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<ul class="summary-list"><li>A coronavirus variant nicknamed "Eris" is now thought to be the dominant strain in the US.</li><li>The variant was discovered in February, and exploded during the summer months.</li></ul>A new coronavirus variant is rearing its head across the United States. Dubbed "Eris," it's descended from XBB — the same Omicron subvariant that spun off <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/xbb15-omicron-new-covid-variant-what-to-know-2023-1">the "kraken" variant</a> this past winter."It started off very slowly and then it seems to be picking up steam in terms of outcompeting its predecessors," John Swartzberg, an infectious-disease expert who's a professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Public Health, told Insider.Eris, formally known as EG.5, was named for the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Eris-Greek-and-Roman-mythology">Greek goddess of strife</a> in <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/TRyanGregory/status/1686433961856163840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1686433961856163840%7Ctwgr%5E59e90896c8c953b30c9cc2bd07d6143c0d3e2f38%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2023-08-10%2Fcovid-variant-eris-eg51-in-australia-symptoms-cases-vaccines%2F102707970">a tweet</a> by the evolutionary biologist T. Ryan Gregory. "Eris" (also the name of a <a target="_blank" href="https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/eris/in-depth/">dwarf planet</a> in our solar system) aligns with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.who.int/news/item/31-05-2021-who-announces-simple-easy-to-say-labels-for-sars-cov-2-variants-of-interest-and-concern">guidance from the World Health Organization</a> to use "simple, easy-to-say labels" for coronavirus variants using letters from the Greek alphabet.But though the CDC says Eris is spreading quickly, it doesn't appear to make people sicker than other variants, and symptoms of COVID-19 infection are similar to those caused by other strains.<h2>Eris is now considered the dominant coronavirus strain in the US</h2>Eris first emerged <a target="_blank" href="https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/09082023eg.5_ire_final.pdf?sfvrsn=2aa2daee_1">in February</a> and is an offshoot of the Omicron subvariant XBB. But it really began to take off in July, when its estimated share of total cases doubled.Eris <a target="_blank" href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions">accounted for</a> fewer than 1% of COVID-19 cases in the US at the end of April, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But it is now estimated to account for more than 20% of new US COVID-19 cases, <a target="_blank" href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions">the CDC says</a>.Scientists aren't yet sure why Eris is now so common, but its dramatic increase led the World Health Organization to upgrade Eris from a "variant under monitoring" to a "variant of interest" in early August. In other words, WHO believes Eris poses an increased risk to global public health."Based on its genetic features, immune escape characteristics, and growth rate estimates, EG.5 may spread globally and contribute to a surge in case incidence," an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/09082023eg.5_ire_final.pdf?sfvrsn=2aa2daee_3">August 9 WHO report</a> said."Everything we've seen to date with this variant suggests that it has properties that allow it to be a little more transmissible than its competitors," Swartzberg said. "We've not seen any evidence to date that it is more virulent. That is, it makes us sicker."Swartzberg added, however, that our understanding of Eris is "still very early in the game — we haven't adequately been able to study enough people with EG.5 to know with certainty that it doesn't make us sicker, or conversely that it makes us less sick."<h2>Symptoms of Eris seem similar to those of other coronavirus strains</h2>So far, symptoms of Eris seem virtually identical to those caused by other coronavirus strains, according to Swartzberg. Eris, like other strains that cause COVID-19, can lead to a loss of taste or smell, cough, fever, chills, shortness of breath, fatigue, body aches, and headaches. Those most at risk include older people, people with compromised immune systems, and those with chronic diseases, Swartzberg said.Eris may be more contagious than other strains, but it doesn't yet appear to be deadlier. Eris hasn't resulted in more deaths than the XBB strain of Omicron, for example.Still, the CDC reported a <a target="_blank" href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#maps_new-admissions-rate-county">19% rise in hospitalizations</a> from COVID-19 at the end of August compared to the previous week, and a 17.6% increase in deaths.<h2>A new coronavirus booster could soon protect against Eris</h2>A new <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/covid-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-and-novavax-gear-up-for-fall-rollout.html">coronavirus booster</a> designed specifically to protect against XBB subvariants, like Eris, is being developed by the pharmaceutical companies <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/covid-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-and-novavax-gear-up-for-fall-rollout.html">Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax</a>. The new vaccines are expected to become available in October, and Swartzberg said they "should be very effective."For now, experts urge people to make sure they are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html#:~:text=Everyone%206%20years%20and%20older,any%20original%20COVID%2D19%20vaccines.">up-to-date on their coronavirus boosters</a>. Only 43% of American adults over 65 are up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccines, according to Swartzberg, and older adults are especially vulnerable to severe infection.Additionally, people should wear N95 masks and socially distance when possible indoors.<h2>Scientists are also eyeing another variant called Pirola</h2>Eris isn't the only coronavirus variant that scientists are keeping an eye on. Another variant, called BA.2.86 and nicknamed "Pirola," has been recently identified by scientists.While BA.2.86 has only been detected in a handful people globally so far, including <a target="_blank" href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/fourth-new-covid-variant-case-found-in-houston-18340782.php">four people in the US</a>, the variant has a large number of mutations that could mean it is more resistant to current vaccines and natural immunity, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/whats-new/covid-19-variant.html">according to the CDC </a>in an August 23 Risk Assessment Summary.However, the CDC said, almost the entire US population will still have some immunity through natural infection or vaccination that will still provide some protection from severe disease.Correction: August 11, 2023 — An earlier version of the story misstated the increase in prevalence of the Eris coronavirus variant in July.

What we know about new coronavirus variant 'Eris,' from symptoms to how fast it's spreading

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nearly 590,089 people over 65 have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, CDC data shows. </li><li>The data shows that about 1 in every 100 Americans over 65 have died from COVID-19. </li></ul>One in every 100 Americans over the age of 65 has now died from <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword>, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge">data</a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#SexAndAge">The latest CDC data from last week</a> shows that nearly 590,089 people over 65 were have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, out of the 54.1 million individuals in that same <keyword id="11920876" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="population" source="Orion">population</keyword>, according to <a href="https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/senior-citizens-day.html">US Census Bureau</a> figures. For people younger than 65, about 1 in about 1,400 Americans have died from COVID-19, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/us/covid-deaths-elderly-americans.html">the New York Times reported</a>.According to the CDC data, 178,912 Americans between 65 and 74 have died. The 75-84 age bracket saw 203,422 <keyword id="6419711" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="deaths" source="Orion">deaths</keyword>, while the 85 years and older group saw 207,755 deaths. That same population is also the most-vaccinated of any age bracket, according to <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-tracker">the Mayo Clinic's vaccine tracker</a>. Over 89% of the 65-74 population and 84% of the 75 and older group is fully vaccinated, the data shows. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/aging/covid19/covid19-older-adults.html">The CDC has said that older people are more likely to get severely sick</a> from COVID-19, and has urged everyone to get vaccinated against the virus."People 65 and older who received both doses of either Pfizer or Moderna vaccines showed a 94% reduced risk of COVID-19 related hospitalization," the CDC said on its website.The grim fatality milestone for the 65 and older age group comes as the US faces its first batch of cases of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/omicron-variant-new-york-finds-5-cases-2021-12">the new omicron variant</a>.

1 of every 100 Americans over 65 has died from coronavirus, CDC data shows

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11917544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cdc" source="Orion">CDC</keyword> Director Rochelle Walensky said the US is considering lifting its indoor mask policy.</li><li>Hospitalizations, cases, and deaths have been declining across the country, she said.</li></ul>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering changes to its <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/about-face-coverings.html">mask policy</a> as the pandemic in the US improves, said Director Rochelle Walensky, who hinted at a possible lifting of its recommendation to mask up indoors.Walensky said in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f41s633Duk0&amp;t=12s">White House briefing on Wednesday</a> that the CDC is now considering hospital capacity as a critical benchmark for gauging the pandemic's severity and that this would be an essential factor in determining its guidance measures in the coming weeks."We want to give people a break from things like mask-wearing when these metrics are better, and then have the ability to reach for them again should things worsen," Walensky said.<keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> hospitalizations in the US this week fell 28% from the week before, while deaths related to the <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword> have decreased 9%, she said."If and when we update our guidance, we will communicate that clearly, and it will be based on the data and science," she added.The CDC currently recommends wearing face <keyword id="11917128" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="masks" source="Orion">masks</keyword> while indoors, regardless of vaccination status. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/face-masks-public-transportation.html">The US also requires people wear a mask</a> while taking public transport and flights.Walensky noted there are still times when it's essential to wear a mask, such as when someone shows COVID-19 symptoms or feels unwell, is within 10 days of testing positive for the coronavirus, or if they were exposed to someone in COVID-19 quarantine."We all share the same goal: To get to a point where COVID-19 is no longer disrupting our daily lives, a time when it won't be a constant crisis rather than something we can prevent, protect against, and treat," Walensky said.Community transmission remains <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_community">high</a> throughout the US, but organizations across the country have been lifting mask mandates as <keyword id="12616996" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="omicron" source="Orion">Omicron</keyword> cases continue to fall and hospitalization rates stabilize.<a href="https://abc7.com/california-mask-mandate-ending-covid-19-ca-los-angeles-county-la/11570489/">California</a> on Wednesday removed its indoor mask requirement for vaccinated persons, though children have to remain masked in school for at least another two weeks. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/politics/new-york-mask-mandate.html">New York</a> also announced that it was dropping its indoor mask-or-vaccine mandates earlier this month.And starting Thursday, vaccinated people visiting the <a href="https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/experience-updates/#drawer-card-faceCoverings">Disney World</a> theme park in Florida will no longer be required to wear masks indoors or outdoors. Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is President Biden's chief medical adviser, said at Wednesday's briefing that the country's health officials are "very carefully" monitoring if they will update policies to require a fourth shot for mRNA vaccines.He presented data showing that the protection against severe disease from the Moderna and Pfizer booster shots wanes from around 90% to 78% within four months, which he noted is still a "good" level of protection.With cases and hospitalizations on a sharp decline, "vaccination and boosting will be critical in maintaining that downward trajectory," Fauci said.

The CDC wants to 'give people a break' from masking up indoors as hospitalizations, cases, and deaths drop

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Charletta and Troy Green, who were unvaccinated, both contracted <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword> in August.</li><li>The couple died within eight hours of each other as a result of the virus.</li><li>The Greens left behind seven children, ranging in age from 10 to 23-years-old.</li></ul>A Detroit couple died within eight hours of each other from complications from coronavirus, leaving seven children behind, as reported by <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/unvaccinated-couple-dies-hours-apart-leaving-7-kids-behind/">People</a>. Neither of them was vaccinated.Troy and Charletta Green, both 44, were high school sweethearts, as Troy's sister, Tiki Green, told <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/married-couple-leave-behind-7-children-after-dying-from-covid-19-within-hours-of-each-other">Fox 2 Detroit</a>."They met when they were 14 years old, got married, been married 22 years, and had seven beautiful children," Green said to the outlet.According to People, Troy began displaying coronavirus symptoms in mid-August, and he felt too sick to go on a trip to Florida. Charletta got sick and was hospitalized two days after she arrived in Florida, and Troy was hospitalized just one day later in Detroit, per People.The Greens spent their anniversary in separate hospitals, and they both had to be put on ventilators, according to Fox 2 Detroit. Tiki told Fox 2 that Troy and Charletta had been thinking about getting vaccinated, but they got sick before they could actually get a shot. The rest of the Green family got vaccinated after the couple contracted the virus.<div type="image" title="covid vaccine" height="1356" width="1807" msid="86119533" hostid="261"></div>Charletta died on Monday in Florida."Her lungs were severely damaged," Tiki said to Fox 2 of Charletta."They just couldn't do any more for her."Troy's condition improved during his hospital stay, as Tiki told Fox 2, but after he learned Charletta was not getting better, he deteriorated. Troy ultimately died of a heart attack in a Detroit hospital on Tuesday, as Fox 2 reported. "When he realized that his wife, you know, maybe not getting better, after he hears she's on a ventilator and she's on it 100 percent constantly, he just basically couldn't take that," Tiki told Fox 2. "He just started having chest pains and eventually a couple of hours later he passed."The couple died just hours apart.The Green children range in age from 10 to 23-years-old. They are planning a double funeral for their parents, according to Fox 2.Asha Dumas, the couple's niece, started a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/tqfvh-funeral-expenses?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet+spider1c&amp;utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customercustomer">GoFundMe</a> to help cover the funeral costs and support the Green children. It has raised over $26,000 at the time of writing. Tiki is now encouraging people to get vaccinated."I know it doesn't prevent you from contracting it in general, but I feel like you'll have a fighting chance at least," she told Fox 2.

2 unvaccinated parents left 7 children behind after dying within hours of each other from COVID-19

<ul class="summary-list"><li>COVID-19 accounted for 0.8% of deaths among fully vaccinated people in England, data shows.</li><li>In unvaccinated people, COVID-19 accounted for 37% of deaths in the same period.</li><li>The data is more evidence that vaccines significantly reduce the chance of dying from COVID-19.</li></ul>Getting a COVID-19 <keyword id="11894310" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vaccine" source="Orion">vaccine</keyword> significantly reduces the chance of dying from the <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword>, <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/deathsinvolvingcovid19byvaccinationstatusengland/deathsoccurringbetween2januaryand2july2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">real-world data from England suggests.</a>Figures from the UK's Office of National Statistics (<keyword id="12093861" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ons" source="Orion">ONS</keyword>) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/deathsinvolvingcovid19byvaccinationstatusengland/deathsoccurringbetween2januaryand2july2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released Monday</a> found that 0.8% of deaths in fully-vaccinated people were linked to COVID-19 between January and July. These figures covered people who died 21 or more days after the second dose.For comparison, roughly 37% of deaths in unvaccinated people "involved COVID-19" during the same time period, the data showed.In total, 57,263 fully vaccinated people in England died at least 21 days after their second vaccine dose, and just 458 deaths "involved" COVID-19. Over the same period, there were 38,964 COVID-19-related deaths in unvaccinated people.Professor Kevin McConway, professor of applied statistics at the Open University, <a href="https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-new-stats-from-the-ons-on-deaths-involving-covid-19-by-vaccination-status-england-deaths-occurring-between-2-january-and-2-july-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement to the Science Media Center</a> on Monday that the data showed vaccines were effective at preventing <keyword id="6355784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="death" source="Orion">death</keyword> from COVID-19, but that they weren't "perfect." "Some people do still die of COVID-19 even though they are fully vaccinated," he said. "No vaccine is 100% effective," he said, adding that it was important to get both doses.The ONS data came from census and family doctor <keyword id="11894571" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health" source="Orion">health</keyword> records, considered to be representative of 79% of people aged 10 or older living in England. It didn't specifically look at variants.The highly infectious Delta, which can partially avoid the immune response, became <a href="https://twitter.com/ashishkjha/status/1408271084068147207" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dominant in the UK in June.</a>McConway said the data was evidence that vaccinated people had less chance of dying from COVID-19 than unvaccinated people, but that it couldn't be used to determine vaccine effectiveness. The population in the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups could differ in important ways - high-risk groups were prioritized for vaccines, for example, he said.US data <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-booster-shots-for-people-over-65-are-needed-now-2021-9?r=US&amp;IR=TDC=TDC" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released on Friday</a> showed vaccinated Americans <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/unvaccinated-people-much-more-likely-to-die-cdc-data-2021-9?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">were 11 times less likely than unvaccinated Americans to die from COVID-19</a>.

Getting fully vaccinated massively reduces your chance of dying from COVID-19, a new real-world study suggests

<ul class="summary-list"><li>At least seven radio hosts and high-profile anti-mask and anti-vaccine advocates have died from <keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> in recent weeks. </li><li>The men are radio hosts Dick Farrel, Phil Valentine, Bob Enyart, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, and conservative leader Pressley Stutts. </li><li>Misinformation around the virus and <keyword id="11907020" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="vaccines" source="Orion">vaccines</keyword> remains widespread as cases continue to rise. </li></ul>At least seven conservative radio hosts and high-profile anti-mask and anti-vaccine advocates have died from COVID-19 in recent weeks.Before catching COVID-19, the men - radio hosts Bob Enyart, Dick Farrel, Phil Valentine, and Marc Bernier, as well as former CIA officer and conspiracy theorist Robert David Steele, anti-masker Caleb Wallace, and South Carolina GOP conservative leader Pressley Stutts - had shared conspiracy theories about vaccines, told supporters misinformation about the virus, and even held rallies in opposition to mask mandates.As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, nearly all of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/almost-all-current-covid-19-deaths-are-among-those-unvaccinated-2021-6">are among unvaccinated people</a>, and <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/addressing-vaccine-misinformation.html">misinformation around the virus and vaccines remains widespread.</a><h2>Bob Enyart had refused to get vaccinated before dying of COVID-19.</h2>Enyart, a conservative pastor who hosted a show called "Real <keyword id="11896083" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="science" source="Orion">Science</keyword> Radio," died on Monday, his cohost, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fred.williams.96387/posts/10225734303248942">Fred Williams, said in a Facebook post.</a>It's unclear exactly when Enyart tested positive for COVID-19, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BobEnyart/posts/10159322038798632">but his Facebook page</a> said he was hospitalized with the virus on September 10.The radio host from Colorado had vocally refused to get vaccinated and actively spread false claims about the COVID-19 virus, saying overcrowding in hospital ICUs was "imagined" and that the severity of the pandemic was "fake <keyword id="11893589" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news" source="Orion">news</keyword>," <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bob-enyart-is-latest-anti-mask-anti-vax-conservative-radio-host-to-die-of-covid">according to The Daily Beast.</a>Amid COVID-19 shutdowns last year, he successfully sued the state of Colorado over its capacity limits and mask mandates in churches.Prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Enyart mocked AIDS victims and called for women who have had abortions to face the <keyword id="6355784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="death" source="Orion">death</keyword> penalty, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/14/bob-enyart-radio-host-dies-covid-19-boycott-vaccine-colorado">according to The Guardian.</a><h2>Florida radio host Dick Farrel had advocated against the COVID-19 vaccine on Facebook before his death.</h2>Farrel Austin Levitt, known publicly as conservative talk show host Dick Farrel, died of "severe damage" caused by COVID-19 in early August, his fiancee and life partner Kittie Farley <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/09/dick-farrel-dies-covid19/">told the Washington Post</a>. He was 65.Before getting sick, he had called COVID-19 vaccines "bogus" and called Dr. Anthony Fauci a "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dfarrel1/posts/6384336758258512">power-tripping lying freak</a>" <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-vaccine-radio-host-dead-from-covid-2021-8">before his death.</a>"Why take a vax promoted by people who lied 2u all along about masks, where the virus came from and the death toll?" he <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dfarrel1/posts/6362628570429331">wrote in a Facebook post in July.</a>But his friends said he actually encouraged them to get vaccinated after he got sick."He is the reason I took the shot," Amy Leigh Hair, Farrel's close friend, told <a href="https://www.wptv.com/lifestyle/taste-and-see/vocal-anti-vaccine-broadcaster-dies-from-covid-19-complications">WPTV</a>, an NBC News affiliate. "He texted me and told me to 'Get it!' He told me this virus is no joke and he said, 'I wish I had gotten it!' "<h2>Radio host Phil Valentine changed his views on the COVID-19 vaccine before his death.</h2>Valentine, a 61-year-old conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic in Tennessee, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-radio-host-and-vaccine-skeptic-dies-of-covid-19-af-2021-8">died of COVID-19 in mid-August</a>.Valentine, who said his chances of dying from the virus were <a href="http://philvalentineblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-vax-facts.html">"way less than one percent" in December 2020</a>, announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on July 11, and less than two weeks later, he became hospitalized with the virus.His radio station, 99.7 WTN, <a href="https://twitter.com/997wtn/status/1418543604159684614">announced</a> his hospitalization."Phil would like for his listeners to know that while he has never been an 'anti-vaxxer' he regrets not being more vehemently 'pro-vaccine,' and looks forward to being able to more vigorously advocate that position as soon as he is back on the air, which we all hope will be soon," the station said.And after Valentine got sick, he changed his view on vaccines, his brother, Mark Valentine, <a href="https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/07/28/phil-valentine-coronavirus-vaccine">told WBUR.</a>"Take <keyword id="11893346" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="politics" source="Orion">politics</keyword> out of it. It's time for us to get together and fight this thing collectively," he said. "Just put all the conspiracies and microchips and all that business aside and go get vaccinated and don't put your family through what his wife and the rest of us are going through."Valentine, who was hospitalized with pneumonia caused by COVID-19, died a month after falling ill.<h2>Marc Bernier, a radio host in Florida, said on air that he opposed vaccines before dying of COVID-19.</h2>WNDB radio host Bernier had voiced anti-vaccine opinions on air before his death in late August."I'm not taking it," he said when asked about the COVID-19 during a segment of his show in December 2020, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/30/covid-19-host-who-opposed-vaccinations-dies/5658639001/">according to USA Today</a>. "Are you kidding me? Mr. Anti-Vax? Jeepers."Mel Stack, an attorney and friend of Bernier, told USA Today that Bernier's anti-vaccine opinions weren't politically based but instead based on how he believed other vaccines had impacted people close to him.<h2>Former CIA officer Robert David Steele died from COVID-19 after spreading COVID-denial conspiracy theories.</h2>Steele, a former CIA officer who pushed baseless QAnon theories and spread COVID-19 misinformation online, also died from COVID-19, <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1432114938596798465">his friend Mark Tassi announced on August 29 on Instagram.</a>But he had spread anti-vaccine and COVID-19-denial conspiracy theories on his blog throughout the pandemic, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/93yjzp/qanon-anti-vaxxer-called-covid-a-hoax-even-as-his-lungs-stopped-functioning">Vice reported.</a>"I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they're calling 'COVID' today, but the bottom line is that my lungs are not functioning," he wrote in a <a href="https://phibetaiota.net/2021/08/roberts-condition-08-17-2021/">blog post</a> on August 17.Accompanying the blog post was a photo of Steele apparently hooked up to a ventilator."The good news is that I will survive with a few days off. I should be back up and at least functional soon," he wrote.Days later, he died from the virus.<h2>Caleb Wallace, an anti-masker who previously protested against COVID-19 safety measures, died after spending a month in the hospital.</h2>Wallace, a 30-year-old father of three, <a href="https://www.insider.com/texas-leading-anti-mask-protester-caleb-wallace-dies-of-covid-19-2021-8">died of COVID-19 in late August.</a>In 2020, Wallace helped organize rallies to protest against COVID-19 safety measures, including lockdowns and masks, which he called "COVID tyranny."His wife, Jessica Wallace, told <a href="https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2021/08/22/texas-covid-delta-variant-hospitalizations-high-mom-fights-save-husband/8196516002/">the San Angelo Standard-Times</a> that Wallace started showing symptoms in July and opted to treat himself with ivermectin - a horse de-wormer that CDC has warned should not be used to treat COVID-19 - as well as high doses of vitamin C, zinc, aspirin, and an inhaler before seeking professional medical care when his condition deteriorated.He was taken to an intensive care unit at Shannon Medical Centre, where he spent weeks on a ventilator.His wife said on a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/wallace-household-bills">GoFundMe</a> page that he died on August 28."He was an imperfect man but he loved his family and his little girls more than anything," his wife wrote on the GoFundMe page.<h2>Pressley Stutts, a South Carolina conservative group leader, died after making fun of masks.</h2>Stutts, chair of the Greenville Tea Party, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/south-carolina-gop-leader-died-from-covid-19-2021-8">died from COVID-19 in August</a> after making false statements about the virus and downplaying the importance of mask-wearing.Among other comments, Stutts called face masks an "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pressley.stutts/posts/3027998153910211">illusion</a>" in a Facebook post, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pressley.stutts/posts/4349599591750054">cheered on</a> unvaccinated doctors and nurses, and even downplayed the virus while hospitalized with COVID in early August."COVID is nothing to fool with and in as much as possible, it is up to you to take the best precautions for you and your family to avoid getting it," he said from an ICU bed.Two weeks later, he changed his views and called the virus "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pressley.stutts/posts/4361733773869969">hell on earth</a>.""When you have to take every single ounce just to get your next breath, you know you are in the battle for your life!" he wrote in that Facebook post. "I IMPLORE YOU....PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD MOVES MIGHTILY IN MY BODY. ISOLATED. DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN ENDURE WITHOUT YOUR PRAYERS. SERIOUSLY!"

At least 7 conservative radio hosts and anti-mask advocates have died from COVID-19 after bashing the vaccines

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6366244" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="who">WHO</keyword> Regional Director for <keyword id="28249" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="europe">Europe</keyword> Hans Kluge said 1 million people in the region have died from <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>. </li><li>Kluge said COVID-19 remains a "serious" issue even as more people get vaccinated.</li><li>Nearly 3 million have died from COVID-19 worldwide, <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">according to Johns Hopkins University</a>.</li></ul>At least 1 million people have died from COVID-19 in <a href="https://www.euro.who.int/en/countries">Europe,</a> a top official from the World <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">Health</keyword> Organization said.While speaking about the deaths in Europe, WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge told reporters in Greece that the COVID-19 remains a "serious" issue even as more people get vaccinated against the virus, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-coronavirus-pandemic-united-nations-geneva-445a05dc12e3bd86001b5e82172d966e">according to the Associated Press.</a><a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">Data from Johns Hopkins University</a> shows that more than 2.9 million people have died from COVID-19 worldwide since the virus first started to spread.The Americas have been hardest hit by the virus - with Brazil, Mexico, and the United States collectively recording more than 1.1 million deaths - but the 53-country European region that stretches into parts of Asia, is close behind.

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