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To: John Vosilla who wrote (12109)	2/3/2023 6:26:05 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Respond to of 13943

John 60% of New England is/was testing Positive one week ago. Only people who show up at urgent care clinics or ER's get counted. If you do not want to wear a mask to protect your family and fellow citizens that is your decision. Jeez I thought we lived in a free society and no one I know has ever heard of you and certainly will not take mine or your opinions into consideration. Go kick some ass, a great stress reliever;0))) That looks to me to wear a mask or they will not let you in. I have no dog in the fight. My gym which holds hundreds had 10 people there today. Who knows? I have these in my back yard . A coyote invaded this Boston TV reporter’s live shot. So she named it."He’s a gentleman and a scholar and his den smells of rich mahogany." By Peter Chianca February 3, 2023 \| 9:31 AM FacebookTwitterEmailEmail Television news has long been known for sending its correspondents outside for that “you-are-there” feel to their live reports — but WBZ-TV may want to reconsider that practice, after reporter Katrina Kincade had an unexpected visitor during a shot outside the station’s Soldiers Field Road studio in Boston. Kincade was reporting on the coming arctic blast Friday morning when the very clear silhouette of a coyote trotted past the CBS Boston sign behind her. For her part, Kincade seemed unfazed after discovering that the animal had made an on-air appearance. “I shall name him: Ron Burgundy,” she tweeted, prompting several approving comments from fans of Will Ferrell’s ’70s-era anchorman. (“He’s a gentleman and a scholar and his den smells of rich mahogany,” tweeted one respondent about Kincade’s new four-footed friend.) Later on the newscast, Kincade informed her colleagues that the coyote was no stranger. “I’ve seen him a few times,” she said. “We’re homies at this point.” Coyotes have become increasingly more common in populated areas of late, one even being spotted strolling the streets of the Back Bay last month. On the Cape late last year, meanwhile, a coyote was caught red-pawed as the serial stealer of local lawn decorations. And in Nahant the Board of Selectmen authorized the elimination of “habituated” coyotes that depend on humans for food via the use of professional sharpshooters. Shooting the coyotes from your rooftop is not advised, however; rather, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife recommends scaring or threatening them with loud noises, bright lights, or water sprayed from a hose. Fentanyl sounds like a worst cult. How many times have you had the virus? Enjoy the weekend.

To: John Vosilla who wrote (12109)	2/3/2023 6:54:31 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13943

If masks are mandatory I wouldn’t go, oh wait it’s Colbert… I wouldn’t go if masks were optional.

To: John Vosilla who wrote (12109)	2/4/2023 5:01:45 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13943

Exquisite Timing:0))) John The Real Estate Doctor.. where is your medical degree from? Put your mask back on, or did you never take it off??? It must be a cult-G- I get it this must be a joke thread! From Tobago Jack: Stuff happening, origin unclear, but already everywhere Orthrus, named after a two-headed dog from Greek mythology that was killed by the hero Heracles, has raised global concern because of a particular mutation that it carries – known as L452R – which experts believe increases the variant’s immunity to current vaccines, similar to the mutation in the earlier Delta variant. scmp.com China is tracking ‘Orthrus’ – an emerging, more transmissible Covid variant China’s CDC says variant, also known as CH. 1.1, unlikely to cause new outbreaks soonUS study found CH. 1.1 ‘highly resistant’ to mRNA vaccines Published: 5:00pm, 1 Feb, 2023 China’s CDC says the emerging variant CH.1.1 is unlikely to cause another wave of outbreaks in the mainland in the near future. Photo: AP The Omicron subvariant CH. 1.1, also known as “Orthrus”, which is becoming increasingly prevalent in Britain and the United States, is unlikely to cause another wave of outbreaks in the mainland in the near future, Chinese health authorities said. The most prevalent variants in China continue to be BA. 5.2 and BF. 7, but 24 cases of CH. 1.1, a more transmissible subvariant, have been reported in China in the past three months, authorities said. “Despite an increased ability to resist immune responses and a higher transmissibility, which might increase breakthrough infection and reinfection risks, the population in China has a high level of neutralising antibodies,” the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement on Tuesday night. No longer afraid: people in Chinese city of Wuhan begin to leave Covid pandemic behind “There is a certain effect on cross protection [the degree of immunity conferred by previous infections], and it will not cause a large-scale domestic outbreak in the short term,” authorities said in the statement, adding that vulnerable groups including elderly and unvaccinated people should step up protection. Orthrus, named after a two-headed dog from Greek mythology that was killed by the hero Heracles, has raised global concern because of a particular mutation that it carries – known as L452R – which experts believe increases the variant’s immunity to current vaccines, similar to the mutation in the earlier Delta variant. However, the CDC said that the same mutation found in CH. 1.1 is also present in other subvariants like BA. 5.3 and BA. 5.1.3, and it is still unclear if the lineage could cause more severe symptoms of the disease. The first case of CH. 1.1 in China was detected in November in the city of Tianjin, near Beijing, and was imported from Thailand, according to authorities. The 23 other cases were imported from 15 other regions, and no local cases have been reported so far. The emerging variant was first identified in India last July and is now present in 67 countries, accounting for more than 6 per cent of genomic sequence data reported globally, authorities said, citing statistics from international genomic database GISAID. As of the first week of January, CH. 1.1 infections and its sub lineage accounted for about 25 per cent of the total infections in the UK, according to the latest infection survey released by the country’s Office for National Statistics. While XBB. 1.5 continues to dominate cases in the US, CH. 1.1 is now the fifth most prevalent lineage in the country, according to official data. According to a preprint paper published by researchers at the Ohio State University, CH. 1.1’s ability to evade neutralising antibodies is “extraordinary”. Their study of serums, the part of blood that contains antibodies, found that CH. 1.1 variants are “highly resistant” to both monovalent and bivalent mRNA vaccinations, as well as the antibodies produced by previous BA.4 and BA.5 infections. Chen Cao, a researcher at China’s CDC, reaffirmed on Monday that BA. 5.2 and BF. 7 remain the dominant variants in China, adding that no other “advantageous variants” have been found so far that could become dominant.