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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday banning any governmental entity in the state from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of its approval status.

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UK Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:14 — mike kraft

Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread Also, 21% of patients caused 80% of infections, UK researchers find. CIDRAP

Most hospital patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 contracted the virus from other patients rather than healthcare workers (HCWs), with 21% of patients causing 80% of cases, finds a UK study today in eLife. ...

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South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis big motorcycle rally

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:02 — mike kraft

South Dakota Covid cases quintuple after Sturgis motorcycle rally Meade County, home to Sturgis, has had a more than 1,500 percent increase in cases in the past 14 days. NBC News

Two weeks after the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, reported Covid infections in the state have risen nearly sixfold.

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Overview: Research on monoclonal antibodies to protect against COVID-19 variants

Wed, 2021-08-25 12:43 — mike kraft

COVID SCIENCE-Researchers seek powerful antibody against many variants; breakthrough cases may be less infectious Two separate research teams last week reported on laboratory tests of monoclonal antibodies that appear to protect against a broad range of COVID-19 virus variants. One study, published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine bit.ly/3kgzEZU, identified "high-level, broad-spectrum" antibodies in blood samples from survivors of the original SARS outbreak in 2003 who recently received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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More colleges are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Some are starting to kick out unvaccinated students.

Wed, 2021-08-25 12:34 — mike kraft

More colleges are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Some are starting to kick out unvaccinated students. Students who don't get vaccinated against COVID-19 risk paying thousands for coronavirus testing, loss of WiFi on campus and even disenrollment. Lindsay Schnell USA TODAY

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U.S. ICU beds are running out again, state by state map

Wed, 2021-08-25 10:21 — mike kraft

ICU beds are running out again Some states are already at maximum capacity. Tina Reed Axios

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More than 77% of America's ICU beds are being used right now as hospitals grapple with a crush of severely ill COVID patients, almost all of them unvaccinated.

Why it matters: Hospitals are once again overwhelmed, and this time, they're also facing staff shortages and burnout that only make matters worse, especially in the face of illness that was largely preventable.

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