I am living in the middle of the emergency over coronavirus in Finland. Due this reason the update cycle to make posting to this blog could be slowed down.
The Finnish government announced on Monday nationwide school closures in order to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Read more on the following aricles:
Finland closes schools, declares state of emergency over coronavirus
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_closes_schools_declares_state_of_emergency_over_coronavirus/11260062
Daycare centres are to stay open but parents were asked to keep their kids home if possible. The government also published a 19-point list of emergency legislation that takes effect on 18 March.
Coronavirus latest: 359 cases confirmed in Finland, S-Group shuts its Helsinki eateries, bankruptcy fears mount
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/coronavirus_latest_359_cases_confirmed_in_finland_s-group_shuts_its_helsinki_eateries_bankruptcy_fears_mount/11249610
Here is a link to an earlier post related to Coronavirus:
https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2020/02/12/mobile-trends-2020-mwc-canceled/
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Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective in final clinical trial results analysis
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/18/pfizer-says-its-covid-19-vaccine-is-95-effective-in-final-clinical-trial-results-analysis/?tpcc=ECFB2020
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BREAKING: Yet more good vaccine news.
Oxford Vaccine Safe And Effective In Older Adults As Well, Phase 2 Data Shows
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/oxford-vaccine-safe-and-effective-in-older-adults-as-well-phase-2-data-shows/
November turned out to be the month of good Covid-19 vaccine news. After the promising interim results of the Pfizer and Moderna Phase 3 trials, the results of the Oxford Vaccine Phase 2 trial have been published.
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Covid Spikes In The Biggest States—But Republican Governors Say No Shutdowns This Time
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/11/19/covid-spikes-in-the-biggest-states-but-republican-governors-say-no-shutdowns-this-time/?sh=2f95bc973d51&utm_source=fb_breakingnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=forbes&utm_content=4118624078
The nationwide coronavirus spike that is plaguing the U.S. is now starting to again take a toll on the nation’s largest states, which grimly led the way during the summer outbreak, but, unlike earlier Covid surges, some governors are vowing there won’t be any new restrictions this time to combat the spread.
All three of the nation’s largest states—California, Texas and Florida—are dealing with spiking Covid metrics, including increases in new cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
Two Republican governors, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have said they will not put new restrictions in place, instead touting new treatments for those who are infected.
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WHO recommends against the use of remdesivir in COVID-19 patients
https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-recommends-against-the-use-of-remdesivir-in-covid-19-patients
WHO has issued a conditional recommendation against the use of remdesivir in hospitalized patients, regardless of disease severity, as there is currently no evidence that remdesivir improves survival and other outcomes in these patients.
This recommendation, released on 20 November, is part of a living guideline on clinical care for COVID-19. It was developed by an international guideline development group, which includes 28 clinical care experts, 4 patient-partners and one ethicist.
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More Than 2,000 People Died Of Covid-19 In The U.S. On Thursday, With Around 80,000 Now Hospitalized
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/11/20/more-than-2000-people-died-of-covid-19-in-the-us-on-thursday-with-around-80000-now-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
More than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the U.S. on Thursday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), making it the deadliest day of the pandemic since early May and various projections expect that number to grow considerably over the next few weeks.
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Pfizer and BioNTech to submit request for emergency use approval of their COVID-19 vaccine today
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/20/pfizer-and-biontech-to-submit-request-for-emergency-use-approval-of-their-covid-19-vaccine-today/?tpcc=ECFB2020
Two of the companies behind one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates will seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization (EUA) of their preventative treatment with an application to be delivered today [Update: Pfizer confirmed the application was submitted as promised later Friday afternoon]. Pfizer and BioNTech, which revealed earlier this week that their vaccine was 95% effective based on Phase 3 clinical trial data, are submitting for the emergency authorization in the U.S., as well as in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the U.K., and say that could pave the way for use of the vaccine to begin in “high-risk populations” by the end of next month.
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Husin uusi havainto mursi myyttiä, etteivät pikkulapset levittäisi tautia – johtajaylilääkäri kertoo ”piilokoronasta” https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000007632665.html
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Sweden to shut bars and restaurants that ignore coronavirus restrictions
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-sweden-stockholm/sweden-to-shut-bars-and-restaurants-that-ignore-coronavirus-restrictions-idUSKCN2262AX
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Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine shows high efficacy, and is cheaper to make and easier to store
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/23/oxford-universitys-covid-19-vaccine-shows-high-efficacy-and-is-cheaper-to-make-and-easier-to-store/?tpcc=ECFB2020
Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine, being developed in partnership with drugmaker AstraZeneca, has shown to be 70.4% effective in preliminary results from its Phase 3 clinical trial. That rate actually includes data from two different approaches to dosing, including one where two full strength does were applied, which was 62% effective, and a much more promising dosage trial which used one half-dose and one full strength dose to follow – that one was 90% effective.
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Major PPE Maker Shuts Factories After Nearly 2,500 Workers Test Positive For Covid-19
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/11/24/major-ppe-maker-shuts-factories-after-nearly-2500-workers-test-positive-for-covid-19/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Top Glove, the world’s largest manufacturer of latex gloves, will shut down more than half its factories after nearly 2,500 of its workers tested positive for Covid-19 amidst a surge in demand for its gloves, a key part of personal protective gear.
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The agency now says international travelers should get tested before, during and after their trip.
CDC Now Says Travelers Should Get Three Covid Tests
http://on.forbes.com/6188HHQJy
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Trump Suggests Media Actually Isn’t Covering Covid Enough, Since Virus Is ‘Running Wild All Over The World’
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/11/21/trump-suggests-media-actually-isnt-covering-covid-enough-since-virus-is-running-wild-all-over-the-world/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
President Donald Trump, who has continually complained that media overplays the Covid-19 pandemic, seemed to suddenly call for more coverage Saturday, saying the media should focus more on the pandemic outside of the United States—even though the U.S. daily rate for new cases is more than four times higher any other nation.
The outgoing president falsely said in a tweet Saturday that news outlets are “not talking about the fact that ‘Covid’ is running wild all over the World.”
169,595. That’s how many new cases the U.S. is adding, on average, every day, according to Johns Hopkins University. That’s more than four times the rate of any other country and by far the highest ever reported anywhere in the world.
Many western European countries put strict new lockdown measures in place after major Covid spikes. The lockdowns appear to have been effective, as cases are again decreasing. There seems to be no appetite for new U.S. restrictions from Trump’s administration, though. The White House praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for vowing not to bring any new restrictions, even as cases, hospitalizations and deaths spike in those large states.
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Qantas Becomes First Airline To Require Passengers To Get Covid-19 Vaccine Before Flying Internationally
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/11/24/qantas-becomes-first-airline-to-require-passengers-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-before-flying-internationally/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Getting a Covid-19 vaccine could soon be a requirement to travel internationally, with one major airline already saying that vaccination will become a “necessity” to set foot on its aircraft in the future, while a project led by air industry trade body IATA to create a “digital passport” proving vaccination enters its final stages.
On Monday, Australia’s flag carrier Quantas became the first major airline to state its intent to require international passengers to have received a Covid-19 vaccine as a condition of travelling.
Based on conversations with colleagues around the world, Joyce believes the requirements “will be a common theme.”
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, international travel has ground to a halt. Government advice against travelling, passenger reluctance and, in some instances, closed borders, have left the industry with few moves but to ask for government assistance. A vaccine is widely regarded as the most effective way of getting things back to normal, and the industry has buoyed in recent weeks with promising vaccine announcements from AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna.
Quantas being the first to require vaccines is unsurprising given Australia has notoriously strict biosafety protocols, even before the pandemic, and has had a largely closed border throughout the crisis, leaving many of its citizens stranded abroad. The measures could set the stage for a much wider rollout across the industry, something which may prove to be unpopular given the number of high profile cases where passengers have refused to comply with mask requirements.
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Two coronaviruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, have been found in animals stored in lab freezers in Japan and Cambodia.
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/coronaviruses-related-to-sarscov2-found-in-japan-and-cambodia/
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Oxford AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has up to 90% efficacy, data reveals
Vaccine developed in UK by AstraZeneca and Oxford University ‘will save many lives’, says scientist
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/23/astrazeneca-says-its-coronavirus-vaccine-has-70-per-cent-efficacy-covid-oxford-university
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https://www.edn.com/mobile-containers-arrive-to-transport-and-distribute-deep-freeze-covid-19-vaccines/
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WHO Chief Warns Vaccine Won’t End Covid-19 Pandemic As Moderna, Pfizer Announce Early Successes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/11/16/who-chief-warns-vaccine-wont-end-covid-19-pandemic-as-moderna-pfizer-announce-early-successes/
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ending-the-covid19-pandemic
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These Are The Best (And Worst) Places To Live During The Coronavirus Era
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/these-are-best-and-worst-places-live-during-coronavirus-era
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the shortcomings of the global health-care system, while also exposing how developed and developing world economies could demonstrate such unexpected responses. Tiny South Korea has managed to suppress the virus with mass testing and tracing. The US, meanwhile, has recorded the most deaths, while China has already vaccinated more than 1 million people before its leading vaccine effort has even been approved.
With so many variables at play, Bloomberg has tried to develop a ranking for which countries fared the best during the coronavirus outbreak. While crunching the numbers, reporters asked questions like ‘where were the best places to be during the coronavirus pandemic’? and ‘where was the virus handled most effectively?’
The rankings were based on two broad categories, COVID status and quality of life. Additionally, Bloomberg introduced what it called the “Covid Resilience Ranking scores” for the economies, which purported to measure how resistant a given economy was to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus.
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https://m.xkcd.com/2391/
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The study also showed the impact of temperature on how long live SARS-CoV2 lasted on common surfaces such as glass, stainless steel, and money.
Study: Covid-19 Coronavirus May Survive For 28 Days On These Surfaces
http://on.forbes.com/6184Hye9q
On the surface, this doesn’t look good. A study just published in the Virology Journal found that the Covid-19 coronavirus can survive on common surfaces such as glass, stainless steel, and money for up to 28 days. That’s almost three Scaramuccis and enough time for the Kate Hudson character to lose three guys. And the survival of the virus may increase with colder temperatures, which sounds like great news heading into the Fall and Winter. But before you resolve to touch absolutely nothing during the rest of the pandemic, except for perhaps your BTS shrine, there are caveats to the study.
The experiments at 20 °C (which corresponds roughly to room temperature or 68 °F) found infectious SARS-CoV-2 to be still detectable after 28 days post on all non-porous surfaces used, that is glass, stainless steel, vinyl, and both paper and polymer bank notes. The researchers couldn’t detect the virus on porous material, the cotton cloth, beyond 14 days, though. The majority of virus reduction on cotton occurred very soon after application of virus, suggesting an immediate adsorption effect. The amount of time it took for detectable live virus levels to drop by 90% ranged from a low of about 5.5 days for cotton to 9.1 days for paper bank notes. In other words, after 5.5 days, only 10 percent of the original live virus amounts remained in the cotton sample.
The hottest experiments ratcheted temperatures up to 40 °C, which corresponds to 104 °F, which would be room temperature if you lived in a hot yoga studio. When it was this hot, no infectious SARS-CoV-2 seemed to remain beyond 24 hours on cotton cloth and beyond 48 h for all other surfaces tested. The heat also brought the time it took for live levels to drop by 90% down to a range of 5 hours for polymer notes to 10.5 hours for vinyl.
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Näkökulma: Jos osa kansalaisista jonottaa täyteen ahdetuissa kauppakeskuksissa alekrääsää, ei hallitusta voi odottaa pelastajaksi
perjantai 27.11.2020 klo 17:14
Sami KoskiPuhe liikkumisen rajoittamisesta ”Euroopan malliin” vie Suomen lähemmäs maata, jossa valtio voi tehdä kansalaisilleen mitä haluaa, kirjoittaa Iltalehden toimittaja Sami Koski.
https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/56f68bb5-eb35-4193-bb6a-a9ca9c65dcbd?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1606494547
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A scientist did some statistical analysis on this and it is AMAZING: https://bit.ly/3lo74nW
People Are Leaving 1-Star Reviews Of Scented Candles, Seemingly Unaware They Just Have Covid
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/people-are-leaving-1star-reviews-of-scented-candles-seemingly-unaware-they-have-covid/
When you think of victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, your mind probably doesn’t immediately leap to Yankee Candle, unless you’re somehow in the pocket of Big Yankee of course. However, a group of Internet investigators have taken a look into the data and it would appear that Yankee Candle has been hit hard, and probably in the exact way you’re thinking.
One Twitter user noticed that recent reviews of the scented candles had gone a little downhill of late, sort of around the time a lot of people got a disease where losing your sense of smell is a symptom.
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Every American Who Wants A Coronavirus Vaccine Can Get One By June, Operation Warp Speed Official Says
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/11/30/every-american-who-wants-a-coronavirus-vaccine-can-get-one-by-june-operation-warp-speed-official-says/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Lt. Gen. Paul Ostrowski, who handles supply, production and distribution for U.S. vaccine accelerator Operation Warp Speed said Monday that every American who wishes to be vaccinated against coronavirus will be able to be as soon as this summer, as vaccine candidates inch closer to being available to the general public.
When MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian asked Ostrowski in an interview where he expected the U.S. to be in terms of vaccination by June, he said that more than 300 million vaccine doses will be available in the U.S. “well before then.”
“100% of Americans that want the vaccine will have had the vaccine by that point in time,” Ostrowski said.
However, as all the coronavirus vaccine candidates currently on their way to an emergency use authorization in the U.S. require two jabs to be effective, it’s unclear if Ostrowski was referring to the first dose of the schedule or both doses.
Vossoughian also later clarified it’s still unknown how long the vaccines will protect a person from being infected with coronavirus.
Earlier this month, a Gallup poll found that 58% of Americans would be willing to have a coronavirus vaccine, up from just 50% in September, which was the lowest rate recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Coronavirus can enter brains through nose and that could explain loss of smell, taste and some other neurological issues
https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/bd49e16d-ead8-42ff-8169-672530957521
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It Could Take 4 Years To Recover The 22 Million Jobs Lost During Covid-19 Pandemic, Moody’s Warns
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/11/30/it-could-take-4-years-to-regain-the-22-million-jobs-lost-during-covid-19-pandemic-moodys-warns/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
As the bull market for stocks rages on and even bests pre-pandemic levels, some American households are bouncing back much more slowly than others, unearthing a pattern indicative of a K-shaped (or lopsided) economic recovery, Goldman Sachs said on Sunday–and without additional fiscal relief, it could take years for employment to fully recover.
The biggest driver of the K-shaped recovery taking shape is that pandemic job losses were “highly concentrated in virus-sensitive industries” like retail, leisure and hospitality–all of which disproportionately employ low-wage workers, Goldman analyst Joseph Briggs wrote in a weekend note.
Some companies have turned to technology in an effort to boost productivity in the absence of real workers, and it’s working (which is bad news for American workers): Productivity is up 4% this year despite major job losses, according to Moody’s Analytics, which now estimates the 22 million jobs lost this spring won’t come back until early 2024.
While stimulus measures have helped keep overall disposable income afloat during the pandemic, Americans making less than $30 per hour are feeling the most economic pain.
Slowed wage growth has also been markedly worse for lower-income workers–further contributing to the disparate economic recovery, the Goldman report goes on to say.
Goldman projects a lack of new fiscal relief will cause a fourth-quarter decline in disposable income that will hit the bottom 25% of earners “particularly hard,” while also weighing on consumer spending this winter.
The outlook for lower-income workers will get “significantly worse” if Congress doesn’t pass another fiscal stimulus package of at least $700 billion in the first quarter, Goldman notes, adding that additional relief coupled with widespread vaccination could actually help yield a V-shaped recovery, which is characteristic of a quicker, more equitable economic bounceback.
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November marked the best month for stocks in over 30 years, but the labor market and other economic indicators are flashing serious warning signs. Despite record-low mortgage rates, higher costs pushed pre-owned home sales down in October for a second month in a row, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors released on Monday, and new manufacturing data showed that production output and new factory orders are also falling as Covid-19 cases surge to new highs nationwide. “Storm clouds are gathering,” George Ratiu, a senior economist at Realtor.com told Reuters on Monday. “This winter could pose an unusual challenge for many people across the country, unless Congress takes significant actions.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2020/11/30/it-could-take-4-years-to-regain-the-22-million-jobs-lost-during-covid-19-pandemic-moodys-warns/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
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Why are these two guys in the same room during a pandemic, not keeping distance and not wearing face masks?
https://explosm.net/comics/5728/
It’s funny cause that what is happening all around ppl traveling catching and giving corona to everyone including their own family
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United Nations Pleads For Aid As The Covid-19 Pandemic Pushes Millions Into Extreme Poverty
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2020/12/01/united-nations-pleads-for-aid-as-the-covid-19-pandemic-pushes-millions-into-extreme-poverty/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
The United Nations launched an appeal Tuesday asking for $35 billion to support its humanitarian work, warning that decades of progress is at risk of being undone as the Covid-19 pandemic drives millions into extreme poverty.
The agency’s emergency relief chief, Mark Lowcock, said that a record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance in 2021, almost a 40% increase from the previous year.
Lowcock said the rise is “almost entirely from Covid-19,” compounding existing crises from conflict, displacement, and climate change, and warned of multiple famines in the future.
The U.N. and other agencies have been “overwhelmed” by the crisis, Lowcock said, and urged governments around the world to dedicate just a fraction of the funds they have for their own domestic Covid-19 recovery to ensure those in the poorest countries are not left behind.
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November’s Grim Covid-19 Totals: More Than 4.3 Million Infections And 37,000 Americans Killed
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/12/01/novembers-grim-covid-19-totals-more-than-43-million-infections-and-37000-americans-killed/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Covid-19 surged across the United States at an alarming and unpreceded rate in November, shattering the number of new infections recorded in a single month and resulting in more than 47,000 hospitalizations and 37,000 deaths, with health experts worried that new cases and fatalities will continue to climb in the weeks ahead.
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Gottlieb Estimates 30% Of Americans Will Have Had Coronavirus By The Year’s End
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/11/30/gottlieb-estimates-30-of-americans-will-have-had-coronavirus-by-the-years-end/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned Monday that nearly a third of Americans will likely have been infected with coronavirus by the end of 2020, with experts saying Thanksgiving travel will only exacerbate a fall surge in the pandemic.
The former FDA head said during an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box he estimates that in North Dakota and South Dakota, the country’s two states with the most cases per capita, 30% to 35% of residents have been infected, though he said the infection rates may be as high as 50%.
“We’re going to see a bump in new infections; there’s no question about that. We’ve seen it after every holiday,” Gottlieb said.
Vaccinating just 20% of the population would be enough to ensure the “virus is not going to circulate as readily, once you get to those levels of prior immunity,” he said.
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Moderna Vaccine 100% Effective Against Severe Covid-19, Files For Emergency Use Authorization
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/moderna-vaccine-100-effective-against-severe-covid19-files-for-emergency-use-authorization/
After the promising interim results published a few weeks ago, US biotech firm Moderna reports the final findings from the phase 3 trial of its Covid-19 vaccine. The overall efficacy of the vaccine is 94.1 percent (a slight change from the interim result) with an efficacy against severe Covid-19 of 100 percent.
The trial had 30,000 US participants, half of which were given two doses of the vaccine (four weeks apart) and the other half were given a placebo. During the trial, 196 people developed Covid-19, of which 185 were in the placebo group and 11 in the vaccine group. Thirty of the cases in the placebo group experienced severe Covid-19 symptoms and there were no severe cases in the vaccine group.
“This positive primary analysis confirms the ability of our vaccine to prevent Covid-19 disease with 94.1% efficacy and importantly, the ability to prevent severe Covid-19 disease.”
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https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/thats-dire-warning-dalios-chart-hints-what-beijing-really
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1 In Every 800 North Dakota Residents Now Dead From Covid
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/12/01/1-in-every-800-north-dakota-residents-now-dead-from-covid/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Valerie
Just two weeks after joining the growing list of states where at least one in every 1,000 residents has died from coronavirus-linked causes, North Dakota’s grim statistic has escalated: as of Tuesday, one in every 800 North Dakotans has been claimed by Covid-19.
Just two weeks after joining the growing list of states where at least one in every 1,000 residents has died from coronavirus-linked causes, North Dakota’s grim statistic has escalated: as of Tuesday, one in every 800 North Dakotans has been claimed by Covid-19.
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Fauci Willing To Get Coronavirus Vaccine On Camera, Like Obama, Bush And Clinton
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/12/03/fauci-willing-to-have-coronavirus-vaccine-on-camera-like-obama-bush-and-clinton/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s leading infectious disease official, said Thursday he would join three former U.S. presidents and volunteer to be given a coronavirus vaccine on camera to help dispel misinformation about it “as soon as my turn comes up,” Fauci said.
Fauci told Garrett he planned to be inoculated on camera in hopes of easing fears over the safety of the vaccine and misgivings over the speed of its development.
Fauci told Garrett he planned to be inoculated on camera in hopes of easing fears over the safety of the vaccine and misgivings over the speed of its development.
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Pfizer Slashed Its Original Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Target After Supply-Chain Obstacles
Pharma giant expects to ship half the doses it had originally planned after finding raw materials in early production didn’t meet its standards
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-slashed-its-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-target-after-facing-supply-chain-obstacles-11607027787
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1 In Every 700 Connecticut Residents Has Died From Covid-19
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/12/04/1-in-every-700-connecticut-residents-has-died-from-covid-19/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Amid a mounting second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Connecticut passed a grim milestone on Thursday days after the state recorded its 5000th Covid-related death, with, stunningly, one in every 700 Connecticut residents now having died after contracting Covid-19 over the past nine months.
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Biden Predicts 250,000 More Coronavirus Deaths, Urges Americans To Stay Home Over Holidays
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2020/12/02/biden-predicts-250000-coronavirus-deaths-urges-americans-to-stay-home-over-holidays/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
President-elect Joe Biden said another 250,000 Americans could die of coronavirus between now and January, a higher forecast than previously given by health officials as the country faces rises in new infections and hospitalizations.
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Pfizer Covid Vaccine Approved In The UK With First Vaccinations Starting Next Week
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/pfizer-covid-vaccine-approved-in-the-uk-with-first-vaccinations-starting-next-week/
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Moderna Vaccine 100% Effective Against Severe Covid-19, Files For Emergency Use Authorization
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/moderna-vaccine-100-effective-against-severe-covid19-files-for-emergency-use-authorization/
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3 ways the pandemic is transforming tech spending https://tcrn.ch/2VHijx6
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Hard Lesson: How a Restaurateur Beat the Pandemic
Sales at America’s biggest restaurant franchisee plunged 60% after COVID-19 hit. Today the company is thriving. Why? “Nobody panicked,” says owner Greg Flynn
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Most U.S. COVID Deaths In One Day (3,100) As Latest Model Projects 539,000 By April
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/12/05/most-us-covid-deaths-in-one-day-3100-as-latest-model-projects-539000-by-april/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Thursday was the deadliest day in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, with more than 3,100 fatalities recorded, according to Johns Hopkins data.
The coronavirus killed a total of 11,820 Americans this week, according to the IHME, which means it ranked as the leading cause of death in the U.S., ahead of ischemic heart disease (10,724 deaths), tracheal, bronchus and lung cancer (3,965), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (3,766).
The latest IHME model projections predict 270,000 additional Covid-related fatalities from November 30 to April 1.
Daily deaths are expected to peak at 3,000 in mid-January.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Among first acts, Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-jake-tapper-coronavirus-pandemic-fa365aa74f80e768bce3edc1649e4e8a
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Thursday that he will ask Americans to commit to 100 days of wearing masks as one of his first acts as president, stopping just short of the nationwide mandate he’s pushed before to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The move marks a notable shift from President Donald Trump, whose own skepticism of mask-wearing has contributed to a politicization of the issue. That’s made many people reticent to embrace a practice that public health experts say is one of the easiest ways to manage the pandemic, which has killed more than 275,000 Americans.
The president-elect has frequently emphasized mask-wearing as a “patriotic duty”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Meitä ette rokota
Osa suomalaisista pelkää koronarokotetta enemmän kuin itse virusta. Selvitimme miksi.
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China trade: exports surge to record levels, as coronavirus lockdowns return to the West
In November, China’s exports grew by 21.1 per cent from a year earlier, representing the biggest export haul by 3US dollar value on record
China’s factories continue to benefit from lockdowns elsewhere in the world, with exports growing for the sixth month in a row
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3112820/china-trade-exports-sent-rocketing-coronavirus-lockdowns?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=share_widget&utm_campaign=3112820
This was the sixth consecutive month of export growth, with China’s factories continuing to capitalise on coronavirus lockdowns in the West.
Tomi Engdahl says:
China’s army of upcoming college graduates brace to compete for jobs with a familiar rival – the class of 2020’s unhired alumni
Competition for jobs among fresh university graduates in China looks to be even more intense next year as the coronavirus left millions of degree-holders out of work
Ministry of Education says a record 9 million Chinese graduates will try to enter the workforce in 2021
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3112640/chinas-army-upcoming-college-grads-brace-compete-jobs
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Q&A: Why some people’s wellbeing has improved during the pandemic
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/qa-why-some-people-s-wellbeing-has-improved-during-pandemic.html#utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=wellbeing
As the social isolation compelled by the pandemic swept many of us into a flurry of panic, grief and mental funk, a section of people actually reported improved levels of wellbeing, found biological psychologist Meike Bartels, a professor of genetics and wellbeing at VU Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Why do some people fare better than others in times of distress, and what can we learn from them? Part of the answer lies in our genes, she explained.
How do you define wellbeing?
I consider wellbeing as an indicator of feeling well and functioning well. Everything about the concept is subjective — as long as someone says I feel well, I don’t really care if that is also objectively the case. There is actually no objective idea of wellbeing because it’s all about how you feel.
Wellbeing is also a catalyst — it’s not the endpoint. It comes first — when you feel well, you are able to function well and to connect to other people. Large studies show that people who are happier function better, contribute to the socio-economic status of a country, to social welfare and have stronger social relationships and networks. Overall, they’re way less vulnerable to difficult circumstances. So actually, we should invest a lot in the wellbeing of people because if people feel well, they have a lot more to add to society.
Given your research so far, what is the biggest factor influencing wellbeing?
I think, in general, what matters the most is that there should at least be someone who cares about you. Some people need many people who care about them, and some only need one person to have the same level of wellbeing. Loneliness and wellbeing are connected.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Armed Police Raid Home Of Ousted Data Scientist Who Alleged Covid-19 Data Manipulation In Florida
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/12/08/armed-police-raid-home-of-ousted-data-scientist-who-alleged-covid-19-data-manipulation-in-florida/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Gordie
Armed investigators raided the home of Rebekah Jones — a former Florida state official who claimed she was removed from her role in May for refusing to comply with officials’ demands to manipulate the state’s Covid-19 numbers — and seized her computers, accusing her of illegally accessing a state-run communications platform.
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Trump’s ‘Warp Speed’ vaccine summit zooms into alternative reality
Sketch: The president’s attempt at a victory lap offered a stark contrast to Joe Biden’s sombre yet ambitious event
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/trump-vaccine-summit-biden-operation-warp-speed
The US government’s drive for a coronavirus vaccine was named “Operation Warp Speed” by Peter Marks, an official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and longtime Star Trek fan.
A staple of Star Trek storylines is alternative realities: someone slipping through a wormhole into a parallel universe where history took a radically different turn. Cable news viewers went through the wormhole at 2pm on Tuesday: two captains, two crews, two languages (one English, the other Klingon).
Those watching CNN and MSNBC could see a sombre president-elect, Joe Biden, opening his remarks by acknowledging the terrible Covid-19 death toll (more than 285,000 in the US), setting out an ambitious vision for his first hundred days in office (“Masking. Vaccinations. Opening schools”) and unveiling a healthcare team heavy on experience, science and diversity.
But those watching Fox News or other conservative networks found the lame-duck president, Donald Trump, making no mention of the dead (“In many respects we’re still doing incredibly, with our stock markets and everything else, which are hitting all new highs”),
In what is now routinely described as a split-screen nation, the contrast was on the nose. It was also an unusual role reversal from the norm, with the outgoing president delivering happy talk and sunny uplands, while his successor offered a darker vision that warned of trouble ahead.
It was the latest of Biden’s team unveilings in his home city of Wilmington, Delaware. Speaking against a blue “Office of the president-elect” backdrop, he said bleakly: “Last week, Covid-19 was the number one cause of death in America.
“For Black, Latino, and Native Americans – who are nearly three times as likely to die from it – Covid-19 is a mass casualty.”
Despite a daily death toll that now rivals that of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, Trump began by taking a victory lap, praising Vice-President Mike Pence for doing “an absolutely incredible” job at the head of the coronavirus taskforce.
He then promised: “This will vanquish the problem, this horrible scourge, as I call it, the China virus, because that’s where it came from.”
Biden was saying: “We’re in a very dark winter. Things may well get worse before they get better. A vaccine may soon be available but we need to level with one other. It will take longer than we would like to distribute it to all corners of the country …
“We’ll need to persuade enough Americans to take the vaccine. Many have become cynical about its usefulness. It’s daunting, but I promise you that we will make progress starting on day one. We didn’t get into this mess quickly and it’s going to take time to fix.”
Fauci popped up on screen at the Biden event in Wilmington, stating: “I have been through many public health crises before, but this is the toughest one we have ever faced as a nation.”