“You’re vaccinated but none of your other friends are. Can you ditch your mask around them? Answer: No.”— Hannah Smothers, vice.com
“The science shows face masks work both to protect the wearer and to protect others from coronavirus, and everyone needs to wear one when around other people in public, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.”— Maggie Fox, CNN, cnn.com
“A second wave of the coronavirus is expected to hit the United States next winter and could strike much harder than the first because it would likely arrive at the start of influenza season, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Tuesday.”— reuters, news.trust.org
“As of April 7, confirmed cases of COVID-19 – the disease caused by the coronavirus – had doubled from just 6.5 days earlier, according to the analysis of more than 12,700 deaths and nearly 400,000 cases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report includes estimates of incidence r…”— Gaby Galvin, usnews.com
“It only took a month for coronavirus to become the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a San Diego doctor and data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”— Mike Stunson, sacbee.com
“Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned that it’s not a question of if, but when the novel coronavirus will spread in the United States — and communities are urged to prepare for the virus that has already killed thousands and sickened 10s of thousands more worldwi…”— CNN, sacramento.cbslocal.com
“Officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the nation’s first coronavirus case of unknown origin Wednesday in Northern California in the latest sign of the virus’ rapid spread.”— Darrell Smith, sacbee.com