Category: TRENDS IN THE VACCINE ROLLOUT

Last Wednesday, President Biden announced that he supported the WHO’s call for the U.S. to drop patent protection for COVID-19 vaccines. The head of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, called the potential lifting of the patent protection for the vaccines “a historic decision” and “a monumental moment in the fight against COVID-19.”  The move would...

For over a year now, since COVID-19 was first reported spreading across Europe and the U.S., the Trends Journal has pointed out how political leaders, with the mainstream press as cheerleaders, frequently refer to the challenge of COVID-19 as a “War.” (See our 13 April article, “MEDIA: GET JABBED, END THE COVID WAR,” our 24...

Germany’s planned move to allow those who have received a COVID vaccination to move freely has been criticized as discriminatory because its younger population has not been able to receive the jab. The Financial Times reported that Chancellor Angela Merkel, the chairwoman of the country’s “corona cabinet,” threw her support behind the measure. The report said...

Good news for the tens of millions of Americans who’ve lost their jobs, had their businesses destroyed, and are suffering from isolation and anxiety due to the prolonged lockdown: You can soon line up at an “All you can eat” buffet on a cruise ship. The Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday that the CDC...

In our 1 December 2020 issue, we reported that although COVID vaccines had not been rolled out yet, the Ad Council had plans in play for the general public to buy their “It’s great to get vaccinated” sales pitch. Lisa Sherman, the Ad Council’s chief executive, told The New York Times, “We’re working in advance...

Last Friday, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) reported that recently imported doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were blocked from use after confirmation they came from the same U.S. manufacturing plant “mired in quality-control problems.”  Last month, it was revealed that 15 million doses of the vaccine had been contaminated at the Emergent BioSolutions...

Last Wednesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo declared he plans to ease coronavirus restrictions next month, which includes lifting the curfew for New York City restaurants. The curfew mandate will expire on 17 May for outdoor dining and 31 May for indoor areas. The state will also allow dancing during catered events as long as the participants...

Hong Kong has taken a move to require its foreign domestic workers in the city to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or lose their job. The Guardian reported the city announced a new measure that would make testing for these 370,000 workers mandatory and also require them to receive a vaccination. The paper said residents have...

Serious adverse reactions and deaths in the U.S. from experimental COVID vaccines by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna continue to mount. In four months of use, the numbers surpass all reported deaths from all vaccines dispensed in the U.S. over the last 20 years. According to the VAERS medical reporting system authorized by the FDA and CDC,...