Category: Coronavirus

The Covid Vaccine Part 3

“COVID-19 is a disease that targets, isolates, and disproportionately affects those already most at risk. A COVID-19 vaccine ‘passport’ that does the same is no solution to combating this unwaning global pandemic,” said Verónica Arroyo, Policy Associate – Latin America at Access Now. “Governments must design and implement systems that put people first, supporting vaccine… Continue reading The Covid Vaccine Part 3

The Covid Vaccine Part 2

As the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout gains momentum, governments from Bahrain to Denmark are clamoring to implement measures to help the world return to pre-virus normality. This includes exploring digital vaccine certificates — or COVID-19 vaccine “passports” — that would record and authenticate a person’s vaccination status. Current proposals, however, threaten human rights by creating… Continue reading The Covid Vaccine Part 2

The Covid Vaccine Part 1

The French strongman managed to bend most of Europe to his will, yet when it came to smallpox he could merely encourage his compatriots to get immunized against the deadly disease as a civic duty. In some ways, not much has changed. Governments and private-sector employers around the world have pressed those fortunate enough to… Continue reading The Covid Vaccine Part 1

Coronavirus Part 4

Scientists in the Chinese city where Covid emerged planned to alter coronaviruses and release them into bat caves 21 months before the pandemic kicked off, leaked documents have revealed. Dr Peter Daszak, president of New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, proposed working with a group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology to carry out the… Continue reading Coronavirus Part 4

Coronavirus Part 3

Turkmenistan is one of only a handful of countries, including North Korea, which says it has no coronavirus cases. But reports suggest it is experiencing its third and possibly strongest wave of Covid-19. Sayahat Kurbanov was suffocating. He gasped for air as if he were running a marathon, the pain in his chest unbearable. He… Continue reading Coronavirus Part 3

Oct 2021. End the Vaccine Pressure

Campaigners have been gathering outside schools, handing out what they claim are legal documents or “notices of liability” to head teachers, warning them not to vaccinate children. Before the government’s decision to extend the UK Covid vaccination programme to 12- to 15-year-olds was announced, debate simmered over whether the jab should be offered to healthy… Continue reading Oct 2021. End the Vaccine Pressure

Oct 2021. The Covid Response in Australia

Riot police firing rubber bullets into lockdown protesters. Rescue dogs being shot to prevent volunteers travelling to collect them. Nighttime curfews and one hour of exercise per day. Five-kilometer travel limits. Soldiers patrolling suburbs to enforce lockdowns. Health bureaucrats advising the citizenry not to stop and talk to their neighbours while walking their dog. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239069

Coronavirus Part 2

A Coronavirus expert fears a mystery new outbreak hitting China is a mutant strain of the deadly bug that leaves sufferers sick for even longer. Worryingly, the strain is behaving differently in patients in northeast China where five million people across two cities are virtually sealed off following spiralling new infections. Dr Qiu Haibo, an… Continue reading Coronavirus Part 2