The fear is the goal. people who are afraid will give up liberties for protection. What did Benjamin Franklin say???
Playskool Unveils Vaccinate Me Elmo Doll
“Elmo loves experimental vaccines!”
2 minute video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl_BfOIXkaA&t=12s&ab_channel=TheBabylonBee
Rodgers’ biggest mistake was his half-hearted apology. No one should apologize for standing by their beliefs.
heard Bill Gates speaking somewhere today, saying words to the effect the “covid” vaccines aren’t really much good, and new vaccines will be needed. here’s one that recognizes T-cell immunity! wonders will never cease:
11 Nov: Guardian: People testing negative for Covid-19 despite exposure may have ‘immune memory’
Study says some individuals clear virus rapidly due to a strong immune response from existing T-cells, meaning tests record negative result
by Hannah Devlin
The discovery could pave the way for a new generation of vaccines targeting the T-cell response, which could produce much longer lasting immunity, scientists said.
Leo Swadling, an immunologist at University College London and lead author of the paper, said: “Everyone has anecdotal evidence of people being exposed but not succumbing to infection. What we didn’t know is whether these individuals really did manage to completely avoid the virus or whether they naturally cleared the virus before it was detectable by routine tests.”...
The work suggests that a subset of people already had memory T-cells from previous infections from other seasonal coronaviruses causing common colds, which protected them from Covid-19.
These immune cells “sniff out” proteins in the replication machinery – a region of Covid-19 shared with seasonal coronaviruses – and in some people this response was quick and potent enough for the infection to be cleared at the earliest stage. “These pre-existing T-cells are poised ready to recognise SARS-CoV-2,” said Swadling...
The finding is particularly significant because the T-cell arm of the immune response tends to confer longer lasting immunity, typically of years rather than months, compared with antibodies. Nearly all existing Covid-19 vaccines focus on priming antibodies against the vital spike protein that helps SARS-CoV-2 enter cells. These neutralising antibodies give excellent protection against severe illness. However, the immunity wanes over time and a potential weakness of spike-based vaccines is that this region of the virus is known to mutate.
By contrast, the T-cell response does not tend to fade as quickly and the internal replication machinery that it targets is highly conserved across coronaviruses, meaning a vaccine that also targeted this region would probably protect against new strains – and possibly even against entirely new pathogens...
“Insights from this study could be critical in design of a different type of vaccine,” said Andrew Freedman, reader in infectious diseases at Cardiff University School of Medicine...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/10/people-exposed-to-covid-yet-not-falling-ill-may-have-immune-memory-finds-study
“covid” test confusion in Jamaica!
11 Nov: Jamaica Gleaner: Guy hints at COVID PCR test scam
by Kimone Francis
Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Morais Guy has alleged that there is an ongoing scam involving polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 testing with whirlwind turnaround of results in a matter of minutes.
He made the claim during Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives where he told legislators that he has reported the matter to the relevant authorities.
According to Guy, the results of PCR tests are being furnished in as short a time as eight minutes, a major deviation from the standard turnaround period.
PCR test results may be returned as early as 24 hours after sample collection, but sometimes take a few days depending on throughput to laboratories...
In his rebuttal, Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said the testing process used in the country has been outlined.
Meantime, he sought to clarify reports that only World Health Organization (WHO)-approved COVID-19 test kits are allowed into the country.
The agency responsible for international public health identified Jamaica as one of two countries in the region that had imported substandard COVID-19 test kits.
Tufton said that the ministry is mandated under the Food & Drug Act (1964) to regulate healthcare products, including medical devices through product registration and permit processes.
He said some time after October 2020, Cabinet approved the expansion of the list of test kits using the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Private-sector entities were then invited to submit a list of the kits most preferred and that the necessary validation would be conducted and permits granted thereafter.
He said based on the instruction of Cabinet, the emergency use listing issued by the WHO and the emergency use authorisation issued by the FDA, the ministry began the process of approving permits for the importation of test kits.
Tufton said that four test kits were approved for use and noted that private-sector entities allowed to import them must channel applications through the ministry’s Standards and Regulation Division.
He said, however, that after being notified by the WHO that SD Biosensor Standard Q COVID-19 antigen test kits manufactured India were present in the market, an investigation was conducted and the importer ordered to quarantine the products.
The tests were being administered at a cost significantly lower than the standard market price...
Tufton said that while guidance was given in relation to the test kits in question, there was a mix-up in specifications in the manufacturing process...
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20211110/guy-hints-covid-pcr-test-scam
10 Nov: Jamaica Observer: Tufton addresses importation of unapproved antigen test kits
BY ALPHEA SUMNER
Dr Tufton was responding to questions tabled by Opposition spokesman on health Dr Morais Guy about the importation of 100,000 SD Biosensor Standard Q COVID-19 antigen test kits from India.
The matter was first brought to national attention by the Jamaica Observer last week in a front-page story pointing to the importation of the unapproved test kits by a local company.
The WHO had indicated that the antigen test with the product code SD Biosensor Standard Q is not among those which it had approved for use. Additionally, the antigen test kits imported from India were not approved by the FDA...
Tufton explained that the South Korean manufacturing base for the kits received WHO validation, but that the production process for the company’s Indian subsidiary, to which the kits were outsourced, had not. Jamaica received kits from both the South Korean and Indian companies in August...
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/tufton-addresses-importation-of-unapproved-antigen-test-kits_235877?profile=1470
mask mandate ENDED for south-east Queensland (includes Gold Coast) today.
FULLY VAXXED Uber driver is an “unlinked” mystery case, so it’s red alert time again:
11 Nov: 9 News Australia: Restrictions could return after mystery Gold Coast Uber driver case
by Adam Vidler
The new Gold Coast case is a man in his 50s from Carrara, who works as an Uber driver. ***He is FULLY VACCINATED...
The man was infectious in the community for three days, acting Chief Health Officer Dr Peter Aitken said.
But he said the man had done “all the right things” in getting vaccinated and coming forward for testing.
Dr Aitken said mandatory mask-wearing was not set to return “at this stage”...
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/restrictions-could-return-after-mystery-gold-coast-uber-driver-case/ar-AAQyG6p?ocid=BingNewsSearch
The dumb radio and newspaper guy Mike Bianci couldn’t understand why the Aaron Rodgers story is dragging on for over a week but the pro athlete who crashed his car and killed a woman only lasted for 1 news cycle day. Rodgers is white and presumably hetero and covid must be politicized at every opportunity, so there’s that.