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I’m here to look into and fully explain some common phrases and concepts we now use in everyday speech that were so infrequently used before 2020.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday a long-term strategy for COVID-19 centered around monitoring new variants and stockpiling resources while expecting disease transmission to continue.
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Following UC Berkeley’s decision to extend its mask mandate by a week, some think it goes too far, while others think it doesn’t go far enough.
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The mandate went into effect Tuesday and will apply to patrons of restaurants, gyms and any business holding indoor events of more than 500 people.
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Members of the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education discussed the potential alleviation of health measures and a proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate for staff at their regular meeting Wednesday.
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The California Department of Public Health announced Monday a statewide mask mandate effective Dec. 15 through Jan. 15.
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The first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant in the United States was recorded in California on Wednesday.
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Since the start of the fall semester, testing across campus has nearly halved, according to the campus Coronavirus Dashboard. For undergraduates, testing is less than half of what it was in August.
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A lot has changed in Berkeley’s housing landscape since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Housing prices have increased, while residents have had to adapt to ongoing policy changes.
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An elementary school in Marin County experienced an outbreak of the COVID-19 delta variant, associated with a teacher who was unvaccinated and unmasked at times.
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