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

@COVID19Up: Here are seven big stories related to COVID-19 that everyone should be talking about today (July 7).

1. The U.S. CDC Stopped Reporting Most COVID-19 Cases in Vaccinated People. That Makes It Hard to Know How Dangerous Delta Is.
(SOURCE) — Robert Shmerling, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, called the CDC's decision not to track all breakthrough cases "surprising" and "disappointing."

2. Indonesia Reports Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases and Deaths for Third Day in a Row
(SOURCE) — Deaths in Indonesia from COVID-19 rose sharply on Wednesday, with reported daily fatalities nearly double the number from two days ago.

3. CDC Says Delta Variant Now Makes Up Majority of COVID-19 Cases in U.S.
(SOURCE) — The proportion of US COVID-19 cases that were the Delta variant rose from 30.4% for the two weeks ending June 19 to 51.7% for the two weeks ending July 3.

4. Delta Variant Panic in U.S. Could Cause More Harm Than Good, Doctor Warns
(SOURCE) — Dr. Monica Gandhi argues that panic over the spread of the Delta variant in California could halt school reopenings in the fall.

5. A Tsunami of Disability is Coming in the U.S. as a Result of "Long COVID"
(SOURCE) — Estimates suggest that millions of Americans may enter the ranks of the disabled due to "long COVID."

6. Long COVID: 40% Still Have Symptoms After Seven Months
(SOURCE) — The study was conducted among 410 people who tested positive for COVID-19 but who did not require hospitalization.

7. Epsilon Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Appears to Evade COVID-19 Vaccines, Study Finds
(SOURCE) — The Epsilon variant has three spike protein mutations it uses to weaken current COVID-19 vaccines by up to 70%.

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