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China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge despite public frustration, change comes in small increments

Mon, 2022-11-07 14:39 — mike kraft

What exit? China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge despite public frustration China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they're intended to protect. By Nectar Gan, CNN CNN

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The unrelenting campaign has kept infections and deaths low at great economic and social cost, as new fast-spreading variants make containing the virus near impossible....

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Reports say China aiming for less disruptive COVID policies

Fri, 2022-11-04 23:46 — mike kraft

Reports say China aiming for less disruptive COVID policies BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials are trying to quell an outcry over the death of a 3-year-old boy from a quarantined residential compound that added to public anger at anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes. AP NEWS

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The boy died at a hospital in Lanzhou of carbon monoxide poisoning blamed on a gas leak. His father accused health workers who were enforcing the closure of the compound of refusing to help and trying to stop him as he rushed his son to the hospital.

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Regular exercise may improve the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines--study

Thu, 2022-11-03 17:43 — mike kraft

Regular exercise may improve the effectiveness of coronavirus vaccines Exercisers who were vaccinated were about 25 percent less likely to be hospitalized with covid than sedentary people who got the same vaccine, a study finds. Gretchen Reynolds Washington Post

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Monkeypox: Considerable' monkeypox transmission can happen before symptoms appear, study suggests

Thu, 2022-11-03 14:32 — mike kraft

'Considerable' monkeypox transmission happens before symptoms, study suggests Monkeypox can spread before symptoms appear, British researchers said on Wednesday, providing the first evidence indicating the virus can be transmitted this way. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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OPINION: We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.

Tue, 2022-11-01 21:39 — mike kraft

Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID. Emily Oster The Atlantic

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Chinese cities clamp down on COVID, workers walk out of iphone facory

Mon, 2022-10-31 13:24 — mike kraft

Chinese cities clamp down on COVID as cases rise before winter season Officials in Chinese cities and provinces across the country are pulling no punches in stamping out sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks as winter nears, quickly closing venues and enforcing longer temporary lockdowns on millions of people. Reuters Reuters

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Analysis: Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids

Fri, 2022-10-28 17:14 — mike kraft

Massive learning setbacks show COVID's sweeping toll on kids The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives. AP NEWS

The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives.

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China: Covid controls spread, millions in lockdown

Fri, 2022-10-28 15:13 — mike kraft

Covid cases, controls spread in China

BEIJING — Covid controls in China have tightened in the last two weeks after more cities reported virus outbreaks.

The restrictions on business and social activity affected 9.2% of China’s gross domestic product as of Thursday, up from 7% on Oct. 16, according to Nomura’s model.

“Since the 20th National Party Congress kicked off on 16 October, domestic Covid case numbers have been clearly on an upward trajectory,” the firm’s chief China economist Ting Lu and a team said in a report Thursday. “The national lockdown situation has been getting ... significantly worse.”

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ALSO SEE: Millions back in lockdown as Beijing doubles down on zero-Covid --BBC

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