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US extends non-essential travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico

Fri, 2021-08-20 10:06 — mike kraft

US extends non-essential travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico The US is extending non-essential travel restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico through at least September 21, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday, citing the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN CNN

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Human behavior, Superspreader 'explosions' continue to hinder pandemic control efforts

Wed, 2021-07-14 10:36 — mike kraft

Superspreader 'explosions' continue to plague pandemic efforts New coronavirus strains are a risk, but experts say human behavior and social interactions that lead to superspreader events remain the most serious threat. NBC News

Superspreader events that first seeded the coronavirus in the United States are keeping the pandemic smoldering, with experts pointing to human behavior and social circles as the main drivers.

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Florida's ban on vaccination proof requirements complicates U.S. cruise line comeback

Fri, 2021-07-02 11:10 — mike kraft

Florida banned vaccination proof requirements. Not all cruise lines appear to care. Some cruise lines are weaving a path that accommodates Florida's law and CDC sailing requirements. Others are not. NBC News

When cruise ships depart from Florida’s ports in the coming months, some won’t require passengers to get the most effective pandemic life preserver there is — a Covid-19 vaccination.

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San Diego's mayor and lawmakers call for end to COVID restrictions at the US-Mexico border

Sun, 2021-06-27 16:56 — mike kraft

A group of southern California lawmakers, including San Diego's mayor, called for an end to pandemic restrictions along the border with Mexico as part of an effort to boost the local economy.

"As the rate of COVID-19 cases continue to plummet, and other restrictions have been lifted, I see no reason to continue selective restrictions that impact our cross-border community," mayor Todd Gloria said in a press release.

The border has been closed to non-essential travel since March 2020. The Dept. of Homeland Security last Sunday extended through July 21 those restrictions for all land or ferry crossings into the US.

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Mexico to donate 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots to three Central American countries

Thu, 2021-06-24 10:28 — mike kraft

Mexico to donate 400,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots to Central America Mexico will donate over 400,000 AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday to the so-called Northern Triangle Central American nations of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, the Mexican foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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Shut out from mainstream medicine, some immigrants are buying expensive, unproven Covid therapies

Tue, 2021-06-22 11:50 — mike kraft

FRESNO, Calif. — On a Tuesday afternoon in April, among tables of vegetables, clothes and telephone chargers at Fresno’s biggest outdoor flea market were prescription drugs being sold as treatments for Covid.

Vendors sold $25 injections of the steroid dexamethasone, several kinds of antibiotics and the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drugs pushed by President Donald J. Trump last year — make regular appearances at the market as well, as do sham herbal supplements.

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