On 17 March, the European Union will offer details about its proposed vaccine passport, the EU version of the Israeli “Green Pass.” (See our 23 February article, “ISRAEL: NO VACCINE, NO GREEN PASSPORT.”) But, proof of being vaccinated will not be enough to qualify for the passport. The vaccine has to be one of the...
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POLITICS, NOT SCIENCE, BEHIND COVID VAX
A poll conducted by PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist, published on 11 March, reveals 78 percent of Democrats believe lockdowns need to be maintained while about 75 percent of Republicans want states to reopen economies now. On the subject of vaccination, almost 50 percent of those saying they are Trump supporters refuse to get vaccinated, while the number...
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ANTI-VAX GROUP SUES ISRAEL, GOES NUREMBERG
Anshei Emet, the anti-vax group in Israel, filed a lawsuit last week against the country over its coronavirus vaccine distribution, which the group said is tantamount to “crimes against humanity,” The Jerusalem Post reported. The group cited the 1947 Nuremberg Code that focused on medical experimentation by Nazi doctors. One report pointed to Pfizer CEO...
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NO JAB ITALY
Italy faces challenges with its vaccine rollout. The use of one batch of AstraZeneca vaccines was banned after the sudden death of a serviceman in Sicily. Reuters reported that another batch of the AstraZeneca shots was also banned after the death of a teacher in the country’s Piedmont region on Saturday. “It is an act...
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UNITED STATES: THE GREAT POLITICAL DIVIDE
A Pew Research poll published last 28 October showed the coronavirus has added to the political divide already existing in the U.S., and Americans see the virus through a political lens more than any of the 12 other advanced economies surveyed. The poll was taken in the June-August period last year when President Trump was...
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MASK POLLUTION
One of the questions researchers at the University of Southern Denmark are asking is, “Has society recognized the huge environmental threat caused by some three million masks, most made from plastic microfibers, being thrown away EVERY MINUTE?” The research, published in the current journal Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, states, “With increasing reports on...
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MORE COVID, LESS COLLEGE
A recent study found that fewer U.S. high school students see themselves attending a four-year university on graduation, a drop of 20 percent in the past eight months, according to a report from the ECMG Group. CNBC, citing the ECMC Group’s report, stated 53 percent of high schoolers polled said they plan on attending the...
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CANADA LOCKDOWN: NURSING HOMES’ VICTIMS OF COVID
Last week, The New York Times ran a lengthy story on long-term care residents in Canada having expressed confusion over the fact that they have been vaccinated for COVID-19, yet they have not seen a return to normal life. “While the vaccines have given the majority of nursing-home residents protection from death by the virus,...
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GERMANY: MERKEL’S PARTY HIT BY DIRTY MASK DEALS
Three German MPs from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party were forced to resign last week after it was revealed they made hundreds of thousands of euros for doing dirty government deals with coronavirus mask manufacturers. “This has the potential to inflict long-lasting harm on the CDU,” Olav Gutting, a lawyer and politician, told the paper. He...
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DUTCH COVID COPS BEAT LOCKDOWN PROTESTERS
On Sunday, thousands of protesters in the Netherlands demonstrated against the country’s coronavirus lockdown they say has been unfairly implemented and is economically devastating. To prevent protesters from gathering, who carried banners that in Dutch read, “Love & Freedom: No Dictatorship,” trains headed to the city were halted. Several people were hurt and some 20...