As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India Also as a reminder: –No, the title of this week’s update is NOT an error! Instead, a lab test in the Ivory Coast was. So remember that 18 year old who …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India Also as a reminder: –Yes, we have -another- Ebola outbreak. Late last week, an 18 year old in the Ivory Coast was traveling, treated presumptively for malaria, but ruled out on …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India Also as a reminder: –That’s right! We’ve got a new outbreak to track. A farmer in a rural part of Guinea presented on August 1 with fever, muscle pain, head and …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India Also as a reminder: –<deep sigh> I am struggling to come up with the best place to start this week… Every week I go in with the optimism that I will …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India Also as a reminder: –This is purely anecdotal, but running the usual kid activities and errands this weekend, there was absolutely no discernible uptick in people masking following the CDC’s new …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India –So before we get into the obvious (which has been blowing up my inbox and phone since last Friday), let me preface everything we are about to discuss with the following. …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India –Around the horn, cases are rising in the US, and there is plenty of headline chatter about reinstating mask rules and lockdowns. We’ll get to that in a second. First, the …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India –Fair bit to cover this week. First, around the horn, the US is seeing an uptick in cases. This is accompanied by not unexpected scare headlines. We will be watching the …

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As reminders… Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India This will be legit short this time–the 4th of July fell on a Sunday this year, and I am sure just about everybody’s work recognized it on the 5th, making this …

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–As reminders: Alpha–Variant first identified in the UK Beta–Variant first identified in South Africa Gamma–Variant first identified in Brazil Delta–Variant first identified in India This is going to be a pretty short one as we come up on a holiday in the US. –Around the horn, Indonesia is indeed blowing out new cases. The UK …

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