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  2. Chinese drywall - Wikipedia

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    Drywall, also known as plasterboard, is a building material typically consisting of gypsum-based plaster extruded between two thick sheets of paper and kiln-dried.. Drywall was imported by the United States during the construction boom between 2004 and 2007, spurred by a shortage of American-made drywall due to the rebuilding demand of nine hurricanes that hit Florida from 2004 to 2005, and ...

  3. COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    Following the rapid scaling down of stringent zero-COVID restrictions, Beijing reported a surge in COVID-19 infections. [224] [225] The Chinese central government's reported death statistics only include cases in which COVID-19 directly caused respiratory failure, which led to skepticism by health experts of the government's total death count.

  4. Chinese government response to COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    On 3 April, the Chinese government declared 4 April, the Qingming Festival of 2020, a national day of mourning for those who died in the COVID-19 pandemic. At 10 a.m., people were asked to observe three minutes of silence while sirens and vehicle horns blasted out. Chinese flags were flown at half-mast across the country and at embassies ...

  5. Toxic Chinese drywall turns U.S. homes into smelly ... - AOL

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    The drywall may be in tens of thousands of U.S. dwellings; no one knows the extent of the problem, but more than 1,200 homeowners have complained of noxious odors seeping from walls, and corrosion ...

  6. Zero-COVID - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, China faced unprecedented waves of infections caused by the Omicron variant and subvariants, with daily cases reaching record highs in the thousands—levels not seen at any prior point in the pandemic. [73] Similar zero-COVID measures were deployed in some areas with lockdowns in Shenzhen, [74] Shenyang [75] and Jilin. [75]

  7. After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worries

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    A year after omicron began its assault on humanity, the ever-morphing coronavirus mutant drove COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just as Americans gathered for Thanksgiving. Phoenix-area ...

  8. The Covid summer wave is here - AOL

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    LB.1 accounts for another 17.5% of Covid infections. Experts said its rapid growth indicates that it’s likely to become dominant soon, though scientists still want to study it more closely.

  9. 2019–2020 COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    Beyond only Chinese, Asians in general are affected by anti-Chinese sentiment. Disinformation about Asian food and Asian communities have circulated, and videos showing Asian people eating bats have gone viral along with dehumanizing comments and implications of the cause of the virus outbreak.