In a White House briefing on Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy shared his new advisory on the dangers of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It s definitely something we ve been watching really closely, said Dr. Kimi Koboyashi, the chief quality officer at UMass Memorial.
Kobayashi is seeing the uptick up close. A few weeks ago, the hospital celebrated the fact that it had zero COVID patients, but the number has started to rise again.
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He said it is a good idea to mask up in crowded places even though it is not currently mandated in Massachusetts. Los Angeles County is reimposing its mask mandate this weekend after seeing a new wave of infections.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifying on the U.S. COVID-19 response before a Senate committee last month. The Delta variant of the coronavirus now moving through the U.S. is the most contagious yet, he says. And among those not yet vaccinated, Delta may trigger serious illness in more people than other variants do.
Updated June 22, 2021 at 4:25 PM ET
The dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly in the United States that it s likely the mutant strain will become predominant in the nation within weeks, according to federal health officials and a new analysis.