PFYT2Hardly. Despite suggestive headlines. Perhaps the EU isn’t as insane as had been suspected? Perhaps? https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-oil-sanctions-eu-leaders-agree-to-ban-90-of-russian-oil-by-year-end-3715065 The embargo covers Russian oil brought in by sea, allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline. Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU’s executive branch, said the punitive move will “effectively cut around 90% of […]
Let’s follow up on the above the real world observation: The observational study – “The Foegen Effect: A Mechanism by Which Facemasks Contribute to the COVID-19 Case Fatality Rate” – was published in Medicine in February 2022, authored by German doctor Zacharias Fögen. The paper analyzed “whether mandatory mask use influenced the case fatality rate in Kansas” during […]
Exactly how was it that masks prevented the spread of the virus? Mask mandates except for a few places were dropped late March 22 We know that the vaccine hasn’t prevented transmission. It doesn’t appear the masks prevented transmission, either. Obviously. Because if they did we wouldn’t be witnessing a steady drop in cases these […]
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-10856471/Experts-insist-Covid-infected-people-without-symptoms-TWO-THIRDS-likely-pass-virus-on.html Fears about silent spreaders of Covid — who suffer no symptoms but can pass the virus to others — may have been overblown. A study of nearly 30,000 people has found asymptomatic carriers are about 68 per cent less likely to pass the virus on than those who get sick. No10 used concerns about […]
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328102 Vaccines against the coronavirus may impair the body’s ability to produce a key type of antibody, thus potentially limiting the immune system’s defenses against mutated strains of the virus, a new study suggests. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.18.22271936v1.full The study draws upon data collected during Moderna’s randomized control trial for its mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, from July 2020 through […]
Download the pdf if you want to read it entirely. A few screen shots are included below. https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/5/e008684?rss=1
This judgement must have thrown the mindless bots ie: fascist lovin’ Canadians, into a tizzy. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/the-courts-are-not-a-thought-police-judge-says-in-tamara-lich-bail-review-decision Tamara Lich will not be sent back to jail as a judge lifted her ban from entering Ontario, but ruled to reinforce her ban from social media in a bail review decision Wednesday. “The courts are not a thought […]
Ukraine has made an interesting move regarding Poland. Poles to be granted ‘special status’ in Ukraine Polish President Andrzej Duda visited Kyiv on Sunday (22 May), where he delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament. The same day, the Ukrainian UNIAN agency reported that his Ukrainian counterpart promised to give Poles a special status resembling […]
Oped from NYT’s Excerpts below, Available in full here Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, warned the Senate Armed Services Committee recently that the next few months may be volatile. The conflict between Ukraine and Russia could take “a more unpredictable and potentially escalatory trajectory,” she said, with the increased likelihood that Russia could […]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/05/22/the-real-goal-with-the-metaverse-increase-your-screen-time/?sh=33a7f8c2ff52 My theory (and believe me, I always have one) is that Facebook has started to see habits shifting, and they would know. They not only provide analytics to advertisers about how often we look at posts and what we click on, they use this same data to determine whether the app is successful. They […]