The COVID-2019 Thread

[OhOh]

Have the balls to admit that the communist shit belongs in the trash.....including Xi Shitping .

Surely it's the accusers that are required to prove their/your allegations.

[Klondyke]

Maybe zeeee Germans can sell Curevac to them? Anything is better then Made in China!

That's why zeeee Germans buying anything possible "Made in China"...

All the megaships to Hamburg are overbooked even though the containers cost 4x times more than last year...

(Wondering where the commies made a mistake?)

[harrybarracuda]

Surely it's the accusers that are required to prove their/your allegations.

Maybe you missed the reports in this thread about countries trying a third booster shot to make the chinky shit work.

And even trying a third booster shot of Pfizer to make the chinky shit work.

Or Indonesia doctors who died despite receiving the chinky shit, etc. etc.

You can easily find the proof by scrolling up in this thread, I make sure I report all relevant news you know.

[harrybarracuda]

This is why it's important to get a proper vaccine, not that chinky shit.

Delta variant detected in 96 countries; will become dominant in coming months, says WHO

Delta variant detected in 96 countries; will become dominant in coming months, says WHO | World News - Hindustan Times[/h]

[harrybarracuda]

Were I in a hurry I'd be looking at J&J. Single dose + 2 weeks.

July 1 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said late Thursday that its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine showed strong promise against the Delta variant and other emerging strains and also provided durable protection against the infection more broadly.

Data showed that the durability of immune response for recipients of its vaccine lasted at least eight months, the healthcare company said, adding that its vaccine was 85% effective and could also help prevent hospitalization and death.

First identified in India, Delta is becoming the globally dominant variant of the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.

"Current data for the eight months studied so far shows that the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine generates a strong neutralizing antibody response that does not wane; rather, we observe an improvement over time," Mathai Mammen, head of research & development at J&J's drugs business, said in the statement.

Recipients of the vaccine produced strong neutralizing antibodies against all variants including the Delta, the U.S.-based company said.

J&J'''s COVID-19 vaccine shows promise against Delta variant | Reuters

[harrybarracuda]

Quite remarkable that a supposedly scientific journal would make a complete fucking blunder like this.

Of course it's being spread all over the web by the antivaxx wankers, none of whom will print the retraction.

Several reputed virologists and vaccinologists have resigned as editors of the journal Vaccines to protest its 24 June publication of a peer-reviewed article that misuses data to conclude that “for three deaths prevented by [COVID-19] vaccination, we have to accept two inflicted by vaccination.”

Since Friday, at least six scientists have resigned positions as associate or section editors with Vaccines, including Florian Krammer, a virologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Katie Ewer, an immunologist at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford who was on the team that developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Their resignations were first reported by Retraction Watch.

“The data has been misused because it makes the (incorrect) assumption that all deaths occurring post vaccination are caused by vaccination,” Ewer wrote in an email. “[And] it is now being used by anti-vaxxers and COVID-19-deniers as evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are not safe. [This] is grossly irresponsible, particularly for a journal specialising in vaccines.”

The paper is a case of “garbage in, garbage out,” says Helen Petousis-Harris, a vaccinologist who directs the Vaccine Datalink and Research Group at the University of Auckland and who also resigned as a Vaccines editor after reading the paper. Diane Harper, an epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, who was founding editor-in-chief of Vaccines, also resigned, as did Paul Licciardi, an immunologist at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Parkville, Australia, and Andrew Pekosz, a respiratory virologist at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

The resignations began Friday, the day after the paper was published. By early Monday, Fanny Fang, the journal’s managing editor, wrote to the editorial board members that Vaccines—a reputable open-access journal launched in 2013 by Basel, Switzerland–based publisher MDPI—had opened an investigation into the paper. “We are treating this case with the utmost seriousness and are committed to swiftly correcting the scientific record,” she wrote.

Later on Monday, Vaccines’s editors published an Expression of Concern about the paper. “The major concern is the misrepresentation of the COVID-19 vaccination efforts and misrepresentation of the data,” they wrote.

The paper has drawn nearly 350,000 readers as of 1 July and has been tweeted by antivaccination activists with hundreds of thousands of followers.

None of the paper’s authors is trained in vaccinology, virology, or epidemiology. They are: Harald Walach, a clinical psychologist and science historian by training who describes himself as a health researcher at Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland; Rainer Klement, a physicist who studies ketogenic diets in cancer treatment at the Leopoldina Hospital in Schweinfurt, Germany; and Wouter Aukema, an independent data scientist in Hoenderloo, Netherlands.

The three peer reviewers on the paper, two of them anonymous, did not offer any substantial criticism of the authors’ methodology in these brief reviews. One of them, Anne Ulrich, a chemist who directs the Institute of Biological Interfaces and is chair of biochemistry at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, wrote that the authors’ analysis “is performed responsibly … and without methodological flaws … and the results were interpreted with the necessary caveats.”

Ulrich reiterated that view in a 1 July email to ScienceInsider: “The analysis by Walach et al. was done in my opinion responsibly and without flaws,” she wrote.

One of the anonymous reviewers wrote that the manuscript “is very important and should be published urgently,” offering almost no other comment.

Vaccines did not respond to a list of questions, including how the peer reviewers were chosen.

Petousis-Harris says: “It’s very evident from their reviews that they don’t have any topic expertise. The authors don’t either. It’s a bit remiss when you don’t bring any of a large body [of expert vaccine safety scientists] into your study and manuscript review.”

Scientists quit journal board, protesting ‘grossly irresponsible’ study claiming COVID-19 vaccines kill | Science | AAAS

[harrybarracuda]

Indonesia has announced a lockdown on its main island Java, as well as the tourism destination of Bali.

The announcement by President Joko Widodo comes as the country battles multiple outbreaks and an alarming spike in Covid cases.

Indonesia recently recorded two million Covid cases, attributed to increased holiday travel and the Delta variant.

The lockdown will last two weeks and aims to reduce the number of cases to below 10,000 a day.

Covid-19: Indonesia announces lockdown in Java and Bali as cases surge - BBC News

[harrybarracuda]

A huge sigh of relief from the Taiwanese knowing they don't have to have that chinky shit. Goes with the AZ and Moderna they are getting elsewhere.

TAIPEI, July 2 (Reuters) - Taiwan has chosen to get the Novavax Inc (NVAX.O) COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX global sharing scheme, the company said on Friday, which would add much needed shots to the island's immunisation programme.

Taiwan's vaccine orders include 4.76 million doses from COVAX, though so far it has only received slightly more than 600,000 from the scheme, all AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.L) shots.

Novavax, in an emailed statement, said it already had an agreement to supply its vaccine to the COVAX facility.

"Taiwan has opted to receive doses of NVX-CoV2373 through COVAX," it said, referring to the vaccine's name and without giving details.

Taiwan Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told reporters on Friday that apart from COVAX they were planning to talk about getting a "related quantity" direct from the company. He did not elaborate.

Novavax says Taiwan has opted to get firm'''s COVID-19 vaccine via COVAX | Reuters

[harrybarracuda]

This delta variant is proving to be a speed bump on the road to the pandemic's end.

Portugal will reimpose a nightly curfew from Friday in 45 municipalities, including Lisbon, the government has said.

The country faces increasing COVID-19 cases due to the spread of the more transmissible Delta variant which has become dominant in the country.

"We note that last week the situation has deteriorated again," Minister of the Premiership Mariana Vieira da Silva told a press conference, adding that "the conditions are not met to say that the pandemic is under control".

This "ban on driving on public roads" will apply to the most impacted cities, including the Portuguese capital and Porto, every day from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Cafes and restaurants will have to close their doors at 10:30 p.m. on weekdays and 3:30 p.m. on weekends. These restrictions, already in place in Lisbon and in two other municipalities, will also be extended to 16 new towns.

Portugal reimposes curfew due to spread of Delta COVID-19 variant | Euronews

[harrybarracuda]

Well I have to say that is fucking absurd. Why haven't they tightened things up?

Australia will halve the number of international arrivals it accepts after Covid outbreaks put half the population in lockdown this week.

The country's strict border rules have only allowed Australians and people with exemptions to enter.

From 14 July, Australia will accept just over 3,000 people a week - a measure likely to last until next year.

The announcement sparked dismay among Australians who are overseas and separated from their families.

But Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the measure would reduce pressure on the country's quarantine system.

Virus leaks from hotel quarantine - which is mandatory for all arrivals - have been the source of numerous outbreaks across the country.

Covid: Australia to halve arrivals and trial home quarantine - BBC News

[misskit]

Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid

SEOUL/SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) - The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with record numbers of infections in Australia and South Korea, prompting some countries to tighten curbs and others to hasten vaccination.


The variant, first detected in India in December last year, has spread to about 100 countries and the World Health Organisation warned recently that it could soon become the dominant form of the virus. It is also driving a spike in cases in Japan, casting a pall over this month's Olympic Games.


On Friday, Australia's New South Wales state, its most populous, reported the biggest daily rise in new cases so far this year. Total cases in the state in the latest outbreak have topped 200, a majority caused by the Delta variant.


Sydney, home to a fifth of the country's 25 million population, is half-way through a two-week lockdown to contain the outbreak, which has alarmed authorities amid a sluggish nationwide vaccination drive.

"I think the vaccine will certainly reduce the disease, it will certainly reduce hospitalisation. But we'll certainly have the virus circulating in the community for those people who aren't vaccinated," said Professor Jill Carr, a virologist with the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University.


Australia, like several other countries in Asia, has struggled to inoculate people as initial successes in containing the pandemic led to vaccine hesitancy, and manufacturers were slow to ship doses.


Australia has fully vaccinated only 6% of its population, while Japan has vaccinated 12%.


Japan reported on Wednesday that the Delta variant now accounts for nearly a third of all cases in the eastern part of the country, including Tokyo, and that could grow to 50% by mid July.


Tokyo and three neighbouring prefectures are among areas under a 'quasi' state of emergency set to run through July 11 and the recent uptick in infections has officials leaning towards keeping restrictions in place, government sources have told Reuters.


On Friday, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike reiterated that a ban on spectators for the Olympic Games, which start on July 23, would be an option if the coronavirus situation worsened.


In South Korea, officials said on Friday daily coronavirus cases topped 800, the highest in nearly six months, with vaccination below 10%. The average number of new infections in the country has risen for 10 days straight, and authorities in Seoul have delayed relaxing social distancing measures.


"The Delta variant is a strain that is most optimised for widespread transmissions," said Chun Eun-mi, a respiratory disease specialist at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul.


"The cases of Indonesia, India and Britain show that not just Korea but many other countries will need to rethink their vaccine strategy and reopening plans," she said.


Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country, imposed emergency measures that begin on Saturday until July 20 to contain a spike in cases.


In India, the number of new infections has eased to two-month lows since hitting a peak of 400,000 a day in May, with the government focusing on mass vaccinations.


COVID CERTIFICATE


The United States has also seen a rise in Delta variant infections in parts of the country where vaccination rates remain low, and the White House said on Thursday it would send special assistance to those hot spots.


Europe, too, is battling an increase in infections, which the WHO has blamed on crowds at Euro 2020 football stadiums. It has warned that a new wave was inevitable if people did not remain disciplined. read more


Britain is gearing up to lift lockdown restrictions on July 19, even as Delta variant cases rise. Germany said on Thursday it expects the variant to account for up to 80% of infections this month and Portugal imposed night-time curfews.


The fresh cases have put a damper on summer tourism in the continent, although the launch of a European Union COVID-19 travel certificate may prompt more travel.


Europe's drug regulator said on Thursday the COVID-19 vaccines approved in the European Union offered protection against all coronavirus variants, including Delta.


In Asia, international tourism is largely suspended.


The exception is Thailand's tourist isle of Phuket, which reopened on Thursday to fully vaccinated travellers from overseas in a step towards reviving a battered industry.


Still, Thailand on Friday reported the third straight day of record coronavirus deaths. The Alpha variant, first detected in the United Kingdom, is still the dominant variant in the country, although authorities said they expect the Delta variant to dominate in the next few months.


"In Bangkok it is nearly 40%, within this month or next, it will all be Delta," said Kumnuan Ungchusak, adviser to the health ministry.


"If this keeps going we cannot survive," he said referring to the rising death count.

Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid | Reuters

[Grumpy John]

I had expected this Wuhan China virus situation to get far worse before it starts getting better. And that seems to be the case! My thoughts were that the Moderna vaccine would be the best option for us older guys but a previous poster has suggested the J&J vaccine is the one to go for.

But the question remains, can we get the J&J vaccine in Phichit or Phitsanulok? And when?

Living in a remote village I thought we would be somewhat immune from the problems of Bangkok and surrounding provinces but that may not be the case for much longer. It's a situation as in "Out of the frying pan and into the fire." If the Wuhan China virus don't get me...maybe the vaccine will!

[OhOh]

the reports in this thread about countries trying a third booster sho

Against which specific mutated virus strain?

A, B, C, D, E F, G, H, I, J, K, L, ....?

[harrybarracuda]

Against which specific mutated virus strain?

A, B, C, D, E F, G, H, I, J, K, L, ....?

The chinky shit is useless against most of them.

I wouldn't worry about them, just get a proper vaccine before there's an M.

[harrybarracuda]

WTF

IRELAND is on the brink of buying one million Covid-19 vaccines from the Romanian government, Independent.ie can exclusively reveal.
The move will be a massive boost for the vaccination programme amid dire warnings from health chiefs that a fourth wave of Covid-19 is now inevitable.
In recent days, Romania has halted the importation of vaccines due to a slow uptake among its citizens. Their government already started sending more than one million unwanted doses to Denmark earlier this week.
Independent.ie has now established that talks between Ireland and Romania for a similar amount are close to concluding. A source said things are at “a very sensitive stage”.

Ireland to buy one million unwanted vaccines from Romania - Independent.ie

[misskit]

Thailand’s daily COVID-19 infection rate soars to 6,230 on Saturday


COVID-19 infections in Thailand surged 6,230 cases today (Saturday), as Bangkok logged 1,971 cases, still the highest of all the provinces, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).


41 more deaths were reported today, including 29 in Bangkok, 2 each in Yala and Samut Sakhon and 1 each in Kanchanaburi, Kamphaeng Phet, Chachoengsao, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Nayok, Ranong, Ang Thong and Udon Thani. The dead victims were aged from 30 to 88.
The CCSA said that the mortality rate among those infected is decreasing, but the new infection rate is rising steadily. The other nine provinces with high infection rates are:


• Samut Prakan 479
• Pathum Thani 448
• Chon Buri 294
• Samut Sakhon 277
• Nonthaburi 257
• Pattani 197
• Songkhla 172
• Nakhon Pathom 169
• Yala 159


Cumulative infections in Bangkok have reached 79,017 since April 1st, 2021.


Cumulative infections nationwide, since April 1st this year, are 248,288 and the death toll is 2,088. 190,073 people have recovered. 57,470 are being treated in general and field hospitals and “hospitels”, including 2,045 severe cases, of whom 589 are on ventilators.


In the past 24 hours, two new clusters have been found in Nakhon Pathom province (at Kamphaengsaen University and at a furniture factory, with 17 new cases) and at an ice factory in Chon Buri where 56 workers were infected.


Meanwhile, the Medical Services Department said that calls from the public, to its 1669 hotline service demanding admission to hospitals have, of late, increased five-fold, which is indicative of a worsening of the COVID-19 situation and the shortage of hospital beds. New lines have been added to cope with the increasing calls for help.


The department advises COVID-19 patients to call the 1669 hotline service if they develop fatigue while talking, speak incoherently, constant tightness of the chest, fast breathing, difficulty breathing, chest pain or loss of consciousness.


New callers are advised to add Line ID: @1669.reg and fill in the form, which will help facilitate the securing of hospital beds without making a hotline call.


Thailand's daily COVID-19 infection rate soars to 6,230 on Saturday | Thai PBS World : The latest Thai news in English, News Headlines, World News and News Broadcasts in both Thai and English. We bring Thailand to the world

[baldrick]

The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week

I suspect it will sweep through china and create a new variant

[HuangLao]

Thailand’s daily COVID-19 infection rate soars to 6,230 on Saturday


COVID-19 infections in Thailand surged 6,230 cases today (Saturday), as Bangkok logged 1,971 cases, still the highest of all the provinces, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).


41 more deaths were reported today, including 29 in Bangkok, 2 each in Yala and Samut Sakhon and 1 each in Kanchanaburi, Kamphaeng Phet, Chachoengsao, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Nayok, Ranong, Ang Thong and Udon Thani. The dead victims were aged from 30 to 88.
The CCSA said that the mortality rate among those infected is decreasing, but the new infection rate is rising steadily. The other nine provinces with high infection rates are:


• Samut Prakan 479
• Pathum Thani 448
• Chon Buri 294
• Samut Sakhon 277
• Nonthaburi 257
• Pattani 197
• Songkhla 172
• Nakhon Pathom 169
• Yala 159


Cumulative infections in Bangkok have reached 79,017 since April 1st, 2021.


Cumulative infections nationwide, since April 1st this year, are 248,288 and the death toll is 2,088. 190,073 people have recovered. 57,470 are being treated in general and field hospitals and “hospitels”, including 2,045 severe cases, of whom 589 are on ventilators.


In the past 24 hours, two new clusters have been found in Nakhon Pathom province (at Kamphaengsaen University and at a furniture factory, with 17 new cases) and at an ice factory in Chon Buri where 56 workers were infected.


Meanwhile, the Medical Services Department said that calls from the public, to its 1669 hotline service demanding admission to hospitals have, of late, increased five-fold, which is indicative of a worsening of the COVID-19 situation and the shortage of hospital beds. New lines have been added to cope with the increasing calls for help.


The department advises COVID-19 patients to call the 1669 hotline service if they develop fatigue while talking, speak incoherently, constant tightness of the chest, fast breathing, difficulty breathing, chest pain or loss of consciousness.


New callers are advised to add Line ID: @1669.reg and fill in the form, which will help facilitate the securing of hospital beds without making a hotline call.


Thailand's daily COVID-19 infection rate soars to 6,230 on Saturday | Thai PBS World : The latest Thai news in English, News Headlines, World News and News Broadcasts in both Thai and English. We bring Thailand to the world

So much for the continued practice of protocol.

[misskit]

Hoping it stays this way!



COVID plummets as leading cause of death in the U.S.



COVID-19 dropped to the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. in June, a marked decline from January 2021 when it was No. 1, new Kaiser Family Foundation data shows.


Why it matters: COVID-19 is still wreaking major havoc in the U.S., especially among people who aren't vaccinated. On the other hand: We've come a long way. Let's hope the progress continues.


COVID plummets as leading cause of death in the U.S. - Axios

[harrybarracuda]

Let it kill off a few more republitards and it might go away completely in the end.

[baldrick]

Hoping it stays this way!

the percentages in the US are probably what will be seen across the parts of the world where facebook news holds sway

The proportion of the "definitely not" crowd has largely gone unchanged throughout the survey, which began last December and is run monthly by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Throughout the survey, between 13 percent and 15 percent of polled adults have fallen into the "definitely not" category. Likewise, the "only if required" proportion has fluctuated between 6 percent and 7 percent since January.

Meanwhile, the "wait and see" proportion has dwindled considerably, shrinking from 39 percent in December to the current 10 percent in the June data. However, the remaining 10 percent may be harder than ever to sway. Of those remaining wait-and-see adults, 61 percent said they worry that current vaccines won't be effective against variants. (Mounting data continues to show that current vaccines are effective against all of the concerning variants circulating in the US). And 43 percent said the number of cases is so low that there is "no need for more people to get the vaccine."

Success of COVID-19 vaccines may be convincing people not to get vaccinated | Ars Technica

[harrybarracuda]

Unvaccinated people are not only at risk of catching Covid-19 - but also at risk of creating new variants, an infectious disease specialists say.

Unvaccinated people do more than merely risk their own health. They're also a risk to everyone if they become infected with coronavirus, infectious disease specialists said.

"Unvaccinated people are potential variant factories," Dr William Schaffner, a professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, told CNN.

"The more unvaccinated people there are, the more opportunities for the virus to multiply," Schaffner added, explaining how the multiplication of the virus can also lead to mutations and the creation of new variants.

"When it does, it mutates, and it could throw off a variant mutation that is even more serious down the road."

While not all mutations result in new variants, the expert explained that some mutations can give the virus an advantage such as better transmissibility and eventually make the virus strong enough to outcompete other viruses.

If a mutant version of a virus becomes strong enough, through multiplication, it becomes its own variant, as it has happened since the start of the pandemic.

"As mutations come up in viruses, the ones that persist are the ones that make it easier for the virus to spread in the population," Andrew Pekosz, a microbiologist and immunologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, also told CNN.

"Every time the viruses changes, that gives the virus a different platform to add more mutations. Now we have viruses that spread more efficiently."

If a virus is not able to spread, it is not able to mutate into stronger variants.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Unvaccinated people are '''variant factories''', US expert says - NZ Herald

[headhunter]

700million bht.for some plastic street lights but try and buy a box of vacines,there are millions of thai's and expats who are still waiting for their first shot.
big scam last week was,all the oldies were given a FREE flue jab,but after they were told. they couldnt have a covid jab for 30days,so they missed out next week.

[misskit]

70% of COVID-19 Cases in Bangkok Are Infected with Delta Variant


BANGKOK (NNT) - The Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University has revealed that the Delta variant is responsible for 70% of new symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Bangkok.


Center Director Dr. Yong Poovorawan said the first outbreak of COVID-19 came early last year with the Wuhan strain, which quickly spread around the world. Infections returned to Thailand in a second outbreak late last year, with a hotspot identified at the central shrimp market in Samut Sakhon. The virus was thought to have spread from Myanmar.


He said the current third outbreak is being dominated by the Alpha (UK) variant which, transmits 1.7 times faster than the Wuhan strain. The first cluster in the third-outbreak was centered on Bangkok’s upscale entertainment district of Thong Lor. The Alpha variant is believed to have spread from Cambodia.


According to the center, the Delta (Indian) variant is steadily making inroads as the current outbreak persists. It is 1.4 times more transmissible than the Alpha strain. The study also shows that 70% of new patients are infected with the Delta variant and it is not always possible to tell where people caught it. The study predicts the Delta variant will surge, especially in the capital.



National News Bureau Of Thailand

[Joe 90]

A spike and possible third wave thanks to the Delta variant in our part of the UK means home testing, luckily we have a cupboard full and they all tested negative...