month to 7.9%, and the average number of new daily cases statewide has climbed to its highest level since February.
Meanwhile, Nevada reported its second death from the COVID-19 delta variant, a Washoe County man in his 50s who had not been vaccinated.
Nevada?s 14-day rolling average for new cases had dropped to 132 in early June. The positivity rate bottomed out at 3.3% June 9. The 377 new cases on average reported July 4 was the highest since 375 in February. That is also the last time the state?s positivity rate was as high as 8%.
