{"id":50654,"date":"2022-07-21T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50654"},"modified":"2022-07-21T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T21:49:22","slug":"nurses-union-to-biden-officials-tighten-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=50654","title":{"rendered":"NURSES UNION TO BIDEN OFFICIALS: TIGHTEN COVID RESTRICTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The country\u2019s largest union of registered nurses called on the\u00a0Biden\u00a0administration to take action against rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid the surge of immune-evasive Omicron subvariant BA.5 in a letter on Wednesday, the day before President Biden tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In\u00a0<a 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quarantine too early \u2014 missteps they say \u201cwill prolong the pandemic.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/28460756.10112\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2RjLmdvdi9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy8yMDE5LW5jb3Yvc2NpZW5jZS9jb21tdW5pdHktbGV2ZWxzLmh0bWw_ZW1haWw9YjBiZWZiMmRhZmNlM2E4N2U3ZjEzNmJiMDY1NGRmMDUzZjg0NTNhYyZlbWFpbGE9MWEyNzU3ZTM1ODAwMWJhMjYzMThiMDJiODZmNDEzMTEmZW1haWxiPWMxYjU4OTFlYzgyZGUwOWRiY2Y5NzNhZDQ5NTQ2MDMyZWNlNzk1MGZiM2E3ZTdjYTg2ZGQ5Y2ZjY2FiZTY5Yjg\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aB494e7f6a\/email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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