Tag: covid
Global Covid waves triggered by phases of the moon?
Headsup: We have nothing to go on for this post apart from a hunch. More...
AY.4 Delta sub-lineage now predominant in UK and Australia, rising in the US
A post on the AY.4 sub-lineage of the Delta Sars-Cov-2 variant. More...
USA: doctors see a surge in critically ill pregnant women with Covid
“None of us has ever seen this magnitude of really, really sick women at one time,” said Dr. More...
Delta vaccine breakthroughs in healthcare staff in Vietnam
Between 11th–25th June 2021, 69 healthcare workers were tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. More...
Boris Johnson ‘privately accepts’ up to 50,000 annual Covid deaths as an acceptable level
Downing Street has denied it has set any “acceptable level” of Covid deaths but one adviser, who has been close to the UK Government since coronavirus struck 18 months ago, told inews that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had privately accepted that there would be at least a further 30,000 deaths in the UK over the next year, and that the Prime Minister would “only consider imposing further restrictions if that figure looked like it could rise above 50,000”. More...
Iceland opts for herd immunity through infection
Iceland has vaccinated 76% of its population, but for several months the majority of new Covid infections have been amongst the fully vaccinated. More...
Children now account for 36% of Tennessee’s virus cases
Children now make up 36% of Tennessee’s reported COVID-19 cases, marking yet another sobering milestone in the state’s battle against the highly contagious delta variant, Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said Wednesday. More...
Britain surrenders to the coronavirus
“We can’t control the spread of the virus. The virus is doing what it’s doing and we have to react to that”. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 25th August 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 25th August 2021. More...
Having SARS-CoV-2 once confers much greater immunity than Pfizer vaccine
“The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study that some scientists wish came with a “Don’t try this at home” label. More...