Retired Army Col. Dr. Matt Hepburn, an infectious disease physician, told ‘60 Minutes’ that the microchip acts like a “check engine” light for people, but does not track their every movement, which has been central to online conspiracy theories about Covid-19 vaccinations. The technology was developed by the Defense Advanced …
Read More »Japan launches Covid-19 jabs for elderly population, but experts say pace of vaccinations ‘cannot prevent’ fourth wave
According to Japan’s health ministry, only 2,810 people in Tokyo are expected to get a shot from the first batch of Pfizer vaccines which was delivered around the country over the past week. Most regions have received 1,000 doses or fewer, as Japan starts vaccinations for its considerable elderly population …
Read More »‘Up to 80%’ of people in Sicily refusing AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over safety concerns
“In Sicily, there is an 80% refusal rate of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Every 100 people, 80 say no,” Musumeci said late Saturday night, according to media reports. He added that it is “natural” for people to be hesitant about the vaccine – recently rebranded as Vaxzevria – but they must …
Read More »Nearly half of Czech population ready to take Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine even without EU watchdog approval – poll
Some 46.6% of Czech people who have yet to be vaccinated are open to being immunized with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine if it is granted an emergency exemption by the local health authority, according to a poll by STEM/MARK research agency. The survey was conducted in early April and reported …
Read More »Only the VACCINATED will be saved? Confusion after St. Vincent PM says only those with Covid jab can flee VOLCANO on cruise ships
The La Soufriere volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted on Friday, sending a column of ash 10km into the sky. With some 16,000 people living in the ‘red zone’ near the volcano, the authorities had been scrambling to put together evacuation plans in the hours leading …
Read More »Back into quarantine? German govt plans new harsh Covid-19 restrictions in draft law – reports
Berlin is currently working on amendments to the national Infection Protection Act that would significantly tighten the lockdown restrictions and greatly reduce the federal states’ ability to defy the government’s orders, German media that obtained the draft document report. The document that is expected to be discussed and potentially approved …
Read More »Netherlands, Portugal latest to ditch AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for under-60s after EMA blood-clot review
The Dutch cabinet has been advised by the Health Council, a scientific advisory body, to pause its use of the jab in those under the age of 60 in light of the safety concerns, broadcaster NOS reported on Thursday. The Netherlands’ health minister, Hugo de Jonge, has also said that …
Read More »The European Court of Human Rights has just opened the door for mandatory Covid-19 vaccines across the continent
The Covid-19 pandemic has coughed up many issues about what our governments and public health authorities can do, none more controversial or divisive than those surrounding the mass compulsory vaccination of entire populations. And, today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) inadvertently weighed in on this hotly contested topic …
Read More »Men make more Covid-19 antibodies and keep them for longer, study on asymptomatic carriers finds
Researchers tested 739 asymptomatic staff at Cardiff Metropolitan University in July 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic and again three months later. Antibody production forms the foundation of immunity, and yet it remains unclear what quantity of coronavirus antibodies are produced across the population, how long they last …
Read More »Covid-19 should show US that real danger to American lives is public health, not ‘malicious’ Moscow – Russian security chief
On multiple occasions, US President Joe Biden has claimed that Russia poses the biggest danger to America on the international stage. Not so, says Nikolay Patrushev. “It turns out that the main threat to the lives of Americans is not a malicious Moscow,” he told Russian newspaper Kommersant. “In the …
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