The social network became the first American platform to lose the legal protections on Wednesday, with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology claiming the site had not yet come in line with new social media rules implemented in late May, according to several local media outlets. “Due to their …
Read More »Stripping Catalan MEPs of immunity from prosecution ‘undermines EU’s moral authority’ – region’s ex-leader to RT
Puigdemont fled Spain in 2017, after Madrid charged him with rebellion, sedition, and misuse of public funds for organizing the Catalan independence vote that year while serving as the head of the region’s government. In January 2020, a Belgian court refused to extradite the politician to Spain, citing his immunity …
Read More »European Parliament lifts immunity of Catalonia MEPs, paving way for extradition to Spain over independence referendum
The three politicians were elected to the European Parliament in 2019, after having fled Spain two years earlier to avoid arrest warrants for sedition, after they helped to organize and run the 2017 independence referendum in Catalonia, despite it being banned by Spain’s central government. Spain had asked the European …
Read More »Take 2: Facebook once again shuts down Israeli anti-immunity passport group accused of sabotaging national vaccination
The group is one of many in Israel that stands accused of spreading misinformation about vaccines against Covid-19 and causing a slowdown in the pace of immunization in the country. Israel has vaccinated some 43 percent of its population with at least one shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but some …
Read More »Past Covid-19 infection grants some immunity for at least 5 months, but people may still transmit virus – UK study
“Naturally acquired immunity as a result of past infections provide 83 percent protection against reinfection, compared to people who have not had the disease before,” Public Health England (PHE) said in a press release published on Thursday. The study suggests that most people are protected from reinfection for at least …
Read More »‘Risk for future generations’? Peru clashes with Pfizer over Big Pharma’s legal immunity for Covid-19 vaccine side effects
While officials have remained in “constant contact” with Pfizer since the summer, the talks ran into trouble last month amid “controversy” over some clauses of the agreement, including those linked to pricing and delivery, as well as legal immunities for the pharmaceutical giant in the case its inoculation leads to …
Read More »Instant immunity? UK scientists test drug to prevent people exposed to Covid-19 from catching disease via rapid antibodies boost
“The advantage of this medicine is that it gives you immediate antibodies,” while vaccines against the coronavirus take around a month to fully kick in, Dr Catherine Houlihan, a virologist at University College London Hospitals NHS trust (UCLH), told the Guardian. The antibody therapy, which UCLH has developed together with …
Read More »Fauci admits to LYING about Covid-19 herd immunity threshold to manipulate public support for vaccine, moves goal post to 90%
The intentional deception involved estimates for what percentage of the population will need to be immunized to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 and enable a return to normalcy. Earlier this year, Fauci said 60-70 percent – a typical range for such a virus – but he moved the goalposts to …
Read More »Good news for vaccines? Covid-19 immunity lasts for at least eight months, Australian researchers say
Melbourne’s Monash University announced that a team of researchers found that antibodies guard against reinfection for at least eight months. Their paper, published in the journal Science Immunology, is the “strongest evidence” yet that coronavirus jabs could be a workable solution to the health crisis, the university said. Previous studies …
Read More »Putin signs legislation strengthening lifetime immunity from prosecution for former Russian presidents & their family members
In practice, it means that Putin can’t be taken to court for criminal or administrative offences after leaving the Kremlin. The same rules will apply to Dmitry Medvedev, who held the position from 2008-2012, and all future office holders. The new set-up was included in constitutional amendments, approved by a …
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