Forbes August 16, 2024
Despite considerable opposition, Nassau County passed a mask ban, with all the Republican members voting for it, and Democrats abstaining. Per Howard Kopel, who chaired the hearing, the bill was introduced in response to “antisemitic incidents, often perpetrated by those in masks.”
On August 14, World Health Organization’s Director General-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. This PHEIC followed the Africa CDC’s similar declaration because infections have been surging and are 160% higher than last year, with more than 15,000 cases and 400 deaths in 2024. Further, the virus has spread from Congo to six new countries in only ten days. On August 15, Sweden confirmed the first case of clade 1 mpox outside of...
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