Tag: delta variant

Restaurant Jobs Hard to Fill in the US During Pandemic

The U.S. restaurant industry has been steadily recovering from the pandemic since February, but recent employment data show restaurant owners face challenges ahead. Restaurants and bars lost 42,000 workers in August following several months of strong jobs growth, the latest sign that the industry is wrestling with the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…


Delta Variant Threatens Survival of Already Precarious Restaurants

The U.S. restaurant industry has been steadily recovering from the pandemic since February, but recent employment data show restaurant owners face challenges ahead. Restaurants and bars lost 42,000 workers in August following several months of strong jobs growth, the latest sign that the industry is wrestling with the Delta variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…


Australia Extends COVID-19 Emergency Powers to Mid-December

Australia has announced a three-month extension of the “human biosecurity emergency powers” that allow it to restrict Australians from outbound international travel amid the CCP virus pandemic. Due to end on Sept. 17, the emergency powers, which have been in place since March 2020, will continue until Dec. 17. Under the Biosecurity Act 2015, the powers allow…


Previous COVID-19 Infection Protects Against Delta Variant Better Than Pfizer Vaccine: Study

People who have previously recovered from COVID-19 have been observed to have better protection against the Delta variant of the CCP virus compared to those who received the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, according a study from Israel. “This analysis demonstrated that natural immunity affords longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease, and hospitalization due to…


Professor of Medicine Says Data Does Not Show Occurrence of Antibody-Dependant Enhancement

News Analysis Real-world data is not showing antibody-dependent enhancement of disease occurring in COVID-19 vaccinated populations, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said in an interview on The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast on Sunday. Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE), also known as vaccine-enhanced disease, occurs when certain antibodies produced by a vaccine don’t protect an individual from infection but enhances viral…


Harris Calls Out China’s ‘Bullying’ in South China Sea During Vietnam Visit

Vice President Kamala Harris called on Vietnam to support the United States’ efforts to confront China’s “bullying” in the South China Sea on Aug. 25, a day after she outlined the Biden administration’s foreign policy for the Indo–Pacific region in a speech in Singapore. Harris also announced a new COVID-19 vaccine donation to Vietnam, in…


COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Dropping as Number of ‘Breakthrough’ Infections Rise: Studies

COVID-19 vaccines are declining in effectiveness against infection protection as the number of so-called “breakthrough” infections rise, according to two studies published Tuesday. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Participants in an ongoing study called HEROES-Recover, which has cohorts across the United States, initially enjoyed strong protection after getting vaccinated…


Why Testing Your Immunity to COVID-19 is as Important as Vaccination—Feat. Dr. Hooman Noorchashm

Antibody testing is the gold standard for determining immunity, says immunologist and physician Dr. Hooman Norchashm. Yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are actively deterring people from testing their immunity. Why? Additionally, the Delta variant of COVID-19 is currently being used by the government to explain the…


Facts Matter (Aug 19): CDC Director: ‘Concerning Evidence’ Shows Vaccine Efficacy ‘Waning’ Against Delta

According to a new announcement by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, the effectiveness of vaccines has been declining—specifically, among people who received the shots early on. After citing three new research studies, she and other federal government officials are now recommending that Americans receive a vaccine booster. Meanwhile, a university in Connecticut is…


Harvard Epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff on Vaccine Passports, the Delta Variant, and the COVID ‘Public Health Fiasco’

“Those who are pushing these vaccine mandates and vaccine passports … they’re doing so much more damage to vaccine confidence than anybody else,” says Dr. Martin Kulldorff, one of the world’s leading epidemiologists. In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kulldorff for a deep dive on COVID-19 immunity, vaccines, the Delta variant, and why…