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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday lauded the Covid vaccine after testing positive for the disease, saying that his “symptoms would be far worse” without it.

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Graham started to show symptoms when the Senate was in session over the weekend working on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. It is unclear how many other lawmakers in the Senate came in close contact with Graham.

Graham attended a Saturday night part aboard Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s houseboat, NBC News confirmed. The West Virginia senator’s office did not confirm whether Graham was there, but spokeswoman Sam Runyon said Manchin is fully vaccinated and “following the CDC guidelines for those exposed to a COVID positive individual.”

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New York City will require workers and patrons at indoor businesses to show proof of vaccination starting on Sept. 13, becoming the first major U.S. city to take such action amid a surge of new cases nationwide driven by the highly transmissible delta variant.

The new mandate announced Tuesday, dubbed the "Key to NYC Pass," will apply to indoor dining, gyms and entertainment venues.

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Originally posted by rontuner:
Chicago daily positives got down around 35 in June.
Then it jumped to 50, then 70, then 90...

Today it is at 130.

And that's just the folks that have tested!

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Common cholesterol drugs may significantly reduce risk of death from COVID-19: study

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A large share of unvaccinated Americans say the COVID-19 vaccine poses a greater risk to their health than the virus itself, according to a poll released Tuesday

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Unvaccinated adults, especially those who say they will “definitely not” get a vaccine, are much less worried about the coronavirus, the Delta variant, and have less confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines compared to those who are vaccinated. Three-fourths of unvaccinated adults, including nine in ten of those who say they will “definitely not” get the vaccine, say they are “not worried” about getting seriously sick from the virus, less than half say they are worried about the Delta variant worsening the pandemic, more than half (including 75% of “definitely not”) say getting vaccinated is a bigger risk to their health than getting infected with coronavirus, and a quarter (just one in ten of “definitely not”) say the vaccines are effective at keeping vaccinated people from dying from COVID-19 or getting seriously ill.

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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) says he regrets signing a ban on mask mandates in schools as he asks the state legislature to reverse the decision.

“Well, I signed it at the time because our cases were at a very low point. I knew it'd be overridden by the legislature if I didn’t sign it ... I already eliminated our statewide mask mandate,” Hutchinson said in a press conference on Tuesday.

“I signed it for those reasons that our cases were at a low point. Everything has changed now. And yes, in hindsight I wish that had not become law,” he added.

The governor last week began calling for the state legislature to overturn the part of the law that says schools can’t decide if they want a mask mandate.

He says he still supports a statewide ban on a mask mandate because adults have the option of becoming vaccinated but children do not.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday announced that all students and teachers in schools will be required to wear masks while indoors, as state officials take steps to try to slow the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19.

Pritzker says that the new requirement will take effect immediately, and will also apply to all students and coaches participating in indoor sports and other activities.

"As your governor, it's my duty to say that we must all take immediate and urgent action to slow the spread of the delta variant," he said. "People are dying who don't have to die."

Pritzker says that the state has a "limited amount of time" to slow the spread of the delta variant.

State employees who work in congregant care facilities, veterans' homes and correctional facilities will also be required to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the governor.