Day: April 13, 2021
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Cebu City learns its lessons, no more ECQs
In this March 28, 2021 report for the Cebu Daily News, Delta Dyrecka Letigio reports on the latest coronavirus strategies being implemented by Cebu City. According to the report, Mayor Edgardo Labella has refused to place the city under another ECQ even when average daily cases were at 180 to 200 in mid-January and end…
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In the US, states with longest lockdown suffered most economic harm
In this April 9, 2021 editorial by the Wall Street Journal, we discover the empirical data showing that lockdowns have devastated economies, with those states with longer lockdown policies most affected. According to the authors, the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showed that “states that allowed businesses to reopen sooner, and maintained…
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Cebu Province leads the way, conquers ECQs
On January 30, 2021, with Sunstar Cebu, Cebu Governor Gwen Garcia said that Cebu province is “moving on and forward in an imperfect world where diseases exist”. This was a response to a warning from the privately-funded, pro-lockdown group of scientists from UP. OCTA Research said that Cebu, including Cebu City, was “an area of…
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University College London: Britain to achieve COVID herd immunity threshold soon
Britain is set to achieve COVID immunity this coming Monday, says a dynamic modelling system developed by experts at the University College of London (UCL). The model says that people who are protected against COVID-19, either because they are naturally immune or have received a vaccine, will hit 73.4% by April 12, 2021. The projection…
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Study of 10-million person-identifiable PCR-test in Denmark shows young people protected from SARS-CoV-2 reinfection
The following study was published by The Lancet on March 27, 2021. It was conducted by Christian Holm Hansen, Daniela Michlmayr, Sophie Madeleine Gubbels, Prof. Kåre Mølbak,. and Prof. Steen Ethelberg. Utilizing individual level data collected from 10 million person-identifiable PCR tests conducted in Denmark in 2020, the researchers found that protection against repeated infection…
