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[Connaught Ranger]

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[primer]

New variant in US, 40% of current cases and is "apparently" immune to vaxcination and previous covid infection.

 

[Jake84]

Yep - it’s the new big topic of the day. This new variant in Murica.

Literally no one escaped Covid-19 (or maybe some very retired tribes in Amazonia? Not even sure) and its consequences whether we have lost an older relative, friend or acquaintances to it.

For those who didn’t, they still endured maybe not the pain to have lost someone but they also had to deal with those disastrous consequences of repeated and successive lockdowns, what we used to discuss here those past three years - mental health in the population especially the younger one, economically a clusterfack for any country implementing those « open jail » for months on end.

Nothing good came of this.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

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[Junglejim]

hmmm...

Hospitals running out of oxygen as patients treated in corridors and ambulances

Hospitals are running out of oxygen because of the number of patients being treated in corridors and ambulances, medics have warned.

sg.style.yahoo.com

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Meet the 'Kraken' COVID variant—the dominant new Omicron 'escape strain' experts say is the most transmissible yet

XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced other variants in some European countries and in the Northeast U.S., according to the WHO—a growth advantage concerning experts.

fortune.com

Kraken!

Ooooooh!


Spooky!

 

[primer]

Unapproved Covid-19 antiviral imports destroyed, while some overseas visitors face a $1350 bill for a course of the drugs​

Strict limits on access to antiviral medication for Covid-19 have prompted some New Zealanders to try importing their own supplies.
Last year 1000 tablets were stopped at the border, and most were destroyed by Medsafe after those bringing them breached import requirements.
The two oral antiviral medicines available in New Zealand to treat Covid-19 in the community are Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir with ritonavir) and molnupiravir.
To be eligible, people must either have symptoms and test positive, or have symptoms and be a household contact of a case, plus they must also meet other criteria relating to age and medical conditions.
The largest was a consignment of 480 molnupiravir tablets.
“All have been destroyed, except the most recent import which is still within its holding period to give the recipient an opportunity to respond.”
Fitzgerald said imports of unapproved medicine may be counterfeit, and there could be risks in terms of its effectiveness and quality.
The seven interceptions of paxlovid and molnupiravir have been tiny compared with more than 900 attempted personal imports of ivermectin referred to Medsafe last year.

Mt Maunganui pharmacist Carl Liu says a course of molnupiravir for those visitors, (who must still test positive), is $1350 and that price tag has proved a deterrent for the one or two who have enquired about purchasing the drug.

 

[Ivan le Fou]

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[primer]

Yeah but 6 dead? Got sick so fast they didn't make it to hospital.
Admitting / death outcome..2 doses is optimal in those that are jabbed. Marginally better than 3. 1 dose is the worst.

 

[Redav]

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[Redav]

Yeah right

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[Connaught Ranger]

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[Ivan le Fou]

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[Ivan le Fou]

Pfizer Board Member Pressured Twitter to Censor Posts on Natural Immunity, Low COVID Risk to Children: Emails

A Pfizer board member who used to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lobbied Twitter to ...

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[Redav]

Gezzz what could possibly go wrong

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[Redav]

If this is true, it's really scary

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[primer]

Some in FDA are saying big Pharma didn't tell them enough about their trials; no great improvement with boosters.

Some vaccine advisers to the federal government say they’re “disappointed” and “angry” that government scientists and the pharmaceutical company Moderna didn’t present a set of infection data on the company’s new Covid-19 booster during meetings last year when the advisers discussed whether the shot should be authorized and made available to the public. That data suggested the possibility that the updated booster might not be any more effective at preventing Covid-19 infections than the original shots.

-courtesy of CNN

 

[Ivan le Fou]

Some in FDA are saying big Pharma didn't tell them enough about their trials; no great improvement with boosters.


-courtesy of CNN

Lol, right.

I don't remember the FDA caring in any way shape or form back then.

Or the FDA giving its support to those who voiced concerns about Big Pharma's trials and protocols.