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Plus, Israel is recommending third vaccine shots. Alarming new information about the delta variant; Israel is recommending third Covid-19 vaccine shots for people over 60.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS Delta as contagious as chickenpox     Amanda Northrop/Vox A new internal document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows research that the delta variant is more severe than prior variants of the coronavirus and is as contagious as chickenpox. [ Washington Post / Yasmeen Abutaleb, Carolyn Y. Johnson, and Joel Achenbach ] The delta variant spreads from person to person more easily than Ebola, SARS, the seasonal flu, and even the common cold. [ NYT / Apoorva Mandavilli ] To put that into perspective, a person with the delta

The Senate finally has an infrastructure deal; Cuba is cracking down on protesters. The Senate finally has an infrastructure deal; Cuba is cracking down on protesters.   Tonight's Sentences was written by Gabby Birenbaum. TOP NEWS It's (actually!) Infrastructure Week     Win McNamee/Getty Images After months of negotiation, the bipartisan group of senators working out an infrastructure deal announced that they've agreed on a bill, which easily cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate and is now being debated. [ The Washington Post / Tony Romm ] Sixty-seven senators — all 50 Democrats and 17 Republicans — voted to advance debate on the bill, which authorizes $550 billion in new spending. [ The New York Times / Emily Cochrane and Jim Tankersley ] The bill is sign