Category: Health
Kit Yates on “We have to learn to live with the virus”
More...What do the people who say “learn to live with the virus” actually mean?
Netherlands: 1,100 people infected with Covid-19 at superspreader test event festival
At least 130 visitors were already infected with Covid-19 despite the mandatory entrance tests when they went to the Dutch music festival ‘Verknipt’ in the first weekend of July. More...
Netherlands superspreader event sees one person infect 180 people in nightclub
The coronavirus outbreak at the Aspen Valley nightclub in Enschede on June 26 that resulted in 180 people contracting the coronavirus can be traced back to one person, an investigation from the GGD Twente showed. More...
WAPO: 35,000 symptomatic Covid-19 infections per week among 162 million vaccinated Americans
“CDC Director Rochelle Walensky privately briefed members of Congress on Thursday, drawing on much of the material in the document.
USA: Vaccination is not enough by itself to stop the spread of Covid-19 variants
Vaccination alone won’t stop the rise of new Covid-19 variants and in fact could push the evolution of strains that evade their protection, researchers warned Friday. More...
USA: Provincetown, Cape Cod outbreak – 882 infections, 74% fully immunized, most reporting symptoms
As of Thursday, 882 people were tied to the Provincetown outbreak. More...
Israel: booster vaccine jab rollout begins – third vaccination in 8 months for some
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Thursday the world’s first vaccination drive to inoculate people over 60 with a third Covid vaccine dose, starting Sunday. More...
Preprint: Cryptic Sars-CoV-2 Lineages Detected in NYC Wastewater – Possible Animal Reservoir Detected
Researchers find signs of Covid-19 mutations in NYC sewage, pointing to possible dog and rat infections. More...
USA: Washington State Vaccine Breakthroughs by Variant up to 28th July 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 28th July 2021. More...
NEJM: Vaccine breakthrough infections leading to long Covid
Among 1497 fully vaccinated health care workers, 39 SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections were documented. More...