Category: Health
Google’s Larry Page heads for the Covid-19 lifeboat
Immigration New Zealand has confirmed that Google co-founder Larry Page is a resident of New Zealand.
Israel: “85-90% of the hospitalizations are in fully vaccinated people”
Dr Kobi Haviv, Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem: “95% of the severe patients are vaccinated”. More...
Iceland: 70% vaccine breakthrough – 1,565 infections of which 1,091 are fully vaccinated
Iceland’s Covid dashboard confirms the vaccine breakthrough rate in that country is about 70% for infections, as per the information given below. More...
Israel: National lockdown if booster jabs don’t work
An official in the high-level coronavirus cabinet, speaking on the condition of anonymity, tells the Kan public broadcaster that the government will wait and see what the effects of the third vaccine booster shot are before declaring a nationwide lockdown. More...
USA, Maryland: “I went to a party with 14 other vaccinated people; 11 of us got COVID”
I’m an epidemiologist at a major medical research university.
Shi Zhengli: We need to learn to live with the virus
Shi Zhengli, China’s ‘Bat Woman’, has said that new variants of Sars-Cov-2 will continue to emerge, but that vaccines are ‘effective’. More...
UK: 52% vaccine breakthrough for hospitalized over-50s
The Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group have recently issued a report on Covid-19 hospitalizations by age and vaccine status, based on data from the UK government’s own reports. More...
USA: Washington State Vaccine Breakthroughs by Variant up to 4th August 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 4th August 2021. More...
Bangladesh: the unvaccinated aren’t allowed on the streets
The Bangladeshi government will not allow any unvaccinated people aged 18 or above on the streets from August 11, the day it will relax the ongoing lockdown. More...
Preprint: C.37 Lambda variant exhibits higher infectivity and immune resistance
“In this study, we demonstrated that three mutations, the RSYLTPGD246-253N, L452Q and F490S mutations, respectively confer resistance to the vaccine-induced antiviral immunity. More...