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CDC Confirms Power of Anime (and Ventilation) Prevented NYC Con From Being an Omicron Superspreader
The Centre for Disease Control released a study yesterday that the 2021 Anime NYC convention was not a superspreader event, despite the attendance of one of the first known people in the U.S. to have been infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. But this wasn’t just luck — the event had several measures…
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First Omicron Death in U.S. Reported in Texas
U.S. health officials have reported the country’s first death attributed to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus — a man in his 50s from Texas. The man was unvaccinated but had previously survived a covid-19 infection; he also had underlying health conditions.
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Uh Oh, the Coronavirus Has Been Spreading Widely in U.S. Deer
The coronavirus behind covid-19 appears to have found another species in which it can easily reproduce and spread. Preliminary research out this week seems to confirm that the virus is now freely circulating among wild deer. Though it’s unclear how important this discovery may be, it’s possible that it could affect our own future with…
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Scientists Want a Serious Investigation Into the Origins of the Coronavirus
Scientists in several countries are calling for a serious investigation into the beginnings of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that gave rise to the covid-19 pandemic. In an open letter released Thursday, the group says that there are still too many unanswered questions about how the pandemic started and that the so-called “lab-leak” theory remains plausible,…