covid variants

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Hilo nursing home says it is clear of active COVID cases | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (staradvertiser.com)

Just when you thought it was safe to not wear a mask.

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‘Everyone is kind of tired and has given up’ on COVID. But this new variant is ‘one to watch,’ the WHO says (yahoo.com)

Another one.

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XBB.1.5 is more contagious than Omicron—these products can help prevent infection (yahoo.com)

Keep wearing a mask.

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U.S. proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans (staradvertiser.com)

With or without the regular yearly flu shot?

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The ‘Kraken’ COVID variant taking hold in the U.S. Here’s how many vaccine shots there are—and what experts recommend to protect yourself (yahoo.com)

Beware the "The Kraken."

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WHO "very concerned" about reports of severe COVID in China (yahoo.com)

Keep an eye on this.

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New Infections Are Coming. The U.S. Probably Won't Contain Them https://www.yahoo.com/news/infectiou...122416974.html

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Patients who contracted monkeypox share stories of their ordeals https://www.yahoo.com/news/patients-...210752969.html

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Reinfection, severe outcome more common with BA.5 variant; virus spike protein toxic to heart cells https://www.yahoo.com/news/reinfecti...202427422.html

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New ultra-contagious Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 worsening California coronavirus wave (yahoo.com)

Those Co-Vid variants keeps getting more contagious.

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CDC moves Hawaii from low to medium COVID-19 risk | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (staradvertiser.com)

Trending the wrong way.

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FDA authorizes first Covid-19 breath test | COVID-19 | kitv.com

A breathalyzer would be easier than an up your nose with a Q-tip hose.

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Do home COVID-19 tests expire? Is it still OK to use? | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (staradvertiser.com)

Covid test kits have an expiration date.

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5 new COVID-related deaths, 827 new infections recorded in Hawaii, DOH reports | COVID-19 | kitv.com

So, you have to divide by 7 to get a daily number.

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Will the ‘stealth omicron’ cause surge in cases in US? | KHON2

Oh no, here we go again!