Coronavirus vaccine news

[basilio]

Austria is ordering a nation wide lockdown of unvaccinated people as COVID infections explode. The Far Right Freedom party in Austria has successfully undermined vaccination to the point that only 65% of people are jabbed. So COVID is having a clear run.

Austria brings back COVID-19 lockdown, this time for the unvaccinated

Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels and the growing strain on intensive-care units, the government said on Sunday.

www.reuters.com

 

[sptrawler]

AZ back in the news.

AstraZeneca unveils antibody treatment, preventative shot for those who can’t get vaccinated

The company said its drug offered hope to those who can’t receive COVID-19 vaccines, such as cancer patients, organ transplant recipients and those with weak immune systems.

www.theage.com.au

From the article:
London: AstraZeneca has unveiled a new antibody injection that it says works as both a COVID-19 preventative and treatment, and can be used on patients with severely weakened immune systems.

The monoclonal drug, AZD7442, is derived from antibodies or B cells from people who have recovered from COVID-19 and is fortified with synthetic or manufactured antibodies that last almost three times a long as human ones.
Because the treatment is antibody-based, it doesn’t involve the risk of inducing an anaphylactic reaction like vaccines can. The company said the treatment could be effective for up to 12 months and has not produced any adverse side effects in clinical trials.
AstraZeneca said it carried out two separate trials called PROVENT and TACKLE.

Results from PROVENT showed the antibody drug reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 83 per cent.
PROVENT involved more than 5000 unvaccinated adults, almost half of them older than 60, and more than 75 per cent had significant comorbidities.

TACKLE involved around 900 adults who had developed a mild to moderate case of COVID-19 within seven days.
AstraZeneca said the drug reduced the risk of severe disease and death by 77 per cent, with just seven cases of severe disease and death arising in the group given the drug compared to the 18 cases that occurred in the group given a placebo.
Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, said the data showed the drug offered protection for six months and could last for 12 months, but the company needed a further six months of results to confirm this.

Professor Hugh Montgomery, from University College London, said the data was “very, very exciting” for those who could not get vaccinated because their bodies could not mount an antibody response to vaccines.

He said this included his sister, who is undergoing chemotherapy.

“As we’ve lifted our lockdown she’s become a prisoner in her house and I have many friends too, one who for 20 months has been unable to see her children who are at university because she cannot be protected by the vaccine,” he said.
He said the drug would give protection to a huge range of people including organ transplant recipients, cancer patients, those with auto-immune diseases, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis as well as those with incompetent immune systems.

“We are seeing those now hitting hospitals and intensive care units – increasing numbers of people who’ve been double vaccinated and even boosted who are ending up reaching intensive care,” he said.

“Now we have something we can offer you.”

He said it was also good news that the drug did not induce any adverse side effects.
“This is a very safe, highly effective treatment or intervention,” he said.

One drawback was that the drug was more complicated to make than AstraZeneca’s vaccine, which has been used worldwide although suffered serious confidence issues in many countries, including Australia, after it caused fatal blood clots in a very small number of recipients
AstraZeneca sold its vaccine at cost but company executive Iskra Reic said the antibody drug would be sold at an affordable price subject to approvals.

“We are looking at a commercial pricing strategy, but at the end of the day our premium objective is to ensure broad access,” she said.

 

[basilio]

A doctors view on unvaccinated people coming down with COVID,

ICU is full of the unvaccinated – my patience with them is wearing thin​

Anonymous

Most of the resources we are devoting to Covid in hospital are being spent on people who have not had their jab

In hospital, Covid-19 has largely become a disease of the unvaccinated. The man in his 20s who had always watched what he ate, worked out in the gym, was too healthy to ever catch Covid badly. The 48-year-old who never got round to making the appointment.

The person in their 50s whose friend had side-effects. The woman who wanted to wait for more evidence. The young pregnant lady worried about the effect on her baby.

The 60-year-old, brought to hospital with oxygen saturations of 70% by the ambulance that he initially called for his partner, who had died by the time it arrived; both believed that the drug companies bribed the government to get the vaccine approved.

All severely ill with Covid. All unvaccinated and previously healthy. All completely avoidable.

Of course, there are people who have their vaccinations but still get sick. These people may be elderly or frail, or have underlying health problems. Those with illnesses affecting the immune system, particularly patients who have had chemotherapy for blood cancers, are especially vulnerable. Some unlucky healthy people will also end up on our general wards with Covid after being vaccinated, usually needing a modest amount of oxygen for a few days.

But the story is different on our intensive care unit. Here, the patient population consists of a few vulnerable people with severe underlying health problems and a majority of fit, healthy, younger people unvaccinated by choice. Watching the mix of patients coming in with Covid, it feels to me like hardly anybody has been vaccinated nowadays; of course, this is because the people that have been vaccinated are getting on with their lives at home. If everyone got vaccinated, hospitals would be under much less pressure; this is beyond debate. Your wait for your clinic appointment/operation/diagnostic test/A&E department would be shorter. Your ambulance would arrive sooner. Reports of the pressure on the NHS are not exaggerated, I promise you.

ICU is full of the unvaccinated – my patience with them is wearing thin | Anonymous

Most of the resources we are devoting to Covid in hospital are being spent on people who have not had jab, says an NHS consultant

www.theguardian.com

 

[basilio]

One Nation leader Pauline Hansen introduced a bill to the Senate complaining about vaccine discrimination.
Yep- the same politician who wanted autistic children taken out of classrooms, wants no immigration from Muslim countries, was against same sex marriage is fighting for the rights of anti vaxxers.

Jacqui Lambie blasted Pauline with both barrels reloaded and did it again. (Figuratively of course ..)
Powerful analysis and one reason why I think Jacqui Lambie is a down to earth Independent politician well worth supporting in the Senate.

Watch the full speech: Jacqui Lambie blasts Pauline Hanson’s vaccine discrimination bill – video

In ferocious speech, Lambie says people have a right to choose but not a right to put vulnerable people at risk

www.theguardian.com

 

[wabullfrog]

Austria is ordering a nation wide lockdown of unvaccinated people as COVID infections explode. The Far Right Freedom party in Austria has successfully undermined vaccination to the point that only 65% of people are jabbed. So COVID is having a clear run.

Austria brings back COVID-19 lockdown, this time for the unvaccinated

Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge in infections to record levels and the growing strain on intensive-care units, the government said on Sunday.

www.reuters.com

Have now gone a step further.

Austria enters nationwide lockdown to fight soaring cases

Austria powers down public life as its fourth national COVID-19 lockdown begins, making it the first western European country to reimpose the drastic and unpopular measure this autumn in the face of surging coronavirus infections.

www.abc.net.au

 

[DB008]

Great article on Covid-19 variants

Is Delta the last Covid ‘super variant’?​

Since it was first detected in India in December 2020, the Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 has become so ubiquitous that it would be easy to assume that the once-rapid evolution of the virus has been replaced by a state of quiescence. According to the World Health Organization, 99.5% of all Covid-19 genomic sequences reported to public databases are now Delta.​

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In recent weeks, concerns have emerged that the use of new antiviral pills, in particular Merck’s molnupiravir, could contribute to this by actively encouraging Sars-CoV-2 to evolve. Molnupiravir works by interfering with the virus’s ability to replicate, littering its genome with mutations until it can no longer reproduce. Some virologists have argued that if any of these viral mutants survive and spread to others, it could theoretically spur the rise of new variants. Others acknowledge that while this is worth monitoring, it is not enough of a concern to deny severely ill patients a potentially life saving drug.​

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/21/is-delta-the-last-covid-super-variant​

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[wayneL]

Just following da science bruhs

Abstract 10712: Mrna COVID Vaccines Dramatically Increase Endothelial Inflammatory Markers and ACS Risk as Measured by the PULS Cardiac Test: a Warning

Our group has been using the PLUS Cardiac Test (GD Biosciences, Inc, Irvine, CA) a clinically validated measurement of multiple protein biomarkers which generates a score predicting the 5 yr risk (pe

www.ahajournals.org

 

[basilio]

Could only happen in Greece ?

Fake vaccination certificates​

In an attempt to curtail the current spike, the conservative government led by PM Mitsotakis has imposed new, stricter measures, limiting access to cafes, restaurants, banks, and certain state services for those who are unvaccinated or do not have a negative coronavirus test.

But according to a story in To Vima, one of the country’s principal outlets, Greeks have been seeking a way to circumvent the measures, mostly by purchasing fake vaccination certificates. The investigation claims that more than 100,000 citizens bribed their way to a forged pass.

The vaccine sceptics among them went even further. According to To Vima’s findings published in its Sunday edition, some have approached the doctors with a request to be jabbed with bacteriostatic water and offered up to 400 euros for the favour.

However, the doctors gave them the real vaccine instead.

The recipients of the jab they thought was fake only became suspicious once they started exhibiting side effects of proper vaccination, such as the common low-grade fever.

Now, they are in a double bind: although they can sue the doctors for malpractice, they would have to admit to committing bribery, the story claims.

How a fake jabs probe highlights Greece's deep vaccine scepticism

“This is a nation and a culture where doubt is sewn into everything, including the questioning of authority and science, in order to maintain the beliefs they already have.” #UncoveringEurope

www.euronews.com

 

[bellenuit]

Vaccines reduce Covid transmission by 40%: WHO​

Vaccines reduce Covid transmission by 40%: WHO

Covid vaccines reduce transmission of the dominant Delta variant by about 40 percent, the WHO said Wednesday, warning that people were falling into a false sense of security concerning jabs.

www.france24.com

 

[sptrawler]

Only 60% of Western Australians are vaccinated, is the far right to blame?
And if not, why not? They should be, it is a golden opportunity.

 

[finicky]

I haven't taken it yet and have been hanging out for Novavax, definitely going to try to dodge mRNA forms anyway. Would prefer to opt for post infection anti-viral treatments: ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, monoclonal antibodies (whatever they are) and others that are coming online - but not in Australia so far of course, with our TGA.
Anyway I tend to trust experts more who stick their necks out and challenge the orthodox estabishment; the anti-heroes who stand in contrast to the vileness of the A.Fauci types.
This guy has credibility for me and has increased my vaccine 'hesitancy'. Youtube will probably squash him, the video has already been flagged and I guess is being reviewed by experts who know we shouldn't be subjected to confusing commentary. Watch whike you can.

 

[IFocus]

Only 60% of Western Australians are vaccinated, is the far right to blame?
And if not, why not? They should be, it is a golden opportunity.

 

[rederob]

I haven't taken it yet and have been hanging out for Novavax, definitely going to try to dodge mRNA forms anyway. Would prefer to opt for post infection anti-viral treatments: ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, monoclonal antibodies (whatever they are) and others that are coming online - but not in Australia so far of course, with our TGA.
Anyway I tend to trust experts more who stick their necks out and challenge the orthodox estabishment; the anti-heroes who stand in contrast to the vileness of the A.Fauci types.
This guy has credibility for me and has increased my vaccine 'hesitancy'. Youtube will probably squash him, the video has already been flagged and I guess is being reviewed by experts who know we shouldn't be subjected to confusing commentary. Watch whike you can.

This guy is a know nothing abuser of data. From around the 8:30 point he quotes numbers of deaths for young people which are consistent with annual American death rates. However he did not tell you, for example, that covid has lead to death rates among people aged 25-44 which were above normal for much of the year, as deaths among people this young are generally low. After that he degenerated into utter nonsense as last year covid was the 3rd major cause of death, at a rate over 10 times greater than dying from gunshot:

There are actual experts in the many fields that this guy covered, and if you choose him over them then you are indicative of the many who trust social media to guide your life.
This ignoramus also forgets that well over 3B doses of vaccines jabs to date are not mRNA based.

 

[sptrawler]

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That has certainly picked up recently, last time I checked we were in the low 50% fully vaccinated, the mandatory jab must have picked it up.

 

[Belli]

That has certainly picked up recently, last time I checked we were in the low 50% fully vaccinated, the mandatory jab must have picked it up.

The patchiness of vaccination rates is an issue though. Granted WA, as well as QLD, have logistic issues due to the large area involved but the health authorities would probably be concerned of low rates of vaccinations is certain areas. The health facilities in many areas would be unlikely to cope should there be a large enough outbreak. From what I have read WA has the lowest number of ICU beds per 100,000 people in Australia.

 

[sptrawler]

The patchiness of vaccination rates is an issue though. Granted WA, as well as QLD, have logistic issues due to the large area involved but the health authorities would probably be concerned of low rates of vaccinations is certain areas. The health facilities in many areas would be unlikely to cope should there be a large enough outbreak. From what I have read WA has the lowest number of ICU beds per 100,000 people in Australia.

That would probably be true, there was a large spend on hospitals in the last 10 years, but the population has increased rapidly also.

 

[IFocus]

The patchiness of vaccination rates is an issue though. Granted WA, as well as QLD, have logistic issues due to the large area involved but the health authorities would probably be concerned of low rates of vaccinations is certain areas. The health facilities in many areas would be unlikely to cope should there be a large enough outbreak. From what I have read WA has the lowest number of ICU beds per 100,000 people in Australia.

The indigenous were spooked by misinformation from some religious group (that's the rumour) so massive catch-up in those communities is happening now hopefully they will get the rates up.

When NSW was in full swing with their out break you couldn't get Pfizer at most of the clinics here as supply was directed to NSW so that window was missed and hence now the delay.

The other factor is if you not needing to enter or leave WA you wouldn't know there was a pandemic happening life is completely normal except the local economy is going gang busters, has been for some time so some don't see the need for vax.

But it is coming (COVID) and we will all likely get it sooner of later.

 

[Belli]

But it is coming (COVID) and we will all likely get it sooner of later.

This gentleman is forthright in his views on that issue - amongst others matters.

 

[grah33]

NT using military to put infectious and those in contact into camps . so much for human rights

My young friend with horrible injection side effects: chest pains left and right, and leg in terrible pain couldn't walk. And his father took 3 weeks to recover . The mother doesn't want to take the vaccine

 

[bellenuit]

NT using military to put infectious and those in contact into camps . so much for human rights

An Outback Conspiracy

Misinformation results from the toxic combination of these two defining features, a lack of proximity to the Territory, and viewing the world through the lens of oppression.

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My young friend with horrible injection side effects: chest pains left and right, and leg in terrible pain couldn't walk.

Who has determined that these are side effects of the vaccine?