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He Gave COVID to 8 People, Will Be Jailed for 5 Years

Vietnam has strict quarantine laws

(Newser) - A 28-year-old Vietnamese man infected eight people with COVID-19, and has now been put behind bars as a result. Authorities say Le Van Tri returned to the city of Ca Mau after having traveled to Ho Chi Minh City, and did not quarantine for the three weeks required by law,...

Salad CEO&#39;s COVID Post Does Not Go Over Well
Salad CEO
Draws Backlash
Over COVID Post
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Sep 5, 2021 5:32 PM CDT

Salad CEO Draws Backlash Over COVID Post

Jonathan Neman of Sweetgreen suggests healthier eating, not vaccines, will save us

(Newser) - The CEO of salad chain Sweetgreen is taking all kinds of online scorn for his recent post about COVID, one that he deleted when the backlash began brewing. Jonathan Neman argued that "no vaccine nor mask will save us," but that healthier eating can. The sentiment has not...

Is a &#39;Mysterious&#39; Delta Pattern Repeating in US?
Is a 'Mysterious' Delta
Pattern Repeating in US?
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Sep 4, 2021 5:00 PM CDT

Is a 'Mysterious' Delta Pattern Repeating in US?

In other countries, the wave seemed to cause huge spike for 2 months

(Newser) - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took the rare step of publishing a front-page editorial on Tuesday pleading with people to get vaccinated because local hospitals are so overwhelmed. The problem isn't confined to Atlanta, as USA Today reports that hospitals across the US are once again bracing for shortages of oxygen....

Joe Rogan Posts Negative COVID Test

Podcaster only just revealed diagnosis Wednesday

(Newser) - Days after revealing he'd tested positive for COVID-19, Joe Rogan posted a negative test result to his Instagram Friday. "Tested negative today! Thanks for all the kind wishes!" the podcaster wrote along with a photo of a digital readout. Just the previous Wednesday, the Joe Rogan Experience...

Men With Zip Ties Confront Principal Who Quarantined Boy

Father and cohorts threaten 'citizen's arrest'

(Newser) - An Arizona elementary school principal says she was confronted by a father and two other men after enforcing county rules on quarantining students who've potentially been exposed to COVID. Per NBC News , Diane Vargo, principal at Mesquite Elementary School in Tucson, says the father showed up with his son...

Hospitalized With COVID, De La Hoya Calls Off Fight

Boxer was to return to the ring next week after 13 years

(Newser) - Oscar De La Hoya says he's fully vaccinated and has been taking care of himself, training for a comeback fight next week. Still, he contracted the coronavirus, and there will be no fight, the boxing great tweeted Friday. De La Hoya is in the hospital with a case of...

North Korea Turns Down the Vaccines It's Offered

Analysts suspect Kim is holding out for Pfizer

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered officials to wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in "our style" after he turned down some foreign COVID-19 vaccines offered via the UN-backed immunization program. During a Politburo meeting Thursday, Kim said officials must "bear in mind that tightening epidemic prevention...

Mu Variant Is Now a 'Variant of Interest'

Fauci says it's not an 'immediate threat'

(Newser) - The "mu" coronavirus variant is now officially a "variant of interest"—and scientists naming COVID variants are now halfway through the Greek alphabet. The mu variant, also known as B.1.1621, was given the designation this week by the World Health Organization. The WHO warned that...

Inmates Say They Were Told Ivermectin Was 'Vitamins'

3 inmates at Washington County jail in Arkansas make the claim

(Newser) - Several inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail said they weren't told a medication they were given to treat COVID-19 was actually an anti-parasite drug that federal health officials have warned should not be used to treat the coronavirus. Three inmates at the Washington County jail told the AP they...

Report: US Has Wasted 15M Vaccine Doses Since March

Millions more are nearing expiry date

(Newser) - With many countries around the world crying out for COVID vaccines, the US has wasted a staggering number of them. NBC reports that according to data released this week, state governments and pharmacies have thrown away more than 15 million doses since March 1, and since the data is self-reported...

District Tightens Rule After Chiropractor Signs 500 Mask Exemptions

He signed more than 500 exemptions for students in Sarasota County

(Newser) - Florida's Sarasota County School District tightened the rules on medical exemptions to a mask mandate after finding that around a third of exemption forms turned in district-wide had been signed by one chiropractor. An updated form issued this week said the forms can only be signed by medical doctors,...

Washington Nationals VP Quits Over Vaccine Mandate

Bob Boone says he is 'unfortunately' parting ways with team

(Newser) - The Washington Nationals has become the first Major League Baseball team to part ways with employees over a COVID vaccine mandate. Team sources have confirmed to ESPN that vice president Bob Boone has told the Nationals he will resign instead of complying. Sources tell the Athletic that eight scouts have...

Study: Vaccines Are 'Doing What They Are Designed to Do'

People with breakthrough infections less likely to be hospitalized or suffer long-haul COVID

(Newser) - The more infectious delta variant has complicated the battle against COVID-19, but vaccines are still doing their job, researchers say. A large study from the UK released Wednesday found that "breakthrough" infections among vaccinated people remain rare, and vaccinated people who do become infected are twice as likely to...

Joe Rogan Has COVID


Joe Rogan
Has COVID
Sep 2, 2021 1:04 AM CDT

Joe Rogan Has COVID

It's not clear whether the podcast host is vaccinated

(Newser) - Joe Rogan, the influential podcaster who went from interviewing an early predicter of just how bad the pandemic would get to questioning the importance of coronavirus vaccines , now has COVID-19. Rogan, one of the highest paid podcasters in the world for his Joe Rogan Experience on Spotify, announced the news...

School District Shuts Briefly After COVID Kills 2 Teachers

Closure will allow for isolation and recovery, Texas superintendent says

(Newser) - A Central Texas school district closed its schools until after the Labor Day holiday Tuesday after two teachers died last week of COVID-19. Connally Independent School District officials closed its five suburban Waco schools for the rest of the week after the COVID-19 death on Saturday of Natalia Chansler, 41,...

As Delta Surges, So Do Sales of Toilet Paper
The Toilet Paper
Situation Is Back
Sep 1, 2021 11:16 AM CDT

The Toilet Paper Situation Is Back

Procter & Gamble is shifting factories to a 24/7 schedule

(Newser) - We've apparently reached that point in the pandemic where toilet paper is a hot commodity again. Procter & Gamble, the largest US manufacturer of toilet paper and paper towels, announced it is boosting production—operating factories 24 hours per day, seven days a week—in response to increased demand....

New Variant Surfaces in South Africa

Researchers can't tell much yet, but WHO labels this version 'of concern'

(Newser) - Another coronavirus variant has been detected, say researchers who caution against becoming too concerned but suspect it's better at getting around immunity protection than delta. The researchers spotted the C.1.2 variant in May in South Africa, Reuters reports, and published their work this month. It has not...

School Mask Policies in 5 States Bring Investigations

Biden administration had said it would use civil rights protections to fight bans on school mandates

(Newser) - As promised, education officials in five states have been informed that a federal investigation has begun into whether their prohibitions on school mask mandates violate civil rights protections. The specific issue is whether students with disabilities or health issues are being discriminated against by not being able to safely return...

Europe Poised to Close Doors to US Travelers
EU: Time to Close Doors
to US Travelers
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Aug 30, 2021 12:17 PM CDT

EU: Time to Close Doors to US Travelers

European Union recommends member nations ban non-essential travel

(Newser) - American tourists have been able to fly to Europe throughout the summer, but it will likely become more difficult to get those flights in the near future. The European Union on Monday recommended that its 27 member nations ban non-essential travel from the US, reports the Wall Street Journal . The...

3rd Anti-Vaccine Radio Host Dies of COVID-19
Another Anti-Vaccine
Radio Host Just Died of COVID
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Aug 30, 2021 12:56 AM CDT

Another Anti-Vaccine Radio Host Just Died of COVID

Marc Bernier called himself 'Mr. Anti-Vax'

(Newser) - First Dick Farrel , then Phil Valentine , and now a third conservative radio host who had spoken out against the COVID-19 vaccine has died of the coronavirus. Marc Bernier, a well-known 65-year-old talk radio personality in Daytona Beach, Fla., died Saturday night after being hospitalized August 7, Politico reports. He had...

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