COVID-19 News and Discussions

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UK just recorded its 7 millionth case.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58468557

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I think we'll see a lot more of these touchless technologies in the near future.

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New ‘Mu’ COVID-19 Variant Now Found in 49 U.S. States
By Brandon Sapienza
September 6, 2021,

https://news.yahoo.com/mu-covid-19-vari ... 00388.html

Introduction:

(New York Daily News via Yahoo) Since being discovered in Colombia in January, the mu variant of COVID-19 has spread to nearly four dozen countries and has made its presence known in Hawaii and Alaska. It has so far been found in 49 states with Nebraska being the only state to not have a mu variant case detected.

Health officials believe mu is even more transmissible than the delta variant and has the potential to resist vaccines.

In the U.S., the mu variant has been detected in 49 states and the District of Columbia, according to Newsweek.

California has reported the highest number of the latest variant with 384. A total of 167 of those cases were found in Los Angeles County.

“The identification of variants like mu, and the spreading of variants across the globe, highlights the need for L.A. County residents to continue to take measures to protect themselves and others,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of LA County Public Health, in a statement.

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Health officials believe mu is even more transmissible than the delta variant and has the potential to resist vaccines.

OMG.

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Health officials believe mu is even more transmissible than the delta variant and has the potential to resist vaccines.

OMG.

I guess there's an ominous wave of deaths coming in this winter. The conservative movements across the world are gonna be laden with heavy regrets.

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She Thought the Pandemic Was 'Political' – Then She Watched in Horror as Her Husband Died of COVID
by Eric Dolan
September 6, 2021

https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/covid-2654918930/

Introduction:

(Alternet) A woman who recently lost her husband to COVID-19 is now hoping to save lives by urging others to get vaccinated.

Christina Lowe, 32, and her husband Mikel were strongly opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine and masks. They had assumed that because they were relatively young and healthy, the virus would not impact them.

"We thought the vaccine was rushed," Lowe told NBC San Diego. "We thought it was more about money and power than about Americans and protecting the people… We honestly thought that COVID was mostly political."

Mikel, who served as a firefighter for 15 years, contracted COVID-19 about two weeks ago and developed pneumonia.

"I went upstairs to check on him and his face was purple and blue," Christina said. "He was struggling to breathe on oxygen."