The study, published in Nature on March 8, warns that the current generation of vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments may lose the arms race against the coronavirus, raising the daunting, open-ended possibility of reinfection unless vaccine rollout is greatly expedited worldwide to prevent further mutations. The study’s findings are currently …
Read More »China’s exports surge at record pace from coronavirus-battered levels
Last month alone, outbound shipments spiked 154.9 percent year-on-year, marking a record monthly surge for Chinese exports. The sharp increase in exports, which was much higher than economists’ predictions, is partly explained by the low base from 2020, when exports fell over 17 percent as the government imposed lockdowns to …
Read More »Obesity and coronavirus: The nanny state mob are spreading alarmist and dubious claims for their own ends
A new report by the World Obesity Federation, COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas, suggests that having a spare tyre is a major risk factor for dying from Covid-19. While there’s no doubt that being fat can make the disease worse, the alarmist headline figures are a result of dubious international …
Read More »Indian PM Modi receives domestic coronavirus vaccine as country expands inoculation program to seniors
India entered its next stage of the mass-vaccination campaign on Monday, expanding the drive to include people aged over 60 and those over 45 who have chronic illnesses. The 70-year-old prime minister became the first person to get the jab at Delhi’s AIIMS hospital. “Remarkable how our doctors and scientists …
Read More »US regulators approve Johnson & Johnson single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
The US has now approved its third vaccine, with the J&J jab joining Pfizer and Moderna in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. “The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for Covid-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which …
Read More »Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package narrowly passes US House, $1,400 stimulus checks included
President Joe Biden’s relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan, was passed by the House early on Saturday in narrow 219-212 vote. No Republicans have voted for the legislation, while two Democrats broke ranks and voted against it. The legislation includes $1,400 checks for most Americans, as well as …
Read More »Another UK care home company announces ‘no jab, no job’ coronavirus vaccine policy
Care UK, which runs 120 care homes, warned on Thursday that “everyone applying for a role which requires them to go into a home will be expected to have been vaccinated before they start work.” A spokesman told the Evening Standard, “For new recruits, we now ask at both the …
Read More »US woman died after receiving coronavirus-infected lungs during organ transplant, study reveals
The unnamed organ recipient had chronic obstructive lung disease, while her donor was another woman, who succumbed to a severe brain injury after a car crash, a report in the American Journal of Transplantation said. The surgery took place at the University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan in mid-2020. It …
Read More »Covid-19 aftermath: Coronavirus pandemic to force more than 100 million people to switch jobs within 10 years
The multinational corporate consulting firm has raised its previous forecast on how many workers may need to change jobs in the top eight economies by as much as 12 percent. Thus, one in 16 in China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Spain, the UK, and the US will likely need to …
Read More »Mutations have made coronavirus EIGHT times more infectious than original Wuhan variant – study
The new research into the D614G mutation on the spike protein in SARS-CoV-2, present in all the latest variants currently plaguing healthcare systems the world over, was led by researchers at New York University, the New York Genome Center, and Mount Sinai. “Confirming that the mutation leads to more transmissibility …
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