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How Omicron symptoms differ from Delta and past coronavirus variants

Fri, 2022-01-14 10:36 — mike kraft

2 charts show how Omicron symptoms differ from Delta and past coronavirus variants Vaccinated people with Omicron reported more sore throats and runny noses, but fewer instances of fever, cough, and loss of taste or smell. YahooNews

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Mask rules get tighter in Europe amid winter’s COVID-19 wave

Fri, 2022-01-14 10:19 — mike kraft

Mask rules get tighter in Europe in winter's COVID-19 wave | AP News ROME (AP) — To mask or not to mask is a question Italy settled early in the COVID-19 outbreak with a vigorous “yes." Now the onetime epicenter of the pandemic in Europe hopes even stricter mask rules will help it beat the latest infection surge. AP NEWS

... Other countries are taking similar action as the more transmissible — yet, apparently, less virulent — omicron variant spreads through the continent.

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U.S. Employers face patchwork of state policies on worker vaccination after Supreme Court order

Fri, 2022-01-14 10:03 — mike kraft

Employers face patchwork of state policies on worker vaccination after Supreme Court order U.S. companies were divided in their response to the ruling. Washington Post

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Italy to start sewer testing, experts describe advantages

Fri, 2022-01-14 09:49 — mike kraft

Italy's sewers will give early alert for future COVID spikes Italy will use the nation's sewage to predict future coronavirus spreads and to alert authorities to rising cases and new variants before they appear in testing and hospitals, a senior official said, announcing a project to be launched in coming months. Emilio Parodi Reuters

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Scientists using raw sewage as a tool to help determine how COVID infections are trending find some decrease

Fri, 2022-01-14 09:41 — mike kraft

When will this COVID surge end? Scientists search your sewage for clues As COVID-19 and the omicron variant spread across the country, scientists are increasingly testing raw sewage to track trends. YahooNews

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Where Omicron Hit First in the U.S., cases are starting to drop

Fri, 2022-01-14 09:34 — mike kraft

At another bleak moment of the pandemic in the United States — with nearly 800,000 new cases a day, deaths rising and federal medical teams deploying to overwhelmed hospitals — glints of progress have finally started to emerge. In a handful of places that were among the first to see a surge of the Omicron variant last month, reports of new coronavirus infections have started to level off or decline.

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