Highlighting this post. Understanding some want to turn off attention to this and carry on, you can Mute by using thread tags.
- Below title, click the tag (e.g., ‘coronavirus’)
- Upper right, tap the bell icon
- Select Muted from the popup list
Example screen shots of this are shown in this link, also with more general info about tags in that thread.
This will hide tagged threads from your feed.
(Sober on, champions! 
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