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SEATTLE — Facing the nation’s first widespread coronavirus outbreak, some of Washington State’s top leaders quietly gathered on a Sunday morning last March for an urgent strategy session.

The virus had been rampaging through a nursing home in the Seattle suburbs. By the time the meeting began, the region had recorded most of the nation’s first 19 deaths. New cases were surfacing by the hour.

As the meeting’s presentation got to the fifth slide, the room grew somber. The numbers showed a variety of potential outcomes, but almost every scenario was a blue line pointing exponentially upward. ...

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US officials Federal officials relax guidance on nursing home visits

Wed, 2021-03-10 19:05 — mike kraft

Federal officials relax guidance on nursing home visits, citing vaccines and slowing infections The recommendations call for outside visitation when possible but acknowledge visits indoors are the only option for some residents. Amy Goldstein Washington Post

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Texas ends its face mask rule; here is list/map of the other states that don't require them

Wed, 2021-03-10 08:32 — mike kraft

Most states still require face masks to reduce the spread of Covid-19. These are the ones that don't While health officials agree face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19, state and local governments have varied widely on implementation of mask rules. Leah Asmelash, Nakia McNabb and Amanda Watts, CNN CNN

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CDC's new guidance for persons fully vaccinated: OK for small groups indoors, but still masks in public

Mon, 2021-03-08 17:16 — mike kraft

Covid-19 Live Updates: Vaccinated People May Meet Indoors in Small Groups but Should Still Mask in Public, C.D.C. Says Syria’s leader tests positive for the virus. New York City public high schools are scheduled to reopen on March 22. nytimes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday issued long-awaited advice to Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19, freeing them to take some liberties that the unvaccinated should not, including gathering indoors in small groups without precautions while still adhering to masking and distancing in public spaces.

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FLorida spring-break partying: down but not out because of cornavirus

Mon, 2021-03-08 12:59 — mike kraft

Spring-Break Partying Falls Victim to COVID-19 Crisis Goodbye, sunshine Brian Hamacher NBC 6 South Florida

Colleges around the U.S. are scaling back spring break or canceling it entirely to discourage partying that could spread the virus and raise infection rates back on campus.

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