quarantine
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That Didn’t Last Long: Shanghai Locks Down Millions for COVID, Again
Little more than a week after Shanghai, China crawled out of one of the most severe and taxing covid lockdowns anywhere in the world, the city is once again on notice for COVID spread while millions are being told to hole up and prepare for mass testing.
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‘Reckless and Dangerous’: CDC’s New, Shorter Covid-19 Isolation Guidelines Disturb Some Health Experts
Fresh off the Christmas holiday, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance on how long people should isolate away from others if they’ve been infected by or exposed to the coronavirus. The change effectively cuts the waiting period in half for many people, particularly those without symptoms. But at least some…
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Canada Fines 2 Idiots Travelling From the U.S. $27,000 for Faking Their Vaccine Status and Covid-19 Tests
It’s one thing to refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 or tested for the virus — precautions that are, unfortunately, not mandatory in many parts of the world — but it’s another thing to blatantly lie to authorities about it, especially when you’re visiting another country.
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So This Is ‘Covid Normal’
Last weekend I attended two days of the Brunswick Music Festival in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. In front of a sea of semi-socially distanced picnickers, local bands like indie rockers RVG tore through sets they haven’t played live in a year. People chatted with their friends, hugged, and drank beer. No one wore a…