Tag: delta variant

What Do We Know About Omicron?

It’s been just days since a new strain of COVID-19 made headlines across the planet. While the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the new Omicron variant presents a “very high risk,” other scientists, including some with WHO, have stressed that we still have much to learn about the new CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…


Australian Paramedic Loses COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Bid in Supreme Court

An Australian paramedic who launched a legal challenge to be exempted from receiving COVID-19 vaccines has had his case dismissed by a Supreme Court justice. John Larter, a veteran New South Wales (NSW) paramedic and deputy mayor of the Snowy Valleys Council, filed a lawsuit against the NSW State Health Minister Brad Hazzard challenging a public health order mandating…


Chinese Media Promote Beijing Lawyer Saying COVID-19 Laws Could Allow ‘Death Penalty’

The Delta variant has now spread to more than a dozen provinces in China, including Beijing. To enhance control of the Chinese people, the government is promoting a view that threatens use of the “death penalty” on those who resist cooperating. On Oct. 24, the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) reported that…


Facts Matter (Nov. 1): Study Finds Vaccinated People Just as Likely to Spread Delta Within Household

On Sunday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that she has tested positive for COVID-19, despite the fact that she was fully vaccinated. Now, this leads us to two large trends that are currently revealing themselves in society. The first is that, according to a study that came out of the UK, vaccinated people…


US CDC Extends Conditional Sailing Order for Cruises to January Next Year

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday extended the conditional sailing order for cruises to Jan. 15 next year from Nov. 1 on concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. The order, issued last October, mandated testing and some additional safeguards for crew members as part of a framework…


No Significant Change in COVID-19 Hospitalization Outcomes During Delta Surge: CDC Study

The highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 does not appear to cause more severe disease among fully vaccinated or unvaccinated hospitalized patients, compared to earlier forms of the virus, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC study, released on Oct. 22, analyzed some 7,600 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the…


Queensland May Keep Borders Closed Until 2022 Citing Slow Regional Vaccinations

The Queensland government has cited slow vaccination uptake in some regional areas as the reason why the Australian state might not reopen its borders to interstate and international travellers until 2022. This is despite Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk agreeing to the national cabinet’s plan to reopen the country once 80 percent vaccination coverage is achieved across…


Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over time….


Effectiveness of Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over time….


Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine’s Effectiveness Falls Below 50 Percent After 5 Months: Study

The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine falls below 50 percent after five months, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal on Oct. 4. The study (pdf), which was funded by Pfizer, aimed to evaluate the overall variant-specific effectiveness of the companies’ vaccine against CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus infections and COVID-19-related hospital admissions over…