While novel coronavirus cases have spiked across several parts of Europe, including Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, Sweden—where a countrywide lockdown was never issued—continues to report a downward trend in new cases and new deaths. As of Sunday, the latest death rate in Sweden (deaths per 100,000 people) was reported to be 56.40….
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ACS Publications reports “Endogenous Deficiency of Glutathione as the Most Likely Cause of Serious Manifestations and Death in COVID-19 Patients”
The hypothesis that glutathione deficiency is the most plausible explanation for serious manifestation and death in COVID-19 patients was proposed on the basis of an exhaustive literature analysis and observations. The hypothesis unravels the mysteries of epidemiological data on the risk factors determining serious manifestations of COVID-19 infection and the high risk of death and…
Newsweek reports “Sweden, Which Never Had Lockdown, Sees COVID-19 Cases Plummet as Rest of Europe Suffers Spike”
Amid fears over a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus across Europe, new infections in Sweden, where full lockdown measures were not implemented, have mostly declined since late June. The number of new cases per 100,000 people in Sweden reported over the last 14 days since July 29 dropped by 54 percent from the figure reported…
Washington Examiner reports “Rand Paul: Andrew Cuomo should be impeached for coronavirus nursing home deaths”
Sen. Rand Paul called for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be removed from office as a result of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. “I think Gov. Cuomo should be impeached for what he did, for the disastrous decision he made to send patients with coronavirus back to nursing homes,” Paul said this week on Fox…
NY Times reports “Blame Spreads for Nursing Home Deaths Even as N.Y. Contains Virus”
With more than 6,000 nursing home residents dying of the coronavirus, a fight over whether relatives should be allowed to sue has erupted in Albany. ALBANY — As New York moves from coronavirus crisis to sustained recovery, there remains a heartbreaking fact that some are trying to explore and others seem to be trying to…
UnHerd reports “Prof Carl Heneghan: can we trust Covid-19 death numbers?”
Professor Carl Heneghan is Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University, and has been paying close attention to the Covid-19 statistics. In a post yesterday evening he revealed an extraordinary detail: the Public Health England daily death totals announced to the media include anyone who has ever tested positive for Covid-19…
Business Insider reports “Sweden’s coronavirus death toll is now approaching zero, but experts are warning others not to hail it as a success”
By all accounts, Sweden’s high rate of coronavirus deaths was evidence that the country had made a horrendous error. Sweden — which did not impose a strict lockdown — suffered 543 deaths per million of its population, compared to just 105 in neighboring Denmark. The Swedish death toll has been roughly 11 times worse than Norway’s,…
The Intercept reports “Scientists pin blame for some coronavirus on air pollution, PFAS, and other chemicals”
The link between Covid-19 and air pollution is particularly strong. A study set to publish in July linked six air pollutants in 120 Chinese cities with cases of the viral disease. Researchers in Italy have also shown that long-term exposure to air pollution is “significantly correlated with cases of Covid-19” in up to 71 provinces in that country. And…
Medical XPress reports “UK ‘overestimates’ coronavirus death toll: study”
Britain ordered an urgent review Friday into how coronavirus deaths are counted after a study suggested health authorities are overestimating the toll by counting people who died long after recovering. More than 45,000 deaths have been recorded in patients who tested positive for COVID-19 in Britain and many more died without being tested, making the…
ACSH reports “Rethinking COVID-19 Mortality Statistics”
There are two fundamental points often ignored when referring to “the death toll from COVID-19.” There is no evidence or proof offered by any scientist, pathologist, or virologist that confirms COVID-19 as the “cause” of death in the certification process. An expanded definition of a “COVID-19 death” was enacted by the CDC on March 24th,…