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Cold Or Covid? “It’s Virtually Impossible” To Tell

INSIDER – New data from the Zoe symptom-tracker app suggests one in two people with new cold-like symptoms will have COVID-19 rather than the common cold. Tim Spector, an epidemiologist and the study's lead author, said in a press release on Thursday that for most people, getting infected with Omicron would feel "much more like the common cold, starting with a sore throat, runny nose and a headache," rather than fevers, continuous cough, or loss...

Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report

THE NEW YORK TIMES – Three separate teams of scientists on two continents have found that Omicron infections more often result in mild illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus, offering hope that the current surge may not be quite as catastrophic as feared despite skyrocketing caseloads. The researchers examined Omicron’s course through populations in South Africa, Scotland and England. The results in each setting, while still preliminary, all suggested that the variant was less...

Thanks To This Guy, Cops Will Now Pat Down Your Penis

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities said they found cocaine and methamphetamine wrapped around a man's penis during a traffic stop, but the man denied the drugs were his. Pinellas County sheriff's deputies said they stopped a vehicle driving without its lights on at 4 a.m. last Saturday. WFLA-TV reports the driver was arrested on charges of DUI and marijuana possession. Authorities said they found a gun under the passenger’s seat while searching the car and...

One Big Reason Nursing Homes Can’t Find Enough Help

ERLANGER, Ky. — The sleek corporate offices of one of Amazon’s air freight contractors looms over Villaspring of Erlanger, a stately nursing home perched on a hillside in this Cincinnati suburb. Amazon Prime Air cargo planes departing from a recently opened Amazon Air Hub roar overhead. Its Prime semi-trucks speed along the highway, rumbling the nursing home’s windows. This is daily life in the shadow of Amazon. “We haven’t even seen the worst of it yet,”...

Vaccine Objectors Get Their Day In Court

(CNN) The Supreme Court said Wednesday it is scheduling oral arguments for January 7 in the cases challenging the Biden administration's Covid-19 vaccine requirements for large employers and certain health care workers. The arguments were scheduled after Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh were asked to intervene in lower court disputes over the mandates. Kavanaugh had been asked by challengers to the employer mandate to reverse an appeals court ruling that said the...

COVID Kills Sperm For Months

Semen samples from 35 men taken within a month of their recovery from Covid showed a 60 per cent drop in their sperm's ability to move and a 37 per cent reduction in sperm count.

What Fauci Gets Wrong About ‘Science’

Let’s put the weasel words aside and recognize that what Dr. Fauci wants you to believe – that all his official policy recommendations were firmly proven effective through application of the scientific method – is demonstrably false. The most rigorous, most scientific studies show precisely the opposite.

Florida Man Banned From Airline, Wore Thong As Mask

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida man has been banned from flying with United Airlines after attempting to wear thong underwear over his face instead of a mask. The passenger now tells WFLA he’s attempted this same stunt about 20 times before. Video of the incident shows two flight attendants talking to Adam Jenne, who had been wearing the garment to cover his nose and mouth while he waited for his flight to take off from...

CDC Urges Social Distancing – From Pets

Associated Press – Can your pet get COVID-19? "If you wouldn’t go near another person because you’re sick or you might be exposed, don’t go near another animal..." Yes, pets and other animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but health officials say the risk of them spreading it to people is low. Dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, otters, hyenas and white-tailed deer are among the animals that have tested positive, in most cases after contracting it...

Airline CEO Tests Positive For Covid-19 After Senate Hearing

(CNN) Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, who testified unmasked at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, has since tested positive for the coronavirus. Southwest said: "Although testing negative multiple times prior to the hearing, Gary tested positive for COVID-19 after returning home, experiencing mild symptoms, and taking a PCR test. "Gary is doing well and currently resting at home, he has been fully vaccinated and received the booster earlier this year." Kelly testified at the hearing that...

Omicron, High Food Costs Take Toll On Restaurants

While restaurants in the U.S. and United Kingdom are open without restrictions and often bustling, they are entering their second winter of the coronavirus pandemic anxious about what's ahead.

Washington State Sen. Doug Ericksen Dies After COVID Battle

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen has died at age 52. Ericksen's death Friday came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador, though his cause of death wasn't immediately released. The state Senate Republican Caucus confirmed his passing Saturday but did not say where he died. Ericksen, a Ferndale Republican, reached out to Republican colleagues last month saying he had taken a trip to El Salvador...

Americans Avoiding Health Care In Pandemic Over Cost Concerns

ABC News – The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted Americans’ perceptions of health care, and not for the better. Nearly half of Americans say the pandemic has worsened their perceptions of the U.S. health care system, with many describing it as "broken" or "expensive," according to the West Health-Gallup survey released this week. The high price of health care was a major factor, with a staggering one-third of Americans intentionally delaying or declining medical care over...

Advocates Seek OTC Contraceptives

Two drugmakers have been mired for years in the pre-application phase of getting F.D.A. approval for over-the-counter use.

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