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A shocking 60million Americans still have not had Covid, according to results from an official antibody survey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 77.5 percent of over-16s had antibodies from at least one prior infection by the end of 2022. That suggests around 58million Americans, or nearly one in four, still hadn't caught the virus by the end of last year — more than three years after the virus first arrived in America. Of all age groups, seniors who were at the highest risk of disease, were least likely to have been infected, with 56.5 percent...

...‘The Seeker’ is a member of Drastic, an informal guerilla group of internet sleuths, scientists and data experts who have spent the past year scouring a multitude of digital sources for such vital pieces of evidence. Some members have expertise in areas such as microbiology, genetics and virology. Others are data specialists, engineers or simply obsessed with discovering the truth about the origin of this wretched pandemic. Some hide their identities; others are open. They have been accused of hacking and fiercely deny it. Occasionally they hurtle down blind alleys. Yet there is no doubt their collective efforts — and...

Approximately 5,800 fully vaccinated Americans — out of 66 million who received the shots — still became infected with COVID-19, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data reported Thursday. The infections, dubbed breakthrough cases — or positive test results that occur at least two weeks after a person gets their final coronavirus vaccine dose — represents about 0.008 percent of Americans who are fully vaccinated... The federal agency found 29 percent of breakthrough infections were asymptomatic, while 7 percent led to hospitalization. So far, 74 people have died from breakthrough infections — but it’s not clear which vaccine...

COULD SOMEONE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE STATS. PERHAPS I AM LOOKING AT THE WRONG THINGS???? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/948641? src=mkm_covid_update_210402_MSCPEDIT&uac=341453SN&impID=3288989&faf=1 Excess Deaths Jump 23% in US in 2020, Mostly Because of COVID-19 Damian McNamara April 02, 2021 Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The United States saw nearly 23% more deaths than expected during the first 9 months of the pandemic, and almost three-quarters of those deaths involved COVID-19. For comparison, the death rate increased by 2.5% or less annually in recent years. At the same time, rates of deaths from heart disease, Alzheimer's...

Dr Mike Yeadon is the former CSO and VP, Allergy and Respiratory Research Head with Pfizer Global R&D and co-Founder of Ziarco Pharma Ltd.I never expected to be writing something like this. I am an ordinary person, recently semi-retired from a career in the pharmaceutical industry and biotech, where I spent over 30 years trying to solve problems of disease understanding and seek new treatments for allergic and inflammatory disorders of lung and skin. I’ve always been interested in problem solving, so when anything biological comes along, my attention is drawn to it. Come 2020, came SARS-CoV-2. I’ve written about...