Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Midway through 2020, the numbers clearly show a simple truth: COVID-19 is not the flu.In just four months, the novel coronavirus has produced 2,362 more confirmed cases and 373 more deaths across San Diego County than influenza did during the entire 2019-20 season. And the COVID-19 curve, it is clear to see, is not a seasonal disease. Numbers are still increasing daily as the flu largely slumbers. There have been more than 7,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases so far in July, but only one flu case, according to county...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement Midway through 2020, the numbers clearly show a simple truth: COVID-19 is not the flu.In just four months, the novel coronavirus has produced 2,362 more confirmed cases and 373 more deaths across San Diego County than influenza did during the entire 2019-20 season. And the COVID-19 curve, it is clear to see, is not a seasonal disease. Numbers are still increasing daily as the flu largely slumbers. There have been more than 7,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases so far in July, but only one flu case, according to county...WW…

Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement As local leaders announced seven additional COVID-19 related deaths and 110 new cases Thursday, it was clear the region will not be able to enter a new business reopening fast lane now available to communities with low levels of novel coronavirus activity.Gov. Gavin Newsom said during his daily briefing Thursday that an initial swath of designated retail establishments — those selling everything from books to sporting goods — will be able to begin making curbside sales and deliveries directly to their customers...…Copyright © 2022, The San Diego Union-Tribune | | AdvertisementAdvertisement As local leaders announced seven additional COVID-19 related deaths and 110 new cases Thursday, it was clear the region will not be able to enter a new business reopening fast lane now available to communities with low levels of novel coronavirus activity.Gov. Gavin Newsom said during his daily briefing Thursday that an initial swath of designated retail establishments — those selling everything from books to sporting goods — will be able to begin making curbside sales and deliveries directly to their customers...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Keira McGee carefully drew a small square of cloth across the handle of the city trash can outside her home near San Diego State. She then dunked it quickly in a cleaning solution before tucking it away inside a small test tube filled with a pink liquid. Snapping the lid closed, she slipped the vessel inside a red-and-white cooler alongside 15 other identical specimen tubes.McGee is one of the first to sign up for a new research effort that seeks to learn more about how the spreads and mutates on common surfaces by enlisting an army...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Keira McGee carefully drew a small square of cloth across the handle of the city trash can outside her home near San Diego State. She then dunked it quickly in a cleaning solution before tucking it away inside a small test tube filled with a pink liquid. Snapping the lid closed, she slipped the vessel inside a red-and-white cooler alongside 15 other identical specimen tubes.McGee is one of the first to sign up for a new research effort that seeks to learn more about how the spreads and mutates on common surfaces by enlisting an army...WW…