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We ve come to accept cloth face masks as part of life during the COVID-19 pandemic. But now that researchers have identified a few coronavirus variants that appear to spread even more easily than the original, is it time for us to swap our cloth masks for more effective ones?
Germany, Austria, and France are all considering national recommendations to do just that, and just as President Biden officially enacted his first federal mask mandate, some experts say the U.S. should do the same. More infectious strains require better defenses. Not more of same, better of same, Tom Frieden, M.D., former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Twitter, specifically mentioning better masks. Surgical, N95, as available.
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Published: December 22, 2020 3:18 PM EST
Federal health officials say clinical trials show that both coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are safe and more than 90% effective at preventing coronavirus infections.
That hasnât stopped groups from portraying the vaccines as dangerous, the product of corruption, or part of a government plot to track citizens. We have fact-checked unproven or innaccurate claims that say the coronavirus vaccines can cause death and infertility; that all Americans will be forced to get vaccinated; that the vaccines are part of a larger plan to implant people with microchips.
Such claims seek to undermine Americansâ confidence in coronavirus vaccines â with consequences for the future course of the pandemic, medical experts say.
PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year for 2020: Downplaying dangers of coronavirus
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
On Feb. 7, Trump leveled with book author Bob Woodward about the dangers of the new virus that was spreading across the world, originating in central China. He told the legendary reporter that the virus was airborne, tricky and “more deadly than even your strenuous flus.” Trump told the public something else. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP
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By Daniel Funke, PolitiFact and Katie Sanders, PolitiFact | Kaiser Health News
A Florida taxi driver and his wife had seen enough conspiracy theories online to believe the virus was overblown, maybe even a hoax. So no masks for them. Then they got sick. She died. A college lecturer had trouble refilling her lupus drug after the president promoted it as a treatment for the new disease. A hospital nurse broke down when an ICU patient insisted his illness was nothing worse than the flu, oblivious to the silence i
Lie of the year: The downplay and denial of the coronavirus
President Donald Trump fueled confusion and conspiracies from the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic. But there were several other factors.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and President Donald Trump participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 22, 2020 in Washington. Drew Angerer / Getty Images North America / TNS
A Florida taxi driver and his wife had seen enough conspiracy theories online to believe the virus was overblown, maybe even a hoax. So no masks for them. Then they got sick. She died. A college lecturer had trouble refilling her lupus drug after the president promoted it as a treatment for the new disease. A hospital nurse broke down when an ICU patient insisted his illn