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Nearly four years after the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon drop the advice that people need to stay home for five days after testing positive for the virus. The change comes as most people have some sort of immunity to the virus either through vaccination or having COVID-19 in the past. “Public health has to be realistic,” infectious disease expert Michael T. Osterholm told the Post. “In making recommendations to the public today, we have to try to get the most out of what people are willing to do. …...

NSW has recorded 262 new local COVID-19 cases overnight, with at least 50 infectious in the community. A woman in her 80s has died

Australia’s regulator is assessing early data about the Novavax vaccine, which has a high chance of becoming the country’s third vaccine against COVID-19. The Therapeutics Goods Administration in January granted a provisional determination to Biocelect Pty Ltd, on behalf of Novavax Inc. This meant Novavax was eligible to apply for provisional registration, the first step in the complex and technical assessment process. While Novavax’s phase three trials – conducted mainly in the UK and US – are not complete, interim data is being made available as it emerges. Interim results suggest it has 95.6 per cent efficacy against COVID-19, dropping...

And there it is. . . Dems just had a speaker at the convention who blamed President Trump for her father’s death from COVID-19 that he caught at a karaoke bar in Arizona:

On Friday, the lockdowns end It's time. It's time to stand up to overreaching governors, mayors, and bureaucrats. It's time to open up our businesses while adopting responsible, common-sense safety measures. And it's time to support those businesses by showing up to purchase their goods and services. We're calling all Americans to Stand Up, Open Up, and Show Up this Friday, May 22. For months, we've complied with lockdown and "stay-at-home" orders supposedly designed to "slow the spread" of the dangerous COVID-19 virus. But even as the infection rate slowed and rural communities saw virtually zero transmission, power-hungry and terrified...

President Donald J. Trump SUPPORTING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES: President Donald J. Trump is working to aid communities that have been disproportionately harmed by COVID-19. President Trump is committed to providing unprecedented health and economic support to individuals in traditionally underserved communities affected by COVID-19.The Administration is reaching out and directly working with leaders in these communities. The White House has provided at least 550,000 African American stakeholders with comprehensive, direct updates on preparedness, response, and mitigation efforts.The White House has reached hundreds of thousands of Hispanic stakeholders through conference calls, town halls, and virtual events to inform about our COVID-19...

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Friday labeled Detroit as a “hot spot” for the coronavirus pandemic and said the situation there will worsen in the next week. For those on the front lines of the crisis, reaching this point has been an unfortunate expectation. “I have been saying all along as an epidemiologist that we are going to see a big tsunami,” said Dr. Teena Chopra, an infectious diseases specialist for Detroit Medical Center. “This is going to explode. We are seeing the surge. The growth rate is 100 percent. We are doubling every day...”