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

@COVID19Up: Here are ten big stories related to COVID-19 that everyone should be talking about today (July 8).

1. Top U.S. Health Expert Says Vaccinated People Are Spreading Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2
(SOURCE) — Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, said that not testing vaccinated people—as the U.S. CDC recommends—may be overlooking some transmission.

2. Pfizer to Seek FDA "Emergency Authorization" for Third COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose
(SOURCE) — Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying another shot six months after the second dose could boost immunity.

3. University of Chile Scientists’ Study Indicates Sinovac’s Vaccine Elicits More Transmissible Lambda Variant
(SOURCE) — If this study is correct, the CoronaVac vaccine could be correlated to a mutation, one that’s led to a more transmissible and potent mutant.

4. Six Vaccinated Countries Have High COVID-19 Case Rates. Five of Them Rely on Chinese Vaccines
(SOURCE) — Chinese vaccines face rising doubts about their efficacy, compounded by a lack of data on their protection against the Delta variant.

5. COVID-19 Infections Imperil Indonesia's Fully Vaccinated Health Workers
(SOURCE) — About 95% healthcare workers have been fully vaccinated, but 131 healthcare workers have died since June, including 50 in July.

6. Dr. Hill Et al. Meta Analysis Evidences the Promise of Ivermectin: But More Studies Necessary
(SOURCE) — Dr. Hill’s results for ivermectin are impressive. They report a 56% reduction in mortality.

7. Indonesians Rush to Buy Ivermectin for COVID-19
(SOURCE) — As Delta variant surges Indonesians are stocking up on ivermectin, a COVID-19 treatment backed by leading politicians and social media influencers.

8. HHS Head: "Absolutely the (U.S.) Government's Business" to Know People's Vaccine Status
(SOURCE) — "It is absolutely the government's business, it is taxpayers' business, if we have to continue to spend money to try and keep people from contracting COVID."

9. Fauci Tells COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant Americans to "Get Over It"
(SOURCE) — “What is the problem? Get over it. Get over this political statement,” Fauci said during an interview with MSNBC.

10. Children Are Breathing CO2 When Wearing Masks, Study Shows
(SOURCE) — According to a randomized clinical trial out of Germany, after three minutes of mask-wearing younger children reported high levels of carbon dioxide.

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