Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Mix and match Students share their favorite Sonic drink customizations Addison Duling Staff Reporter
The sign outside of the Sonic Drive-in on Main Street claims it to be the first of the chain, but this claim may be disputed.
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Several students shared their favorite custom drinks from Sonic Drive-In. Sonic is a Stillwater hotspot. There are three different locations in Stillwater, and they always seem to be busy taking orders and delivering unique combinations of beverages. Their drink menu offers a selection of slushes, lemon and limeades, soft drinks, teas, coffee, and limitless flavor add-ins. Madie Petree is a senior majoring in animal science, preveterinary. Her go-to drink from Sonic is a chocolate Coke. “I love chocolate and I love Coke! One of my friends said she had tried it before, and it was pretty good so I thought I’d give it a go,” Petree said. This is just one of hundreds of the many soda pop combinations created by Sonic visitors. See Mix on pg.3
Delta’s Rapid Spread Clouds Summer With Fear of Covid Revival Tribune News Service The fast-spreading delta variant is clouding Americans’ hopes for a carefree summer -and casting a shadow of doubt over plans to get back to business as usual in the fall. The shift in sentiment marks a reversal from the spring, when it looked like the U.S. immunization campaign would turn the tide definitively against the coronavirus. But lingering vaccine hesitancy in some areas has converged with the arrival of the more contagious delta strain and darkened the mood across much of the country. “The delta variant recreates this anxiety that many of us had prior to being vaccinated,” said Megan Ranney, an associate professor of health services, policy and practice at Brown University. “’Are we safe? Are our kids safe? Is it OK for me to go to a restaurant?’ The things that we had started to accept were normal again.” While U.S. health officials say delta is on its way
to becoming the country’s dominant strain, an analysis by genomic testing firm Helix suggests it’s already there, accounting for about 40% of new infections. As hospitalizations rise in some states, the Biden administration is sending response teams to less-vaccinated areas to try to combat its spread. First seen in India, the mutant is estimated to be 55% more transmissible than the alpha variant that surfaced in the U.K. While the severity of disease the newer strain causes isn’t fully clear, some data suggests it leads to a higher risk of hospitalization than alpha. Weapons That Work Vaccines from Moderna Inc., Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca Plc give protection against delta, research shows. Yet for millions of unvaccinated Americans, largely concentrated in the south and central regions of the country, the variant presents a serious threat, Ranney said. Many unvaccinated See Delta’s on pg.2
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