united states responses to the covid 19 pandemic
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When Will the Covid-19 Pandemic Be Over?
I sometimes think back to a phone call with a friend in the spring of 2020. Cases were down and pundits were optimistic: it seemed genuinely possible that, by mid-summer, all this would finally be over. These last two months, I said to my friend — will they seem, from summer’s vantage, like a weird…
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Americans Are Not Happy With the CDC’s Communication Skills, Poll Finds
A new Gallup poll this week indicates that Americans aren’t too pleased lately with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. It found that a plurality of people in the U.S. now think that the CDC is doing a poor job at communicating its pandemic response. Though this isn’t the first time the CDC has…
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Texas Governor Bans Mask Mandates as U.S. Republicans Embrace Death and Disease
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed an executive order Thursday night that bans local U.S. mask mandates used to fight the covid-19 pandemic, which has gotten worse in recent days thanks to the highly infectious delta variant of the virus. The executive order comes after Republicans in U.S. Congress staged a protest Thursday against mask mandates…
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Disney’s U.S. Parks Abandon Mask Mandates for the Pinky Swear System
Starting Tuesday, June 15, if you’re in the U.S., fully vaccinated and going to either Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, or Disneyland in Anaheim, California, you will no longer be required to wear a mask to help prevent the spread of covid-19. Will you be asked to prove you’re vaccinated? No. No, you will…