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2) study authors: "Once US schools reopened in fall 2020, children contributed more to inferred within-household transmission when they were in school, and less during summer and winter breaks, a pattern consistent for 2 consecutive school years."
2) Oh the irony… The CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service officers and alumni — the disease detectives deployed to identify and fight outbreaks — met April 24-27 at an Atlanta hotel. The conference drew 1,800 in-person attendees, the first in-person Epidemic Intelligence Service… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2) Against this backdrop, so many—especially Republican members of Congress—still peddle a certain narrative that China deliberately spread the virus, despite no scientificevidence that the virus was purposefully engineered in a Wuhan lab.
2) leading scientist in China: “Zhong Nanshan said that it is very important to develop a vaccine with better protection against the XBB variant. He revealed that there are currently two vaccines against XBB that have been preliminarily approved, and three or four more will be… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 
2) “While defaulting on debt is a serious problem, carrying debt isn’t always a bad thing for individuals or countries, according to financial experts. 
2) for those wondering… I’m personally converting my retirement funding into FDIC-insured short term CDs that earn ~5% APR. One can easily convert them inside your brokerage accounts via buying their brokered CDs (no fees)—you do *not* have to pull money out of retirement IRA… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 
2) ““We’re letting you know that several people who attended the [Epidemic Intelligence Service] Conference have tested positive for COVID-19,” a CDC branch chief wrote in an email to staff on Friday and obtained by The Washington Post…
2) The fungus can spread from surfaces such as bed rails and medical equipment, where it can linger for long periods of time, invisible to the eye. It can also be spread by colonized people who don’t know they have it.
2) The magnitude and quality of a key immune cell’s response to vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were considerably lower in people with prior SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to people without prior infection, a study has found.
2) The investigators’ symptoms included sore throats, headaches, coughing and nausea – consistent with what some residents experienced after the February 3 train derailment that released a cocktail of hazardous chemicals into the air, water and soil. cnn.com/2023/03/31/hea…
And frame this too. #TrumpIndicted #TrumpIndictment
2) What is next? In the coming days, prosecutors working for the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, will likely ask Mr. Trump to surrender and to face arraignment. The specific charges will be announced when he is arraigned. Perp walk nytimes.com/live/2023/03/3…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2) “A team of 32 scientists and conservationists caution that the lake could decline beyond recognition in just five years. Their warning is especially urgent amid a historic western megadrought fueled by global heating”
The Fauci speech was at @georgetownsfs today. If you want to watch the full speech stream, it’s found here: facebook.com/events/d41d8cd…