America's in the midst of yet another coronavirus surge, setting up a high-stakes test of whether the country really is ready to live with the virus.
America's in the midst of yet another coronavirus surge, setting up a high-stakes test of whether the country really is ready to live with the virus., and the spike in cases hasn't prompted much noticeable policy or behavioral change. But vaccines and therapeutics are now widely available, making the virus much less dangerous — at least for people who have access to and choose to use them.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday that, although the city is considered to be in the high alert level, he's not bringing back mask mandates now. "If every variant that comes, we move into shutdown thoughts, we move into panicking, we’re not going to function as a city," Adams said,The virus has killed more than a million people over the last two years.
Paxlovid is an oral antiviral that must be taken early on in a patient's coronavirus infection, but has proven to be highly effective.
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