“We’ve been informed today that in addition to spreading more quickly, it also now appears that there is some evidence that the new variant – the variant that was first discovered in London and the south east (of England) – may be associated with a higher degree of mortality,” Johnson …
Read More »Poland threatens Pfizer with legal action after Covid-19 vaccine delay as Italy’s government backs action against the pharma giant
Speaking on Friday, spokesman Piotr Muller told public broadcaster Polskie Radio Program 1 that the government was considering legal action against Pfizer unless the company remedied its shortcomings. “I think that such a decision (on legal action) could be made next month if these supplies are not completed in accordance …
Read More »The UK’s vaunted NHS is a National Health Shambles – it wasn’t ready for the Covid second wave and can’t cope. What a surprise
The news has been full of images of NHS intensive care units full to bursting. When cases shot up from mid-December, particularly in London and the South East, rising hospital admissions soon followed. This potential to ‘overwhelm‘ NHS capacity was a significant factor in introducing the third lockdown and in …
Read More »UK partygoers to be fined up to £6,400 as government clamps down on Covid rule-breakers
The fines will double for repeat offences, up to a maximum of £6,400, and the organisers of events will continue to be fined £10,000, as per the current restrictions, in what Patel called a “crackdown on those most serious cases of rule-breaking”. The home secretary was joined by the Chair …
Read More »Conservatives ‘mourn’ Americans who’ve died of Covid during Biden’s presidency so far, mimicking Dems who blamed deaths on Trump
According to the New York Times, at least 215 Americans died of Covid-19 on January 20 – Biden’s first half-day in the White House – while the Atlantic’s Covid Tracking Project put the number at a much higher 4,409 deaths. Conservatives decided to capitalize on the figures with tongue-in-cheek jeers …
Read More »Halfway through this winter of Covid, overall mortality is around normal for this time of year. Something doesn’t add up
A recent article in the Telegraph is one of the first in a mainstream outlet to even suggest a challenge to the official coronavirus narrative. These days, that narrative claims that the ‘second wave’ is actually deadlier than the first. (Recently, some Branch Covidians have been claiming a ‘third wave’, …
Read More »Biden unleashes executive orders aimed at fighting Covid with 100-day ‘masking challenge’ & vaccine deluge
After taking the oath of office on Wednesday, the newly-inaugurated president issued his first executive order, dubbed the “100 Days Masking Challenge.” Biden campaigned extensively on his predecessor Donald Trump’s alleged ineptitude in managing the Covid-19 pandemic, and has made a point of being seen in public with a mask …
Read More »Thousands of Israelis test POSITIVE for Covid-19 despite receiving Pfizer/BioNTech jab
Some 189,000 people were tested for Covid-19 after being vaccinated, with 6.6 percent getting a positive result, according to ministry data reported by Israeli outlets. The majority were apparently infected shortly after receiving the first jab of the two-part vaccine – a period when the inoculation isn’t expected to have …
Read More »Taking unproven vaccine is a risk/benefit exercise – but with Covid-19 it’s worth the risk, head of China’s CDC tells RT
Professor Gao Fu, Director General of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, famously participated in the clinical trial of one of the China-developed vaccines against Covid-19. In an interview with RT’s Going Underground program, he said he considered this to be the right call, and encouraged everybody to …
Read More »Police chief ‘baffled’ as to why officers aren’t at the front of the Covid-19 vaccine queue
Speaking on Tuesday, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick told LBC radio that she was “baffled” by the decision of government experts not to follow the lead of other countries who have elected to put their law enforcement officers at the front of the queue for inoculations. “In many other …
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