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5 Important Things You Need to Know About COVID-19 Today

@COVID19Up: Here are five big stories related to COVID-19 that everyone should be talking about today.

1. WHO Warns That Variants of SARS-CoV-2 Are Spreading Faster Than Vaccines Can Stop Them
(SOURCE) — Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the WHO, warned that the Delta variant is "outpacing" vaccinations.

2. Israel Sees Decline in Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy Rate as Delta Variant Takes Hold
(SOURCE) — The vaccine protected 64% of receivers against COVID-19 between June 6 and early July, down from 94% between May 2 and June 5.

3. Vaccinated Student Infects 83 Peers With SARS-CoV-2 at a High School Party in Tel Aviv, Israel
(SOURCE) — The student had become infected from a relative who had also been vaccinated, and that relative had become infected from a person who was also vaccinated.

4. Face Masks to Become "Personal Choice" as U.K. Lifts COVID-19 Lockdown
(SOURCE) — The use of masks as protection against SARS-CoV-2 will become a matter of "personal choice" as the UK lifts legal lockdown measures in place later this month.

5. LinkedIn Reactivates Dr. Robert Malone's Account and Apologizes for the Mistake
(SOURCE) — Dr. Robert W. Malone, one of the inventors of mRNA vaccine technology, has received an apology from LinkedIn for locking him out of his account.

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