Category: New SARS-CoV-2 Strains
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Lab Creates New COVID Strain With 80% Kill Rate, Research Not Regulated By NIH
In this October 17, 2022 article published by The Daily Mail, Caitlin Tilley and Mansur Shaheen report on the results of the research conducted by scientists from the Boston University. The research created a hybrid virus by combining SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and the original Wuhan strain. 80% of mice infected with the frankenvirus died. Professor Shmuel…
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Restrictions may have lifted, but pandemic narrative is not over
If you think the pandemic is over just because COVID restrictions have ended in many countries in the world, then you are severely mistaken. Kit Knightly expounds on this insight in the Off Guardian article published last March 16, 2022. According to Knightly, China has reported a new spike in cases, prompting the country to…
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COVID now less deadly than the flu
In this March 10, 2022 article for Daily Mail, Luke Andrews reports on the analysis made by Professor Paul Hunter, an infectious diseases expert from the University of East Anglia. According to Hunter, current data being released by the UK government indicates that COVID is now less deadly compared to the flu. COVID mortality before…
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WHO Says the Next COVID Variant Will be More Transmissible Than Omicron, but Can’t Tell Whether it will be Lethal
The following article was published in CNBC on January 25, 2022. Dawn Kopecki reported that the cited Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead saying that the subsequent COVID variant will be more transmissible than omicron but can’t tell if it will become more lethal. Kerkhove says: “There is no guarantee of that [next variant…
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EU Medical Chief: Natural immunity Against COVID Could be Offered by Omicron
In this January 12, 2022 article for Republic World, Apoorva Kaul reports on the press briefing of Marco Cavaleri, head of Biological Health Threats and Vaccine Strategy of the European Union Medical Agency. Cavaleri said, “With the increase of immunity in population and with Omicron, there will be a lot of natural immunity taking place…
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Study: Travel Restrictions Make No Impact in Preventing Spread of COVID Variants
Research conducted by Edge Health and Oxera and funded by Airlines UK and Manchester Airports Group (MAG) found that travel restrictions could only delay the peak of a new variant by between two to eight days. However, the study stressed that this benefit could only be realized if the restriction was imposed the same day…
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Omicron makes vaccine mandates obsolete
The following article was written by Nobel Prize Winner Luc Montagnier and constitutional lawyer Jed Rubenfield. It was published by the Wall Street Journal last January 9, 2022, days before the US Supreme Court issued its decision blocking President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses[efn_note]https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/supreme-court-biden-osha-vaccine-mandate-decision-a-win-for-employees-employers-ashley-moody[/efn_note]. The article asserts that in the presence of Omicron,…
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Mainstream media: Omicron will give most people potent and durable protection against COVID
In this January 17, 2022 article written by Allysia Finley for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) admits the following facts: Vaccines do not provide lasting protection against infection and transmission. Natural recovery from COVID will provide individuals with stronger immunity against new variants and future coronaviruses, what Finley calls as “superimmunity”. Superimmunity will not prevent…
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Omicron Panic is Unwarranted
The following article published by the Swiss Policy Research on December 31, 2021, summarizes the information we know about Omicron. Some of the points it raised included the following: Omicron appears to really cause fewer severe cases of COVID regardless of vaccination and immunity status. The risk of hospitalization or death was about 50% lower…
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Iloilo eyes reinstating COVID restrictions despite 112% vax rate
Iloilo City plans to reinstate several COVID restrictions as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Omicron variant. According to Mayor Jerry Treñas, the city will require swab tests for all inbound travelers and face-to-face gatherings will be prohibited. Treñas also recommended the suspension of face-to-face sports such as basketball and volleyball. The report…
