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House GOP Stacks COVID Response Panel With Top COVID Conspiracy Theorists Marjorie Taylor Greene compared masks to the Holocaust. Ronny Jackson said omicron was a Democratic hoax. Definitely a credible committee! YahooNews

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unveiled his picks on Tuesday for the new Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic: Republicans who have spread dangerous misinformation about COVID-19, compared wearing face masks to the Holocaust, and suggested that the omicron variant of the deadly virus was a Democratic hoax.

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China says COVID deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70% since peak Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Pandemic jobless benefits fraud likely tops $60 billion. House GOP to start investigating next week | CNN Politics More than $60 billion may have been paid out in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released Monday by the US Government Accountability Office. Tami Luhby CNN

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GAO: HHS Could Improve Oversight of Research Involving Enhanced Potential Pandemic Pathogens - HS Today HHS also oversees research involving certain pandemic pathogens through its Federal Select Agent Program. Homeland Security Today Hstoday

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