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Sherman A1

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Fri Apr 15, 2022, 11:12 AM Apr 2022

Still a lot unknown about contagious BA.2 variant, health officials still urge caution

WASHINGTON (TND) — Masking guidelines are coming back into focus as Americans are being asked to mask up while traveling and local health officials reconsider loosened restrictions.

The federal transportation mask mandate was extended for an additional 15 days on Wednesday, and Philadelphia became the first major city to reinstate an indoor mask requirement on Monday.

Both decisions come as the BA.2 subvariant of omicron is sending COVID-19 case counts higher across the country. Hospitalizations have stayed low in most places, but public health officials are asking for caution and time to study what the highly transmissible subvariant’s impact on severe illness will be.

In the announcement of the extension in the federal transit mandate, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said BA.2 makes up more than 85% of U.S. infections and there have been increases in the seven-day moving average of cases.

https://krcgtv.com/news/nation-world/stealth-variant-brings-unknowns-precautions-from-health-officials-ba2-omicron-delta-covid19-coronavirus-mask-mandates-restrictions-cdc-guidelines-cases-deaths-hospitalizations

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Still a lot unknown about contagious BA.2 variant, health officials still urge caution (Original Post) Sherman A1 Apr 2022 OP
Deaths here in Idaho went from one or two per day to ten reported yesterday. brewens Apr 2022 #1

brewens

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1. Deaths here in Idaho went from one or two per day to ten reported yesterday.
Fri Apr 15, 2022, 11:23 AM
Apr 2022

I think cases doubled. The way those COVID cases go, some of those ten could have been infected weeks ago, so we'll see what happens. That is not a good sign.

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