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  China Says Multiple Pathogens Behind Respiratory Illnesses

  Bloomberg

  China’s National Health Commission said Saturday a combination of pathogens is causing a surge in acute respiratory infections across the country. …

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  The scientist whose research was key to developing the COVID vaccines was demoted, had her salary cut, and threatened with deportation. Today, she won the Nobel Prize

  Fortune - Irina Ivanova

  The Nobel laureate whose work contributed to the lighting-fast development of COVID-19 vaccines in 2020 achieved her goal despite being discouraged …

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  Merck Covid drug linked to virus mutations that can spread between people, new study says

  CNBC - Annika Kim Constantino

  A new study released Monday said Merck's widely used antiviral Covid pill can cause mutations in the virus that occasionally spread to other people, …

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  Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say

  NBC News - By Aria Bendix

  Doctors who treat Covid describe the ways the illness has gotten milder and shifted over time to mostly affect the upper respiratory tract. Doctors say they're finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish Covid from allergies or the common cold, even as hospitalizations tick up. The illness' past …

• JFC people. The point is that masks help *slow* the spread. They don’t prevent it. And if you’re walking around in public as an infected carrier, wearing a mask will — again — help minimize the risk you pose to others. The amount of the virus inhaled directly affects the severity of infection. And around half of all cases are asymptomatic. Why wouldn’t you do everything you could to help protect others?

  

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  Fauci COVID Mask Admission Sparks Furious Backlash

  Newsweek - Aleks Phillips

  Anthony Fauci has sparked a backlash from politicians and commentators after saying that wearing face masks protects individuals from spreading …

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  Doctors weren’t the only ones who knew the truth in Wuhan

  The Washington Post - By Letters to the Editor

  Regarding the excellent Aug. 27 editorial “In Wuhan, doctors knew the truth. They were told to keep quiet.”: Nurses, as well as doctors, knew the truth and “bore an especially heavy burden.” At least 1,080 health-care providers in Wuhan, China, alone had laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2, the virus …