Club Updates – Feb. 9
Evidence shows that the Omicron variant wave is waning with the seven-day average of new cases dropping below 300,000 per day for the first time in 2022 and the seven-day average of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19 dropping below 120,000 (WSJ). Visit our Coronavirus Resource Center for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19.
Legislative Update
WHO
Supreme Court
OSHA
CDC
- Effectiveness of Face Mask or Respirator Use in Indoor Public Settings for Prevention of SARS-CoV-2 Infection—California, February–December 2021
- COVID Omicron News: CDC Releases New Guidance for Some Americans to Get Additional Booster Shot, ABC 7
- N95, KN95 Masks Provide Best Protection Against COVID, CDC Study Shows, The Washington Post
Vaccine Updates
- The COVID Vaccine We Need Now May Not Be a Shot, NY Times
- COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: January 2022, KFF
State Updates
- COVID-19 Map: What do the Trends Mean for You?, Mayo Clinic
- Maryland Positivity Rate Continues to Decline, Fox Baltimore
- Ohio Cases and Hospitalizations Dropping, Deaths Rise for Fourth Consecutive Week, Cleveland
- N.J. Lawmakers to ‘Revisit’ Law That Gave Murphy Sweeping COVID Powers, New Senate President Says, NJ
- San Diego Leaders, Educators Unveil New Legislation to Update Statewide Vaccine Registry, San Diego Tribune
- California Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for COVID to Get an Encore, JD Supra
- Wisconsin GOP Bills Aimed at Unproven Treatments for COVID-19, KWTX
- Minnesota Legislature Extends COVID-19 Presumption for Workers’ Compensation, Star Tribune
- Pennsylvania AG Investigates Restaurant Accused of Pushing Bogus COVID Cures, NBC News
- New York State to Drop Indoor Mask Mandate, WSJ
- Hochul Expected to Allow New York’s Mask Mandate to Expire Thursday, Daily News
- Gov. Carney Ends Delaware’s Mask Mandate on Feb. 11. Masks are Still Required in Schools, Delaware Online
- Forty-two Massachusetts Schools Now Allowed By State To Lift Mask Mandates, CBS Boston
- Maryland Board of Education Sets up Framework to Drop School Mask Mandates, WTOP News
- Washington’s Mask Requirements May be Revisited in the ‘Near Future’, King 5
- Illinois Coronavirus Updates: School Mask Mandate Ruling, New CDC Booster Guidance, NBC Chicago
Resources
- So You’ve Got COVID. Here’s What to Do, NPR
- Is the Coronavirus In Your Backyard? Possible Links Between COVID and Deer, NY Times
- Australia to Re-open Borders to International Travel, BBC
Fatigue and Frustration Best Describe Americans’ Mood After Nearly Two Years in the Pandemic: In a recent poll by KFF, three in four Americans describe their mood as “frustrated” and “tired” while only four in 10 describe their mood as “optimistic”. See full article here.
News Updates
- New COVID Variant: What We Know About the BA.2 Omicron, WSJ
- CDC Adds Japan and Israel to ‘Very High’ COVID Risk Category, Warns Travelers to ‘Avoid’ 130+ Countries, USA Today
- Long COVID Disability Revives Push to End 24-Month Medicare Wait, Bloomberg Law
- The Future of the Pandemic is Looking Clearer as We Learn More About Infection, NPR
- A New Attitude Toward the Pandemic Seems to be Taking Shape. But We’ve Been Here Before, The Washington Post
- What the Omicron Wave is Revealing About Human Immunity, Nature
- US COVID Death Toll Surpasses 900,000 as Omicron’s Spread Slows, NY Times
- How Omicron’s Milder Infections Are Straining US Hospitals, WSJ
- Why Do Some People Get COVID While Others Don’t? Here’s What We Know, CNBC
- Americans Are Frustrated With the Pandemic. These Polls Show How Much, NY Times
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