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‘Warp Speed’ advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, ‘herd immunity’ by May

The top advisor of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said a coronavirus vaccine could be shipped to the states by the middle of December — and the US could reach “he…

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‘Warp Speed’ advisor expects vaccine to ship mid-December, ‘herd immunity’ by May

By Mark Moore
November 22, 2020 | 10:47am | Updated

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The top advisor of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed said a coronavirus vaccine could be shipped to the states by the middle of December — and the US could reach “herd immunity” by May.

“Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval, so I expect maybe on day two after approval on the 11th or the 12th of December,” Dr. Moncef Slaoui told CNN on Sunday.

He also predicted that life could start returning to normal by mid-2021, noting that “70 percent or so of the population being immunized would allow for true herd immunity to take place.”

“That is likely to happen in the month of May or something like that, based on our plans,” Slaoui said. “I really hope and look forward to seeing that the level of negative perception of the vaccine decreases and peoples’ acceptance increases.

That is going to be critical to help us. Most people need to be immunized before we can go back to a normal life.”

He said states working with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will decide who gets priority to receive the first doses.

“That’s very likely to be maybe health-care workers, maybe first-line workers, maybe individuals who are at very high risk, elderly, people with comorbidities.

We will have already identified with each state and department of health where they want the vaccines to be located,” Slaoui said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

Pfizer, which partnered with the German firm BioNTech on a vaccine candidate, said on Friday that it applied for emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration..

A panel of experts will review the application on Dec. 10, meaning the vaccine may be ready for distribution before the end of the year.

Biotech firm Moderna, which also said its vaccine is 95 percent successful, will seek emergency use authorization in the coming weeks.

Slaoui said the work to develop and plan for the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine has been kept “isolated” from political concerns and is ready to go regardless of who occupies the White House.

“The operation has been isolated from the administration, from the political environment and the political context. We work very hard to make sure that’s the case. And, therefore, all the decisions are made, the train is running.

Whether one administration or the other, it doesn’t frankly make a difference,” he told NBC.

President Trump has blocked President-elect Joe Biden from the funds and mechanics for his transition as he continues to challenge the results of the 2020 election in several states after the former vice president amassed 306 Electoral College votes — beyond the 270 needed to clinch victory.

Slaoui was asked by NBC’s Chuck Todd if he would like to begin advising the incoming Biden administration next week.

“I understand that all the information that I made public, of course, I’ll make public to the new administration. I should not be saying, I have been informed that I should not be saying anything that’s confidential to anybody, including, you know, anybody that’s not part of the administration, and therefore, I’ll act according to what the legal requirements are,” he said.

 

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Bullshit

 

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Antibody Cocktail Used By Trump | The Daily Wire

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FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization To Antibody Cocktail Used By Trump

By Eric Quintanar
Nov 21, 2020 DailyWire.com

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The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency-use authorization Saturday evening to Regeneron Pharmaceutical for the antibody cocktail that President Donald Trump was given after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 back in early October.

The treatment consists of two antibodies, casirivimab and imdevimab, that when combined have shown promise in treating COVID-19 patients with mild to moderate cases, but who “are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19,” the FDA said Saturday evening.

Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the FDA, said that the antibody cocktail “may help outpatients avoid hospitalization and alleviate the burden on our health care system.”

The FDA has not granted emergency authorization for the drug to be used for patients who have already been hospitalized or are receiving oxygen therapy due to COVID-19.

“Monoclonal antibodies, such as casirivimab and imdevimab, may be associated with worse clinical outcomes when administered to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 requiring high flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation,” notes the agency.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The FDA said its authorization was based on a study of about 800 people. In the study, 3% of subjects taking Regeneron’s drug and who were at high risk of severe disease had to be hospitalized or visit emergency rooms, compared with 9% of patients who received a placebo.

According to The Washington Post, executives for Regeneron said earlier this month that they expect to have enough of the antibody cocktail for 80,000 patients by the end of the month. They expect to have enough for 300,000 patients by the end of January.

The New York Times reports that Regeneron will be in the position to “ramp up production” of the antibody cocktail after January 2021, when a manufacturing partnership with the Swiss-based company Roche kicks in.

Back in early October, the president was provided access to the Regeron treatment outside of the trials through “compassionate care” rules, and credited the single antibody cocktail dose for his recovery. “This is a total gamechanger,” said Trump.

At the time Trump was treated with the antibody cocktail, he was one of ten people who had received the drug outside of clinical trials, according to CBS News. During his treatment, Trump also received supplemental oxygen, remdesivir, and dexamethasone.

As The New York Times notes, the Regeneron antibody cocktail must be administered through IV at a clinic or hospital. But the lack of authorization for hospitalized COVID-19 patients also means that people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 — and are at risk of developing a severe case of it — would need to have the treatment administered to them by physicians earlier rather than later.

“We’re all going to need to get the word out that people at high risk have a therapeutic option now as outpatients, because until this point people have been told to stay home unless they get very sick,” Janet Woodcock, a federal drug official, told reporters earlier this month with regards to the Eli Lilly antibody drug, reports the news agency.

The Eli Lilly treatment received emergency use authorization earlier this month, and like the Regeron cocktail, has not been authorized for severe COVID-19 cases.

 

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2020 SAVED: Dr. Fauci Reveals Santa Claus Has ‘Innate Immunity’ From COVID-19 | The Daily Wire

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2020 SAVED: Dr. Fauci Reveals Santa Claus Has ‘Innate Immunity’ From COVID-19

"Santa is not going to be spreading any infections to anybody."
By Joseph Curl
Nov 22, 2020 DailyWire.com

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If 2020 was a movie, this would be the review: zero stars, wouldn’t recommend.
A pandemic swept the land, bringing along masks and loneliness, race riots and looting exploded, and the presidential election just won’t end. Plus, murder hornets.

Thanksgiving gatherings across the land have been canceled, which means families won’t gather for feasts and football. So now the question is: Will the last great holiday of the year even happen?

With social distancing mandated, children must be wondering if Santa Claus will slide down the chimney (or at least pop through a window) to deliver presents.

He is kinda’ old and he does eat a lot of cookies, so maybe he’d be considered “at risk.” He could be a “super spreader” — and the fact that he slips into every single house (and apartment) in the entire world, if there’s one guy who could really spread COVID-19, it’s Santa Claus.

But finally, there’s some good news in 2020. Jolly Old St. Nick has “innate immunity” from the virus, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force.

“Santa is exempt from this because Santa, of all the good qualities, has a lot of good innate immunity,” Fauci told USA Today last week. “Santa is not going to be spreading any infections to anybody.”

But Santa will not be making his usual appearances in malls across the U.S., The New York Times reported last week.

“We all check most of the boxes. We are almost all elderly, we are almost all obese and almost all have some kind of health condition. Diabetes, breathing problems, you name it,” Stephen Arnold, a 70-year-old professional Santa, told the Times. “So we all have to exercise an abundance of caution. And to do that, we are joining with our previous clients and trying to get creative.”

Macy’s, which has been hosting Santa since 1861, will go virtual this holiday season.

“To replicate the magical experience of visiting Macy’s Santaland for children and their families, we will shift to a virtual engagement this year,” Susan Tercero, Macy’s vice president of Branded Entertainment, said in a press release.

“The experience starts with a greeting from virtual elves who lead the way through Santa’s village and workshop, stopping to see the sights and play interactive games. At the end, kids will meet Santa through an interactive video, where they’ll be able to share their holiday wish list and take a selfie, which families can download immediately, with Santa,” CNN reported.

And Santa will still appear at the department store’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, although the parade will be very different from years past. “In September, Macy’s announced that it’s shifting the event to a ‘television-only special presentation’ this year, forgoing the traditional 2.5-mile New York City route and reducing the number of parade participants by 75%. And the 80 to 100 handlers that normally walk the balloons will be replaced by special vehicles,” CNN reported.

 

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Didn't see this so posting it...if it's here, I apologize for the dup. I'm dumb like that sometimes.


Chief Science Officer for Pfizer Says "Second Wave" Faked on False-Positive COVID Tests, "Pandemic is Over"
Oct 28, 20020
Dr. Mike Yeadon

In a stunning development, a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says "there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen." The "Big Pharma" insider asserts that false positive results frominherently unreliable COVID testsare being used to manufacture a "second wave" based on "new cases."

Dr. Mike Yeadon, a former Vice President and Chief Science Officer for Pfizer for 16 years, says that half or even "almost all" of tests for COVID are false positives.

Dr. Yeadon also argues that the threshold for herd immunity may be much lower than previously thought, and may have been reached in many countries already.

In an interview last week Dr. Yeadon was asked:

"we are basing a government policy, an economic policy, a civil liberties policy, in terms of limiting people to six people in a meeting…all based on, what may well be, completely fake data on this coronavirus?"

Dr. Yeadon answered with a simple "yes."

https://thehuntingtonian.com/2020/10/06/chief-science-officer-for-pfizer-says-second-wave-faked-on-false-positive-covid-tests-pandemic-is-over/

 

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Coronacommies: Your Papers Please! USA City Set’s Up Police Checkpoints To Cancel Thanksgiving & To Verify ‘Essential Activity’ | News Thud

What the hell is going on in America!? New Jersey’s largest city, Newark has set up Police checkpoints on the roads coming into the city demanding people show proof of resident and proof they are doing an “essential activity.” Mayor Ras Baraka is locking his city down like no other…

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Coronacommies: Your Papers Please! USA City Set’s Up Police Checkpoints To Cancel Thanksgiving & To Verify ‘Essential Activity’

written by Paul Goldberg November 22, 2020

What the hell is going on in America!?

New Jersey’s largest city, Newark has set up Police checkpoints on the roads coming into the city demanding people show proof of resident and proof they are doing an “essential activity.”

Mayor Ras Baraka is locking his city down like no other in the country.

“I know you want to have fun, but now is not the time for fun. We have to stay focused, we have to do what’s right,” said Mayor Baraka.

“We want people to shelter in place. We want to be able to do that for 10 days, and we want only folks to come out for essential purposes. That’s what we want,” Baraka said.

All Newark residents are being forced to stay at home for 10 days, from November 25th until December 4th.

CBS 2 reports:

The curfews are in place in three zip codes, and citywide, non-essential businesses must close at 8 p.m. nightly.
“We need that because we have too much cases over here, we have to take care,” said Newark resident Odalma Lisser. “The people don’t listen.”
From 8 p.m. Friday until Saturday at 3 a.m., and then again overnight Saturday, people will only be allowed to go through the area if they show proof of residency and proof they’re doing an essential activity.
“The weekends, there’s a lot of people,” a woman named Marie said.
Police cars were blasting reminders while driving through the area Friday.
“Due to a rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases in your area, a 9 p.m. curfew has been put into effect,” the reminder said.

A resident on the ground responding to a social media post described what it is like.

Police checkpoints encircle my neighborhood of 60k people (#newark);
due to RR tracks, we have only ~~12 roads in.
“people will only be allowed.. if they show
-proof of residency &
-proof they’re doing an essential activity.”
Weekends only, *for now*.Newark Facing New Restrictions, Partial Curfew In Bid To Slow COVID Spread
— C. Kevin Crow (@ckevincrow) November 22, 2020

At this point, it looks like these tyrannical political leaders are just trying to one-up each other.

Pretty soon we are going to start looking like what happened in Shanghai, China after two airport employees tested positive for COVID-19. They shut down the entire airport, meaning no one can leave. There are 100,000 people locked down in an airport until they are tested.

Fun times in Shanghai. This is one way to slow the spread of #sarscov2, the virus with a (roughly) 99.7-99.8% survival rate.
I’d say welcome to the occupation, but it’s China, the occupation’s been a place for a while. https://t.co/kkJa4aB5XX
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) November 22, 2020

Communism is the real virus and COVID-19 is how it’s spreading.

 

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I don't know if it's the melatonin or just getting extra sleep. But I recommend everyone start taking melatonin. They are cheap. The side effect us sleep. Get some good melt away chewables to take before bed. (Or for me, after I wake up from falling asleep way too early. )

 

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50,000,000 Americans Are Traveling Over Thanksgiving and Dr. Fauci IS NOT Happy! | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

Despite the best efforts by Democrat hypocrites and crazy Dr.

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50,000,000 Americans Are Traveling Over Thanksgiving and Dr. Fauci IS NOT Happy!

By Jim Hoft
Published November 23, 2020 at 12:47pm

Despite the best efforts by Democrat hypocrites and crazy Dr. Anthony Fauci — 50,000,000 will travel for Thanksgiving this year.

They may have ruined your year and the US economy but they won’t kill off Thanksgiving.

Democrats will have a heart attack over this!
Guess we’ll have to add that to the COVID stats, too.

AAA estimates around 50 million Americans will still travel for the holidays despite coronavirus pandemic warnings to stay home. Despite health warnings, millions still traveling for Thanksgiving
— WFMY News 2 (@WFMY) November 21, 2020

Dr. Fauci is NOT happy.

People crowded at airports are “going to get us into even more trouble than we are right now,” warned Dr. Anthony Fauci. TSA Screens 2 Million Passengers While Americans Were Supposed To Be Staying Home
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) November 23, 2020

More…

On Thursday, the CDC called on Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving.
On Friday and Saturday, the TSA did more than 2 million screenings at airports, the highest two-day total since mid-March. pic.twitter.com/K0cYzxIRAt
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 23, 2020

 

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Coronavirus Update With Nicholas Christakis - November 23, 2:20P Central

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Yale Sterling Professor Nicholas A. Christakis, MD, PhD, MPH returns to JAMA's Q&A series to discuss the surge in US cases and other recent pandemic developments. Dr. Christakis is author of the recently published book "Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live."

 

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Says NYC Areas Face Red Zone Restrictions

Andrew Cuomo warned on Sunday that certain areas of New York City are heading in the direction of tighter coronavirus restrictions.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo Says Areas Face Red Zone Restrictions, Which Prohibit ‘Non-Essential Gatherings of Any Size’

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) warned on Sunday that certain areas of New York City are heading toward tighter coronavirus restrictions, including the most restrictive “red zone” which prohibits all gatherings deemed “non-essential.”

The Democrat governor stated some areas, namely Staten Island, Long Island, and parts of Manhattan, are “in the warning track” and could soon face additional restrictions due to concerns over rising infection rates and hospital capacity.

“The rate goes up; there are more restrictions to slow the economy — that’s bad for business. Rates go up, you overburden the hospital system, you overburden doctors, nurses, you can have possible equipment supplies,” he said.

“Numbers go up and people die. People die. Period,” Cuomo added.

The governor said such areas “will go into those zones” unless the existing trajectory “dramatically” changes.

“Parts of Staten Island will go into an orange zone. Parts of Staten Island will go into red zone at the current rate,’’ he continued, referring to Staten Island as a “serious problem.”

The red zone is the most restrictive, prohibiting “non-essential gatherings” — both residential and non-residential — of “any size.” Red zone restrictions also close all businesses deemed “non-essential.” The orange zone is slightly less restrictive, allowing gatherings of ten people “maximum” either indoors or outdoors, though it requires “high-risk non-essential businesses” — such as hair salons and gyms — to remain closed.

Cuomo has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks after placing a ten-person cap on gatherings at private residences and pleading with local governments to enforce his mandate.

“The rules are only as good as the enforcement. Local governments are in charge of enforcement. There are only two fundamental truths in this situation: it’s individual discipline and it’s government enforcement. Period. End of sentence,” he said. He has since lashed out at law enforcement officers who have vowed not to enforce his edict.

“I don’t believe that person is a law enforcement officer,” Cuomo said at a Wednesday press conference.

“I don’t want a law enforcement officer who says, ‘I’m only enforcing the law that I like or think should be enforced,’” the Democrat governor added.

Last week, Cuomo explicitly urged people to stay away from their loved ones.

“Your safe zone is dangerous this year. Please. Love is sometimes doing what’s hard. This year, if you love someone, it is smarter and better to stay away,” he said:

Love is sometimes doing what’s hard.
The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is with your immediate household only. pic.twitter.com/nBEviXnZ8P
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 19, 2020

 

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TSA Screens Two Million in Two Days Despite Holiday Travel Warnings

TSA officials screened more than two million flyers Friday and Saturday following the government's warning about Thanksgiving travel.

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TSA Screens Two Million in Two Days Despite Holiday Travel Warnings
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Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials screened more than two million flyers Friday and Saturday following the government’s warning about Thanksgiving travel.

“TSA data indicates that more than 1 million travelers were screened on Friday, the second day to reach beyond 1 million since March. Friday’s traveling numbers amounted to almost 40 percent of the TSA screenings conducted on the same weekday last year,” the Hill reported.

The agency said it screened 984,369 travelers on Saturday, nearly 45 percent of the screenings done on the same weekday last year.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended no travel during the Thanksgiving holiday.

“For Americans who decide to travel, CDC recommends doing so as safely as possible by following the same recommendations for everyday living,” said Dr. Henry Walke, CDC coronavirus incident manager.

Although Walke urged citizens to practice social distancing, wash their hands, and wear a mask, he also warned that 30 to 40 percent of infections come from those with no symptoms.

“From an individual household level, what’s at stake is basically increased chance of one of your loved ones becoming sick and then hospitalized and dying,” he said, adding, “We certainly don’t want to see that happen.”

Last week, however, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told leaders imposing coronavirus restrictions prior to the holidays to “cancel lockdowns” instead of Thanksgiving and Christmas:

Don’t cancel Thanksgiving.
Don’t cancel Christmas.
Cancel lockdowns.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) November 16, 2020

“His short but clear message follows attempts by Democrat leaders across the country to impose additional coronavirus restrictions on Americans — even in their private residences — ahead of the holiday season,” according to Breitbart News.

During an interview Monday on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said there will be “no more lockdowns” in Texas.

“Along the course of dealing with the pandemic, we’ve all learned what works and what does not work. And one thing that government does not need to do is to micromanage the lives of everybody,” he concluded.

 

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Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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UK Government Proposes "Freedom Passes" To Get 'Safe' People Back To Work

Mon, 11/23/2020 - 04:15

The rollout of COVID-19 immunity certificates across the UK could become a reality in 2021. A draft of the scheme, one where people who have contracted the virus and have recovered, or have naturally develop antibodies to fight the virus, could be given the golden ticket to resume a normal life.

UK's Downing Street plans covid passes for anyone who gets two COVID-19 negative tests per week or has immunity to the virus or has yet to contract the virus. The Telegraph notes Whitehall officials are planning to call the scheme "freedom passes."

The strategy is a move to jump-start the ailing economy next year by allowing healthy people to conduct daily activities without being impeded by strict social-distancing measures.

A digital certificate, stored on a smartphone device, would be given to someone who meets the requirements for the new pass.


A source told the Telegraph:

"They will allow someone to wander down the streets, and if someone else asks why they are not wearing a mask, they can show the card, letter or an App."

Conservative Tom Tugendhat recently said he could "certainly see the day" when proof of vaccination was required to return to normal life.

"If vaccination works and if we're confident it's safe, and all indications so far are good, then I can certainly see the day when businesses say: Look, you've got to return to the office and if you're not vaccinated, you're not coming in," Tugendhat said.

Plans for covid passes in the UK have been in the pipeline for months.

In April, health minister Matt Hancock said at a Downing Street press conference that an "an immunity certificate is an important thing that we will be doing and are looking at, but it's too early in the science of the immunity that comes from having had the disease."

UK Health Secretary: "We are looking at an immunity certificate. How people who have had the disease, have got the antibodies, and therefore have immunity, can show that, and so get back... as much as possible to normal life." pic.twitter.com/SVLV8U2YwG
— The Hill (@thehill) April 3, 2020

We noted a couple of times (see: here & here), covid passes are coming to the Western world and will act as a "digital health passport" that will contain your COVID-19 test history and other "relevant health information."

Billionaire Bill Gates has been promoting the passes since the start of the COVID-19 lockdown.

View: https://youtu.be/Xe8fIjxicoo
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At this point, there's nothing stopping the rollout of covid passes as these programs may start in the UK and other European countries before coming to the US.

Besides covid passes, Chinese President Xi Jinping told the G20 Summit on Saturday that globally-recognized health QR codes could be a way to restore international trade and travel.

What becomes clear is that global elites want to track everything in the world..

 

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8bNWQocbkE
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White House vaccine chief says first Americans could be vaccinated next month
•Nov 23, 2020


Just The News

"Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. So I would expect maybe on day two after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of December, hopefully, uh, the first people will be immunized across the United States across all states."

 

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I don't know if this will help anyone or not, but I'm just gonna pass on the info.

DSil caught covid from the workplace, wearing a mask and social distancing, as did all his coworkers. I think its a large space, too, but not sure. Got a covid test and tested positive. Not the quick test.

DD got sick three days later. She didn't test. Around day 6 or 7 she lost her sense of smell. She opened a couple bottles of essential oils to double check and could smell nothing. (She has a good sense of smell.) A couple days later, last night, she tried Xlear Herbal Sinus Rescue Spray. She thought she could smell it when she used it for just a second, but tonight, she has her sense of smell back. She used the formula with oregano oil, eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil and parsley oil. She thinks it might have been what brought her sense of smell back, but can't be sure.

Has anyone else tried it, with or without success?

 

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UPDATE: Cuomo Bails on Family: COVID Hypocrite: NY Gov. Cuomo to Have Thanksgiving With Elderly Mother and Two Daughters After Telling New Yorkers to Not Have Family Gatherings | The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor

After weeks of telling New Yorkers to stay home for Thanksgiving and to not hold family dinners with non-household members out of fears of spreading the COVID-19 China coronavirus and mandating a ten-person limit, the Emmy award winning Governor Andrew Cuomo is having his elderly mother and two...

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COVID Hypocrite: NY Gov. Cuomo to Have Thanksgiving With Elderly Mother and Two Daughters After Telling New Yorkers to Not Have Family Gatherings

By Kristinn Taylor
Published November 23, 2020 at 4:17pm

After weeks of telling New Yorkers to stay home for Thanksgiving and to not hold family dinners with non-household members out of fears of spreading the COVID-19 China coronavirus and mandating a ten-person limit, the Emmy award winning Governor Andrew Cuomo is having his elderly mother and two of his daughters for Thanksgiving dinner in Albany.

Cuomo was mocked with a window sticker depicting him spying on Thanksgiving gatherings.

Cuomo mentioned his plans in an interview with the WAMC public radio network radio Monday afternoon that was reported on by local reporters and by the Daily Beast:

“It’s about life and death,” Cuomo said, before offering a story about his daughter crying to him on the phone about now having Thanksgiving together. “We are in a place now with bad synergy.”
Hours later, during an interview on WAMC, Cuomo admitted he was still having an in-person Thanksgiving despite his pleas for New Yorkers to stay home, stating he was spending the holiday with his 89-year old mother and two daughters in Albany.

“The story is, my mom is going to come up and two of my girls. But the plans change,” Cuomo said.

Cuomo says the "current plan" is for his mother and two of his daughters (who do not live with him full time) to join him for Thanksgiving.
— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) November 23, 2020

Just last week Cuomo publicly chided his mother for wanting to have a family Thanksgiving, “”No, you won’t be safe. It’s an illusion,” Cuomo says of even his mother suggesting his family could get together for Thanksgiving. “My advice on Thanksgiving: Don’t be a turkey.”

"No, you won't be safe. It's an illusion," Cuomo says of even his mother suggesting his family could get together for Thanksgiving.
"My advice on Thanksgiving: Don't be a turkey." pic.twitter.com/UHFz2cBk8G
— Joseph Spector (@GannettAlbany) November 18, 2020

More Cuomo telling people to not host visiting family members for Thanksgiving.

A small Thanksgiving dinner is no less meaningful than a big one.
In fact the best way to show your thanks and love this year is to stay home. pic.twitter.com/wf4n9UOmWZ
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 19, 2020

Love is sometimes doing what’s hard.
The safest way to celebrate Thanksgiving this year is with your immediate household only. pic.twitter.com/nBEviXnZ8P
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 19, 2020

Cuomo posted a visual telling New Yorkers they could kill their family members by holding a family Thanksgiving dinner.

Next Thanksgiving, you’ll ask yourself: Did I do everything I could to keep my community safe?
Be safe and smart this Thanksgiving — so that we will all have more to be thankful for next year. pic.twitter.com/QltioDtOvd
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 23, 2020

Earlier Monday Cuomo humble-bragged about his third daughter not coming home for Thanksgiving, “My daughter isn’t coming to Thanksgiving. She is out of state and it’s safer not to travel. It’s hard. But I can’t think of a better gesture of love than to say, I’m making the tough choice to keep you & our family safe. We may be physically apart but we’re spiritually together”

My daughter isn't coming to Thanksgiving. She is out of state and it’s safer not to travel.
It's hard. But I can’t think of a better gesture of love than to say, I'm making the tough choice to keep you & our family safe.We may be physically apart but we’re spiritually together

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 23, 2020

Cuomo: "This is not a normal Thanksgiving. It's a better than normal Thanksgiving. It's a deeper Thanksgiving. It's a more meaningful Thanksgiving.
Mariah loves me so much she's not coming to celebrate Thanksgiving with me. That's how much she loves me." pic.twitter.com/ootHd4noe3
— The Hill (@thehill) November 23, 2020

And the daughter proudly posted about her tough decision.

While I'm sad to be away from my family this Thanksgiving, I know it's the right thing to do because it keeps them safe.
Being #NYTough sometimes means not being in New York. https://t.co/Lr77p4ihoD pic.twitter.com/zhp47vCv2C
— Mariah Kennedy Cuomo (@Mkennedycuomo) November 23, 2020

 

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Nevada Gov. Sisolak issues three-week 'statewide pause' as COVID cases surge

Nevada is facing new restrictions in an effort to help control the increasing spread of COVID-19.

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Nevada Gov. Sisolak issues three-week 'statewide pause' as COVID cases surge

Restrictions include a stronger mask mandate and new capacity limits
Fox News

Nevada is facing new restrictions in an effort to help control the increasing spread of COVID-19.

"As of today, 13 of 17 of our counties are flagged for elevated risk of transmission. In the beginning of October, only two counties were flagged," Gov. Steve Sisolak announced at a press conference Sunday. "Our statewide positivity rate is at a record 16.5 percent, and as I mentioned, we’ve surpassed 2,000 deaths."

Sisolak noted that the state's case rate growth is outpacing other states at "wildfire levels."

"All available models indicate that Nevada is in a “red zone” and our health experts anticipate continued case growth based on current trends," he said. "In fact, 10% of all COVID cases recorded in Nevada since the beginning of the pandemic were reported in the last seven days. Every minute, a Nevadan is diagnosed with COVID-19."

He also warned that hospitals are experiencing staffing shortages. "We are on a rapid trajectory that threatens to overwhelm our health care system, our frontline health workers, and your access to care," he added. "So it’s time to act."

As a result, Sisolak issued what he called a "statewide pause" for at least the next three weeks. The pause, which goes into effect Nov. 24 at 12:01 a.m., involves a stronger mask mandate and new capacity limits.

According to Sisolak, Nevadans and visitors are required to wear a mask at all times, whether indoors or outdoors, when not in the presence of someone who is part of their household.

No additional businesses will be closed. However, occupancy at both indoor and outdoor restaurants and bars occupancy will be reduced to 25 percent. No more than four people will be allowed at one table, and reservations will be required.

"I know the majority of our bars and restaurants are doing their best, but these settings are proven to be high risk because they allow the opportunity for people to remove their face coverings in indoor settings around people outside of their household. That’s how the virus spreads," he said.

Gyms, fitness centers, dance studios and martial arts studios also must operate under 25 percent capacity. Masks must be worn at all times in these settings unless a patron is actively drinking.

"If the activity is too strenuous to be done while wearing a mask properly, you must seek an alternative," Sisolak said.

Other businesses that will be moving from 50% to 25% capacity during this pause include museums, art galleries, libraries, zoos and aquariums, arcades, racetracks, bowling alleys, mini golf, amusement and theme parks, and other similar activities.

Additionally, gaming operations will be restricted to no more than 25% occupancy. Restaurants and bars within gaming establishments will be restricted to 25% capacity.

Retail, including indoor malls, will not have to change their capacity during the Statewide Pause and can continue operating at 50%. Retail and grocery stores of more than 50,000 square feet must have employees at all public entrances counting patrons.

Hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, spas, massage establishments, and community and recreational centers will not have to change limits.

Meanwhile, brothels, adult entertainment establishments, day clubs and night clubs will remain closed.

Public gatherings will be limited to no more than 50 individuals or 25 percent of fire code capacity, whichever is less, under strict social distancing requirements.
This includes places of worship, indoor movie theaters, live theater performances, casino showrooms, weddings, funerals and any other event where the public may be gathering, in the same place, for the same purposes. If larger events are approved during the period, they must be canceled.

The new public gathering limits do not apply to school districts. Sisolak stated that the closure of schools has had a huge negative effect on students.

"We have seen more deaths by suicide among students this fall than in years prior, and it breaks my heart to share that victims have included students as young as 8 years old," Sisolak said.

Sisolak said if the increase in cases slow, the government will decide whether or not they will slowly loosen the new restrictions.

However, if the situation worsens in the next three weeks, Sisolak said he will be forced to take "stronger action," including prohibition of indoor dining and service at restaurants and bars, closures of gyms and fitness facilities, and severe restrictions on gathering sizes.

"We decide how long we spend in a high-risk setting. We decide whether we are going to prioritize getting our kids into the classroom, allowing our businesses to operate by following responsible measures, and protecting our hospital system. If it doesn’t feel safe, it isn’t safe," Sisolak said.

 

[TammyinWI]

I don't know if this will help anyone or not, but I'm just gonna pass on the info.

DSil caught covid from the workplace, wearing a mask and social distancing, as did all his coworkers. I think its a large space, too, but not sure. Got a covid test and tested positive. Not the quick test.

DD got sick three days later. She didn't test. Around day 6 or 7 she lost her sense of smell. She opened a couple bottles of essential oils to double check and could smell nothing. (She has a good sense of smell.) A couple days later, last night, she tried Xlear Herbal Sinus Rescue Spray. She thought she could smell it when she used it for just a second, but tonight, she has her sense of smell back. She used the formula with oregano oil, eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil and parsley oil. She thinks it might have been what brought her sense of smell back, but can't be sure.

Has anyone else tried it, with or without success?

Thanks for the info. regarding the Xlear.

EMF exposure/smart meters/amped up 4G/5G/radiation field/dirty electricity can definitely cause loss of sense and smell, along with many other symptoms. And Elon Musk and the other deep state keep putting those satellites up that emit 5G.

Please see this write-up, and you see what a battle it can be daily:

Microwave Radiation Poisoning – My Symptoms are Worsening

The correspondence below is from a private email dated April 3, 2018 explaining some of my symptoms which activated when a smart meter was placed on our house. My symptoms have much improved since April but I wanted to keep a record of what happened to me so that, if it happens to others, they will recognize what they are experiencing as microwave radiation poisoning.

Dear friends – just to provide everyone with an update on what is happening to my health. I have made the determination that what I am suffering from is acute microwave radiation poisoning. This past week, my body twice experienced what a friend called “a total system crash.” The first time, I was running a high fever of 102 for about 24 hours. I could not get out of bed except to go to the bathroom. I felt so, so weak, I could hardly do anything besides sleep. Two nights later, I awoke in the middle of the night in a huge full body sweat. I was in agony. It is hard to describe how horribly sick I felt. I did not have the strength to even call for help. I needed to go to the bathroom and could not even put a piece of clothing on as this felt like an enormous effort which threatened to throw my over the edge. I somehow got up and made it to the bathroom, took about 15 seconds to pee, and was so badly unbalanced and weak on the way back to my bedroom, it was lucky I did not collapse on the floor.

These experiences were very, very frightening, and equally concerning is the fact that I am losing my vision at warp speed. I can hardly read what’s on the computer screen even with my reading glasses on. Today, I realized I cannot smell or taste anything either. It seems I am losing my olfactory senses as well. What is happening to me is very, very serious.

I am experiencing various nerve and joint pains throughout my body which I never experienced before. Sharp pains in my head. Exhaustion and a general feeling of being completely useless. EVERYTHING seems like a huge effort and I find myself growing frustrated at the meaningless, repetitive, robotic activities required for day to day living in this sick society.

I so want out of this satanic matrix. Most people really have no idea how much I mean this. The more I learn about these smart meters and the 5G rollout, the more insane it all becomes and the need to transition away from this monstrous machine screams loud – GET OUT KNOW! SAVE YOURSELF. IF YOU STAY, YOU WILL DIE.

There can be no doubt, based on the way I feel, that if I stay here in this house, it will kill me. I must find a way to move and to have my own, long-awaited for, space of love. Nothing is more important right now.

Microwave Radiation Poisoning – My Symptoms are Worsening – RADIATION DANGERS

radiationdangers.com

http://www.radiationdangers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Symptoms-Microwave-Illness-1024x707.png

 

[marsh]

Trump Supporter Charged with Assault for Breathing on Protesters

They told me that if Joe Biden won the election, Trump supporters would start getting arrested just for breathing. And they were right!

pjmedia.com

Trump Supporter Charged with Assault for Breathing on Protesters

BY JIM TREACHER NOV 23, 2020 4:07 PM ET

(YouTube screenshot)

They told me that if Joe Biden won the election,* Trump supporters would start getting arrested just for breathing. And they were right!

Derrick Ward, NBC4 Washington:

A man accused of breathing on anti-Trump protesters outside the president’s golf club in Sterling, Virginia, was charged with misdemeanor assault.

Kathy Beynette told News4 that she and another woman were protesting President Trump outside the Trump National Golf Club on Saturday. Across the street, a group of Trump supporters were counter protesting…

“Then, quite out of nowhere, the guy came over from across the street, came charging across the street,” Beynette said…

In the video, a woman can be heard telling him, “You’re in my face and you don’t have a mask, so you need to back off.” The man then takes a deep breath and blows.

“He just proceeded to assault us by taking a deep breath and doing a very powerful exhalation on both of us,” Beynette said.

Oh no, not that! Witness this horrible crime for yourself:

View: https://youtu.be/dIsThnFVgIU
.28 min

Okay, two things here:

1. This guy is a dumb jerk and he shouldn’t have done that.
2. If these women wanted to be safe from the virus, they shouldn’t have been out protesting.

Both things are true. He shouldn’t run around blowing on people, pandemic or not. And those women shouldn’t have been there in the first place if they actually believe they’re now in danger. Yes, they had the right to be there, and I have the right to point out that they’re at least as stupid as the guy who “assaulted” them.

 

[marsh]

Doctors say CDC should warn people the side effects from Covid vaccine shots won't be 'a walk in the park'

Doctors urge the CDC to be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine.

www.cnbc.com

Doctors say CDC should warn people the side effects from Covid vaccine shots won’t be ‘a walk in the park’

PUBLISHED MON, NOV 23 20204:19 PM ESTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Berkeley Lovelace Jr.@BERKELEYJR

KEY POINTS

• The CDC must be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine, doctors urged during a meeting Monday with CDC advisors.
• Dr. Sandra Fryhofer said that both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines require two doses and she worries whether her patients will come back for a second dose because of potentially unpleasant side effects after the first shot.
• Both companies acknowledged that their vaccines could induce side effects that are similar to symptoms associated with mild Covid-19, such as muscle pain, chills and headache.

A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, September 24, 2020.

Marco Bello | Reuters

Public health officials and drugmakers must be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine, doctors urged during a meeting Monday with CDC advisors as states prepare to distribute doses as early as next month.

Dr. Sandra Fryhofer of the American Medical Association noted that both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines require two doses at varying intervals. As a practicing physician, she said she worries whether her patients will come back for a second dose because of the potentially unpleasant side effects they may experience after the first shot.

VIDEO on site 03:23 min
AstraZeneca announces its vaccine efficacy rate, CDC group meets to discuss distribution

“We really need to make patients aware that this is not going to be a walk in the park,” Fryhofer said during a virtual meeting with the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, an outside group of medical experts that advise the CDC. She is also a liaison to the committee. “They are going to know they had a vaccine. They are probably not going to feel wonderful. But they’ve got to come back for that second dose.”

Participants in Moderna and Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine trials told CNBC in September that they were experiencing high fever, body aches, bad headaches, daylong exhaustion and other symptoms after receiving the shots. While the symptoms were uncomfortable, and at times intense, the participants said they often went away after a day, sometimes sooner, and that it was better than getting Covid-19.

Both companies acknowledged that their vaccines could induce side effects that are similar to symptoms associated with mild Covid-19, such as muscle pain, chills and headache.

One North Carolina woman in the Moderna study who is in her 50s said she didn’t experience a fever but suffered a bad migraine that left her drained for a day and unable to focus. She said she woke up the next day feeling better after taking Excedrin but added that Moderna may need to tell people to take a day off after a second dose.

“If this proves to work, people are going to have to toughen up,” she said. “The first dose is no big deal. And then the second dose will definitely put you down for the day for sure. ... You will need to take a day off after the second dose.”

During the meeting on Monday, Patsy Stinchfield, a Children’s Minnesota nurse practitioner, said officials and drugmakers could try talking about the side effects in a more positive way. She said they could use language such as “response” instead of “adverse reaction.”

“These are immune responses,” said Stinchfield, a past voting member of the committee. “And so if you feel something after vaccination, you should expect to feel that. When you do, it’s normal to have some arm soreness or fatigue, some body aches and maybe even a fever. It sounds like in some of these trials, maybe even having to stay home from work.”

“You hear some people in the trials that are disappointed that they didn’t have any of those things, feeling they must have gotten a placebo,” she added.

The committee meeting comes three days after Pfizer and its partner BioNTech applied for an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for their coronavirus vaccine.

The FDA process is expected to take a few weeks, and an advisory committee meeting to review the vaccine has been scheduled for early December. Some Americans could get their first dose of the vaccine in about a month.

ACIP is expected to call an emergency meeting to make specific recommendations on distribution once the FDA authorizes a vaccine.

Federal agencies are already sending vaccination plans around to staff. Five agencies have started telling employees they could receive Pfizer’s or Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in as little as eight weeks, a person with firsthand knowledge of those plans told CNBC on Friday

 

[marsh]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10218715431378413

View: https://www.facebook.com/ron.greenip.3/videos/10218715431378413
.37 min
"Forgot my mask" (hillarious)

 

[Pinecone]

Thanks for the info. regarding the Xlear.

EMF exposure/smart meters/amped up 4G/5G/radiation field/dirty electricity can definitely cause loss of sense and smell, along with many other symptoms. And Elon Musk and the other deep state keep putting those satellites up that emit 5G.

Please see this write-up, and you see what a battle it can be daily:

Microwave Radiation Poisoning – My Symptoms are Worsening

The correspondence below is from a private email dated April 3, 2018 explaining some of my symptoms which activated when a smart meter was placed on our house. My symptoms have much improved since April but I wanted to keep a record of what happened to me so that, if it happens to others, they will recognize what they are experiencing as microwave radiation poisoning.

Dear friends – just to provide everyone with an update on what is happening to my health. I have made the determination that what I am suffering from is acute microwave radiation poisoning. This past week, my body twice experienced what a friend called “a total system crash.” The first time, I was running a high fever of 102 for about 24 hours. I could not get out of bed except to go to the bathroom. I felt so, so weak, I could hardly do anything besides sleep. Two nights later, I awoke in the middle of the night in a huge full body sweat. I was in agony. It is hard to describe how horribly sick I felt. I did not have the strength to even call for help. I needed to go to the bathroom and could not even put a piece of clothing on as this felt like an enormous effort which threatened to throw my over the edge. I somehow got up and made it to the bathroom, took about 15 seconds to pee, and was so badly unbalanced and weak on the way back to my bedroom, it was lucky I did not collapse on the floor.

These experiences were very, very frightening, and equally concerning is the fact that I am losing my vision at warp speed. I can hardly read what’s on the computer screen even with my reading glasses on. Today, I realized I cannot smell or taste anything either. It seems I am losing my olfactory senses as well. What is happening to me is very, very serious.

I am experiencing various nerve and joint pains throughout my body which I never experienced before. Sharp pains in my head. Exhaustion and a general feeling of being completely useless. EVERYTHING seems like a huge effort and I find myself growing frustrated at the meaningless, repetitive, robotic activities required for day to day living in this sick society.

I so want out of this satanic matrix. Most people really have no idea how much I mean this. The more I learn about these smart meters and the 5G rollout, the more insane it all becomes and the need to transition away from this monstrous machine screams loud – GET OUT KNOW! SAVE YOURSELF. IF YOU STAY, YOU WILL DIE.

There can be no doubt, based on the way I feel, that if I stay here in this house, it will kill me. I must find a way to move and to have my own, long-awaited for, space of love. Nothing is more important right now.

Microwave Radiation Poisoning – My Symptoms are Worsening – RADIATION DANGERS

radiationdangers.com

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They don't have 5 G.

 

[marsh]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oBjntpp8c4
10:26 min
BONUS - ICU Nurse Lacie Gooch on Nebraska’s Horrific Outbreak and a Desperate Plea to “Take...
•Nov 24, 2020


Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Last week, Nebraska ICU nurse Lacie Gooch recorded a video of herself after a long shift talking about the overwhelming number of people dying in hospitals from COVID-19. In a bonus episode of the podcast, Gooch talks with Stephanie Desmon about the viral video, and why frontline health care workers are taking to social media to describe the desperate situation and to beg people to wear masks and social distance, especially ahead of the holidays. Gooch also talks about how the overwhelming rise of COVID cases could mean hospitals will be unable to provide care for other emergencies like heart attacks or car accidents.

 

[marsh]

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

De Blasio Unleashes 'COVID Checkpoints' To Catch & Fine NYC Travelers Who Violate Holiday Quarantine

Tue, 11/24/2020 - 11:40

As millions of Americans defy the CDC's warning not to travel for the holiday season, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has once again dispatched police to key traffic chokepoints where his quarantine rules will be strictly enforced.

New York City Sheriff Joseph Fucito said the sheriff's office (a separate entity from the NYPD) will conduct spot checks when out-of-state buses drop riders off at the curb, and will also check cars will out of state and New York licenses plates.

Test-and-trace teams will also be on the ground to help direct people to testing sites while providing "education" about quarantine.



New York's statewide 14-day holiday quarantine mandates that travelers quarantine, or take a test showing they're negative. Violations of self-quarantine will be enforced, and may carry fines of $1,000 to $2,000, the mayor's office has said.

Around the US, few jurisdictions have actually enforced quarantine and social distancing rules, though people have been killed in fights spurred by mandatory mask requirements. Some governors, including Kristi Noem in South Dakota, have refused to make wearing masks and other social distancing measures mandatory.

But most governors who have imposed mandatory mask orders and other measures typically haven't enforced those measures by doling out fines, unlike authorities in Europe.

According to anecdotal reports, travels through NYC's airports have had to complete contact tracing forms for weeks now. The city will continue to enforce those measures at both of the city's airports, as well as Grand Central and Penn Station, as well as the Port Authority bus terminal.

Lines at NYC testing centers reached record numbers over the weekend, a sign that many New Yorkers still planned to travel, and were hoping to get tested before leaving. This is irritating many self-appointed COVID travel referees...

Yes a negative test result is good news, BUT...No, a Negative Coronavirus Test Does Not Mean You Can Safely Socialize
— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) November 22, 202

...who chimed in to remind their followers that a negative COVID test doesn't mean you can safely socialize with others. We're curious to see how many people adhere to that guidance.

 

[marsh]

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

Ron Paul On COVID-19: We Must Not Allow Politics To Dictate Science

Tue, 11/24/2020 - 10:40
Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

In these past couple of weeks, two important studies have been published that could dramatically increase our understanding of the Covid-19 disease.

Adding to the science of how we understand and treat this disease is something that should be welcomed, because properly understood it can save lives.



The only problem is that because the results from these two studies challenge what the media has established as conventional wisdom about the disease, the reports are at best being ignored and at worst being openly distorted by the mainstream media.

This is in my view a dangerous and foolish subjugation of science to politics and it may well end up causing many more unnecessary deaths.

First is the Danish mask study, which was completed several months ago but was only recently published in a peer-reviewed journal. The study took two groups and gave the first group masks to wear with instruction on how they should be used. The other group was the mask-free control group.

The study found that coronavirus spread within the statistical margin of error in each group. In other words, wearing the mask did little if anything to control the spread of the virus.

As the wearing of masks is still being mandated across the country and the globe, this study should be reported as an important piece of counter-evidence. At the very least it might be expected to invite a rush of similar studies to refute or confirm the results.

However, while mostly ignored by the media, when it was covered the spin on the study was so strange that the conclusion presented was opposite to the findings. For example, the Los Angeles Times published an article with the headline, “Face mask trial didn’t stop coronavirus spread, but it shows why more mask-wearing is needed.”

Similarly, a massive new study conducted in Wuhan, China, and published in the respected scientific journal Nature, reports that asymptomatic persons who have tested positive for Covid-19 do not pass on the infection to others.

Considering that mask mandates and lockdowns are all based on the theory that asymptomatic “positive cases” can still pass on the sickness, this is potentially an important piece of information to help plan a more effective response to the virus.

At the least, again, it should stimulate additional, far-reaching studies to either confirm or deny the Wuhan study.

We do know, based on information from widely-accepted sources as the CDC and World Health Organization, that lockdowns can have a very serious negative effect on society. On July 14th, CDC Director Robert Redfield told a seminar that lockdowns are causing more deaths than Covid.

So if there is a way to continue fighting Covid and protecting those most at risk while drastically reducing deaths related to lockdowns, isn’t this worth some consideration? Isn’t this worth at least some further research?

Well, not according to the mainstream media. They have established their narrative and they are not about to budge. The two studies are fatally flawed, they report. Of course that might be the case, but isn’t that an argument to attempt to replicate the studies to prove it?

That would be the scientific approach. Sadly, “trust the science” has come to mean “trust the narrative I support.” That is a very dangerous way of thinking and can prove to be deadly.

 

[marsh]

China Proposes Global 'Track and Trace' System for Travel Reset

Chinese President Xi Jinping wants travelers to adopt a global QR code system to help determine their health status and travel "permissions."

www.breitbart.com

China Wants Passenger Tracking System for Global Travel Coronavirus Reset
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SIMON KENT23 Nov 20203,708

Chinese Communist President Xi Jinping wants travelers to adopt a global QR code system to help determine their health status and travel “permissions” in a post-coronavirus pandemic travel reset.

During the virtual G20 summit on Saturday, Xi called for a coronavirus “global mechanism” which involves international recognition of health certificates in the form of QR codes to allow people to travel freely, according to state media.

The dictator says the system can be based on “nucleic acid testing results in the form of internationally accepted QR codes,” reported state news agency Xinhua.
“We need to further harmonise policies and standards and establish ‘fast tracks’ to facilitate the orderly flow of people,” he is quoted saying. “[We] hope more countries would participate.”

QR codes are bar codes that can be read by mobile phones that are a common tool of tracking and control in Communist China.

China launched its notorious social credit system last year to watch over its own citizens and mete out punishment based on personal behavior and loyalty to the Communist Party. USC Creating COVID-19 Surveillance System That Will Score Citizens
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 5, 2020

Under the scheme China has employed since February, users are issued a traffic-light style health code, with a green code allowing someone to travel freely, and an orange or red code indicating that they need to quarantine for up to two weeks.

The codes are based on a combination of big data and information submitted by the users themselves.

The leader of the Chinese Communist Party did not explain how the international scheme might work or if it would mirror the health code system which has been widely adopted in China.

The lack of detailed information has already been flagged by critics who see it is a piece of social engineeering.

In a tweet, the executive director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth expressed caution over Xi’s proposal.

“An initial focus on health could easily become a Trojan Horse for broader political monitoring and exclusion,” he said.

Beware of the Chinese government's proposal for a global QR code system. An initial focus on health could easily become a Trojan Horse for broader political monitoring and exclusion, akin to the dangers associated with China's social-credit system. Xi Jinping proposes global QR code system to help free up travel
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) November 23, 2020

China been building its own mass surveillance network for the past decade, which boasts hundreds of millions of street cameras.

The surveillance network has been billed as the world’s most powerful facial-recognition system and aims to identify any of its 1.4 billion citizens within three seconds.

China is also looking at more digital methods of ensuring its citizens comply with the strictures of the single-party state.

 

[vestige]

How about just staying in your own country?

 

[marsh]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOq8-FR8s1E


Coronavirus Update 118: AstraZeneca DNA COVID 19 Vaccine Explained (vs. Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna)
•Nov 24, 2020


MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY

Professor Roger Seheult, MD discusses the AstraZeneca and Oxford DNA COVID-19 Vaccine: How it works, and what we know about the safety, efficacy, and side effects at this time.

Dr. Seheult illustrates the differences and similarities between the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine candidate and those from Moderna and Pfizer / BioNTech. The complete data from each of these SARS CoV 2 vaccine trials have not been released nor peer-reviewed at this time, and none of the COVID 19 vaccines have received FDA authorization to date.

Dr. Sheult explains some of the potential advantages of the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine candidate including a lower cost and that it only requires regular refrigeration. (This video was recorded on November 24, 2020). Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

LINKS / REFERENCES: Johns Hopkins Tracker | https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html Worldometer | https://www.worldometers.info/coronav... AstraZeneca press release | https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-cen... AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 Vaccine Up to 90% Effective in Late-Stage Trials (Wall Street Journal) | https://www.wsj.com/articles/astrazen... Why the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine is different (Vox) | https://www.vox.com/21590994/oxford-v... Why the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is a cause for optimism — and skepticism (Vox) | https://www.vox.com/21556380/pfizer-b... AstraZeneca Registered Trial in US | https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/N... Pfizer claims its Covid-19 vaccine is 90 percent effective so far. Here’s what we actually know. (Vox) | https://www.vox.com/21556359/pfizer-v... These Covid-19 vaccine candidates could change the way we make vaccines — if they work (Vox) | https://www.vox.com/2020/8/13/2135902...

 

[marsh]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oDQdTia0i0
2:20 min
D.C. imposes new coronavirus lockdown restrictions
•Nov 24, 2020


Just The News

The nation's capital is headed back into lockdown. On Monday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced several new coronavirus restrictions that limit indoor and outdoor gatherings, restrict group exercise classes, and prevent the sale of alcohol at restaurants past 10 p.m.

 

[TammyinWI]

They don't have 5 G.

Neither do I, but it is being imposed/forced on me in my AO. But, this started for me with the SMART meters, which were installed in my AO around summer 2016. With that, cell towers, amped up 4G and 5G (satellites that they put coordinates in and put where they want when they want), we are in for a whole world of hurt.

Drive around, it is all over. And they adjust it, so it is higher in some areas than others, sometimes daily.

(((But these dummies are also killing a lot of birds and bees, etc. They love animals more than they love fellow humans...probably because they are part lizard.)))

 

[marsh]

Biden's Top Staffers Signed CCP Propaganda Group Letter Urging US to Share Data, Research, and Supplies With China » The National Pulse+

Several high-level national security and foreign policy officials selected to join the Joe Biden administration signed a letter advocating for collaboration between the U.S. and China to “develop” a vaccine. Among the signatories on the letter are those who would formulate the Biden...

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Biden’s Top Staffers Signed CCP Propaganda Group Letter Urging US To Share Data, Research, And Supplies With China

• NOVEMBER 24, 2020
• NATALIE WINTERS

SEVERAL HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY OFFICIALS SELECTED TO JOIN THE JOE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SIGNED A LETTER ADVOCATING FOR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA TO “DEVELOP” A VACCINE.

Among the signatories on the letter are those who would formulate the Biden administration’s foreign policy approach: potential Secretary of State Antony Blinken, potential National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, and potential Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines.

The letter comes from Asia Society, a pro-China lobby group which sponsors several Chinese Communist Party-funded Confucius Institutes across the United States.

While the letter states that “China has much to answer for in its response to the coronavirus,” it still urges the U.S. government to hand over swathes of “scientific data… medical practices… efforts to step up production and distribution of medical supplies… and clinical trials for vaccine and treatment research, testing, production, and distribution.”

In other words: despite China lying about the origin of the virus and undertaking a global cover-up attempt, American taxpayers are expected by Team Biden, to lay down before the Chinese Communist Party.

READ: document on website

Included in the letter is a call for the U.S. to collaborating with China on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, along with insisting the U.S. can rely on China for “protective gear and medicines needed to fight the virus”:

“China’s factories can make the protective gear and medicines needed to fight the virus; its medical personnel can share their valuable clinical experience in treating it; and its scientists can work with ours to develop the vaccine urgently needed to vanquish it.”

In other words, Biden’s picks for various key agencies see the pandemic as a chance to further increase reliance on China for personal protective equipment and medication, and indeed hand over massive amounts of U.S. scientific effort to Chinese Communists.

In addition to endangering national security, these China-manufactured products are often faulty.

The advocacy for increased scientific collaboration with China also runs the perennial risk of intellectual property theft.

Other signatories on the letter include Susan Rice and Biden’s Obama-era pick for China Ambassador Max Baucus.

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[marsh]

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

Global COVID-19 Cases Top 60 Million, US Deaths Top 260,000: Live Updates

Wed, 11/25/2020 - 13:45
Summary:

• US deaths top 260k
• Global cases top 60MN
• NY reports most new cases since April
• US suffers most new deaths in months
• Global deaths see new daily record
• Cases near 60 million
• US mulling abandoning travel restrictions on Europe, Brazil etc
• College students scramble to get home for the holiday
• Merkel proposes tighter restrictions
• Iran sees back-to-back record cases
• Russia sees another day of record deaths
• South Korea confirms nearly 400 new cases
• Australia's most populous state to ease restrictions

* * *
Update (1745ET): As Americans hunker down for the Thanksgiving holiday, albeit with fewer family and friends than usual crowded around the table, recent data appeared to show that the 7-day average of new cases in the US has edged higher to 169,690. However, at the same time, the growth in daily new cases has slowed considerably ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, with the weekly growth rate falling from over 40% around two weeks ago to 10% now, in a sign that modest state-run virus restrictions and behavioral changes are having an effect. The slowing is broad-based, with less than 40% of US states seeing daily cases rise ahead of testing over the past week, down from 90% earlier this month.

* * *
Update (1330ET): The US COVID death toll has topped 260,000 just days after passing the 250k mark over the weekend. Meanwhile, global COVID cases have topped 60 million, as expected.

* * *
Update (1200ET): As we head into the afternoon, New York Gov Andrew Cuomo has just confirmed the most new daily cases in the Empire State since April.

Today's update on the numbers:

Of the 173,085 tests reported yesterday, 6,265 were positive (3.62% of total).

Total hospitalizations are at 2,982.

Sadly, there were 41 COVID fatalities yesterday. pic.twitter.com/hwWtNsA6wr
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 25, 2020

The test positivity rate in the focus areas under NY's Micro-Cluster strategy is 5.28%.

The statewide positivity rate excluding these focus areas is 3.04%.

We continue to take strong action to respond to outbreaks and to stop the spread.

Mask Up.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) November 25, 2020

Remember, anybody trying to enter or leave NYC today and tomorrow will face traffic checkpoints.

* * *
As global confirmed COVID cases teeter on the brink of 60 million, millions of Americans are rushing home via planes, trains and automobiles to try and spend the holiday with family (even if this year, the number of seats at the table is much smaller than usual). Just in time for the holiday, the 7-day average of new cases remains at record highs, while hospitalizations have hit a new record, and daily deaths topped 2k yesterday, the largest tally since the spring.



Globally, the number of deaths record yesterday topped 12.75k in just 24 hours, a new record high, as deaths finally start to catch up to increases in case numbers and hospitalizations.



In terms of news, Reuters reported that the US government is considering removing bans on entry into the US for non-citizens who recently visited Brazil, the UK and the EU. While lifting these restrictions could lead to a resurgence in tourism, it's more likely that it won't have much of a near-term impact, as most airlines have cut international flights to the bone. Other bans, including on travelers from China and Iran, will remain in place.



According to Reuters, the plan has received the approval of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Many administration officials argue the restrictions no longer make sense given that most countries aren't subject to any travel bans. Officials believe lifting the restrictions could bolster the struggling airline industry, which has seen international travel fall by 70% this year. The Trump Administration infamously dragged its feet before imposing travel restrictions in Europe, though Trump was one of the first leaders to impose restrictions on travelers from China.

Reuters also interviewed family members of college students traveling home for the holiday, some of whom described asking their children to quarantine despite a negative test.

Finally, German Chancellor Angela Merkel proposed tighter restrictions during a Wednesday meeting with regional leaders including suggesting further reduction on the number of customers allowed in shops and tighter measures in schools in certain 'hotspots'.

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Iran reported a new record for daily infections for a second day in a row, pushing the number of total known cases to 894,385. The death toll reached 46,207 with 469 more deaths in the last 24 hours, down from a day earlier (Source: Bloomberg).

The daily death toll in Russia exceeded 500 for the first time as surging infections across the country put increasing strain on hospitals and medical staff complained about a lack of medicines and protective gear (Source: Bloomberg).
India reports 44,376 cases for the past 24 hours, up from 37,975 the previous day, bringing the country total to 9.22 million. The death toll jumped by 481 to 134,699 (Source: Nikkei).

South Korea confirms 382 new daily cases, up from 349 a day ago. Total infections reach 31,735, with 513 deaths (Source: Nikkei).

Australia's most populous state will ease social distancing restrictions after recording nearly three weeks without any local transmissions, Premier Gladys Berejiklian said on Wednesday (Source: Nikkei).

China recorded five cases on Nov. 24, down from 22 a day earlier. All infections originated overseas (Source: Nikkei).

 

[marsh]

Democratic Senators Announce National Face Mask Legislation

It seems certain it won’t become law under Trump.

www.forbes.com

|Nov 25, 2020,01:24pm EST

Democratic Senators Announce National Face Mask Legislation


Nicholas ReimannForbes Staff

U.S. Senators Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) announced legislation Wednesday aimed to bring mask mandates to the entire U.S., saying that “overwhelming scientific evidence” has shown that masks reduce the spread of Covid-19, which is now taking a grim toll on the country at levels never before seen.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) uses hand sanitizer as he arrives for a full committee ... [+]

KEY FACTS
The bill would set aside $5 billion in federal funding that would then be given to states and local governments in the form of grants.

Money would be withheld from states that do not have a mask mandate in place.

Funding would be contingent upon mandates that require face coverings in public, “including in each place of business,” with some common exceptions, like outdoor spaces where social distancing is of ease, children under the age of two and the eating of food.

The bill is called the ‘‘Encouraging Masks for All Act of 2020.’’

WHAT TO WATCH FOR
The bill seems highly unlikely to pass the Senate, which has a Republican majority. And even if it were to pass, and also be approved by the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump would likely veto the bill. If Democrats win both of the Georgia U.S. Senate seats in January to take control of the chamber, it would be much more likely that a piece of legislation like the ‘‘Encouraging Masks for All Act of 2020” would be able to pass.

CRUCIAL QUOTE
“The Government has an interest in encouraging the use of face coverings in public and each place of business,” the bill read.

SURPRISING FACT
Many have called on President-elect Joe Biden to issue a nationwide mask mandate when he takes office on Jan. 20, but there doesn’t appear to be any legal authority for the president to issue one. Biden has encouraged governors and mayors to issue mandates, and has implored Americans to wear face coverings.

KEY BACKGROUND
Some healthcare systems have already been overwhelmed by the latest, record surge of coronavirus, while many others are preparing for things to get worse.

New coronavirus cases have continued to be at record-setting levels since October, with hospitalizations following. There has now been a new hospitalization record set in the U.S. for 15-straight days, reaching 88,080 on Tuesday, according to The COVID Tracking Project. Deaths are now continuing to spike at a rapid pace, reaching their highest levels in more than six months.

Health experts have continually encouraged mask wearing and called for mask mandates, saying it’s perhaps the simplest way to slow coronavirus spread. Data also shows spread significantly decreased in areas with mask mandates in place. Still, 13 states—all of which have Republican governors—still have not issued a mandate.

 

[marsh]

Governor Newsom Orders Police To Go Door To Door Arresting Anyone Not Depressed And Alone

SACRAMENTO, CA—California governor Gavin Newsom is especially concerned that the holiday season could lead to people coming together in joy and brotherly love -- i.e., superspreader events. To fight this, Newsom has enacted a number of strict rules for the holidays and has now gone the extra...

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SATIRE

Governor Newsom Orders Police To Go Door To Door Arresting Anyone Not Depressed And Alone

November 25th, 2020

SACRAMENTO, CA—California governor Gavin Newsom is especially concerned that the holiday season could lead to people coming together in joy and brotherly love -- i.e., superspreader events. To fight this, Newsom has enacted a number of strict rules for the holidays and has now gone the extra step of sending police door to door to arrest anyone showing clear signs of violating the law, namely anyone not depressed and alone.

“This holiday season, people could be out spreading cheer,” Newsom told the press, “a dangerous and illegal activity that we will crush. If we see any signs of this -- any smiles, any singing, anyone looking like they’re enjoying life at all -- they will be locked away for the protection of others.”

So far, door-to-door inspections have found most people in compliance, doing completely legal pandemic activities like sitting alone in the dark staring at the wall, lying face down on the floor, and googling "how to tie a noose." There are worries that some police may not try to enforce Newsom’s regulations for being “unconstitutional” and “evil,” but so far everyone says they will go along. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department even has a special container labeled, “Newsom’s Holiday Laws,” though it does look suspiciously like a wastepaper basket.

 

[marsh]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjphzlV5DYo
1:01:36 min

At Home Coronavirus Testing and COVID 19 Vaccine Update with Harvard Professor Dr. Michael Mina

•Nov 25, 2020

MedCram - Medical Lectures Explained CLEARLY

Professor Michael Mina, MD answers key questions about at home COVID 19 testing and coronavirus vaccines:

0:00 We need a new testing strategy and at home rapid tests are superior to PCR 2:49 What other countries are using rapid antigen paper COVID-19 tests? 3:25 Rapid decline of COVID-19 spread in Slovakia with paper antigen COVID 19 tests 3:48 At home coronavirus tests are an intervention most people actually want (unlike distancing, shutdowns, etc.) 6:21 FDA barrier to rapid at home COVID 19 tests 6:40 The sensitivity of at-home tests to capture someone who is infectious with COVID 19 is 95-99% 6:53 Simple ways to address false positives 7:45 Manufacturing capacity needed for 10-20 million paper strip tests per day 8:17 Dr. Mina’s discussions with various US leaders and elected officials about at home tests 8:41 Dr. Fauci on at home coronavirus tests 9:21 Who’s job is it to make rapid at home tests a reality? 12:07 FDA approves the first at home SARS-CoV-2 test (made by Lucira), but will it be useful? 15:35 New York Times article with a misleading title about rapid antigen tests 16:09 PCR vs antigen tests are useful for completely different purposes 20:32 Capturing the contagious window of COVID-19 with testing (the viral dynamics and the Ct values of SARS CoV 2) 28:14 CDC estimates that over half of COVID-19 spread is asymptotic or pre-symptomatic 31:05 Are any test manufactures collaborating on COVID-19 testing in the US (and using confirmatory tests)? 36:17 What rapid COVID-19 have been approved in the US or outside the US that are suitable for a self test? 36:46 Abbott Binax Now Test 37:11 Abbott Panbio Test 37:48 Roche SD Biosensor COVID-19 Test 38:00 AccessBio Antigen Test 38:32 E25Bio Rapid COVID-19 Test 40:18 What entity should oversee at home COVID-19 screening tools? The FDA? CDC? a new entity? 45:52 The (relatively small) expense of at home COVID-19 testing 48:53 Practical testing tips for the testing services we have available now? 54:05 Common misconceptions about rapid COVID-19 testing 56:15 Will a viable coronavirus vaccine diminish the need for at home testing? 57:09 Concerns about COVID 19 vaccine efficacy including plasmablast response 1:00:00 Easier to adjust a paper test than a vaccine 1:01:10 Parting words and how to learn more about rapid tests

Michael Mina, MD, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Mina is also a core member of the Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics (CCDD) and an Associate Medical Director in Clinical Microbiology (molecular diagnostics) in the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School Dr. Mina’s full bio: https://ccdd.hsph.harvard.edu/people/... The volunteer-based rapid test advocacy website that Dr. Mina is the director of: https://www.rapidtests.org/ (a great place to learn more about rapid at home tests)

Interviewer: Kyle Allred Physician Assistant MedCram.com Producer and Co-Founder Contact: customers@medcram.com

LINKS FROM THIS INTERVIEW: Science Advances: Test sensitivity is secondary to frequency and turnaround time for COVID-19 screening (Dr. Mina is a co-author) | https://advances.sciencemag.org/conte... Economic Benefits of COVID-19 Screening Tests (Dr. Mina is a co-author) | https://www.nber.org/papers/w28031 Time: How We Can Stop the Spread of COVID-19 By Christmas (by Dr. Michael Mina) | https://time.com/5912705/covid-19-sto... New York Times: A Rapid Virus Test Falters in People Without Symptoms, Study Finds | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/he... Worldometer: Slovakia COVID-19 Data: https://www.worldometers.info/coronav... CDC | https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-... FDA | https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press... Previous MedCram Interview with Dr. Michael Mina on COVID-19Testing: https://youtu.be/cP-MHKU_cQE Fast Company: Slovakia tested almost everyone in the country and ‘broke the curve’ | https://www.fastcompany.com/90577240/... Dr. Mina's Twitter Acct | https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab TWiV 640 | https://youtu.be/kDj4Zyq3yOA MedCram: COVID-19 Rapid Tests Demo & Q/A with E25Bio Co-Founder | https://youtu.be/qKM4MIrfr4k

 

[marsh]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ontnaTFchXo
1:51:56 min
TWiV 685: Pandemicky
•Nov 25, 2020


Vincent Racaniello

The TWiVers analyze efficacy of the AstraZeneca/Oxford adenovirus vectored vaccine, SARS-CoV-2 did not infect miners who became ill 8 years ago after cleaning bat guano from a cave in Yunnan Province, and induction of antigen-specific germinal center responses and production of neutralizing antibody by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine but not purified protein.

 

[155 arty]

China Proposes Global 'Track and Trace' System for Travel Reset

Chinese President Xi Jinping wants travelers to adopt a global QR code system to help determine their health status and travel "permissions."

www.breitbart.com

China Wants Passenger Tracking System for Global Travel Coronavirus Reset
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Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP
SIMON KENT23 Nov 20203,708

Chinese Communist President Xi Jinping wants travelers to adopt a global QR code system to help determine their health status and travel “permissions” in a post-coronavirus pandemic travel reset.

During the virtual G20 summit on Saturday, Xi called for a coronavirus “global mechanism” which involves international recognition of health certificates in the form of QR codes to allow people to travel freely, according to state media.

The dictator says the system can be based on “nucleic acid testing results in the form of internationally accepted QR codes,” reported state news agency Xinhua.
“We need to further harmonise policies and standards and establish ‘fast tracks’ to facilitate the orderly flow of people,” he is quoted saying. “[We] hope more countries would participate.”

QR codes are bar codes that can be read by mobile phones that are a common tool of tracking and control in Communist China.

Under the scheme China has employed since February, users are issued a traffic-light style health code, with a green code allowing someone to travel freely, and an orange or red code indicating that they need to quarantine for up to two weeks.

The codes are based on a combination of big data and information submitted by the users themselves.

The leader of the Chinese Communist Party did not explain how the international scheme might work or if it would mirror the health code system which has been widely adopted in China.

The lack of detailed information has already been flagged by critics who see it is a piece of social engineeering.

In a tweet, the executive director of Human Rights Watch Kenneth Roth expressed caution over Xi’s proposal.

“An initial focus on health could easily become a Trojan Horse for broader political monitoring and exclusion,” he said.

China been building its own mass surveillance network for the past decade, which boasts hundreds of millions of street cameras.

The surveillance network has been billed as the world’s most powerful facial-recognition system and aims to identify any of its 1.4 billion citizens within three seconds.

China is also looking at more digital methods of ensuring its citizens comply with the strictures of the single-party state.

The wife and I ,of 31 years,are most likely finished after an argument last night over this bullshit lockdown

 

[Keric4]

I feel your pain. Ive decided to just keep my mouth shut and let them figure it out on their own. We are watching the Macys parade and you would think that Al Roker would be wearing a mask, after having been diagnosed with prostrate cancer?.

ETA. He is now wearing one but wasnt earlier.

 

[Jubilee on Earth]

The wife and I ,of 31 years,are most likely finished after an argument last night over this bullshit lockdown

I’m so sorry to hear that. This year has divided many people against each other, many in their own families. I thank the Good Lord every day that my hubby and I are like-minded. I don’t know what I’d do if we weren’t. Prayers for you, Arty.

 

[waterdog]

Just got the call my wife's only brother has died this a.m. He was 72 and had been in ICU for 16 days. Him and his wife diagnosed 18 days ago with covid wife is still sick at home. He died the way I don't want to, alone no visitors kidneys shut down.