singapore right now that have vaccinated upwards of 85% of their populations, they enforced lockdowns, facemask mandates, they had the highest case rates in the world. so there are reasons to question the he have castsy of the vaccine. i m not vax, i m anti- vax mandate. this administration lost afghanistan, lost the economy, lost global supply chains, they are going to lose the airline industry and that s just the beginning. harris: texas republican representative chip roy again was all over twitter. now he said i am working on legislation to require all companies that took bail-outs to pay them back in full if they fire any employee for lack of vax for joe biden s unconstitutional order. crystal, your reaction to that and i have a quick follow-up.
Research finds links between air quality and COVID vulnerability: UCLA
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LOS ANGELES - Long-term exposure to poor air quality increased the risk of COVID-19 throughout the country last year, according to research announced Wednesday from a UCLA-led team.
The research found that counties with higher exposures to poor air quality historically, saw higher county-level COVID-19 mortality rates in 2020, with a 7.6% increase in COVID-19 risk with a one-unit increase of 2.5 micrometers, or PM2.5. The use of preventative measures like stay-at-home orders and masking reduced the risk of COVID-19 by 15% and 8%, respectively, but did not reduce the increase of incidence in counties with poor air quality.
Even as governments across the United States consider lifting mask mandates and relaxing preventative measures as vaccination numbers creep up, new research from a UCLA-led team has found that such basic techniques significantly reduce the risk of getting COVID-19.