Famed investor Bill Ackman doesn’t think that the delta variant of COVID-19 will put much of a damper on the country’s economic recovery. Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, said that the delta variant is very contagious but is not notably more deadly than other strains of the virus across the world.… Read More »
Breadcrumb Trail Links World News Health Canada Polls keep showing that the public believes COVID-19 disease is way deadlier and more pervasive than it really is Author of the article: Tristin Hopper Publishing date: May 17, 2021 • 7 hours ago • 6 minute read • 145 Comments Stittsville Golf Club, one of hundreds of Ontario… Read More »
We all know that the vaccines being delivered around the world right now work by protecting us from getting Covid. But what we still don’t know is whether they’ll also prevent us transmitting the virus to others. We simply don’t have enough public health data to answer the important question of transmission yet. In fact… Read More »
A Sydney coronavirus cluster that started in beachside suburbs has spread into the city centre, sparking fears of contagion at a number of pubs. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said seven new coronavirus cases were recorded in the 24 hours up to 8pm on Christmas Eve. Four of those were linked to the northern beaches cluster,… Read More »
SEOUL, South Korea — New coronavirus cases in South Korea have reached the highest level in five months, and authorities fear infections are getting out of control in the Seoul region, which is home to half the country’s 51 million people. Officials reported 166 newly confirmed cases Saturday. That was the highest since March 11,… Read More »
An AIDS doctor and researcher in Minnesota says his patients living with HIV are “anxious” and “scared” about contracting COVID-19, the potentially fatal respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “We’re writing prescriptions at a higher frequency for anxiety-related symptoms and for sleeping and that sort of thing,” said Timothy Schacker, MD, adding that as… Read More »
As evidence builds that people can carry coronavirus without showing any symptoms, fears mount that the disease may be impossible to control in some regions. More than 74,000 people in 25 countries have been infected and over 2,000 people have died since the virus, officially known as COVID-19, broke out in China in December. Controlling… Read More »