Previous Post Here Guess what? Not everyone agrees with the lockdown. But, you know, it saves lives, DO YOU WANT TO KILL EVERYONE!
COVID Lockdowns May Have No Clear Benefit vs Other Voluntary Measures, International Study Shows
Source Here No. No. No. We have to lockdown! **WE HAVE TO! Why? Because only one in ten people in the UK have Antibodies! THAT'S WHY!
Source Here So if you don't agree with lockdowns, you're willing to sacrifice anyone who might get infected. And you just can't be that evil, can you? So just avoid contact and download your tracing apps like good citizens. Ok. Because we all know how Covid-19 is spread. Trust the science, ok?
In late May, long before the vessel set sail, the Echizen Maru's 61 crewmembers took a COVID-19 test in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires and tested negative. They boarded a plane and flew to Ushuaia, where they entered a 14-day quarantine period at a hotel. Weeks after they put out to sea, some individuals began to show COVID-like symptoms, and the Echizen Maru returned to port. Fully 57 out of 61 crewmembers tested positive; of the remaining four, two individuals are awaiting test results. Two individuals were hospitalized with COVID-related illness after an onboard medical exam by local public health officials. As the maximum incubation period for COVID-19 is widely believed to be about 14 days, the case raises interesting questions for epidemiologists. "It is difficult to establish how the contagion [came on board], since in these 35 days they have not had contact with land and the supply [of food and fuel] it is only done when leaving the port," said Alejandra Alfaro, director of primary health care at Tierra del Fuego's health ministry. Source Here
But. But. I thought Covid-19 was caused by contact. That's strange, isn't it. And it's definitely not good, because as I mentioned above in the UK, it seems those in the USA can't get antibodies either.
Using data from dialysis centers in the United States, the study, published in The Lancet, estimates that less than 10% of U.S. adults have virus antibodies, meaning everyone else is potentially vulnerable to infection. Source Here
We are so screwed. The virus doesn't cause antibodies and might not need human contact to spread. This is the end, my friends. We're done. That's all she wrote. Game over. Thanks for all the fish. Might as well say Good Night and drift gently into the long cold night.
In addition, the positivity rate of tests – a key indicator when trying to determine how widespread a virus is in the community – now hovers around 1 per cent. While it has increased from August, it’s nowhere near the rate recorded in April and May when it reached 17 per cent at one point. When diagnostic tests were put up against blood antibody screening surveys, the gap between what was diagnosed with testing and how many people were actually infected became stark. A Public Health Ontario survey suggested more than one per cent – some 160,000 people – had been infected with COVID-19 and recovered by June 30 – more than four times the number of infections diagnosed with nasal swab PCR testing by that point. Source Here
Hold the press and stop the news. More than four times the people had antibodies for Covid-19 than infections indicated by PCR testing? So we can develop antibodies in Canada, but you're crap out of luck in the UK and the USA. Makes sense, doesn't it? And wouldn't that make the mortality rates less severe if four times the population already has it? Of course it would. But keep that quiet. We can't have anyone asking any questions about the data, can we?
DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO DIE! Don't be selfish, get your vaccination and save civilization!
The problem comes in the potential for dangerous side effects like antibody-dependent enhanced disease, a condition in which antibodies formed in response to a vaccine actually make future infections with the virus more severe. "What happens if you take the vaccine, the virus mutates, comes back this fall, and those that got the vaccine actually now have a worse case?" Poland said, noting that this effect occurred before in a vaccine for dengue and an inactivated measles vaccine. Poland said, "They're going to make vaccines that they don't know if the vaccines work or if they're safe, but they're going to go ahead and make them. If they're wrong, they'll throw them away." Even if risky strategies like challenge trials or emergency vaccine use aren't undertaken, the speed at which current COVID-19 trials are proceeding will require a lot of follow-up study to validate the safety of whatever vaccines wind up reaching the public, Orenstein said. Most of the trials will be at best in the thousands" of participants, Orenstein said. "There will be a need for a system to monitor safety after a vaccine is used in much larger populations to look for rare adverse events." Source Here
Ok. Not good. Not good at all. Look. We have a vaccine that was rushed through development. The first phase should just be ending under normal conditions. This should have taken five years or so. And it wasn't FDA approved. It was FDA emergency approved. Big Difference. And now we learn that we can create a situation, like we have in the past, called antibody-dependent enhanced disease.
I'm not an immunological expert, but I can read, can't you? And what I'm reading isn't exactly reassuring.
Phase 3 trials, which involve large cohorts of up to 40,000 people, typically take two to three years. That's because adverse effects sometimes take a while to appear -- especially if they involve smaller groups within society. Upshur points out 95 per cent is an exceptionally high success rate. "It's a new technology. It's a new vaccine. We've never had 95-per-cent efficacy before and we've got a very bad track record with respiratory virus vaccines." Both Pfizer and Moderna have applied in the United States for emergency approval to use the vaccine. That would mean everyone in the trial gets a dose of it, effectively ending any way of monitoring its ongoing effects. Mistake, said Upshur. A side-effect that only harms one in 15,000 people still adds up when you're inoculating billions. "We should let these trials run to completion. Source Here
So now we won't be able to monitor side effects. That's convenient, isnt it? Did everyone in the trails get a vaccine, effectively ending any chance of monitoring the placebo group vs the vaccine group? But hey, all good. The vax is safe and fun.
The Oxford group is also giving acetaminophen to participants in an advanced, phase III trial now underway in Brazil too. In another major study of the vaccine, involving 10,000 people in the UK, you can’t participate if you have an allergy or condition that could be made worse with acetaminophen. No mention of the extra drug, though, in the same group’s trial in South Africa.Journalists could have pressed them on this issue months ago. The first people to get vaccines are carefully picked to be the least likely to have a negative reaction. If the Oxford vaccine is knocking them around badly, it might not bode well for the rest of us. Don’t get me wrong: A day or two of pain or illness wouldn’t deter me from getting an effective Covid-19 vaccine. But I think we need to be prepared if that’s going to be the case. Source Here
So keep popping the anti-inflammatory and all good. And you're all good, right?
All of these patients have had serious underlying illnesses. We can’t say that people die from the vaccine. We can say that it may be coincidental. “It is difficult to prove that it’s the vaccine which is the direct cause.” Bloomberg reported that only the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was being used in the country by Friday and both companies were looking into what happened. NOMA’s investigation of 13 of the deaths found that common adverse reactions to mRNA vaccines, including fever, nausea and diarrhoea, could have contributed to death in some frail patients, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) had said. Source Here
The vaccines may have caused the deaths, or they might not have caused the deaths. We can't be sure. Ok. So why didn't you just finish that statement? Here, I'll do it for you. You can't be sure because you don't have enough data from the emergency approved vaccines to determine if the vaccines caused the deaths. But hey, me worry? Nah.
Deaths in care homes in England have hit the highest level since mid-May, according to the latest official figures, which revealed a 46% jump in coronavirus-related deaths in the last week as the more transmissible variant of Covid-19 breaches care homes’ defences. In the week to last Friday, 1,260 deaths in care homes involving Covid-19 were reported to the Care Quality Commission, a sharp jump from 824 and 661 in the previous two weeks. The weekly death toll in care homes had fallen to well below 100 in early October. Source Here
Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) Tweeted: UPDATE: Norway is growing seriously concerned. They now report 29 post-#Covid mRNA vaccine deaths, a rate of 1 per 1,000 vaccinations - 10000x reported flu vaccine deaths (yes, 10,000 times). And they say the deaths occurred in people 75 and over, not 80. Source Here
Ten Dead in Germany Within Four Days Of COVID-19 Vaccine. Probe Ordered. Source Here
49-year-old man arrived at a Jerusalem emergency medical center an hour after he was given a COVID-19 vaccination on Monday by his health care provider, suffering from severe anaphylactic shock. Source Here
Oh.
Come.
On.
If it wasn't safe people would be speaking out, right?
Ken, there are many people who won't get the vaccine for a number of reasons. The long term negative effects, if any, are unknown. The COVID-19 vaccines have been in development for about six months, where a normal efficacy process can take up to six years. So, what's the worst thing that could happen if you do get the shot? A sore arm? Or that the shot isn't effective on you? Source Here
Nothing to worry about.
Boston physician said he developed a severe allergic reaction minutes after receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, in the first week of the nationwide rollout for the company’s shots. [Source Here](://
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75-year-old Israeli woman found lifeless hours after second dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Woman found lifeless at her home in Lod after receiving second dose was said to suffer from multiple complex underlying conditions. Source Here Hamilton PSW says Covid-19 vaccination led to fainting, seizures, and CPR. Source Here
A Mexican doctor who had a serious allergic reaction after receiving Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's vaccine against COVID-19 remains hospitalized and has not fully recovered muscle strength, health authorities said on Wednesday. The 32-year-old internist, who got the vaccine on Dec. 30, had several seizures in the following days and is being treated in a specialized hospital that is part of Mexico's social security institute IMSS. The health ministry's initial diagnosis after the reaction was encephalomyelitis. Encephalomyelitis is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The ministry has said the doctor has a history of allergic reactions. Source Here
What's Known About The Vaccine Risks In Older, Frail People?
"Not a great deal." Source Here Hey. Feel safe yet? I don't. Why? Because it's flawed methodology being used to track the virus mortality, that's why. You can't judge a pandemic based on the tested population, especially when the majority of Covid-19 victims are listed as asymptomatic. Why? Because the entire population has to be tested to know how much of the population is infected. That's why. If the entire population has it, then it's really not as bad as it seems. Do you know what is seeming much worse than being reported? Vaccine side effects. Why? Because unlike the virus, we know the actual numbers for the vaccinated. And do you know what's really troubling me? Statements like, we can't say that it isn't the vaccine, but it probably isn't. Or it's highly unlikely that it's the vaccine. Or, the risk is worth it compared to the virus. Really? Thanks, but no thanks. I'll wait until the testing is complete. And then I'll think about it.
‘Our message is to take the vaccine,’ says family of man whose death after COVID shot is under investigation
Source Here That's their message and I'll respect that. But I'll guarantee you that it wouldn't be my message. Not even close.
So let's hope this mass vaccination trial goes well. Because if the deaths spike at the same time as the vaccine is rolled out, there are going to be more and more people asking questions, and the answer "We can't be sure that the death is related to the vaccine" won't be good enough.
At least I hope that it won't be good enough. You can never be sure what the future holds in the New Normal.
Talk soon. Stay safe. Stay aware.
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To learn more about seeking mental health support, visit: https://headtohealth.gov.au/supporting-you Source: Australian Government Department of Health 🌎 Other news Feel free to talk about the COVID-19 situation in any country within this post and/or anything else you like as long as it is within the rules. | TYPE | SUBMISSION | DOMAIN | | Asia | 🇳🇵 - Nepal approves emergency use of Covishield vaccine / Nepal approves AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use | timesofindia.com / news.yahoo.com | | 🇨🇳 - China reports most daily Covid-19 cases in over 10 months | straitstimes.com | | 🇯🇵 - Japan eyes punishment for breaking COVID-19 rules | japantimes.co.jp | | 🇮🇳 - India to send 20 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to South Asian neighbours, other regions | scmp.com | | 🇮🇱 - Israel hits 2 million vaccinated against COVID-19 | channelnewsasia.com | | 🇮🇩 - Instagram influencers are a vaccine priority in wary Indonesia | nbcnews.com | | 🇹🇭 - Thailand to introduce tourism tax for every visitor, advised to legalize gambling to help stop the spread of Covid-19 | rt.com | | 🇵🇰 - “I decided to step up”: The Pakistan woman who volunteered to help Covid victims | independent.co.uk | | 🇨🇳 - Over 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered in China | straitstimes.com | | 🇱🇰 - Sri Lanka s confirmed Covid-19 cases cross 51,000 | adaderana.lk | | 🇳🇵🇮🇳 - The Latest: Nepal Seeks Early Supply of Vaccines From India | usnews.com | | 🇵🇭 🇨🇳 - Philippines senators query government's preference for China vaccine after new efficacy data | news.yahoo.com | | 🇹🇷 - Turkey's vaccine blitz tops 500,000 on second day of rollout | news.yahoo.com | | Europe | 🇬🇧 - ‘Highly contagious’ Brazilian Covid variant detected in UK, says leading virologist, as South America travel ban comes into force | rt.com | | 🇬🇧 - UK closing ALL travel corridors in bid to block new virus variants arriving from overseas / UK ends quarantine-free travel in fight against new coronavirus variants | rt.com / politico.eu | | 🇳🇴 - Norway says Pfizer delaying deliveries to Europe | dw.com | | 🇮🇪 - Covid Tracker app issues close contact alerts to 20,000 people in six months | irishtimes.com | | 🇸🇪 - Sweden registers 4,703 new COVID-19 cases, 138 deaths on Friday | reuters.com | | 🇬🇧 - Man charged after woman injected with fake Covid vaccine | bbc.co.uk | | 🇬🇧 - New Covid outbreak at third UK immigration removal centre | theguardian.com | | 🏴 - Covid-19: Norfolk and Norwich Hospital requests military help | bbc.co.uk | | 🇮🇪 - Heartbreaking photos show patients lined up on trolleys at Covid-hit hospital | mirror.co.uk | | 🇨🇿 - Czech Republic: Ex-president unremorseful after breaking COVID rules by visiting restaurant | euronews.com | | 🇫🇷 - France introduces tougher Covid-19 restrictions for non-EU travellers | france24.com | | 🇮🇹 - Italy Extends COVID Curbs Amid Third Wave Risks | usnews.com | | 🇫🇷 - France only has enough Covid jabs to vaccinate 2.4 million people by end of February, says Health Minister | rt.com | | 🇬🇷 - Greece may ease more COVID-19 curbs from Monday, says PM | news.yahoo.com | | 🏴 - Wales to introduce new Covid protections in supermarkets | theguardian.com | | 🇭🇺 - Hungary could return to ‘normal life’ by summer if Chinese vaccine is approved, PM Orban says | rt.com | | Americas | 🇺🇸 - Contagious UK coronavirus strain will be widespread in US by March, experts claim | independent.co.uk | | 🇺🇸 - 'No time to waste': Biden unveils $1.9tn coronavirus stimulus package | theguardian.com | | 🇨🇦 - Canada has secured more vaccine doses per capita than anyone else, but it’s been slow to administer them | washigntonpost.com | | 🇺🇸 - Miami Mayor Wants Residency Restriction for COVID Vaccine | usnews.com | | 🇨🇦 - Canada on track for 10K COVID-19 cases a day, measures must be ‘further intensified’: feds | globalnews.ca | | 🇧🇷 - Health care in Brazil's Amazonas state in 'collapse' as Covid-19 infections surge | cnn.com | | 🇺🇸 - For Los Angeles-area ambulance crews, the COVID-19 calls never stop | news.yahoo.com | | 🇧🇷 - Brazil faces oxygen shortage as new variant spreads | dw.com | | 🇺🇸 - Some U.S. nursing home residents face delays for COVID-19 vaccines despite extreme risk | news.yahoo.com | | 🇧🇷 - Brazilian authorities airlift oxygen to coronavirus-stricken Manaus | ft.com | | 🇺🇸 - New Jersey is prioritizing cigarette smokers for COVID-19 vaccines because of their risk of severe disease | news.yahoo.com | | 🇺🇸 - LA County Board of Supervisors to consider more business closures as COVID cases surge, report says | abc7.com | Some numbers around the world 🌏️ 🇭🇰 - HONG KONG: - +38 (total cases: 9,453).
- +0 (total deaths: 161).
🇹🇭 - THAILAND: - +188 (total cases: 11,540).
- +0 (total deaths: 69).
🇰🇷 - SOUTH KOREA: - +513 (total cases: 71,241).
- +22 (total deaths: 1,217).
🇵🇭 - PHILIPPINES: - +2,048 (total cases: 496,646).
- +137 (total deaths: 9,876).
🇲🇾 - MALAYSIA: - +3,211 (total cases: 151,066).
- +8 (total deaths: 586).
🇨🇱 - CHILE: - +4,468 (total cases: 661,180).
- +75 (total deaths: 17,369).
🇯🇵 - JAPAN: - +6,591 (total cases: 309,214).
- +82 (total deaths: 4,315).
🇨🇦 - CANADA (as of 14/01): - +7,563 (total cases: 688,891).
- +155 (total deaths: 17,538).
🇵🇱 - POLAND: - +7,795 (total cases: 1,422,320).
- +386 (total deaths: 32,844).
🇺🇦 - UKRAINE: - +8,199 (total cases: 1,146,963).
- +166 (total deaths: 20,542).
🇵🇹 - PORTUGAL: - +10,663 (total cases: 528,469).
- +159 (total deaths: 8,543).
🇮🇩 - INDONESIA: - +12,818 (total cases: 882,418).
- +238 (total deaths: 25,484).
🇮🇳 - INDIA (as of 14/01): - +15,677 (total cases: 10,528,508).
- +189 (total deaths: 151,954).
🇮🇹 - ITALY: - +16,146 (total cases: 2,352,423).
- +477 (total deaths: 81,325).
🇲🇽 - MEXICO: - +16,468 (total cases: 1,588,369).
- +999 (total deaths: 137,916).
🇫🇷 - FRANCE: - +21,271 (total cases: 2,872,941).
- +399 (total deaths: 69,949).
🇪🇸 - SPAIN: - +40,197 (total cases: 2,252,164).
- +235 (total deaths: 53,314).
🇬🇧 - UK: - +55,761 (total cases: 3,316,019).
- +1,280 (total deaths: 87,295).
- +390 (total hospitalisations: 37,943).
- +107 (total ICU admissions: 3,803).
- Vaccinated:
- 1st dose: 3.2M (+316,694)
- 2nd dose: 443K (+5,257)
🇧🇷 - BRAZIL (as of 14/01): - +68,656 (total cases: 8,326,115).
- +1,151 (total deaths: 207,160).
🇺🇸 - USA (as of 14/01): - +234,419 (total cases: 23,852,376).
- +4,142 (total deaths: 398,067).
States reported 2 million tests, 223k cases, 128,947 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19, and 3,915 deaths. The bright spot is our most consistent metric: current hospitalizations. This week, they appear to have leveled off. That said, there are still more than 2x the number of hospitalized patients now as during previous surges. Here's that weekly look. Testing data may be back online after the holidays and case data is beginning to stabilize. As noted, we seem to be seeing the first signs of hospitalizations slowing down at a national level. https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/soaring-death-numbers-and-highly-regional-outbreaks-this-week-in-covid-19-data-jan-14 https://preview.redd.it/ze29dxx2tjb61.jpg?width=2434&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6f1e8b2b0ca9aa82da6c80a6b707388859e694f https://preview.redd.it/ozrg5w0ftjb61.jpg?width=2856&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1888ac3314b2e1997de58099a1c3561c7ffb4e04 |
Country exemptions. All country exemptions (sometimes known as Travel Corridors) have been suspended until further notice. Read the news release for more information.. Passengers travelling to Scotland from outside the Common Travel Area (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) must complete the passenger locator form and self-isolate for 10 days when ... German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has advised his country’s states to keep quarantine restrictions in place for non-EU visitors as national border control measures are set to ease from May 16. In Germany, the individual Länder are responsible for quarantine regulations. The Länder have put in place their own regulations on the basis of a specimen regulation. Because the new specimen regulation contains significant changes, we ask that prior to entering a Land you read the regulations on quarantine and testing carefully that apply to your specific destination. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions are in place for entry into Germany from a large number of countries. Those entering Germany from risk areas must complete a digital entry registration ... Several German states have allowed restaurants to serve guests once more. As Germany officially tipped over into recession, officials said the country was preparing to relax quarantine rules. Information on entry restrictions and quarantine regulations in Germany Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions are in place for entry into Germany from a large number of countries. Those entering Germany from risk areas must complete a digital entry registration form, be tested for coronavirus and, depending on the regulations of the Land in question, self-isolate. Travelers should check the specific quarantine requirements and possible exemptions for their intended destination within Germany. In general, a person arriving from another country who has spent time in the last 10 days i n a country the RKI defines as a risk area or who has been exposed to a confirmed case of COVID-19 must self-quarantine for 1 0 days. Quarantine rules and information on the process for people entering the UK. This document is part of a collection. Coronavirus (COVID-19): ... Updated travel information for Germany and Sweden. 1 Nov 2020 . Updated travel information for Cyprus and Lithuania. 30 Oct 2020 ... Germany. Are there quarantine requirements? All travelers who have been in a risk area within 10 days prior to arrival in Germany are required to quarantine for 10 days. That includes much of Europe. Do you need to take a test? After the fifth day, ... In Germany the federal states have wide-ranging legal powers, as can be seen by how North Rhine-Westphalia has been able to implement the lifting of quarantine rules before many of the other states. The differing manners by which the external borders have been either closed or restricted demonstrates that it has not been implemented with a “one-size fits all” decision.
