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Anthony Fauci embodies arrogance of technocrats who think they know what’s best

Fauci’s beef is not simply with the way COVID-19 policy happened to play out in the United States; it is an objection to our system of government.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kamala Harris went to California to recharge. She returned to Washington with the coronavirus

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris can't seem to catch a break. Every unsettling laugh or awkward monologue becomes a viral video. A buzzy book out next week, "This Will Not Pass," portrays her role in the Biden administration as slight, despite promises she would be an influential vice president.

Los Angeles Times

Anthony Fauci Thinks Scientific Expertise Trumps the Rule of Law

The president’s COVID-19 adviser embodies the arrogance of technocrats who are sure they know what’s best for us.

Reason

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Immunization requirements are common in US schools but few states have added COVID-19 vaccine mandates

States control vaccine mandates for school students. Some vaccines are required nationwide.

USAFacts

More than half of Americans have had Covid, including three of four children

A CDC report showed a striking increase in those with coronavirus antibodies between December and February

The Guardian - US

Another delay for five-and-under vaccine

The issue isn't around safety, but instead messaging and vaccine effectiveness

Salon

COVID hospitalizations trend upward in Florida for the first time in months

MIAMI — In the past seven days, Florida has added 3,357 COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths per day, on average, according to Miami Herald calculations of data published by the CDC.

Miami Herald

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Majority of Americans, including 3 out of 4 children, have had Covid-19, CDC finds

US has reached ‘inflection’ point in public health crisis as infections climb

The Independent UK

US Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID

Harris, who is not displaying symptoms, according to her office, is the latest top US official to contract the virus.

Al Jazeera

More than half of Americans show signs of prior COVID infection

Well over half the U.S. population has been infected with the coronavirus at some point, according to a nationwide study of blood samples, the latest evidence of COVID-19’s far-reaching impact.

Tribune News Service

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections

U.S. government researchers say three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus

The Independent UK

Biden seeks supreme court go-ahead to end Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

Administration appeals lower-court rulings that required controversial border asylum program to be reinstated

The Guardian - US

Most Americans have COVID-19 antibodies as case numbers rise - Roll Call

The percentage of people with antibodies increased from 34 percent in December to roughly 58 percent in February, the CDC said.

Roll Call

Editorial: A Trump judge rated ‘not qualified’ got it wrong on masks

COVID-19 caught the United States unprepared and unwilling in some ways to defend itself against the viral pandemic that has now taken nearly a million American lives. More than 400,000 had been lost by the time Joe Biden, on his first day as president, ordered face-masking across an array of…

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Businessweek

We’re Fighting Covid With Faulty Data

Measurements of illnesses and vaccinations haven’t kept up with the changing nature of the pandemic.

Reason

If the CDC's Mask Mandate Is 'Necessary for the Public Health,' Why Didn't the DOJ Seek a Stay To Restore It?

The Biden administration's main priority seems to be leaving the agency's authority vague enough to allow future interventions.

Reason

More on the Transportation Mask Mandate Litigation

Some implications of the government's decision not to seek a stay of the district court ruling. Plus, the low quality of the trial judge's opinion doesn't necessarily mean there are no good arguments against the mandate's legality.

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 cases are rising sharply again — should we worry?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Here we go again?

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The Guardian - US

US can manage BA.2 variant ‘without disruption’, top Covid adviser predicts

Ashish Jha says spreading variant unlikely to have much effect on the nation’s pandemic recovery

Tribune News Service

Judge’s ruling on the CDC mask mandate highlights the limits of the agency’s power

The role that the federal government plays in containing future epidemics will hinge on the outcome of an appeal of last week’s court ruling that overturned the mask mandate for travelers on airlines, trains and the nation’s mass transit systems.

The Independent UK

COVID shots still work but researchers hunt new improvements

COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, but Moderna and Pfizer are testing combination shots as a possible new kind of booster

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID-19 risk level increases to ‘medium’ in DuPage County as cases rise statewide

Three other Illinois counties have also seen their risk level elevated from “low” to “medium” under the latest CDC guidelines. The entire state was in the “low” category until about a month ago when coronavirus cases began to rebound.

The Guardian - US

Lifting of Covid mask mandate on US transportation horrifies health experts

Warning that ‘This is not the time to be pulling back on mitigation measures’ as CDC appeals judge’s overturning of face-covering rule

Reuters

COVID-19 third leading cause of death again in 2021- U.S. study

COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in the United States for the second year in a row in 2021, with death rates rising for most age groups, a government study showed on Friday.

Reason

Fauci Says CDC Mandates 'Should Not Be a Court Issue'

That's a fundamentally anti-democratic attitude.

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