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At least 766,383 people globally have died from COVID-19 and 21,577,190 have been infected by the novel coronavirus that causes it, following an outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, in early December. The World Health Organization referred to it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

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Pandemic denial: Why some people can't accept Covid-19's realities

Sun, 2020-08-16 10:59 — mike kraft

Some people are in denial about the pandemic. Here's why Some people still refuse to accept the reality that the coronavirus is dangerous. Psychologists know some of the reasons why. Megan Marples, CNN CNN

CNN)With so much information available about the severity of the coronavirus and the need to follow guidelines, some people still refuse to accept reality.

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Covid vaccine tracker: when will we have a coronavirus vaccine?

Sun, 2020-08-16 10:46 — mike kraft

Covid vaccine tracker: when will we have a coronavirus vaccine? More than 170 teams of researchers are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine. Here is their progress the Guardian

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Face masks with valves or vents do not prevent spread of the coronavirus, CDC says

Fri, 2020-08-14 12:50 — mike kraft

Face masks with valves or vents do not prevent spread of the coronavirus, CDC says "Masks with one-way valves or vents allow air to be exhaled through a hole in the material, which can result in expelled respiratory droplets that can reach others," the CDC says. Reis Thebault, Angela Fritz Washington Post

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Distrust of authority fuels virus misinformation for Latinos

Fri, 2020-08-14 11:33 — mike kraft

Distrust of authority fuels virus misinformation for Latinos MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Claudia Guzman suspected she had caught the coronavirus, her friends and family were full of advice: Don’t quarantine. Don’t get tested. A homemade tea will help cure... AP NEWS

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Claudia Guzman suspected she had caught the coronavirus, her friends and family were full of advice: Don’t quarantine. Don’t get tested. A homemade tea will help cure you.

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Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging

Thu, 2020-08-13 10:49 — mike kraft

Chinese cities find virus in Brazilian chicken wings, Ecuadorian shrimp packaging Two cities in China have found traces of the new coronavirus in imported frozen food and on food packaging, local authorities said on Thursday, raising fears that contaminated food shipments might cause new outbreaks. Roxanne Liu U.S.

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The Many Symptoms of Covid-19

Wed, 2020-08-12 16:24 — mike kraft

For a Texas nurse, the first sign that something was wrong happened while brushing her teeth — she couldn’t taste her toothpaste. For a Georgia attorney, it was hitting a wall of fatigue on a normally easy run. When a Wisconsin professor fell ill in June, he thought a bad meal had upset his stomach.

But eventually, all of these people discovered that their manifold symptoms were all signs of Covid-19. Some of the common symptoms — a dry cough, a headache — can start so mildly they are at first mistaken for allergies or a cold. In other cases, the symptoms are so unusual — strange leg pain, a rash or dizziness — that patients and even their doctors don’t think Covid-19 could be the culprit.

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