“My dear friends, we’re all in this together. Can you see how the lies are destroying this nation? All the deceit? No truths. The pandemic has many antibodies that have been before in many epidemics that we’ve had in our lifetimes. If you look at the numbers, you see how far-fetched this has become. But…
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Fortune reports “Sweden’s top virologist has a message on how to defeat coronavirus: Open schools and no masks”
The coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the worlds deadliest. But in the past six weeks, Sweden has seen a remarkable turnaround, convincing health officials that its light-touch approach is working. By a per-capita basis, the coronavirus outbreak in Sweden has been one of the world’s deadliest—worse than the United States, France, or…
The Telegraph reports “Exclusive: Top WHO disease detective warns against return to national lockdowns”
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, who helps lead the WHO’s pandemic response, said that ‘localised’ measures should instead be used to stem Covid-19 The World Health Organisation has urged countries not to reimpose national lockdowns in an attempt to stem the spread of Covid-19 due to the health, social and economic repercussions. In an exclusive interview…
DailyMail reports “The land with no face masks: Holland’s top scientists say there’s no solid evidence coverings work and warn they could even damage the fight against Covid-19”
For while 120 countries in the world, including much of Europe, have ordered citizens to wear masks in public places to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Dutch are doing things differently. The nation’s top scientists, having examined key data and research, have declared there is no firm evidence to back the use of face coverings….
Newsweek reports “Sweden COVID-19 Death Rate Lower Than Spain, Italy and U.K., Despite Never Having Lockdown”
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….
Reuters reports “Thousands march in Berlin against coronavirus curbs”
BERLIN (Reuters) – Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying they violated people’s rights and freedoms. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-protests-idUSKBN24X3RZ
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…
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…
University of Oxford study reveals “Covid herd immunity may be much lower than previously thought”
Here, we demonstrate that HIT may be greatly reduced if a fraction of the population is unable to transmit the virus due to innate resistance or cross-protection from exposure to seasonal coronaviruses. The drop in HIT is proportional to the fraction of the population resistant only when that fraction is effectively segregated from the general…
Bloomberg reports “Sweden Unveils ‘Promising’ Covid-19 Data as New Cases Plunge”
As other countries face renewed outbreaks, Sweden’s latest Covid-19 figures suggest it’s rapidly bringing the virus under control. “That Sweden has come down to these levels is very promising,” state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell told reporters in Stockholm on Tuesday. The Health Agency of Sweden says that since hitting a peak in late June, the infection…