Covid Corner

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Taiwan welcomes US vaccine aid, bolstering its COVID fight

Taiwan welcomes US vaccine aid, bolstering its COVID fight

Taiwan welcomed 2.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from the United States on Sunday as help from a true friend, more than doubling the major semiconductor-producing island's arsenal of shots as it deals with a cluster of domestic infections.

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Swiss to start inoculating youngsters against COVID-19 as early as next week

Swiss to start inoculating youngsters against COVID-19 as early as next week

Switzerland plans to allow 12- to 15-year olds to receive vaccinations against COVID-19 as soon as next week, government vaccine chief Christoph Berger told Swiss newspaper NZZ in an interview published on Sunday.

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Philippines seals deal for 40 mln Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 doses

Philippines seals biggest COVID-19 vaccine order yet, for 40 mln Pfizer doses

The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) and BioNTech SE, (22UAy.DE) in its biggest coronavirus vaccine deal to date.

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mRNA Vaccines - Layman’s version (Pfizer/Moderna COVID-19 vaccines), plus some FAQs, Animation

 

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Australian PM promises more COVID-19 shots to states as Sydney cluster grows - Reuters

Australian PM promises more COVID-19 shots to states as Sydney cluster grows

Australian states and territories will get more doses of COVID-19 vaccines soon, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as authorities look to avoid further delays in an immunisation drive that has hit several roadblocks.

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NZ regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year olds

NZ regulator approves Pfizer vaccine for 12-15 year olds

New Zealand's medicines regulator Medsafe has provisionally approved the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday.

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S.Korea's SK bioscience to invest $132 mln to boost vaccine production

S.Korea's SK bioscience to invest $132 mln to boost vaccine production

South Korea's SK bioscience (302440.KS) said on Monday it plans to expand vaccine production by investing about 150 billion won ($132 million) by 2024 to add production capacity, as well as equipping its plant to make newer mRNA and viral vector vaccines.

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U.S extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico land borders through July 21

U.S extends travel restrictions at Canada, Mexico land borders through July 21

U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21, the U.S. Homeland Security Department said on Sunday.

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China has administered more than 1 billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccines - CNBC

China has administered more than 1 billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccines

As of Saturday, 1,010,489,000 doses had been given to people in China, and more than 100 million doses were administered in six days.

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[Brickwizard]

if you run a search for...""covid 19 been proven to be a unique virus"" you will get pages of answers from both the world press and scientific/health organisations..

 

[MatsuShimizu]

Mandatory mask rules extended in Sydney as COVID-19 cluster grows - Reuters

Mandatory mask rules extended in Sydney as COVID-19 cluster grows

Australia's most populous state on Tuesday reported its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in nearly a week and extended the wearing of masks inside buildings, while New Zealand paused quarantine-free travel with the state.

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CDC says U.S. young adults less likely to take COVID-19 vaccine

CDC says U.S. young adults less likely to take COVID-19 vaccine

Younger adults are seeking out COVID-19 vaccines at a slower rate than older adults, and if that pace of vaccination continues through August, vaccine coverage among younger adults will not reach levels achieved with older adults, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on...

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Echoes of neurodegenerative disease in fatal COVID-19; sleep woes may add risk

Poor sleep habits may be linked with higher risk for severe illness in patients with COVID-19, according to Harvard University researchers.

Echoes of neurodegenerative disease in fatal COVID-19; sleep woes may add risk

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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Abu Dhabi opens up free COVID-19 vaccines to tourists

Abu Dhabi opens up free COVID-19 vaccines to tourists

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, is offering tourists free COVID-19 vaccinations that were previously restricted to UAE citizens and residency visa holders.

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Colombia's COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 in unrelenting third wave

Colombia's COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 in unrelenting third wave

Reported deaths from COVID-19 in Colombia passed 100,000 on Monday, the country's health ministry said, amid warnings of potential scarcity of treatment drugs and oxygen in hospitals during a long and brutal third peak of infections and deaths.

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[MatsuShimizu]

Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response - Fauci. (Video from the Washington Post Youtube channel, news from Reuters)

Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response -Fauci

The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the United States' effort to eradicate COVID-19 in its borders, said U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Tuesday press call.

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Explainer: What is the Delta variant of coronavirus with K417N mutation?

The variant, called "Delta Plus" in India, was first reported in a Public Health England bulletin on June 11. It is a sub-lineage of the Delta variant first detected in India and has acquired the spike protein mutation called K417N which is also found in the Beta variant first identified in South Africa.

Explainer: What is the Delta variant of coronavirus with K417N mutation?

India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing.

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Turkish COVID-19 vaccine starts Phase III trials

Turkish COVID-19 vaccine starts Phase III trials

Turkey on Tuesday kicked off Phase III trials for its COVID-19 vaccine, named "Turkovac" by President Tayyip Erdogan who said the shot should be available for use by the end of the year.

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[MatsuShimizu]

FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines - Reuters, 1 minute video

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory groups, meeting to discuss reported cases of the heart condition after vaccination, found the inflammation in adolescents and young adults is likely linked to the vaccines, but that the benefits of the shots appeared to clearly outweigh the risk. Moderna shares closed down 4.2%, while Pfizer fell 1.4%.

FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer, Moderna vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it plans to move quickly to add a warning about rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults to fact sheets for the Pfizer/BioNTech (PFE.N), and Moderna (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccines.

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Over 2 million in England may have had long COVID, study finds

The REACT-2 study, led by Imperial College London, found that more than a third of people who have had COVID-19 reported symptoms that lasted at least 12 weeks, with one in ten reporting severe symptoms which lasted that long.

Over 2 million in England may have had long COVID, study finds

Over 2 million people in England might have had long COVID and suffered one or more COVID-19 symptoms that lasted at least 12 weeks, one of the biggest surveillance studies of the coronavirus found on Thursday.

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U.S. to send 3 million J&J COVID-19 vaccine doses to Brazil - Reuters

U.S. to send 3 million J&J COVID-19 vaccine doses to Brazil

The United States on Thursday will ship 3 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) one-shot COVID-19 vaccine to Brazil, the country with the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world, a White House official said on Wednesday.

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Brazil sets single-day record for coronavirus cases

Brazil sets single-day record for coronavirus cases

Brazil registered a single-day record of 115,228 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, as its outbreak shows new signs of accelerating despite long-delayed vaccination efforts finally gaining steam.

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[MatsuShimizu]

Downtown Sydney, Bondi head for lockdown as Delta infections spike - Reuters, video from 9 News Australia

Downtown Sydney, Bondi head for lockdown as Delta infections spike

Downtown Sydney and the city's eastern suburbs, which include Bondi Beach, will go into a one week lockdown from midnight Friday as authorities struggle to contain a spike in the highly contagious Delta COVID-19 virus variant in the city.

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Russia launches Sputnik Light vaccine into wide circulation

Russia launches Sputnik Light vaccine into wide circulation -Kommersant

Russia on Friday launched into circulation its fourth vaccine against COVID-19, the one-dose Sputnik Light, the Kommersant daily reported.

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French President, Emmanuel Macron says EU needs more coordination to counter Delta variant

Macron says EU needs more coordination to counter Delta variant

French President Emmanuel Macron urged EU countries to be extremely vigilant about the Delta variant of the coronavirus and to be more closely coordinated on allowing tourists to come from outside the bloc.

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Bhutan PM says ready to mix COVID-19 doses to deal with vaccine shortages

Bhutan PM says ready to mix COVID-19 doses to deal with vaccine shortages

Bhutan's Prime Minister on Thursday said he "has no problem" in mixing-and-matching COVID-19 vaccine doses to immunize a population of about 700,000 people in the tiny Himalayan nation.

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[captain-sensible]

there's a saying my Grandma used to have "if it look like Covid , spreads like Covid and gives you Covid symptoms, it probably is Covid" . I always said she was ahead of her time ....

Covid under the electron microscope.

Here’s the Coronavirus Under an Electron Microscope - Microscope.com

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[f33dm3bits]

Well, Well, I posted asking for anyone to send me proof of the existence of COVID 19 by means of the isolation test, i didnt receive any response yet my posts were taken down as Fake news!

Whats going on here, how can me asking for proof be fake news as i have spend months researching COVID and cant find the proof of the existence of it hence i was asking someone here to show said proof to substantiate the claim of the existence of COVID.

I am perturbed with my posts being censored to the point of not being able to ask a question about COVID.

I shall never be coming back into this chatroom again as clearly someone is censoring posts toward a specific narrative and refuses us people to ask a simple yet fundamentally paramount question about COVID.

@msrachelroodes Do you think all medical personal around the world are faking it and part of one big conspiracy having been working overtime for over a year for fun including a family member of mine who works on the COVID section of the hospital? Just search PUBMED for COVID.

Coronavirus disease 2019: What we know?

In late December 2019, a cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases has been reported in Wuhan, China. A few days later, the causative agent of this mysterious pneumonia was identified as a novel coronavirus. This causative virus has been temporarily named ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

A Review of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19)

There is a new public health crises threatening the world with the emergence and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus originated in bats and was transmitted to humans ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Comparison of Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19

Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR)-based tests are widely used to diagnose coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As a result that these tests cannot be done in local clinics where RT-qPCR testing capability is lacking, rapid antigen tests ...

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[KGIII]

I shall never be coming back into this chatroom again as clearly someone is censoring posts toward a specific narrative and refuses us people to ask a simple yet fundamentally paramount question about COVID.

I am the one that dealt with the report. It was reported by multiple people and I made the choice to remove it as anti-vax/anti-info/fake bullcrap.

You "researching" doesn't equal actual expert decisions, information, or advice. You're not going to use Linux.org as a platform to spread misinformation in the middle of a pandemic. No. You're not.

I stand by my decision. I would make the same decision again, because acting on reports (and exercising judgement) is part of my job.

For the record, I do not actually like removing posts, as is evidenced by the very few I've ever removed. However, spreading false information about an important subject like COVID and COVID vaccinations is gonna get your post deleted - especially when multiple people report it.

 

[MatsuShimizu]

CDC says roughly 4,100 people have been hospitalized or died with Covid breakthrough infections after vaccination - CNBC

CDC says roughly 4,100 people have been hospitalized or died with Covid breakthrough infections after vaccination

At least 750 fully vaccinated people have died after contracting Covid but the CDC noted that 142 of those fatalities were asymptomatic or unrelated to Covid.

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WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads

WHO urges fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as delta Covid variant spreads

"People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves," WHO official Dr. Mariangela Simao told reporters.

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Vaccine-linked heart condition tends to resolve quickly; Delta variant fuses cells to infect more efficiently - Reuters

Vaccine-linked heart condition tends to resolve quickly; Delta variant fuses cells to infect more efficiently

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

www.reuters.com

India's richest state shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads

India's richest state shuts malls, cinemas as new variant spreads

India's richest state on Friday ordered malls and cinema halls to close as it scrambles to control a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that has scuppered plans to ease lockdown measures.

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[MatsuShimizu]

Australia's Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdowns - video from 9 News Australia, news from Reuters

Sydney and Darwin in lockdown as COVID-19 cases pop up across Australia

Australia reported on Sunday one of the highest numbers for locally acquired coronavirus cases this year, triggering lockdowns in the cities of Sydney and Darwin and forcing tighter restrictions in four states. Sydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as the Bondi neighbourhood cluster of...

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There are at least 200 known cases of the Delta Plus coronavirus variant worldwide. Here's what we know - CNN

There are at least 200 known cases of the Delta Plus coronavirus variant worldwide. Here's what we know | CNN

A new and slightly changed version of the Delta coronavirus variant is spreading in a number of countries including the United Kingdom, United States and India, health officials say.

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Delta COVID-19 variant starting to dominate in S.Africa, scientists say - Reuters

Delta COVID-19 variant starting to dominate in S.Africa, scientists say

New coronavirus infections in South Africa appear to be dominated by the Delta variant that was first identified in India, scientists said on Saturday as a third wave sweeps the hard-hit African country.

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Delta variant 'spreading rapidly' from Lisbon to rest of Portugal

Delta variant 'spreading rapidly' from Lisbon to rest of Portugal

Over 70% of coronavirus cases in the Lisbon area are from the more contagious Delta variant, which is quickly spreading to other parts of the country, a report said late on Friday, as authorities scramble to stop a worrying rise in infections.

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[MatsuShimizu]

Why so many Covid-19 variants are showing up now - VOX Youtube channel

How the UK — where the Covid delta variant ‘exploded’ — is a blueprint for the U.S. - CNBC

The Covid delta variant has 'exploded' in the UK â and it could be a blueprint for the U.S.

From vaccines to variants, the U.K.'s experience of Covid-19 has often been a harbinger of things to come for other countries.

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Vaccines work against Covid — but not enough people are getting the shots, U.S. doctor says

Vaccines work against Covid â but not enough people are getting the shots, U.S. doctor says

The more the virus spreads, the greater the risk of new Covid variants that can evade current vaccine protection, says Vanderbilt professor William Schaffner.

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New Zealand considers mandatory masks, scanning amid COVID Delta variant concerns - Reuters

New Zealand considers mandatory masks, scanning amid COVID Delta variant concerns

New Zealand is considering making masks compulsory at high alert levels as well as compulsory scanning of QR codes to boost contact tracing in efforts to reduce the risk of coronavirus spreading, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

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Russia reports 21,650 new COVID-19 cases, 611 deaths

Russia reports 21,650 new COVID-19 cases, 611 deaths

Russia reported 21,650 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 7,246 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,472,941.

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[MatsuShimizu]

Oxford vaccine produces strong immune response from booster shot - Reuters

Oxford vaccine produces strong immune response from booster shot - study

A third shot of the Oxford-AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine produces a strong immune response, researchers said on Monday, adding there was not yet evidence that such shots were needed, especially given shortages in some countries.

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Indonesia's COVID-19 situation nears 'catastrophe' - Red Cross

Oxygen prices leap in Indonesia's capital as COVID-19 cases surge

Oxygen prices in Indonesia's capital had more than doubled and some suppliers reported shortages on Tuesday after a surge in COVID-19 cases that prompted the Red Cross to warn of a coronavirus "catastrophe" in Southeast Asia's biggest country.

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Spain, Malta and Portugal restrict non-vaccinated travellers

Spain, Malta and Portugal restrict non-vaccinated travellers

UK travellers will have to prove they have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus on arrival.

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Dr. Scott Gottlieb: U.S. Covid cases will never fall all the way to zero - CNBC

Dr. Scott Gottlieb: U.S. Covid cases will never fall all the way to zero

The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks as the highly contagious delta variant of Covid-19 spreads rapidly throughout the globe. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, member of the boards of Pfizer and biotech company Illumina and former FDA commissioner...

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[f33dm3bits]

Well i try not think much, i find it best to think less and seek evidence rather than to just listen to whatever and whoever says something.
I am now wondering why you are less interested in verifying the evidence source than presuming what my thoughts may or may not be.
Thoughts are subjective yet evidence is factual and tangible thats we have experts in the scientific community whom scientifically test viruses and thus are able to verify a virus by scientific means, this is factual so i simply im seeking this scientific evidence nothing more, nothing less.

None of the links you provided are the scientific isolated test which gets done before any confirmation of the existence of said virus.

My sister works as a doctor in the COVID section of the hospital, that is more than enough evidence for me, as well as that people are dying. There has been plenty of research done over they past year on COVID, what you more do you need. Do you need need to have talked to one of these people in person before believing that COVID is real? Do you need to experience a drug overdose to prove that drugs are bad, do you need to have taken a ride on the space shuttle to believe that the earth is round, do you need to have gone to the moon yourself before believing man-kind has actually been there?

 

[captain-sensible]

here its mentions covid19 has been isolated https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/grows-virus-cell-culture.html

 

[stan]

here its mentions covid19 has been isolated https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/grows-virus-cell-culture.html

I was just gonna post that... you beat me to it.

 

[stan]

I find it odd that me asking a question such as i did, for scientific isolation test evidence should be replied to with all sorts of pre-loaded pre-judged assumptions rather than someone being able to simply help me locate the said asked for evidence.

Your English is excellent, but your manner of questioning seems to be interpreted as your doubt that the worldwide scientific community is properly doing their job. If you have evidence of that, please by all means present it to us. But just as you are asking for "scientific" evidence... so would I. Who is "your scientist?" None of us here are epidemiologists or experts in infectious disease. I would be happy to listen to arguments among experts, as getting a "second opinion" from a doctor is standard medical practice. But listening to a crowd of people on a forum lacks any authority whatsoever. Here we have believers and non-believers in science and in news reporting, and probably a few conspiracy theorists as well. Don't expect to find answers here that will satisfy you. Google your questions for yourself.

 

[f33dm3bits]

Please note that i love you all and English not my first language but i just want to see our scientific evidence showing the virus isolated, nothing more and nothing less and i do genuinely want to know with no other intentions other than to get the answer please.

Thanks for clarifying that! In your previous posts I got the impression that you don't believe COVID is real unless you see some sort of test that you are looking for, so I apologize for having misread and judged you but since English isn't my first language either it may have been a misunderstanding as well. Keep in mind this is a Linux forum and most of the people here do their research by using a search engine and find what is on the web. I think you will maybe have more success in finding answers about the "isolation test" you are looking for or something similar in on boards of an actual scientific community. Stay healthy and safe!

 

[captain-sensible]

I was just gonna post that... you beat me to it.

I was also going to post about louis pasteur and how he came up with a vaccine for rabies.; since its about viruses its not off topic. My understanding with Vaccines is that they take the agent what ever it is - de-nature it and inject that into us. That way we develop antibodies T-cells get involved etc but we don't get the full blown disease because it was de-natured (weakened) Now here is a thought since vaccines involve injecting us with de-natured virus; if the virus doesn't exist what are they injecting people with ?