Coronavirus pandemic 2019-20 #4

https://www.rt.com/news/541886-china-antibody-covid19-omicron/

Antibody neutralizing all Covid variants found, Chinese scientists claim

Chinese scientists claim to have isolated an antibody which can effectively neutralize all strains of Covid-19, referencing both lab experiments and those performed on a living organism.

In a study published on Tuesday, Chinese scientists from a variety of institutions, including Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, suggested that they may have the panacea to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

The authors claim that monoclonal antibody 35B5 has been shown in both in vitro (laboratory or test-tube experiment) and in vivo (performed on living organism) studies to neutralize wild-type Covid-19 (without mutations) as well as variants of concern (VOCs). The in vivo tests were carried out on humanized mice. 

The scientists noted that the antibody also works on the highly mutated Delta variant, which has been responsible for deadly waves of infection around the world since it first emerged in India earlier this year.

“35B5 neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 [Covid-19] by targeting a unique epitope [part of the antigen molecule which the antibody attaches itself to] that avoids the prevailing mutation sites,” the study explains. In other words, 35B5 targets a unique part of the virus that does not change during the mutation process.

By targeting part of the virus which is not impacted by the mutations identified in circulating VOCs, antibody 35B5 demonstrated capacity for “pan-neutralizing efficacy” across multiple strains. These findings, the scientists argue, could be “exploited for the rational design of a universal SARS-CoV-2 [Covid-19] vaccine.”

The part of the antigen targeted by antibody 35B5 is also present in the Omicron variant, the researchers note.

The research could prove particularly valuable amid the spread of Omicron, which is highly mutated. Leaders and scientists around the world are concerned the mutant virus could evade vaccine-induced immunity and immunity gained from previous infection.

kvs wrote:

Florida had initially a surge of cases but has since come out ahead.   Vaxxerism is a criminal diversion that compromises the immune systems
and general health of the public instead of "stopping" the virus.   The whole premise of these vaccines has been hysterical BS from the start.
The virus was never going to be stopped.   Vaxxing should only be applied where it is the lesser of two evils.   Instead we have insane mandates
forcing naturally immunized people and those under 50 to take it.   Yeah, people under 50 die but that is related to their health before infection
and if they have metabolic syndrome they should act accordingly.   Others do not need to participate in this criminal farce.

https://unherd.com/thepost/inside-australias-covid-internment-camp/

I thought I was pretty tuned in. But to think I didn't know about Australia literally having concentration camps (which a fact checker in Oct 21 claimed was for "travellers"/migrants) is shocking.

I remember 8 yrs or so ago, AMerica was building lots of these camps. No one knew why.
Some sat it was "prison camps". Others denied they existed.
But now its clear they are intimidating people, criminalising to those who avoid a job that kills MANY healthy people who have no need for a Covid jab whatsoever.

At the least it was mass profiteering and treating us as expendible guinea pigs.
However, the reality is that there are many "bad actors" who have no qualms whatsoever about causing mass deaths and now imprisoning political dissenters.

Its an evil plan that was formulated over many years and now we are seeing it in action.

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15401?fbclid=IwAR1s5g_yuYwE2LftFyVTKQBpibROYBsPyrMpBy0IA8eRS0zr_jZc7PVLtUY

Venezuela: Maduro Reinforces Vaccination Over Omicron Variant, Condemns Western ‘Political’ Response

The United Nations also criticized Western nations for imposing a “travel apartheid” against southern Africa following the Omicron Covid-19 variant appearance.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro urged a ramping up of Covid-19 vaccination efforts and condemned the Western countries’ response over the new Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa.

“There is no international scientific report that establishes the real threat of this variant,” said Maduro in a televised broadcast on Sunday. He criticized the United States and European governments for causing a “world scandal” and issuing “political statements” towards African countries in the form of travel bans.

The Venezuelan leader asked the Presidential Commission for Covid-19 and the National Scientific Council to evaluate Omicron's impact and maintain permanent communication with international health agencies.

Meanwhile, Maduro urged authorities to reinforce biosecurity measures in ports, airports, and borders and continue vaccination efforts to prevent the spread of the virus. “I am confident that we can defend ourselves from the Omicron variant, and we will continue moving forward with the inoculation,” he stated.

The Venezuelan president likewise announced the arrival of Molnupiravir, the first oral antiviral medication shown to be highly effective and safe at mitigating Covid-19 cases. “It has 50-60 percent efficacy, and it saves lives. We have enough to treat all our infected population,” detailed Maduro about the pills developed by Merck and Ridgeback biotherapeutics.

Venezuela has faced an uphill battle to vaccinate its population with US unilateral economic sanctions hampering efforts to acquire shots and medical equipment. The country was able to kick off its inoculation campaign in February with Russia's Sputnik V and China's Sinopharm variants, later adding 5.8 million shots out of 12 million secured through the United Nations' COVAX program.

Cuba has likewise been a key ally in the fight against the pandemic. On November 22, the Caribbean island sent 1.5 million doses of its Abdala vaccine to Venezuela, bringing the total amount shipped so far to almost seven million. The doses are being used to inoculate children above three years old.

According to official data, Venezuela reports 17 cases per 100,000 people, and around 77.5 percent of the population has been vaccinated. The South American country is also looking to start applying a third booster shot in January 2022.

“Vaccination is the answer, especially now with the new Omicron variant, which reportedly has several mutations,” empathized President Maduro.

The Omicron variant was first reported by South African scientists on November 24, with the first positive sample dating back to November 9. However, the precise origin remains unknown, with the Netherlands' public health institute registering two local cases predating travelers that arrived from the African nation.

Currently, over 20 countries have registered Omicron cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled it a “variant of concern,” but scientists are still studying if it is more transmissible or dangerous than the previous mutations.

Despite the unclear origin of the Omicron variant, the Biden administration imposed travel bans against eight African nations, including South Africa. Canada and several European countries followed swiftly, threatening to shut off the continent altogether.

The Western response to African nations has drawn severe criticism from global leaders. On Wednesday, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the travel bans were an “unacceptable apartheid,” calling them “deeply unfair, punitive and ineffective.”

The UN chief went on to warn that travel restrictions jeopardize Africa's economic recovery amidst the pandemic. "It is unacceptable to have one part of the world condemned to a lockout,” emphasized Guterres.

The UN Secretary-General pointed instead at the unequal access to vaccines, with powerful countries hoarding and even surpassing the amount needed for their populations.

Note: for anyone who ask why Western travel bans against Africa are criticized as "apartheid", look below.

Golikova commented on the data of Rostat on mortality in Russia

The Deputy Prime Minister announced that the increase in mortality from coronavirus continues in the Russian Federation.
https://tvzvezda-ru.translate.goog/news/20211232216-Nk345.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui


The level of herd immunity to COVID-19 in Moscow is named

5,822,241 people underwent a full course of vaccination against COVID-19 in the capital.
https://tvzvezda-ru.translate.goog/news/2021123199-E5EoK.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui


Golikova named the city-leader in terms of collective immunity to coronavirus

According to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, the overall level of herd immunity in Russia has reached 53.7%.
https://tvzvezda-ru.translate.goog/news/20211232250-FMH2k.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui

Why only covid-positive "abbos" as you say? Sounds a bit like those Nazi ghettos to me? May even be the birth of Appartheid in Australia!?
Well at the very least it's a human rights infringement, but then again Australia has no legal obstacles to consider when it comes to human rights abuse.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/19/great-resignation-mothers-forced-to-leave-jobs

Part of the ‘great resignation’ is actually just mothers forced to leave their jobs

The fact of the matter is that when we speak of the Great Resignation, we are really referring to a great resignation of women. During the pandemic, women have exited the labor force at twice the rate that men have; their participation in the paid labor force is now the lowest it has been in more than 30 years. About one-third of all mothers in the workforce have scaled back or left their jobs since March 2020. That labor shortage? It’s being felt most acutely in sectors like hospitality, retail and healthcare – industries where women make up a majority of workers.

Why are women leaving the workforce at such a disproportionate rate? It’s not because they have been on personal journeys of soul-searching and self-discovery. It’s because they have nowhere to put their kids. Schools were closed for much of two straight school years; many still face interruptions, quarantines and closures. And for the parents of even younger kids, daycare centers, already unaffordably expensive and in dramatically short supply before the pandemic, closed in record numbers over the past year. Now, costs have been driven even higher; waiting lists can stretch for months.

It might be more accurate, then, to say that as far as working mothers are concerned, the Great Resignation doesn’t reflect women leaving the workforce. It reflects them being forced out.

The pandemic made women’s exit from the labor force rapid and highly visible. But the loss of female workers is nothing new. Women’s workforce participation rate has been declining steadily since the 2008 financial crisis. The pandemic merely accelerated an already alarming trend. Childcare – along with its generational inverse, elder care – have always been among the primary culprits. American disinvestment in the care economy has waged a war of attrition on women’s employment, with women forced to chose between jobs where they are paid too little and childcare solutions that cost too much. The result has been a massive loss of talent, creativity and human potential from the paid economy. When care is not invested in, women are not prioritized – and that means that half of the nation’s minds risk being exiled to the domestic sphere.

The economic impact of women’s expulsion from paid work is being felt acutely now, as the service and healthcare sectors struggle to find workers. But the moral impact has been felt for decades. The first time the first woman sat down and calculated that sending her kids to daycare would cost more than she could earn at her job, the nation was already in crisis. The loss of women from the paid workforce – a trend not seen on anything like the same scale in countries with sane and responsible investments in their care infrastructure – makes the US economy less competitive, and makes families less prosperous, leading to worse outcomes for households over the long term. And it also makes women less equal, less powerful and often less challenged and fulfilled in their individual lives – a great loss unto itself.

kvs wrote:Looks like Vietnam is bending over for Pfizer.

No.

The Covid vaccine with highest amount in Vietnam is neither Pfizer nor Moderna, but Sinopharm. The total amount of Sinopharm doses is higher than the both Pfizer and Moderna combined together.

I hope you will refrain from making hasty comments.

higurashihougi wrote:

kvs wrote:Looks like Vietnam is bending over for Pfizer.

No.

The Covid vaccine with highest amount in Vietnam is neither Pfizer nor Moderna, but Sinopharm. The total amount of Sinopharm doses is higher than the both Pfizer and Moderna combined together.

I hope you will refrain from making hasty comments.

The point is the Pfizer vaccine was the one used that caused the problem for those children. All the fking data is there to support that healthy children under 18 should not be vaccinated yet the authorities insist on this genocide!?

That does not mean "bending over Pfizer" when Pfizer is absolutely not the majority vaccine in Vietnam and there are at least two other vaccines which is more numerous than Pfizer, including one which is the direct competitor of American vaccine and is also one of the major targets of blasphemies and disinformation from the West.

GarryB wrote:

I thought I was pretty tuned in. But to think I didn't know about Australia literally having concentration camps (which a fact checker in Oct 21 claimed was for "travellers"/migrants) is shocking.

Australia has had camps for decades or more... whether it is for abbos or for illegal migrants (boat people)...

The fact that they would send people with Covid to isolation is not a huge step... I am not surprised at all.

Not a huge step?
So when the Jews were carted off "because they carry diseases", you'd say "oh not a huge step... not surprised at all".

Garry its white people tho, not abos.
And they denied building the camps, then denied the reason for them.
Now they think a valid law is passed, they are sending cops to homes saying "get in the camp bus or we will fine you 5k and drag you there".

Its pure evil.
I was as cautious as anyone about Covid (entering my own lockdown weeks before the govt one).
But the govts are lying thro their teeth.
I prfer the words of Montagnier, Yeadon, Malone and Norman Fenton over the vermin like Fauci and bribed politicians.

The typical double-standard propaganda of Western media outlets.

The U.S. is always "good" while U.S. enemies are always "evil".