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T he number of daily Covid-19 cases recorded in the UK hit a new record high on Thursday with 88,376 reported new infections. The tally is nearly 10,000 higher than the previous record of 78,610 set on Wednesday and comes after health authorities estimated the Omicron variant R (reproduction) rate was currently between three and five.

Perhaps one more week and we will know for sure, but at this point it would be a stunning reversal if Omicron were NEARLY as dangerous as earlier strains. And the Omicron’s mildness is not because South Africa is highly vaccinated; only about 1 in 4 South Africans is fully vaccinated. What has not yet been said - and will surely NOT be by the media - is that assuming this data holds, Omicron’s emergence should end any and all vaccination efforts with the mRNA or DNA/AAV vaccines. Their risk profile has been steadily worsening - one has yet coherently...

VIDEOGuess which MSNBC host seems to be milking Omicron panic for ratings despite the fact that it displays rather mild symptoms and has resulted in no deaths so far.

I think it’s pretty clear by now that the pandemic is going to be around indefinitely, and by pandemic, I don’t mean the COVID-19 virus, I mean the pharmaceutical gold rush.The writing’s on the wall if you look for it. While on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla was discussing the vaccines with host Becky Quick who mentioned the fourth dose already in the works. Bourla said that this dose would be necessary in order to keep people safe from the virus, especially with Omicron now making the rounds:“I think when we see real world data will...

Scientists say they have identified a “stealth” version of Omicron that cannot be distinguished from other variants using the PCR tests that public health officials deploy to gain a quick picture of its spread around the world. The finding came as the number of cases of the original Omicron variant detected in the UK rose by 101 to 437 in a single day and Scotland announced a return to working from home. The stealth variant has many mutations in common with standard Omicron, but it lacks a particular genetic change that allows lab-based PCR tests to be used as a...

Pfizer said results from an "initial laboratory study" showed that their COVID-19 vaccine neutralized the omicron variant of the coronavirus after three doses, or the full two-dose regimen plus a booster shot