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The New York Yankees, including manager Aaron Boone, are back to wearing masks after the team reported eight breakthrough COVID-19 infections this week.
May 14, 2021
Becky Sullivan
Eight members of the New York Yankees the team s All-Star shortstop Gleyber Torres, along with seven coaches and staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus this week, even though all of them had been vaccinated.
The outbreak of so-called breakthrough cases was first detected Sunday as the team was flying to Florida for a series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Seven more people, including Torres, tested positive over the three subsequent days.
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Eight members of the New York Yankees the team’s All-Star shortstop Gleyber Torres, along with seven coaches and staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus this week, even though all of them had been vaccinated.
The outbreak of so-called “breakthrough” cases was first detected Sunday as the team was flying to Florida for a series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Seven more people, including Torres, tested positive over the three subsequent days.
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DETROIT Jayme McElvany was at it again.
A junior wrestler at Lakewood High School in western Michigan had been asked to comply with a state-mandated quarantine after close contact with another student who tested positive for COVID-19. McElvany, an anti-lockdown activist in the state, seized on his case as her latest cause célèbre even as the coronavirus pandemic in Michigan reaches new heights.
“GUYS!!!! One of our wrestlers that we donated to yesterday already got a hearing!! Right now!! At 11:30! Here’s the link to watch Jimmy fight for this kid!!” McElvany wrote on Facebook Wednesday, namechecking local defense lawyer James Thomas. “PRAY for a VICTORY!!. Please Lord stand with Jimmy and help him touch the heart of this judge. for the sake of this child and many more like him. In Jesus name AMEN!!”