President Joe Biden continues to promise his administration will get the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, under control. When asked by a reporter Friday whether he thinks Americans should prepare to live with COVID-19 forever, Biden responded by saying that the “new tools” the U.S. continues to develop to combat the virus can…
South African Study: Omicron May Signal End of Acute Pandemic Phase
A South African study led by researchers at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital found that the Omicron outbreak may be signaling the end of the acute pandemic phase of COVID-19, with the endemic phase following suit. The December 2021 study, funded by the South African Medical Research Council, compared 466 hospital admissions from the Omicron spread…
Japan Declares Quasi-State of Emergency in 3 Prefectures Amid Surge in COVID-19 Cases
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has decided to place Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Hiroshima under a quasi-state of emergency from Sunday until Jan. 31, amid a surge in the country’s coronavirus cases spurred by the Omicron infections in U.S. military bases. Under the quasi-state of emergency, governors are allowed to impose stringent measures in the specified…
Kash’s Corner: Will Ghislaine Maxwell Get a New Trial?; Navy SEALs vs. Vaccine Mandate
On Kash’s Corner, we dive into potential juror misconduct in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. “If that proves to be true … it is almost handing the defense in the [Ghislaine] Maxwell case reversible error across the board and getting her a new trial.” We also discuss the Omicron variant and a federal court recently granting…
Thailand Extends Suspension of Quarantine Waiver After Raising COVID-19 Alert Level to Second Highest
Thailand’s government has decided to extend the suspension of its “Test and Go” quarantine waiver program until further notice, after raising the coronavirus alert level to its second-highest amid an increase in the country’s infection cases. The Health Ministry has raised Thailand’s COVID-19 level to four, indicating that more stringent measures would be imposed, including…
‘Huge Numbers’ of UK Schoolchildren Refusing to Wear Masks: Union
“Huge numbers” of British schoolchildren are refusing to wear masks in classrooms in line with government guidance, a union official has said. In its latest guidance issued on Jan. 2, the UK Department for Education (DfE) recommended that secondary school pupils in England should wear face coverings inside classrooms to slow the spread of the…
Australian State Warns of Impending COVID-19 ‘Emergency’
Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard has warned that the Australian state will face a “major emergency” in the coming weeks with modelling projecting a peak in cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus around late January, early February. “We are going to be stepping up to a very major emergency in the coming two…
Queensland May Delay Start of School Year Amid Omicron Wave
The Australian state of Queensland has announced a potential plan to delay the start of the first school term for 2022 by one to two weeks if the current coronavirus Omicron variant wave looks to be heading towards a peak. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said her government was working on a plan while National Cabinet models…
Risk of ICU Admission or Death 83 Percent Lower Among Omicron Compared to Delta COVID-19 Cases: Study
A study from Canada adds to the growing body of knowledge that suggest the Omicron COVID-19 variant is much less severe compared to the Delta variant—researchers found the risk of intensive care unit admission or death is 83 percent lower among cases of Omicron compared to Delta. The study, published on medRxiv ahead of peer…
Global COVID-19 Cases ‘Increased Sharply’ as Deaths Decrease 10 Percent: WHO
Worldwide cases of COVID-19 “increased sharply” in the past week but the overall number of deaths dropped, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in its weekly epidemiological update on Thursday. Between Dec. 27, 2021, and Jan. 2, 2022, the number of cases increased by 71 percent compared to the previous week, according to the U.N….
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