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Amid ‘summer surge’ of new COVID variant — should we be wearing masks?
NY Post ^ | 08/18/2023 | Marc Lallanilla

Posted on 08/18/2023 11:36:18 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

To mask, or not to mask?

That is the question facing many doctors, public health officials and concerned citizens worldwide, as cases of COVID-19 once again tick upward.

Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Thursday that there’s a new, “highly mutated variant” of the coronavirus named BA.2.86 that’s spreading worldwide.

Recent data from the New York state Department of Health, released Aug. 2, showed that COVID cases spiked by 55% over the prior week, with an average of 824 reported cases per day across the state.

The rise in COVID-19 cases isn’t limited to New York: The CDC recorded 10,320 US hospital admissions for COVID-19 in the week ending August 5 — a 14.3% increase from the week prior.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: communicable; covid; disease; infectious; masks; scamdemic; shamdemic; summer; variant
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Who's stopping you?
If you believe masks work wear one for your own protection...If you're sick you should stay home or be arrested.
81 posted on 08/18/2023 7:55:47 PM PDT by lewislynn ( Trump accomplished more for America in one 4yr term than any President in your lifetime)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My answer: your covid laws (or executive orders) don’t apply to me.


82 posted on 08/18/2023 8:20:58 PM PDT by VetoBill
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To: ChicagoConservative27
To mask, or not to mask?

That’s easy. I don’t own a mask and I don’t intend to get one.

83 posted on 08/18/2023 9:24:43 PM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What f**king summer surge?!

I work in a hospital ER and we haven’t seen a case of it a case of it in almost a year.


84 posted on 08/19/2023 8:47:20 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: scottinoc

Isn’t that rich? An “oppressed minority” oppressing another by grabbing their land?


85 posted on 08/20/2023 7:59:07 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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