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70% of people infected with the coronavirus did not pass it to anyone, preliminary research shows. Superspreading events account for most transmission.
A new study showed that just 20% of coronavirus cases accounted for 80% of transmission. Supersprea…
Aylin Woodward
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Coronavirus super-spreader events all have notable similarities — and they reveal the types of gatherings we should avoid for years
Super-spreader events involve high numbers of people getting infected by one individual with the co…
Aylin Woodward
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After a Tennessee church became a superspreading hotspot, its pastor says he should have made everyone wear masks
At least 12 Tennessee churchgoers tested positive for the coronavirus after attending socially dist…
Aylin Woodward
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South Korea is bracing for a spike in coronavirus cases after a 'super-spreader' event occurred at a church 'cult'
"Their so-called 'harvesters' go to other Christian churches, take part in prayer sessions there an…
Rhea Mahbubani,Rhea Mahbubani
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An indoor conference hosted by a coronavirus vaccine entrepreneur resulted in at least 2 dozen infections
"As a result, we felt awesome, we felt safe," tech executive Peter Diamandis wrote about the prepar…
Lauren Frias
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A coronavirus 'super-spreader' in India who refused to self-isolate sparked an outbreak that left 40,000 people in quarantine, officials say
The coronavirus has infected more than half a million people worldwide, and the global death toll h…
Lauren Frias
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The CDC director said the storming of the Capitol is likely a COVID-19 'surge event' that will 'have public health consequences'
CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield noted that many who attacked the Capitol traveled from around the …
John L. Dorman
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A Taylor Swift album listening party in Australia apparently turned into a superspreader event
Nearly 100 people from the event have tested positive for COVID-19, Australian public health offici…
DeArbea Walker
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Sorry, a COVID-19 vaccine doesn't mean you can have a big summer wedding in 2021
Engaged couples are banking on the COVID-19 vaccine for their 2021 nuptials, but experts say it's b…
Samantha Grindell,Julia Naftu…
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A person who knowingly went to work while sick likely led to the COVID-19 deaths of 7 people and forced more than 300 people into quarantine, health officials say
Health officials in Douglas County, Oregon, said last week that one person who went to work sick wi…
Kelly McLaughlin
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'80s TV star Kirk Cameron led an army of mask-less singers in Christmas carols to protest California's stay-at-home orders
Attendees at the "Growing Pains" star's caroling events were largely mask-less and appeared to disr…
Julie Gerstein
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Mexico's version of Burning Man became a COVID-19 super-spreader event after at least 17 US attendees returned home and tested positive
Doctors in New York City say they have seen a spate of cases tied to Art With Me, an arts and welln…
Canela López
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A New Orleans swingers convention was dubbed a 'superspreader' event after 41 attendees got COVID-19
Naughty in N'awlins was held November 11 through November 14, with safety measures in place requiri…
Canela López
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A 300-person Washington wedding caused 2 outbreaks of the coronavirus, becoming yet another 'super-spreader' event
Health officials already pinpointed 17 infected wedding attendees, but expect to find more in the c…
Julia Naftulin
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CDC: One wedding led to 177 cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths because attendees refused to wear masks and physically distance
A new CDC report said guests at the August wedding in Maine, which became a public health nightmare…
Julia Naftulin
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a recent indoor wedding 'obnoxious' after a third of guests contracted COVID-19
113 people attended the event at North Fork Country Club in Long Island on October 17. Since, 30 gu…
Canela López
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Fauci calls into meetings virtually and avoids going in person to the White House because 'of all the infections there'
By early October, more than 30 aides, officials, and various other staff members in the White House…
Yelena Dzhanova
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An official leading South Korea's battle against COVID-19 says he's a member of a doomsday cult where a virus 'super-spreader' event occurred
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes a 61-year-old woman, who tested posit…
Rhea Mahbubani,Rhea Mahbubani
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A Maine wedding is linked to 147 coronavirus cases and 3 deaths. Infections spilled over into a jail and 2 nursing homes.
The pastor who officiated the wedding said during an August 30 sermon that people should have the f…
Aria Bendix
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Rep. Stephen Lynch defeats primary challenger Robbie Goldstein in Massachusetts' 8th District
Goldstein, a doctor and infectious disease specialist, took on the ten-term incumbent Lynch from th…