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MORE THAN TEN-THOUSAND PEOPLE MARCHED DOWN THE STREETS OF BUDAPEST, HUNGARY IN A SHOW OF SUPPORT AGAINST THE COUNTRY'S ANTI-LGBTQ LAWS. THIS YEAR THE MARCH HOLDS A PARTICULAR SIGNIFICANCE IN LIGHT OF THE NEW LAW PASSED BY HUNGARY'S HARDLINE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT. THE LAW BANS CONTENT WHICH "PROMOTES" HOMOSEXUALITY AND GENDER CHANGE FROM BEING SHARED WITH CHILDREN --- EFFECTIVELY PROHIBITING THE DISCUSSION OF LGBTQ SUBJECTS IN SCHOOLS. STORY 2: COULD MASK MANDATE COME BACK? TITLE SUPER: MASK MANDATES ***¤W1 58 ]] C2.5 G 0 [[ EDIT NOTES: Story #2 - VO & SOT: HE-11SA VO: MONTHS AFTER THE C-D-C SAID VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T NEED TO WEAR MASKS IN MOST PLACES, A GROWING NUMBER OF EXPERTS ARE WARNING IT MIGHT BE TIME TO PUT THEM BACK ON. THE DELTA VARIANT ACCOUNTED FOR AN ESTIMATED 83-PERCENT OF COVID CASES IN THE U-S FOR TWO WEEKS. HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THE VARIANT IS DANGEROUS AND SPREADING, BUT VACCINATIONS CAN STOP IT. SOT "There's spill over into vaccinated people. We could bring this all to a close if everyone who were unvaccinated would just come in get vaccinated tomorrow. Within two weeks to a month Covid would go way way down." CONTVO RIGHT NOW, ONLY SEVENTEEN U-S STATES AND TERRITORIES HAVE MASK MANDATES. STORY 3: SUPERBUG FUNGUS SPREADING IN TX, DC TITLE SUPER: SUPERBUG FUNGUS OUTBREAK ***¤W2 50 ]] C2.5 G 0 [[ EDIT NOTES: Story #3 VO: HE-68FR TVO: THE C-D-C IS REPORTING MORE THAN 120 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SUPER FUNGUS IN TEXAS AND WASHINGTON, D-C. THE FUNGUS WAS FOUND IN 101 PEOPLE IN THE D-C AREA BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL. DURING THE SAME TIME, 22 CASES OF THE SUPER FUNGUS WERE DETECTED IN TEXAS. WHAT CONCERNS THE C-D-C IS THE FACT THAT A HANDFUL OF CASES WERE RESISTANT TO ALL KNOWN TREATMENTS. MOST OF THE CASES WERE DETECTED IN PATIENTS WHO WERE ALREADY SEVERELY ILL AND ABOUT 30-PERCENT OF THOSE PATIENTS DIED