Category: How extensive is the pandemic?
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Is the COVID pandemic over?
To be able to gauge whether the COVID pandemic is over, we must first understand what characterizes what a pandemic is. Unfortunately, despite the billions of funds funneled into it by countries and organizations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed to offer a single, definitive definition of…
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WHO Says It Might End COVID Crisis But Global Data Shows There Is No Emergency
In this May 28, 2022 article for the Manila Standard, Vito Barcelo, Othel Campos et al. report that the World Health Organization (WHO) is working to declare an end to the COVID outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern. In a press briefing, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s Technical Lead for COVID-19 said,…
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2021 Records 290,125 Excess Deaths
This article follows the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report on 2021 death statistics. The said agency released a new update on 2021 death statistics preliminary as of February 28, 2022[efn_note]https://psa.gov.ph/vital-statistics/table[/efn_note]. 2021 Excess Death This year, in January, we published a preliminary PSA report covering January to September only of 2021 [see 2021 Excess Deaths in…
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Concepcion Worried More on the Low Number of Administered Booster Shots than Surge in COVID Cases
In an April 21, 2022 article published in The Manila Times, Kristina Maralit reported that Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Ma. “Joey” Concepcion 3rd worried more about the low number of booster shots administered to eligible recipients than the possible surge in Covid-19 cases. According to the report, during the televised “Laging Handa” briefing on…
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Health Expert Warns There Maybe a New COVID Surge After May 9 Election
In an April 1, 2022 article published in Inquirer, Christia Marie Ramos, a government health adviser, said the Philippines may face a surge in COVID-19 cases after the May 9 polls or in the next few months. According to the article, Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Unit at…
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Two Years after Declaration of Pandemic, WHO Still Laments that People Ignored the January 2020 Pandemic Alarm
In a March 12, 2022 article published in Manila Bulletin, Agence France-Presse reported that World Health Organization (WHO) voiced its frustration at people marking the second anniversary of March 11, 2020, insisting that the real alarm came six weeks earlier — but few people bothered to sit up and take notice. According to the report,…
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The Philippines’ COVID-19 Response Left the Vulnerable Behind
In a February 11, 2022 article published in The Diplomat, Yvonne Su and Sivakamy Thayaalan reported that the Philippines’ COVID-19 Response has further marginalized the vulnerable. The authors have discussed the following points: The Philippines is one of the many countries dealing with the effects of vaccine inequity The country’s vaccination rate remains relatively low, with only 52…
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The Philippines Sees Uptick on Heart Disease Incidences During Pandemic Says Expert
The prevalence of heart diseases in the Philippines rose by 28 percent during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, said Philippine Heart Association president Dr. Gilbert Vilela. This report was written by Charie Mae F. Abarca and was published by Manila Bulletin last March 3, 2022. According to the article, Dr. Vilela said in the “Laging Handa”…
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Maajid Nawaz: COVID is a military-grade psychological operation launched by countries on their citizens
The following is a 3-hour interview between Joe Rogan and Maajid Nawaz published last February 19, 2022, on Spotify. The interview happened in January 2022 and has been withheld by Spotify as the call to cancel Rogan’s show mounted last month. In this interview, Nawaz unpacks the military-grade psychological warfare being done by governments today…
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Court Demands Data from Austrian Health Ministry Justifying COVID-19 Rules
In this February 1, 2022 article published by News.Com.Au, Frank Chung reports on a recent court ruling released by Austria’s Constitutional Court demanding detailed data from the country’s Health Ministry justifying the government’s COVID measures. According to the report, the court issued 10 sets of questions to the Health Ministry in preparation for a possible…
