Twenty-four U.S. states have seen an uptick of at least 10% in COVID-19 cases over the past week, Johns Hopkins University data shows, as health experts and the federal government keep pressing for more people to get vaccinated.
Well of course it’s worse, the Chicoms have had more time to refine it.
Politicians are well-known for speaking out of both sides of their mouths.
At no time did we see more of that behaviour than during the past 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic when we expected our politicians to show some modicum of leadership.
Sadly, for the most part, that leadership has been lacking in so many areas.
A majority of people, now including a slim majority of Democrats too, believe the coronavirus most likely originated in a Wuhan laboratory rather than from nature, a new poll shows, indicating a shift in public opinion since early in the pandemic as China continues to block a truly independent and thorough inquiry into COVID-19’s origins.
The new poll from Harvard University and Politico found that 52% of people in the United States, including 59% of Republicans and 52% of Democrats, believe the coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab, while just 28% of adults say COVID-19 began with an infected animal.
Step 3 of Ontario’s reopening plan will begin on July 16, five days earlier than expected, sources tell 680 NEWS.
Indoor dining will be allowed to reopen with no capacity limits, just distancing between tables while gyms, movie theatres, museums and zoos will be at 50 per cent capacity.
Ontario reports 183 new COVID-19 cases; 7-day average falls below 200
Ontario reported 183 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and nine additional deaths Friday, as the seven-day rolling average of new cases fell below 200 for the first time since early Sept. 2020.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases fell to 192, from 206 on Thursday.
Pfizer developing booster shot to combat COVID-19 Delta variant
Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they are developing a COVID-19 booster shot to target the highly transmissible Delta variant.
In an email to Global News, the companies confirmed that they have seen “encouraging data in the ongoing booster trial” of the vaccine that suggests a third shot of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has the capacity to offer the “highest levels” of protection against known COVID-19 variants, including Delta.
Virus antibodies are no match for Delta variant, study shows
Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services Christian Dubé made it clear that the rollout of the vaccine passport will not happen until all eligible Quebecers will have had a chance to receive two doses of the vaccine, which is estimated to happen around Sept. 1.
In New Zealand, the communist government will be “chasing out people” who are “hesitant” to take the coronavirus vaccine. The country’s Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins declared that the govennment will be actively hunting those who have yet not “come forward” on their own.
The petition titled “Keep legal requirement to wear face coverings in shops and supermarkets after July 19th”, which was started on Change.org by Martynh Cordey, currently has over 140,000 signatures.
A congressman who introduced a bill that would bar mandatory vaccination says he’s been contacted by military members who say they will quit of the Pentagon requires them to get a COVID shot.
Hinshaw described the Lambda variant as a ‘variant of interest’, with experts monitoring it to see if it gets upgraded to a ‘variant of concern’.
Republicans have criticized President Joe Biden’s plan to go “door-to-door” in areas with low vaccination rates to encourage more Americans to get vaccinated. The White House later clarified that the program involved grassroots volunteers — not federal officials — and that the government is not using personal medical records to verify vaccinations. CNN Host Brianna Keilar asked Becerra about criticism that Biden’s program is too invasive.
Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday.
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern).
38+ million people live in Canada. This is our “pandemic” numbers as of today 👇 pic.twitter.com/5EPFU1LaXL
— CanadaInDistress (@CanadaDistress) July 7, 2021
The Calgary Stampede’s Nashville North will become the first major venue in Canada to require proof of vaccination, or a COVID-19 rapid test, before revellers are allowed to enter the site known for its live country music and large crowds.
The journal is doubling down on its rejection of the lab leak hypothesis
Someone needs to tell The Lancet the most basic tenet of crisis management: when in a hole, stop digging. Instead, this world-renowned medical journal seems determined to keep shredding its reputation, in tandem with a group of experts ignorant to the damage they have caused the scientific community as they have stifled debate regarding the pandemic’s origins.
