Month: February 2006

Swiftly Defending DeLay

February 20, 2006

A somewhat misleading pro-DeLay ad is funded by $200,000 from a donor who also bankrolled the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Misstatement of the Union

February 1, 2006

The President burnishes the State of the Union through selective facts and strategic omissions.

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Q: Is one day isolation sufficient to stop forward transmission of COVID-19?

A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing positive. New guidance from the CDC advises people to isolate until they have been fever-free and with symptoms improving for at least 24 hours, and then take precautions for five days, which covers the period when “most people are still infectious.”

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