But they are being underutilized and poorly messaged.
Those things that loop over ears to cover noses and mouths - the four-letter M word. We have tools to blunt the next round of Covid. Here’s where there is broad agreement: the U.S. But there’s no real consensus on how severe the next phase might be - a surge, a spike, a big wave, a more modest “wave-lette.” Public health experts we’ve spoken to are generally not expecting a catastrophic surge, not like we experienced with Omicron last winter - although they have grown wary of trying to predict exactly what a highly unpredictable virus is going to do next. Plus, caseloads and hospitalizations are rising in Europe, usually a signal that we’re next. Warning signs are mounting - showing up in some U.S. They are worrying about tomorrow’s.Ī winter wave, and a new batch of covid variants, may arrive earlier than we expect. Scientists aren’t looking at yesterday’s death toll, though. That’s still a lot, but it’s lower than it’s been for a long time. Daily deaths have finally fallen below 400. Most of the country has blithely moved on from the pandemic, which is undeniably and blessedly not as bad as it had been. SURGE PROTECTION - Winter is coming - in the fall. In Tokyo, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan should discuss a possible sharing of nuclear weapons similar to that of Nato members in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.A Covid testing site in Brooklyn, New York. Introducing a nuclear gambit in the current fraught situation where some Ukrainian leaders are already expressing regret at having given up an arsenal is already starting to have a global fallout.
Referring to the prospective talks between Russia and Ukraine, Haas said it is not clear if the nuclear threat is an effort to impose harsh terms rather than negotiate reasonable ones. Escalation-broad use of cyber, attack on Nato, even nuclear use-cannot be ruled out," said Richard Haas, President of the council of foreign relations. Up to now we have focused on the risks of Putin prevailing now we must also face the risks of Putin failing. "With Russian nuclear forces placed on alert, war has reached a new, dangerous phase. Although there was no immediate alarm in the US, experts warned of a slippery slope for both sides.
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