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When Ja’Kiem Crayon tells customers the price for a single Covid-19 at-home test at the Manhattan-based pharmacy where he works, he’s often in for an argument. “They come in, they’re like, OK, give me five,” said Crayon, who works at Tisane Pharmacy and Cafe on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. “And I’m like, well, they’re $25 […]
Dr. Gottlieb says China is ‘very vulnerable’ to omicron subvariant spread despite ‘zero-Covid policy’
Low levels of natural immunity are complicating China’s efforts to limit spread during its recent surge in cases of the new Covid omicron BA.2 subvariant, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Monday. “China has a population that’s very vulnerable to this new variant. This is a much more contagious variant, it’s going to be harder […]
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People concerned about getting Covid can still protect themselves by properly wearing masks, like an N95 or KN95, even if nobody else around is, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Wednesday. Gottlieb’s comments come two days after a federal judge in Florida nullified the Biden administration’s Covid mask mandate for public transportation, including airlines. Many mask […]