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    Myanmar Reports First COVID-19 Case in Rakhine War Refugee Camps

    An elderly woman at one of dozens of war refugee camps in Myanmar’s Rakhine state has tested positive for COVID-19, the first confirmed case among more than 200,000 people displaced by nearly 23 months of fighting, government authorities said Friday as a WHO official predicted more cases.


    A surge of COVID-19 cases beginning in August has caused alarmed Myanmar health authorities and relief workers in Rakhine, where an estimated 226,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are sheltering in some 26 official camps as well as in Buddhist monastery compounds or with friends and relatives.

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    WHO study finds remdesivir didn’t help COVID-19 patients

    GENEVA (AP) — A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests that the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalized COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the United States and many other countries.


    The results announced Friday do not negate the previous ones, and the WHO study was not as rigorous as the earlier one led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. But they add to concerns about how much value the pricey drug gives because none of the studies have found it can improve survival.


    The drug has not been approved for COVID-19 in the U.S., but it was authorized for emergency use after the previous study found it shortened recovery time by five days on average. It’s approved for use against COVID-19 in the United Kingdom and Europe, and is among the treatments U.S. President Donald Trump received when he was infected earlier this month.

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    So the fucking Catholics are worried about a few bucks. Who the fuck do they think they are?

    I'm just surprised the judge had to waste his time writing 24 pages about it.

    "FUCK OFF KIDDIE FIDDLERS" would seem a more than adequate and legally unambiguous response.

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday rejected a request from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to void New York state’s limits on religious gatherings in coronavirus hot spots, which the diocese argued had effectively closed its churches.
    Brooklyn U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis declined to issue a preliminary injunction sought by the diocese that would have exempted more than two dozen of its parishes from the state’s temporary stringent restrictions.
    Garaufis said he was satisfied the restrictions were “guided by science, not a desire target religious practice.”
    “In fact, if the court issues an injunction and the State is correct about the acuteness of the threat currently posed by hotspot neighborhoods, the result could be avoidable death on a massive scale like New Yorkers experienced in the Spring,” the judge wrote in a 24-page order.
    U.S. judge denies request to exempt Catholic churches from New York coronavirus limits | Reuters

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    Dark déjà vu for European economy as virus cases spike

    LONDON (AP) — Europe’s economy was just catching its breath from what had been the sharpest recession in modern history. A resurgence in coronavirus cases this month is a bitter blow that will likely turn what was meant to be a period of healing for the economy into a lean winter of job losses and bankruptcies.


    Bars, restaurants, airlines and myriad other businesses are getting hit with new restrictions as politicians desperately try to contain an increase in infection cases that is rapidly filling up hospitals.


    The height of the pandemic last spring had caused the economy of the 19 countries that use the euro to plunge by a massive 11.8% in the April-June quarter from the previous three-month period. About 1.5 million more people registered as unemployed during the pandemic. The damage was contained only by governments’ quick decision to spend hundreds of billions of euros (dollars) to keep another 45 million on payrolls and companies running.


    While the new restrictions are so far not as drastic as the near-total shutdown of public life imposed in the spring, they are kicking an economy that’s down. For many Europeans, there is a foreboding sense of déjà vu.


    “It is a disaster,” says Thomas Metzmacher, who owns a restaurant in Germany’s financial hub, Frankfurt, of the government’s decision to impose an 11 p.m. curfew.


    He noted that even before the new restrictions many people in his industry could only just about survive. The curfew means people who come in for a meal don’t linger for a few extra beers or schnapps, which is where restaurants make most of their profits. “Now it is: go for a meal, finish your drink, pay, go home,” he says.


    Experts say that the global economy’s course depends on the health crisis: Only when the pandemic is brought under control will it recover.


    Countries like China, which have so far avoided a big resurgence like Europe, are faring better economically. The U.S. never quite got its first wave under control and its economy remains hobbled by it.


    Europe had reduced the number of infections much faster than the U.S. and managed to keep a lid on unemployment. But the narrative that contrasted Europe’s successes against the Trump administration’s failure to subdue the pandemic is being quickly revised.


    As coronavirus cases rise anew in Europe, economists are slashing their forecasts.


    Ludovic Subran, the chief economist at financial services firm Allianz, says there is a high risk that the economies of France, Spain, and the Netherlands will contract again in the last three months of the year. Italy and Portugal are also at risk. While Germany is seeing an increase in infections, too, it is not as bad and the economy appears more resilient.


    “We see an elevated risk of a double dip recession in countries that are once again resorting to targeted and regional lockdowns,” he said.


    The pandemic is worsening just as governments were trying to ease off the massive amounts of financial support they have been giving households and business owners.


    Many governments have programs where they pay the majority of salaries of workers who are redundant in the hope that they will be able to quickly get back to work after the pandemic. In France and Britain that covered a third of the labor force at one point, and 20% in Germany. They also gave cash handouts to households and grants to business owners.


    Now governments are phasing out some of that support and aiming to provide more targeted aid to people directly affected by new restrictions. That will not help people whose jobs are affected indirectly. A pub facing a curfew, say, would be eligible to get wage support for its staff but the brewery supplying it might not.


    The impact will vary between countries — while Britain is shifting to a less-comprehensive wage support plan, Germany has extended its program.


    As with the pandemic’s initial surge in the spring, the sectors in Europe most affected by limits on public life are services including travel and hospitality — those that depend most on face-to-face contact between people.


    Countries like Spain, Portugal and Greece rely heavily on tourism. It accounts for almost 12% of Spain’s economy, compared with less than 3% for the U.S. and about 7% for France.


    Major airlines in Europe expect to operate at about 40% of normal levels this winter and are again cutting the number of flights. Lufthansa, British Airways and others are cutting tens of thousands of jobs as they expect no quick return to how things were before the pandemic — even with government aid.


    Even where there are no hard restrictions, the health hazard scares customers away, so shops are likely to see less business.


    The EU is giving 750 billion euros ($880 billion) in financial support to member countries to cope with the fallout. Governments like Spain’s were planning to invest in long-term projects such as renewable energy and technology. It now appears they will have to spend more on just keeping the economy afloat. The European Central Bank is injecting 1.35 trillion euros ($1.6 trillion) into the economy, which keeps borrowing cheap even for countries with weak finances like Spain and Italy.


    But the longer the pandemic drags on, the more the decisions on how to spend financial aid will become political, says Subran, the economist. Political parties are fighting over how to deploy the resources, and unions are going on strike to influence the debate. It mirrors the turmoil in the U.S., where a badly needed stimulus package has been delayed.


    For Ludovic Nicolas-Etienne, a Parisian shopping for food among the stalls of the central Bastille square, it is a tragedy foretold. He blames the people who during the summer disregarded safety recommendations to party and socialize after months of lockdown.


    “I was expecting this,” he says, wearing a mask outdoors the day after France announced a state of emergency. “Some people are not responsible enough, so the good people are paying for the bad ones.”

    Dark deja vu for European economy as virus cases spike

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    Half of India's population may have had COVID-19 by February 2021: Government panel

    Out of 1.3 billion people in India, half are likely to have been infected by COVID-19 by February 2021, according to the government committee which provides projections.


    Indian Institute for Technology’s Manindra Agrawal, who is a member of the committee, on Monday told Reuters that this would slow down the spread of COVID-19.


    As of Monday, India has reported 7.55 million cases of COVID-19, and is only behind the United States in terms of the total infections.

    After a peak in mid-September, the number of cases seem to be dropping the country. Currently, over 61,000 new cases are reported each day on an average.


    "Our mathematical model estimates that around 30% of the population is currently infected and it could go up to 50% by February," Manindra Agrawal told Reuters.


    The central government’s zero survey claimed that around 14 per cent of the Indian population had been infected with COVID-19 until September.


    According to Agrawal, serological surveys may not be the right measure of cases due to the size of the population which they are surveying.


    This is why the committee of virologists, a 10-member government appointed panel conducted a study titled “Progression of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India: Prognosis and Lockdown Impacts” which used mathematical models instead of relying on a survey.


    Their model takes into account the considerable number of unreported infections.


    "We have evolved a new model which explicitly takes into account unreported cases, so we can divide infected people into two categories – reported cases and infections that do not get reported," Agrawal said.


    Besides this, the committee warned that these projections could be surpassed if precautions against COVID-19 are not followed, including basic hand wash and hygiene.


    According to their estimates, cases could rise by 2.6 million infections in one month if social distancing measures and facial masks are ignored.

    Half of India's population may have had COVID-19 by February 2021: Government panel, India News News | wionews.com

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    Wow....!!

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    Ireland going into a 6 week lockdown on Wednesday, 'probably the strictest in Europe' according to the PM. The aim that Christmas won't be cancelled.

    Hopefully they can do it.

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    I'm pleased to hear that 650 million people being infected will "slow down the spread"!

    Indian Institute for Technology’s Manindra Agrawal, who is a member of the committee, on Monday told Reuters that this would slow down the spread of COVID-19.

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    The Centers for Disease Control endorsed Monday what has already become a required practice around the country, recommending that anyone traveling on airlines, trains, subways, buses or other public transport wear a mask.

    If passengers don't comply, those who won't put on masks should be ordered to get off when possible, the CDC says in its interim guidance on the issue. Airlines or other transportation providers should, "at the earliest opportunity, disembark any person who refuses to comply."

    The CDC's "strong recommendation" could be a boost to airlines, ride-hailing drivers and others that have seen resistance by some passengers to rules requiring they wear masks while traveling in close proximity to strangers to ward off the
    spread of the coronavirus.


    The only exceptions for not wearing a mask should be for those travelers who take them off while eating, drinking or taking medication; those who become incapacitated for any reason or can't remove their masks by themselves; or when needed to show their identity, such as when traveling through a
    Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at an airport.


    "Wide use of masks especially helps protect those at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 as well as workers who frequently come into close contact with other people," the CDC said in justifying its advice.
    Coronavirus: CDC says travelers who won't wear masks should get booted

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    I thought I'd already answered this: Because the chinkies will do whatever they are told to avoid being arrested, "retrained" or even "disappeared".

    But we have to admit they are doing a great job

    Drones equipped with echoing loudspeakers rebuked Chinese citizens who were not following the rules. The state-run Xinhua news agency has released footage taken from the drones. “Yes Auntie, this drone is talking to you”, one device proclaimed to a surprised woman in Inner Mongolia. “You shouldn't walk around without wearing a mask. You'd better go home and don't forget to wash your hands”.

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    To be honest most took it quite seriously, wearing masks and so on. Life is basically back to normal in my city here in the south (but there's one city up north that's had a new outbreak.)
    Your average zhou on the street freaks out about things like this.
    Despite life being back to normal you still can't get on a bus or go into a supermarket without a mask but one thing that's quite strange is they won't let the kids go home for lunch. All the kids have to eat at school.
    Also everywhere you go your temerature is taken. A test costs 72 yuan and takes 24 hours and you can get a test at any medical center or hospital.
    “If we stop testing right now we’d have very few cases, if any.” Donald J Trump.

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    ^^ They'll start wearing them when the drones start talking about reeducation camps, gulags and forced medical testing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Ireland going into a 6 week lockdown on Wednesday, 'probably the strictest in Europe' according to the PM. The aim that Christmas won't be cancelled.

    Hopefully they can do it.
    Do what? Lock down the nation? They have done that.



    Can't be anything else as they have no Covid related deaths. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Used to be that "pandemic" meant deaths until the definition was changed for the last "model" based pandemic where Big Pharma made out like bandits with their rush and highly dangerous Pandemrix

    WHO and the pandemic flu “conspiracies” | The BMJ

    the WHO changed the definition of an influenza pandemic by excluding reference to the words "with enormous numbers of deaths and illness."
    Lets not forget, it was the IRISH Government who KEPT pushing Pandemrix even after it was known that it caused a massive spike in Narcolepsy.
    These same politicians, these same civil servents, these same "medical professionals", these same "state scientists" were pushing a vaccine for a non existence pandemic AFTER they knew it was causing this condition that stays and worsens for life.

    Swine flu vaccine case settled but hopes for legal precedent dashed | World news | The Guardian

    This most certainly is a CONSPIRACY but this is no theory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pseudolus View Post
    a massive spike
    oh , ah , vicar

    Quote Originally Posted by pseudolus View Post
    Lets not forget
    that people who have been infected with covid-19 are facing a lifetime of effects after recovery from the virus

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    hat people who have been infected with covid-19 are facing a lifetime of effects after recovery from the virus
    That's horseshit. Many medical conditions have long term effects but we do not shut the world down for them.

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    UK COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Available in Thailand in June

    According to the National Vaccine Institute, the first batch of a COVID-19 vaccine could be available in Thailand in June at the earliest, if the jab developed by AstraZeneca is approved for mass roll-out.


    Siam Bioscience Group was selected by the UK-based pharmaceutical firm as its regional partner to produce the vaccine for the Southeast Asian region, said NWI director, Nakorn Premsri.


    AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine, which is being jointly developed by Oxford University, is said to have advanced the most in the race to produce an effective jab against the novel coronavirus, along with Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s vaccine candidates.


    “We will get the first batch of vaccines by June if everything goes according to schedule,” Dr Premsri said at a press conference.


    “As this won’t cover the total amount of vaccines that we need, we also have agreements with other pharmaceutical companies with strong candidates to cover at least half of our population.”


    Siam Bioscience Group and AstraZeneca are expected to sign an agreement on technology transfer by the end of next month.


    Founded by King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great in a bid to ensure the availability of medical supplies in Thailand, Siam Bioscience Group is known to have developed its own vaccine production plant.

    In order for mass inoculation to have an effect, Thailand will need to secure 66 million doses for 33 million people. Siam Bioscience Group has said that it has the capacity to meet 20% of the demand.


    In addition to producing the vaccine for domestic needs, Siam Bioscience Group will also be making vaccines for Asean countries. As such, the Ministry of Public Health has signed up to join Covax, a global initiative involving over 20 vaccine developers from all over the world to ensure all demand can be met.


    When asked about the progress of domestic vaccine development, such as the one being developed by Chulalongkorn University, Dr Premsri said it is unlikely they can undergo the required human trials in Thailand due to the relatively low number of cases in the country.

    UK COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Available in Thailand in June | Chiang Mai One

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    Published 04 June 2010

    Finger on the pulse there mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    if the jab developed by AstraZeneca is approved for mass roll-out.
    It will be approved. Of course it will. They already changed the law in the UK to mean it doesn't have to be approved or licensed for it to be forced into people.

    AstraZeneca, Under Fire for Vaccine Safety, Releases Trial Blueprints - The New York Times

    Experts have been particularly concerned about AstraZeneca’s vaccine trials, which began in April in Britain, because of the company’s refusal to provide details about serious neurological illnesses in two participants, both women, who received its experimental vaccine in Britain. Those cases spurred the company to halt its trials twice, the second time earlier this month. The studies have resumed in Britain, Brazil, India and South Africa, but are still on pause in the U.S. About 18,000 people worldwide have received AstraZeneca’s vaccine so far.

    AstraZeneca’s 111-page trial blueprint, known as a protocol, states that its goal is a vaccine with 50 percent effectiveness — the same threshold that the Food and Drug Administration has set in its guidance for coronavirus vaccines. To determine with statistical confidence whether the company has met that target, there will have to be 150 people ill with confirmed coronavirus among participants who were vaccinated or received placebo shots.
    You are willing to risk spinal injury, to a vaccine against a virus with a 99.95% recovery rate, when the manufacturer of the vaccine only aims for 50% of people to benefit from said vaccine.

    Turkeys praying for Christmas. However, at least Turkey's are not stupid enough to wear masks and lock themselves up all in an effort to fast track Christmas.


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    Finger on the pulse there mate.
    It's when the WHO changed the definition of Pandemic to remove DEATHS, dumbo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pseudolus View Post
    Do what? Lock down the nation?
    Dunno, was having a wee schoz at Sky News with this morning's coffee.

    Coronavirus: Ireland's PM announces six-week lockdown - 'If we pull together, we'll be able to celebrate Christmas' | World News | Sky News


    Having read further, it does seem that the banning of tinfoil from every household could be an indicator of the truth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Having read further, it does seem that the banning of tinfoil from every household could be an indicator of the truth.
    It is rather sad that you posted that. Perhaps read further than Sky news?

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    Nonsense. It's an absolutely Borisly okay news source.

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    Out of passing interest, what part of my post was "tinfoil" worthy?

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    Didn't actually bother reading it, just hopping on the in-pop coattails in hope of a green. :/

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    Greater Manchester has been left in limbo after a midday deadline passed to reach a deal with the government over moving to tier three Covid rules.

    The BBC understands local leaders are arguing for a minimum of £75m in financial support from the government.

    Neither side has said if an agreement has been struck, but the region's mayor, Andy Burnham, and the PM have spoken by telephone this lunchtime.

    Boris Johnson will lead a press conference at Downing Street later.

    Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick had suggested the prime minister could impose top tier measures if no deal was agreed.

    The "very high" alert level - also known as tier three - would mean closing pubs and bars which do not serve meals, and additional restrictions on households mixing.

    So far, only the Liverpool City Region and Lancashire have been moved into tier three.

    What Covid tier is my area in?
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    The government and local leaders - including mayors and MPs - have been embroiled in 10 days of talks over moving Greater Manchester's 2.8m population from tier two to the highest restrictions.

    The region has been under local restrictions since July.

    Local leaders in Greater Manchester have been calling for greater financial support to help those who would be affected by tier three restrictions.

    Currently, the new Job Support Scheme covers 67% of the wages - covered by employers and the government - of people affected by tier three closures, as opposed to the 80% offered during the UK's first lockdown.

    Mr Burnham told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he would advise local leaders to set out their request to the government for extra financial support in a letter.

    He said: "I think it is fair to recognise that if you put a place under restrictions for as long as we've been under restrictions it grinds people down. It pushes businesses closer to the brink."

    But Chancellor Rishi Sunak told the Commons that Greater Manchester was "being treated exactly the same as every part of our United Kingdom".

    The chancellor reiterated that there was a "national funding formula" of £8 per head for all local authorities entering tier three.

    Business minister Nadhim Zahawi told Today £22m had been offered to Greater Manchester - equivalent to £8 per person - and there would be "additional support commensurate with what we have done in Liverpool City Region and in Lancashire".

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    Andy Burnham is pathetic. Grasping and clawing for some cash, when in reality he should be opposing ANY Lock Up and supporting businesses that refuse to comply. It's not a medical lock up if big businesses are exempt from it. Its a targeted approach to destroy small businesses.

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