Boris Johnson just announced new covid rules saying that "two families mixing, outside, sport" will be allowed. In other words, the lefties in the UK can resume their normal sexual habits.
Rural Americans doing a GREAT JOB here! "BETHEL — The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta once led the nation in COVID-19 case rates. But now, in a startling reversal, cases are dropping and the region is now helping lead the nation in vaccinations. Bethel has become possibly the only place in the U.S. where you can go to the store to pick up dinner and get a COVID-19 vaccine, no appointment needed. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. is offering the vaccines at both the AC and Swanson’s grocery stores." "As vaccinations have increased, cases have dropped. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta’s case rate is 23 cases per 100,000 people. It was 12.5 times higher than that at its peak, when the case rate hit 300 cases per 100,000 people in November 2020." Kudos to the people, the governments, and the pharma companies. Ya know, it does not say so in this article but they are receiving the Pfizer vaccine. Ya all know about that one, "the one that has excessive refrigeration requirements so people will never be able to figure out how to distribute it in rural areas." Well, just west of Bethel Alaska is Siberia so it is pretty rural there. They started in and figured things out as they went along. It can happen. Outside of DC and New York anyway. Sorry to divert the discussion from California, New York, Florida, and Toronto which we are all supposed to believe are the epicenter of the universe. The Spanish Flu just totally, totally annihilated the population in that part of Alaska. How Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta became one of the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination leaders https://www.adn.com/nation-world/20...-of-the-nations-covid-19-vaccination-leaders/
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4104828 WHO inspector caught on camera revealing coronavirus manipulation in Wuhan before pandemic Video shows scientist mention coronavirus experimentation in Wuhan lab weeks before pandemic In the first phase of research, which took place from 2014 to 2019, Daszak coordinated with Shi Zhengli, (石正麗), also known as "Bat Woman," at the WIV on investigating and cataloging bat coronaviruses across China. EcoHealth Alliance received US$3.7 million in funding from the NIH for this research and 10 percent was channeled to the WIV, reported NPR. The second, more dangerous phase, which started in 2019, involved gain-of-function (GoF) research on coronaviruses and chimeras in humanized mice from the lab of Ralph S. Baric of the University of North Carolina. Funding for the program was withdrawn by the NIH under the Trump administration on April 27 amid the pandemic. When Racaniello asks what can be done to deal with coronavirus given that there is no vaccine or therapeutic for them, Daszak at the 29:54 mark appears to reveal that the goal of the GoF experiments was to develop a pan-coronavirus vaccine for many different types of coronaviruses. When Racaniello asks what can be done to deal with coronavirus given that there is no vaccine or therapeutic for them, Daszak at the 29:54 mark appears to reveal that the goal of the GoF experiments was to develop a pan-coronavirus vaccine for many different types of coronaviruses. Based on his response, it is evident that just before the start of the pandemic, the WIV was modifying coronaviruses in the lab. "You can manipulate them in the lab pretty easily." What he then mentioned has become the telltale trait of SARS-CoV-2, its spike protein: "Spike protein drives a lot of what happens with the coronavirus, zoonotic risk." Daszak mentions the WIV's collaboration with Baric: "and we work with Ralph Baric at UNC [University of North Carolina] to do this." As has been suggested by proponents that SARS-CoV-2 is a chimera made in a lab, he speaks of inserting the spike protein "into a backbone of another virus" and then doing "some work in the lab." Providing evidence of the creation of chimeras for the sake of a vaccine, he states "Now, the logical progression for vaccines is, if you are going to develop a vaccine for SARS, people are going to use pandemic SARS, but let’s try to insert these other related diseases and get a better vaccine.”
Well, alright now, This is for the good. A couple viewers may recall that a couple weeks ago, Merk announced that they were discontinuing their efforts to develop a vaccine, and I said "Joe needs to require them under the Defense Production Act to produce one of the other vaccines. So here we go I guess. Looks like Merck was already headed there. Joe should be stepping up soon to take credit for it. That's fine I guess. I expect no less. And if I hear that Merck was not already headed there and Joe invoked the Defense Production Act, well then we can talk from there and I will put a feather in his cap. Most likely he will pluck a feather from someone else's hat. This will be good news for our Canadian colonies too unless they want to continue taking that Indian and Chinese shiite forever. I am all in favor of helping them as soon as we take care of bidness. The Latest: AP source: Merck to help produce J&J vaccine A Biden administration official says drugmaker Merck will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly-approved coronavirus vaccine https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/latest-austria-denmark-work-israel-vaccines-76197444
As discussed a couple times earlier on- even though flu and corona are different viruses- it is impossible to have massive worldwide resources focused on virus prevention and treatment without learning at least a few more tricks about how to deal with the flu as well. Getting there. Easy-to-deliver mRNA treatment shows promise for stopping flu and COVID-19 viruses With a relatively minor genetic change, a new treatment developed by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University appears to stop replication of both flu viruses and the virus that causes COVID-19. Best of all, the treatment could be delivered to the lungs via a nebulizer, making it easy for patients to administer themselves at home. The therapy is based on a type of CRISPR, which normally allows researchers to target and edit specific portions of the genetic code, to target RNA molecules. In this case, the team used mRNA technology to code for a protein called Cas13a that destroys parts of the RNA genetic code that viruses use to replicate in cells in the lungs. It was developed by researchers in Philip Santangelo's lab in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering. "In our drug, the only thing you have to change to go from one virus to another is the guide strand—we only have to change one sequence of RNA. That's it," Santangelo said. "We went from flu to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. They're incredibly different viruses. And we were able to do that very, very rapidly by just changing a guide." https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-easy-to-deliver-mrna-treatment-flu-covid-.html
Mayor rejects shipment of Johnson and Johnson vaccine BECAUSE IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT. The good news is that apparently all eligible Detroit citizens have been vaccinated (hard to believe, but I don't make the news). The bad news is that Detroit's mayor is a fucking idiot. Not a problem though. Just give the vaccine to another area, which I believe the State of Michigan said they did. But that should still be deducted from Detroits allocation for the year. Under no circumstances should either the feds or the states start down the road of letting states or communities specify which vaccine they will get unless there is good and sufficient reason beyond "we are special." Such reasons exist in limited circumstances. People who are highly allergic have a reason to take one of the vaccines that exhibits few problems. And ultra-remote areas such as the villages in Alaska can more easily handle something that is not as tricky to store and transport as the Pfizer vaccine- although they have made out amazingly well with it. The natives are highly appreciate, grateful, and used to getting by with whatever is available, unlike the pisspots in Detroit who were brought up on the public tit. I am sure that there is some racial component to this that I do not understand. It is Detroit after all. Who the hell elects these idiots anyway? Oh, I see. Idiot dems. Nevermind. And yes, tards, I know that the mayor is a white guy. But like Biden, I know who he answers to. Note that out of my usual generosity of spirit I did not even raise the question of why the hell the state/feds are prioritizing a community that alleges that everyone is already vaccinated. Might want to work on that a bit. Detroit mayor declines Johnson & Johnson vaccine shipment Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) is defending his decision to reject a shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, saying in a press conference Thursday that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are better and he wants Detroit residents to "get the best." https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...yor-declines-johnson-johnson-vaccine-shipment
CROCK ALERT!! WHO has announced that the report on the origins of the virus has been delayed for a week or two because "they want to get it right." Yeh, okay. Translation: The Chinese Communist Party is still telling them what the right answers are.
Here are some articles from the past two weeks with more complete details... WHO inspectors ‘to scrap interim report’ on probe of COVID origin UN health agency will not publish an interim report on its recent mission to the Chinese city of Wuhan, the WSJ reports. March 4, 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021...scrap-interim-report-on-probe-of-covid-origin WHO Report On Covid-19 Origins Dropped Amid Concerns It Lacked Transparency March 4, 2021 https://www.forbes.com/sites/robert...cerns-it-lacked-transparency/?sh=4076b432461b Topline The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of Covid-19 will not be releasing a planned interim report on its research mission to China, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, amid escalating political and scientific tensions over an investigation many criticized as fundamentally compromised by Chinese officials. Key Facts WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus previously said an interim report summarizing the findings of the mission—which was the product of months of tense diplomatic wrangling—would be expected in mid-late February, with a more comprehensive report to come in the weeks after that. According to both Peter Ben Embarek, who led the WHO team, and a WHO spokesperson speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the WHO is now abandoning that plan and will publish the summary alongside the complete report “in coming weeks.” With so much interest in the report, Embarek said a “summary only would not satisfy the curiosity of the readers.” The deferral comes amid mounting international tensions over China’s handling of the investigation, with the U.K. and the U.S. expressing concern that China may have obstructed the investigation and altered its findings (which must be agreed upon by both WHO and Chinese delegations), calling for greater transparency on the issue. The WHO did not respond to a Forbes request for comment. Chief Critic An international group of scientists published an open letter Thursday, also reported by the Wall Street Journal, demanding a new and independent inquiry into the virus’ origins. “We cannot afford an investigation into the origins of the pandemic that is anything less than absolutely thorough and credible,” the group said, adding that “efforts to date do not constitute a thorough, credible, and transparent investigation” owing to the WHO’s need to collaborate with member states and China’s refusal to grant the kinds of access required for this kind of work. Key Background The origins of Covid-19 are still largely a mystery and have become a political issue as well as a health issue. It is believed to have crossed over from animals into humans in the later months of 2019 and was first detected in China, where many believe it originated. China disputes this origin story and has been pushing the theory that it was imported into the country on frozen food, something it boosted using the WHO team’s platform. Former President Trump and his officials repeatedly pushed, without evidence, the idea that the virus also leaked from a lab in Wuhan. Trump once said he had a “high degree of confidence” in the Wuhan lab theory, while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there was “enormous evidence” the claim was true. At the end of their investigation, the WHO team said the theory was “extremely unlikely,” though since returning from China some members, and Tedros, have said the hypothesis is still in play. What To Watch For Though there are growing calls for a truly independent inquiry into the origins of Covid-19, China is unlikely to sanction any missions. Indeed, it has indicated that its role in (what it emphasizes to be a) global investigation is complete and has been demanding other countries, such as the U.S., to open themselves up for investigation. World awaits China COVID origins report March 15, 2021 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-world-awaits-china-covid.html US, China mount pressure ahead of WHO report on origins of COVID pandemic Director of international health body says all hypotheses are on the table; Washington voices concerns about probe in tug-of-war with Beijing March 15, 2021 https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-ch...d-of-who-report-on-origins-of-covid-pandemic/
More than one of those articles use words such as "much-anticipated." And what kind of idiot would be anticipating a report by them? China owns WHO, and even if they were a fair and balanced organization-which they are not, China did not allow any investigators into China until 13-14 months after the outbreak. And even then they would not allow some key scientist investigators in to the country and that small number was not even allowed in to Wuhan. Maybe they have had a bus tour there recently to make it look like they were later or something. Complete frigging joke. Anyone "anticipating it" is only enabling their stupid arse game. If it were a paper report, I would not dignify it by allowing my dog to piss on it. That story is dead as far as I am concerned if it is issued by WHO or the Chinese. If some outside investigators bring new information into the picture then I will read it. There is a story in progress today that is interesting but I have not kept up with it. I guess the Ruskies are pissed because the U.S. is telling the Brazilians and others that the Sputnik vaccine is bullshit. Should be some entertainment value there. I will have to catch up later. The fact that the Biden administration is getting involved is interesting too. They must be doing that because they think Russia is Trump's buddy and it is a way of getting back at him. Seems to be their primary motivation.