New coronavirus strain: Here's what top experts have to say on its spread, severity, and efficacy of vaccines
4 years ago

New coronavirus strain: Here's what top experts have to say on its spread, severity, and efficacy of vaccines

India Today  

A new strain of the coronavirus has emerged in the United Kingdom and triggered panic across countries, including India. And the most important one: Will vaccines work against this new strain of the coronavirus? India Today TV Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai spoke to two top experts -- Dr Vikram Talaulikar, who is part of the Oxford vaccine trials, and clinician-scientist Dr Gagandeep Kang -- for the answers. Q: Will the vaccines work against this new strain?

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What To Know About New COVID Boosters And Who Is Eligible
1 year, 3 months ago

What To Know About New COVID Boosters And Who Is Eligible

Huff Post  

aire images via Getty Images “The vaccines are our single best method to protect ourselves from COVID, to protect our friends, family, loved ones, classmates, co-workers, etcetera, from COVID,” said Dr. S. Wesley Long. the way to think about these new COVID vaccines is it’s really like the annual flu shot,” Long said. “The recommendation from CDC’s advisory committee will …

With coronavirus uptick, should I get a COVID shot? When are new vaccines available?
1 year, 4 months ago

With coronavirus uptick, should I get a COVID shot? When are new vaccines available?

LA Times  

The fall vaccination season is just around the corner, and officials are rolling out a new updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine. The fall vaccination season is just around the corner, and officials are set to roll out another updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as new tools to protect against RSV. Scientists say the 2023 COVID-19 vaccine …

Next round of COVID-19 shots in fall will target latest omicron strain
1 year, 6 months ago

Next round of COVID-19 shots in fall will target latest omicron strain

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The agency told vaccine makers to provide protection against just one omicron strain, known as XBB.1.5. The three U.S. companies that make COVID-19 shots said this week they had geared up to make the …

An FDA panel meets about which COVID strains the U.S. will target with vaccines
1 year, 6 months ago

An FDA panel meets about which COVID strains the U.S. will target with vaccines

NPR  

An FDA panel meets about which COVID strains the U.S. will target with vaccines An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration meets to discuss the COVID strains that vaccines in the U.S. will target this fall. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Updated COVID vaccines are coming this fall, and they'll likely target a variant that's circulating now. HUANG: Yeah, you …

COVID fourth dose might not work if…, expert on how to tackle new variant surge
1 year, 8 months ago

COVID fourth dose might not work if…, expert on how to tackle new variant surge

Live Mint  

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many challenges, one of which is the emergence of new variants of the virus that can evade immunity conferred by existing vaccines. While booster doses can still reduce the severity of the disease, experts are of the opinion that it may be time for governments to start thinking about second-generation vaccines. And, one of …

India logs 9,111 new coronavirus infections, active cases climb to 60,313
1 year, 8 months ago

India logs 9,111 new coronavirus infections, active cases climb to 60,313

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India recorded 9,111 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 60,313, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.The death toll increased to 5,31,141 with 27 deaths. The daily positivity was recorded at 8.40 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was pegged at 4.94 per cent. The active cases now comprise 0.13 per …

Coronavirus Today: How immune are we?
1 year, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Today: How immune are we?

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, March 21. This “cellular immunity,” as scientists call it, deserves the credit for preventing the worst COVID-19 outcomes, even if it doesn’t stop infections from happening in the first place. One tool employed by California’s elected officials to keep the coronavirus in check is a new state law that punishes doctors who spread misinformation …

'Coldspots' discovered in Covid virus, may help antibodies fight future variants: Study
1 year, 11 months ago

'Coldspots' discovered in Covid virus, may help antibodies fight future variants: Study

India TV News  

Scientists have discovered regions on the coronavirus which do not change, or 'coldspots', and that antibodies specific for these coldspots may help fight future coronaviruses, according to a new study. According to the study, sieving through over 10 million coronavirus sequences, two PhD students at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Switzerland and affiliated with the Università della Svizzera italiana, …

A concerning sequence: The Hindu Editorial on a new coronavirus strain and a spurt in cases in China
2 years ago

A concerning sequence: The Hindu Editorial on a new coronavirus strain and a spurt in cases in China

The Hindu  

The spurt in coronavirus cases reported out of China has triggered global alarm. India’s Health Ministry has issued a directive to States to send positive samples to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium to check for new, concerning strains. There is scarce monitoring and mask mandates for public gatherings, airports and railway stations have been removed everywhere; so, low numbers do …

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference
2 years, 1 month ago

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot. New data has found that the updated COVID-19 vaccines offer “significant additional protection” against symptomatic infection in people who were previously vaccinated or boosted with the older formula. “We have seen very low uptake of the …

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl
2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl

Dutch News  

The Netherlands should be prepared to deal with a flare up in coronavirus in the coming months, even though the World Health Organisation has said the end of the pandemic is in sight, according to virologist Marion Koopmans. ‘And in the winter, in particular, hospitals cannot deal with much more.’ Koopmans, a professor at the Erasmus teaching hospital in Rotterdam, …

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl
2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl

Dutch News  

The Netherlands should be prepared to deal with a flare up in coronavirus in the coming months, even though the World Health Organisation has said the end of the pandemic is in sight, according to virologist Marion Koopmans. ‘And in the winter, in particular, hospitals cannot deal with much more.’ Koopmans, a professor at the Erasmus teaching hospital in Rotterdam, …

U.S. authorizes updated COVID-19 boosters targeting newest variants
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. authorizes updated COVID-19 boosters targeting newest variants

LA Times  

The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common Omicron strains. “Give a clear, forward-looking set of expectations.” Here’s the rub: The original vaccines still offer strong protection against severe disease and death from COVID-19 for most generally healthy people, especially if they got that important first booster dose. First, FDA …

Exclusive: Coming soon, second generation, variant specific anti-Covid vaccine
2 years, 5 months ago

Exclusive: Coming soon, second generation, variant specific anti-Covid vaccine

India Today  

The Centre has invested in developing a strain specific vaccine that would help in countering the changing nature of coronavirus. An official who facilitated developing this ecosystem for second generation vaccines told India Today that research and development work is underway to develop strain-specific vaccines in India. A bivalent vaccine will target the specific spike mutations seen in the Omicron …

Will Americans have the right COVID-19 vaccine this fall? Maybe
2 years, 5 months ago

Will Americans have the right COVID-19 vaccine this fall? Maybe

LA Times  

A man walks underneath the marquee of the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Determining which recipe should go into those doses to induce optimal protection — the vaccine’s “composition” — is an exercise in educated guesswork. Getting a timely and accurate fix on all this “is truly a challenge, and it is science at its hardest,” Dr. Peter Marks, the U.S. …

FDA grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall
2 years, 6 months ago

FDA grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall

LA Times  

The Food and Drug Administration will debate Tuesday whether it’s time to update COVID vaccine formulas. “This is science at its toughest,” said FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks, adding that a final decision is expected within days of the advisory panel’s recommendation. In an analysis prepared for Tuesday’s meeting, FDA officials acknowledged targeting last winter’s version of Omicron is …

COVID is Here to Stay In a Milder Endemic Form, So Will Masking and Vaccination
2 years, 8 months ago

COVID is Here to Stay In a Milder Endemic Form, So Will Masking and Vaccination

News 18  

On my long flight to the US a couple of weeks ago, I had plenty of time to think about the COVID pandemic and ponder how things were last year this time, how it is now and how would it be a year from now. All these measures helped us considerably in facing the third wave, which came on the …

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022

The Hindu  

In 2022, 92% of COVID deaths have been in unvaccinated individuals, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Thursday. Here are the latest updates Study Third Covid vaccine dose advised for immunocompromised people: study A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for people with a weakened immune system, especially for organ …

Impact of Covid will be felt for decades, says WHO chief
2 years, 11 months ago

Impact of Covid will be felt for decades, says WHO chief

India Today  

World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the impact of Covid will be felt for decades even as the spread of virus is slowing down across the world. The WHO chief said that the impact will be felt among the most vulnerable groups and the longer the pandemic drags on, the impact would be worse. "The …

EXPLAINED: It's Not Only The Novel Coronavirus That Can Keep Changing, Vaccines Could Too
3 years ago

EXPLAINED: It's Not Only The Novel Coronavirus That Can Keep Changing, Vaccines Could Too

News 18  

It’s been little over a year since the first vaccines against Covid-19 were rolled out under emergency approvals. But given the suggestion that “it’s just a little naive to think that the vaccines that we made in the first few hot minutes of the pandemic are the best vaccines that we can make”, there’s focus now on coming up with …

Coronavirus News Updates: Subject Expert Committee to Discuss Bharat Biotech's Intranasal Vaccine as Booster
3 years ago

Coronavirus News Updates: Subject Expert Committee to Discuss Bharat Biotech's Intranasal Vaccine as Booster

News 18  

Witnessing a further surge in daily COVID-19 cases, Karnataka on Monday reported 1,290 fresh infections and 5 deaths, taking the count to 30,10,847 and the death toll to 38,351. India will start administering its indigenous Covid vaccine Covaxin to the 15 to 18 age group from Monday, with inoculation drive for teenagers commencing on Saturday with registration beginning for them …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: France, Greece, UK See Record Surge; Mumbai Reports 70% Rise, Delhi 50%, Gurgaon's Highest Tally Since June
3 years ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: France, Greece, UK See Record Surge; Mumbai Reports 70% Rise, Delhi 50%, Gurgaon's Highest Tally Since June

News 18  

Following restricted emergency use recommendation for Covovax, Biological E’s jab Corbevax and anti-Covid pill Molnupiravir granted by an expert panel, the Drugs Controller General of India also granted approval for the above mentioned drugs. Coronavirus cases surged across Australia on Wednesday as an outbreak of the omicron variant spread, with new infections in Sydney and surrounding parts of New South …

Omicron can evade protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines, antibody therapies, says study
3 years ago

Omicron can evade protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines, antibody therapies, says study

Firstpost  

The study, published in the journal Nature on Thursday, also highlights the need for new vaccines and treatments that anticipate how the SARS-CoV-2 virus may soon evolve. Washington: Omicron can evade the immune protection conferred by COVID-19 vaccines and natural infection, according to a peer-reviewed study which also suggests that the new variant of coronavirus is completely resistant to antibody …

Can the world conquer coronavirus in 2022?
3 years ago

Can the world conquer coronavirus in 2022?

Al Jazeera  

On Thursday, December 23 at 19:30 GMT: The COVID-19 pandemic has continued unabated throughout 2021, with coronavirus now estimated to have infected more than 276 million people worldwide. The reach of vaccination campaigns in developed countries promoted cautious optimism among some public health officials that 2022 would the year that the pandemic would begin to recede, after waves of Delta …

Explained: Why COVID vaccines are partially effective against omicron
3 years ago

Explained: Why COVID vaccines are partially effective against omicron

The Hindu  

The new coronavirus omicron variant has spread rapidly around the world. But at the same time, Fauci also made it clear that this is not certain and cautioned about making judgments on whether omicron is less dangerous or really causes less severe disease than delta. Not only does the virus multiply more, but the omicron variant also has the "stupidest …

Coronavirus Updates: Maharashtra Reports 2 More Omicron Cases in Mumbai; Both Asymptomatic
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus Updates: Maharashtra Reports 2 More Omicron Cases in Mumbai; Both Asymptomatic

News 18  

Maharashtra on Monday reported two more Omicron cases, taking the total number of infections due to the new Covid-19 variant to 10. The issue of administering ‘additional’ dose of COVID-19 vaccine to immunocompromised individuals will be deliberated upon in the meeting of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation scheduled to be held on December 6, official sources said. In …

Past COVID-19 infection does not provide protection from Omicron, say South African scientists
3 years, 1 month ago

Past COVID-19 infection does not provide protection from Omicron, say South African scientists

Firstpost  

Much remains unknown about the new coronavirus variant, including whether it is more contagious, whether it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the vaccine The Hague: South African scientists are warning that reinfections among people who’ve already battled COVID-19 appear to be more likely with the new Omicron variant than with earlier coronavirus mutants. “Previous infection …

November 30, 2021 Omicron coronavirus variant news
3 years, 1 month ago

November 30, 2021 Omicron coronavirus variant news

CNN  

The US Food and Drug Administration is working “as quickly as possible” to find out more about the Omicron coronavirus variant, according to Dr. Janet Woodcock, the agency’s acting commissioner. Read the whole statement here: “As we have with previous emerging COVID-19 variants, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively working with our federal partners, international regulators and medical …

How worried should we be about Omicron, the new coronavirus variant?
3 years, 1 month ago

How worried should we be about Omicron, the new coronavirus variant?

CNN  

CNN — Since South African authorities announced the arrival of a new coronavirus variant that contains an unusually large number of mutations, countries around the world have mobilized by putting into place travel restrictions and precautionary measures. In the case of Omicron, what initially raised alarms for doctors and scientists in South Africa was the rapid rate of spread of …

How big a threat is the Omicron variant of coronavirus? Here’s what we know
3 years, 1 month ago

How big a threat is the Omicron variant of coronavirus? Here’s what we know

LA Times  

A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca. “If you look at the pattern of what’s going on right now in southern Africa — particularly in South Africa — when you have a spike of infections, they are very heavily weighted toward this new variant, the Omicron,” Fauci said. “And, therefore, you have to …

Omicron coronavirus variant raises questions among scientists
3 years, 1 month ago

Omicron coronavirus variant raises questions among scientists

Live Mint  

The fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant recently identified in South Africa has virologists and health authorities on edge because of its many mutations, but much about its infectiousness and virulence remains unknown. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that Omicron hadn’t been identified in the U.S. “The U.S. variant surveillance system has reliably detected new variants in this …

Explainer: How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?
3 years, 1 month ago

Explainer: How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?

India Today  

The new Omicron coronavirus variant - identified first in South Africa, but also detected in Europe and Asia - is raising concern worldwide given the number of mutations, which might help it spread or even evade antibodies from prior infection or vaccination. News of the variant prompted countries to announce new travel restrictions on Friday and sent drugmakers scrambling to …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Centre's 'Warm Regards' to States over Alarmingly Low Testing Amid Wedding, Festive Season
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Centre's 'Warm Regards' to States over Alarmingly Low Testing Amid Wedding, Festive Season

News 18  

Coronavirus Live Updates: India added 9,283 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,35,763 while the active cases declined to 1,11,481, the lowest in 537 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said that there is a third wave of Covid-19 infections waiting due …

New wave of coronavirus infections next autumn seems unavoidable, experts say
3 years, 1 month ago

New wave of coronavirus infections next autumn seems unavoidable, experts say

NL Times  

Medical experts told NOS that a spike in coronavirus infections next fall is likely despite an increasing number of people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Extra measures, such as face masks, to stop the spread of the coronavirus will continue to be part of daily life, the experts said. Yet, the experts said that additional measures to prevent the spread of …

EXPLAINED: Shield Against Multiple Variants, Newer Coronaviruses. What 2nd Gen Covid Shots Are Aiming At
3 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINED: Shield Against Multiple Variants, Newer Coronaviruses. What 2nd Gen Covid Shots Are Aiming At

News 18  

Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D vaccine does not need a needle prick to be administered, while Serum Institute of India is partnering the US-based Novavax for the production of what will be the first protein subunit vaccine against the novel coronavirus. But since these platforms were new and the virus they were fighting a “novel” one, there were still some unknowns that …

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus
3 years, 2 months ago

The Race Is On to Develop a Vaccine Against Every Coronavirus

Wired  

On October 21, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave most of the US population permission to get a Covid vaccine booster—a shot in such high demand that 10 million people somehow obtained it in advance of that approval in an effort to feel a little safer. In a fistful of papers and preprints published in the past six …

Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?
3 years, 2 months ago

Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging? But that doesn’t mean new variants will keep emerging as regularly, or that they’ll be more dangerous. With more than half the world still not vaccinated, the virus will likely keep finding people to infect and replicating inside them for several months or years to come. And while it could …

Covid-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: Study

India Today  

Covid-19 vaccines and prior coronavirus infections can provide broad immunity against other, similar coronaviruses, according to a study. The study found that plasma from humans who had been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 produced antibodies that were cross-reactive, or provided protection, against SARS-CoV-1 and the common cold coronavirus. Mice that had been immunised with Covid-19 vaccines and later were exposed to the …

EXPLAINED: Alpha To Delta, One Shot To Beat Them All. Why Multivariant Jabs Could Be Future Of Covid Fight
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINED: Alpha To Delta, One Shot To Beat Them All. Why Multivariant Jabs Could Be Future Of Covid Fight

News 18  

New and emerging variants of the novel coronavirus are seen as being able to dodge antibodies acquired either through vaccination or prior infection. While updated vaccines and additional shots are an option to counter potential future outbreaks — much like how existing vaccines are updated against the seasonal influenza — a single jab that is targeted towards multiple variants can …

Explainer: New COVID–19 infections cause mutations and are the main driver of new variants, not vaccines
3 years, 3 months ago

Explainer: New COVID–19 infections cause mutations and are the main driver of new variants, not vaccines

Firstpost  

Nearly all mutations that occur are harmless glitches that don’t change how the virus works – some can harm the virus while a small fraction may make the virus more infectious. But how mutations, random chance and natural selection produce variants is a complicated process, and there has been a lot of confusion about how and why new variants emerge. …

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and US reopening news
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and US reopening news

CNN  

The current evidence on Covid-19 vaccines does not appear to support a need for booster shots in the general public right now, according to an international group of vaccine scientists, including some from the US Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. The FDA and other public health agencies around the world continue to examine evidence on Covid-19 …

New Covid Variant C.1.2 May Be More Infectious, Evade Vaccines, Warns Maha Task Force
3 years, 4 months ago

New Covid Variant C.1.2 May Be More Infectious, Evade Vaccines, Warns Maha Task Force

News 18  

A new variant of coronavirus – C.1.2 – which has been detected in South Africa and some other countries, could be more infectious than earlier strains and may evade vaccines, said an infectious diseases consultant who is also a member of the Maharashtra COVID-19 task force on Thursday. Dr Vasant Nagvekar, an infectious diseases consultant with a Mumbai hospital and …

Coronavirus Booster Shots Can Help Vulnerable, WHO Europe Head Says
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus Booster Shots Can Help Vulnerable, WHO Europe Head Says

News 18  

A coronavirus booster shot is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and not a luxury robbing people who have yet to have even a single jab, a senior World Health Organization official said on Monday. The comments from WHO Europe head Hans Kluge appeared to be more positive than the U.N. health body’s past assessments of the third …

The vaccinated are worried and scientists don’t have answers
3 years, 4 months ago

The vaccinated are worried and scientists don’t have answers

Deccan Chronicle  

Anecdotes tell us what the data can’t: Vaccinated people appear to be getting the coronavirus at a surprisingly high rate. One is that this is a hard question to address.” Absent clear public health messaging, vaccinated people are left confused about how to protect themselves. But we don’t have great clinical data.” One of the best known outbreaks among vaccinated …

Vaccines work well in reducing transmission of coronavirus: Health Institute
3 years, 5 months ago

Vaccines work well in reducing transmission of coronavirus: Health Institute

NL Times  

The coronavirus vaccines are very effective in reducing the transmission of the coornavirus, scientists at public health institute RIVM discovered in a study that will be published on Thursday, NOS reports. Fully vaccinated people who became infected with the virus infected 11 percent of their housemates. Adjusted for age, vaccination status of the housemates, and the month of the year, …

What you should know about the Delta variant of coronavirus
3 years, 5 months ago

What you should know about the Delta variant of coronavirus

India Today  

It's the most contagious coronavirus mutant so far in the pandemic, but Covid-19 vaccines still provide strong protection against it. Still, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited the Delta's surge for its updated advice that fully vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in areas with high transmission. The change is based on recent research suggesting that …

‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases rising in L.A., but the vaccinated are still protected, data show
3 years, 5 months ago

‘Breakthrough’ COVID-19 cases rising in L.A., but the vaccinated are still protected, data show

LA Times  

Visitors to the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles were mostly masked on Tuesday. Los Angeles County has seen a rise in “breakthrough” coronavirus cases as of late, but data continue to show those who are vaccinated for COVID-19 enjoy vigorous protection — even from the contagious Delta variant — and are far less likely to be hospitalized should they …

Common questions about coronavirus vaccinations
3 years, 5 months ago

Common questions about coronavirus vaccinations

China Daily  

Here are answers to some of the most common questions about COVID-19 vaccines: Should older adults get the vaccine? It is not recommended to terminate pregnancy or delay pregnancy plans due to receiving vaccines, and pregnant women who are vaccinated should stick to routine prenatal visits and checks. For those getting two-dose inactivated vaccines, the first and second doses should …

Explainer: What is the Lambda coronavirus variant?
3 years, 5 months ago

Explainer: What is the Lambda coronavirus variant?

Al Jazeera  

The Lambda variant has spread to 28 countries but it is not considered a variant of concern. “When we found it, it did not attract much attention,” said Pablo Tsukayama, a doctor in molecular microbiology at Cayetano Heredia University in Lima and one of the people who documented Lambda’s emergence. The mutation observed in the spike protein might be the …

Misinformation is killing people. Here’s the truth about COVID vaccines
3 years, 5 months ago

Misinformation is killing people. Here’s the truth about COVID vaccines

LA Times  

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued his first formal health advisory last week, warning Americans that misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines poses an “imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health.” Such advisories are typically used to flag the dangers of tobacco use or the opioid epidemic. “Somebody who had COVID at the beginning of the pandemic may have had a very …

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