Despite limited backing from civil society or public health experts, as well as warnings from historians and bioethicists, technologists are racing ahead to build and deploy digital certificates that would allegedly let individuals “prove” whether they have recovered from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), have tested positive for antibodies, or have received a vaccination, should one become available. https://medium.com/berkman-klein-center/the-dangers-of-blockchain-enabled-immunity-passports-for-covid-19-5ff84cacb290
Category: Epidemiology
UnHerd op-ed: “Coronavirus will change nothing”
The Black Death shows that after a pandemic, life goes on as before
Wales Online report “Dr Hilary reveals what the chances of children aged between 5-14 dying of coronavirus are on GMB”
Dr Hilary has revealed that the risk of children dying from coronavirus is “less than being struck by lightning”. Appearing on today’s instalment of Good Morning Britain, the medical expert said there is strong evidence to suggest children between five and 14 years old are more resilient to the virus. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/dr-hilary-reveals-what-chances-18392942
The Sun reports “UNLUCKY STRIKE Kids are more likely to die by LIGHTNING strike than Covid caught at school, says expert”
Professor Robert Dingwall, who is part of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG), has hit back – saying children are at “very low risk”. He added that the Government’s decision to allow schools to reopen for reception, year one and six from Monday “is not a risky move”. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11735602/kids-more-likely-die-lightning-covid-school/
CNBC reports “Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,’ WHO says”
Coronavirus patients without symptoms aren’t driving the spread of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Monday, casting doubt on concerns by some researchers that the disease could be difficult to contain due to asymptomatic infections. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain
Pulled Forbes article reveals “Norway Scientist Claims Report Proves Coronavirus Was Lab-Made”
The following article was posted on Forbes but was pulled. The link is to the web archives. Norwegian scientist Birger Sørensen has claimed the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is not natural in origin. The claims by the co-author of the British-Norwegian study—published in the Quarterly Review of Biophysics—are supported by the former head of Britain’s MI6, Sir…
Children’s Health Defense reports on “Vaccine Injury in the African-American Community”
Top 10 key facts regarding vaccine injury in the African-American community. https://childrenshealthdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/Vaccine-Injury-in-AA-community_BiFoldwChart_REVISED_r1.pdf
Epoch Times reports “Study: Unvaccinated Children Have Better Health Than Their Vaccinated Peers”
In a sample of 2,000 boys and girls born between November2005 and June 2015, the study found that vaccinated children showed a higher chance of developmental delays, asthma, earinfections, and gastrointestinal disorders later in theirdevelopment. The original study by Dr. Brian Hooker is here. https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/study-unvaccinated-children-have-better-health-than-their-vaccinated-peers_3375761.html?v=ul
Pennsylvania Real-Time News reports “UPMC doctor says COVID-19 has become ‘less prevalent’ and isn’t making people as sick”
Fewer people are testing positive for COVID-19 and those who test positive don’t seem to be getting as sick, a UPMC doctor said Thursday. “All signs that we have available right now show that this virus is less prevalent than it was weeks ago,” said Dr. Donald Yealy, the chair of emergency medicine at UPMC….
NY Times reports “The CDC Waited ‘Its Entire Existence for This Moment.’ What went wrong?”
The technology was old, the data poor, the bureaucracy slow, the guidance confusing, the administration not in agreement. The coronavirus shook the world’s premier health agency, creating a loss of confidence and hampering the US response to the crisis.