"I need to be very clear," Dr. Tedros said. "Vaccines alone will not get any country out of this crisis... It's not vaccines instead of masks. It's not vaccines instead of distancing. It's not vaccines instead of ventilation or hand hygiene. Do it all. Do it consistently. Do it well."

If the world had followed China's example instead of the US' we'd have this thing under control.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre

"Our DELTA surge is ongoing and, in fact, accelerating. And on top of that, we're going to add an OMICRON surge," said Dr. Jacob Lemieux, who monitors variants for a research collaboration led by Harvard Medical School
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Most likely, he and other experts said at a press briefing Tuesday, an omicron surge is already under way in the United States, with the latest mutant coronavirus outpacing the nation's ability to track it