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The CDC has to be assuming that the U.S. is at COVID-19 herd immunity. Otherwise, the announcement last week that folks who are fully vaccinated can forego masks and social distancing makes no sense.
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Gov. Ralph Northam lifted Virginia’s universal indoor mask mandate to align with new guidance from the CDC, and announced that Virginia will ease all distancing and capacity restrictions on Friday, May 28.
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Gov. Ralph Northam is adapting Virginia policy on mask use in outdoor settings based on new guidance from the CDC.
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The CDC and FDA on Friday lifted their recommended pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, following the recommendation of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that the vaccine should be cleared for use by all adults.
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More than 10,000 Virginians die each year from smoking-related disease, but a recent study showed that the Tips From Former Smokers® campaign helped prevent an estimated 129,000 early deaths over a six-year period.
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Seventh District Democrat Abigail Spanberger is calling on the CDC to improve coordination with Virginia’s public health authorities to ensure an equitable and streamlined COVID-19 vaccine distribution effort.
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Ninth District Congressman Morgan Griffith joined in a letter to CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky expressing concern over the recent guidance on school reopening and the broader mixed messaging from the Biden administration on the subject.
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The first case of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 has been identified in a sample from a resident of Eastern Virginia, per the Virginia Department of Health, which stresses that there is no evidence that infections with this variant cause more severe disease.
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Virginia Democrat Don Beyer has written to CDC director Robert Redfield to urge increased transparency and data sharing amid the national effort to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines.
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The CDC, quietly, earlier this month, updated its COVID-19 infection fatality ratio parameter to include age-specific estimates.
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