Category: Health
USA: Breathe – The Covid-19 musical
Why would anyone want to watch a 90-minute theatrical production about Covid-19 — especially one with scenes named after symptoms many of us have experienced firsthand? More...
Norway: 1.2 million coronavirus vaccinations, 160 deaths, 890 serious side-effects, 7,800 other side effects
Norway vaccine side-effects to 11th May 2021 (Note: The Astrazeneca Vaxevria vaccine is no longer used in Norway)
Norwegian Medicines Agency report
UK: Eric Clapton had a ‘disastrous reaction’ to AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination
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USA: Bill Maher Vaccine Breakthrough
HBO’s Bill Maher has tested positive for COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated, his show announced Thursday. More...
UK: Matt Hancock says closing UK borders against coronavirus are ‘Captain Hindsight’ decisions
From a Coronaheadsup post, 16th March 2020: “why are our borders STILL open? More...
UK: eleven vaccine breakthrough cases reported for B.1.617.2
Five people are in hospital in England with the Indian variant of coronavirus despite having been jabbed against the virus, Matt Hancock has revealed. More...
France: Breton coronavirus variant B.1.616 – 42 cases in total, 18 deaths
The VOI 20C / H655Y (lineage B.1.616) initially detected in Lannion, in Brittany, was classified as variant to follow on 03/14/2021. More...
Canada CDC: ‘Researchers are monitoring for … B.1.617.4’
British Columbia CDC: “Researchers are monitoring for specific sublineages of this variant, including B.1.617.1, 1.617.2, B.1.617.3 and B.1.617.4” (is this a typo?) More...
India: Covaxin and Covishield vaccines invoke 50% fewer antibodies against B.1.617 coronavirus variant
Scientists at the Indian National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, have found that both Covaxin and Covishield produce half as many antibodies against the B.1.617 variant of the novel coronavirus as against the ‘original’ B.1 variant. More...
Europe: B.1.620 coronavirus variant – definitely one to watch
“Last month, Gytis Dudas was tracking a concerning new coronavirus variant that had triggered an outbreak of COVID-19 in his native Lithuania and appeared sporadically elsewhere in Europe and in the United States. More...