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The strain, which was first detected in India, has wreaked havoc in the United Kingdom, where it now makes up 91 percent of all new cases. Covid cases in that country surged by 109 percent in a single week, with the government now considering extending lock down restrictions by another month. The UK is headed for a 3rd Covid wave and, at the current rate, could have 80,000 new cases a day by mid-July. Stoking fears, a study by Public Health England shows 29% of 42 people who have died after catching the new strain had received both of their...

The Oracle engineer who created the APEX System and then worked with the CDC to develop a COVID tracking system died late last month from coronavirus. Joel Kallman announced he took the vaccine back in March.

Yesterday I visited a small manufacturing business in my area (work-related), noting that there was a sign on the door advising employees "fully-vaccinated employees may be mask-free with proof of vaccination;" I made a mental note, as this was only the 2nd business I'd seen with such a notice. I went about my business and engaged in chit-chat with the gal in the office while I was working. I was focused on the problem and hardly being attentive to the conversation while she was griping about the lack of supervisors, apologizing for not wearing her mask. I told her I...

Federal authorities have received over 800 reports of heart inflammation in people who received a COVID-19 vaccine, a health official said Thursday. The reports of myocarditis or pericarditis were submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, a passive reporting system run jointly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration, through May 31. The bulk of the reports described heart inflammation appearing after the second of two doses of either the Pfizer of Moderna vaccines, both of which utilize messenger RNA technology. Authorities stress that anybody can submit reports through the reporting...

The Centers for Disease Control has announced Thursday that it has scheduled an emergency meeting to discuss increasing reports of myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation) in individuals who had recently received the COVID vaccine, specifically the mRNA Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines. The virtual meeting is scheduled for June 18 and will last from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has outlined an agenda for the emergency meeting, which lists several data points uncovered during the investigation previously reported on by National File. The CDC ACIP notes that 488 total...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it will convene an "emergency meeting" of its advisers on June 18th to discuss rare but higher-than-expected reports of heart inflammation following doses of the mRNA-based Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.