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No one likes needles. Of all the barriers to Covid-19 vaccination, fear of needles may seem trivial to overcome. But millions of American adults, not to mention children, still need to be injected to keep themselves and their communities safe. And it’s likely some of them aren’t doing so in part because they fear or just don’t like needles.

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California to drop social distancing requirements in June

Fri, 2021-05-21 19:50 — mike kraft

California to drop social distancing requirements in June SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California no longer will require social distancing and will allow full capacity for businesses when the state reopens on June 15, the state's top health official said Friday. AP NEWS

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New Covid cases in Europe drop sharply over the past month, though a top WHO official cautions ‘this progress is fragile.’

Thu, 2021-05-20 20:31 — mike kraft

Europe has recorded a 60 percent drop in new coronavirus infections over the past month, the World Health Organization said Thursday, encouraging news that comes as the continent plans to reopen its borders. Still, “this progress is fragile,” a top agency official cautioned.

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Concerns that the US South could become a Covid-19 hot spot

Thu, 2021-05-20 10:54 — mike kraft

The South could still become a summertime Covid-19 hot spot America has made progress on Covid-19 vaccines. But that progress is unequal across the country. German Lopez Vox

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Analysis: The right decision wrongly handled’: Inside the Biden administration’s abrupt reversal on masks

Sun, 2021-05-16 13:08 — mike kraft

‘The right decision wrongly handled’: Inside the Biden administration’s abrupt reversal on masks The huge policy turnaround caught senior White House and administration officials, medical experts, elected officials and business leaders completely off guard. Lena H. Sun, Tyler Pager, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Annie Linskey Washington Post

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Masks: Some experts think policies are changing too fast, concerned about honor code .

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:30 — mike kraft

Mask policies across the US are rapidly changing. Here's what worries experts about that State leaders across the US announced they were dropping mask requirements for fully vaccinated residents. But the country may be moving too quickly and not focusing enough on the key part of CDC's guidelines, one expert told CNN. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Masks still should be used in U.S. Schools--CDC

Sun, 2021-05-16 12:14 — mike kraft

Schools in the U.S. should continue to use masks, C.D.C. advises.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday clarified coronavirus advice for U.S. schools, recommending the continued, universal use of masks and physical distancing, after the agency’s sudden announcement that vaccinated Americans could forego masks indoors.

All schools teaching students from kindergarten through grade 12 should continue to implement proper mask-wearing through the end of the 2020-2021 school year, the C.D.C. said. The agency also kept in place its suggestions to observe physical distancing and to test for coronavirus infections.

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NYTimes Survey: 723 Epidemiologists on When and How the U.S. Can Fully Return to Normal

Sat, 2021-05-15 11:55 — mike kraft

Covid-19 cases are decreasing in the United States, and masks are no longer required everywhere, but the pandemic is not over — and won’t be until younger children can also be vaccinated, epidemiologists said in a new survey by The New York Times.

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