WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham announced on Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, has flu-like symptoms and will be self-quarantining for 10 days. “I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now. My symptoms would be far worse,” Graham, 66, wrote on Twitter. The South Carolina Republican, a leading conservative voice in the Senate, said he began experiencing flu-like symptoms on Saturday and sought medical attention on Monday morning. He was later informed by a congressional physician that he had tested positive. “I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms,” Graham, a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, wrote in a pair of tweets. “I will be quarantining for ten days.” His announcement comes at a crucial time for the closely divided Senate, where Democratic leaders hope to advance President Joe Biden’s agenda in coming weeks by pushing through a roughly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. Graham is among a group of 17 Senate Republicans who have backed the bipartisan infrastructure legislation in procedural votes. The measure needs Republican votes to achieve the 60-vote threshold required for most legislation in the 100-seat chamber. The Senate is split 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats, who control the chamber only because of Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote. It was not clear how much contact Graham has had recently with other members of the Senate. A spokesman for Senator Joe Manchin, a leading Democrat on infrastructure, could not confirm whether Graham attended a recent private gathering hosted by Manchin, but added: “Senator Manchin is fully vaccinated and following the CDC guidelines for those exposed to a COVID positive individual.” Graham’s office did not respond to questions about the gathering. Graham did not say whether he had tested positive for the Delta variant of the coronavirus, which has been blamed for a recent surge in infections in the United States, particularly Southern states with relatively low vaccination rates. Forty-six percent of South Carolina’s population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, well below the national average of 58%, according to the Reuters COVID-19 Vaccination Tracker. Nick Note: Key words fully vaccinated……….. Please note he vaccine was over 6 months ago… Booster shot anyone? How about testing everyone you come in contact with? 15 bucks 15 minuets…….. Pretty cheap insurance……
CDC Says Vaccinated Can Be Super-Spreaders (Are Vaccines Failing?)
Via the words of the CDC’s own director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the official narrative on vaccines and covid has just self-destructed. While in March of this year, Walenksy had publicly promised that vaccinated people could not spread the virus and infect others.
This week the CDC publicly stated that vaccines are failing, and that vaccinated people may now carry higher viral loads than unvaccinated people, contributing to the spread of covid.
Even Yahoo News, which typically shills for Big Pharma, could not sugarcoat the devastating narrative shift, reporting:
The CDC updated its guidelines on Tuesday to recommend masks indoors, even for vaccinated people. The Delta variant makes it easier for vaccinated people to transmit the virus, the CDC said. Vaccinated and unvaccinated people infected with Delta may have similar viral loads.
The CDC is currently hiding these data from the public, by the way, most likely because they know that once the data are revealed, any remaining shred of their pro-vaccine narrative will spontaneously collapse.
CDC “Confession” Just Obliterated All The Promises Made To The Vaccinated… Now They Are Slowly Realizing They’re The Doomed Super-Spreaders
In making these public statements, the CDC just admitted that the entire promise that vaccinated people were immune to covid and couldn’t spread it to others just unraveled. Immediately, the CDC demanded that the entire nation revert to neanderthal mask mandates, even for those who have been “fully vaccinated.”
But It’s Even Worse: CDC Director Just Admitted The Vaccines Will Soon Be Obsolete
If you can imagine it, the situation is actually far worse than what’s been covered here so far. In her public confessions this week, CDC director Walensky also admitted that covid is “just a few mutations away” from rendering all existing vaccines completely obsolete. She added:
The largest concern that I think we in public health and science are worried about is that virus and the potential mutations. We have a very transmissible virus, which has the potential to evade our vaccines in terms of how it protects us from severe disease and death…
we obviously need “booster shots,” vaccine companies are now openly stating that the mutated Delta strains means people will need booster shots to be protected
The “high wave of morbidity and mortality,” it seems, has only just begun.
Dr. Robert Malone Warns Of “Worst Case Scenario” And Cites First Evidence Showing Antibody Dependent Enhancement (ADE) Now Emerging
Over the next 12 months or so, we are likely going to see a wave of post-vaccine deaths that mirrors the wave of people obtaining vaccines earlier this year. Even Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA vaccine technology, warns that the CDC’s admission is essentially a confirmation that Antibody Dependent Enhancement effects have begun.
Pfizer protection is waning at six months. Those who received Pfizer, that are now in the waning phase, seem to be getting infected. This exactly what you would anticipate is the window of greatest susceptibility to antibody dependent enhancement, in this long tapering phase as the vaccine response declines. Nick Note: Everyone needs to take a deep breath. Vaccines really really work. Hysterics aside like the flue vaccine the covid19 vaccine needs a booster shot… configured to the mutations every 6 to 12 months. We accept that for the flue vaccines why would covid19 be any different. these are both viruses that constantly mutate. A vaccination card is useless. We need to test everyone who enters our airspace. Its the protocol for the wealthy and key people.. White House staff and secret service agents are tested daily. I can tell you staff that come in contact with principals are constantly tested… Until we get a booster shot with the RNA of the Delta variant you need to up your game….. Is a test to much to ask? Everyone entering executive suits, airplanes and cruise ships are subject to tests… Thank GOD we have 10 minuets tests we can do at home…. You better get your test kits NOW supplies are running out……..
Delta strain worries could slow recovery – Fed’s Kashkari
(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said the spread of the delta variant of Covid-19 could keep some Americans from looking for work, potentially harming the U.S. recovery. “I was very optimistic the fall would be a strong labor market with many of those Americans coming back to work. That’s still my base case scenario,” he said Sunday during an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “But if people are nervous about the delta variant, that could slow some of that labor market recovery and therefore be a drag on our economic recovery.” Fed officials took a step last week toward eventually scaling back their pandemic support for the U.S. economy. They held interest rates near zero and repeated a pledge made in December to maintain $120 billion in monthly asset purchases until “substantial further progress” was made on employment and inflation. But they also said that the economy had made progress toward these goals, and that policy makers would continue to assess progress at upcoming meetings. Economists took that as a clear signal they were leaning towards scaling back the bond buying later this year or early next, provided surging infection rates from the Delta variant of Covid-19 don’t stall the economy recovery. Kashkari, not a voter this year on the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee, said they were not there yet. “We’re about a third of the way back from where the hole was in December, so we’ve made progress but we are still in a deep hole,” Kashkari said. “We have 7 to 9 million Americans who are still out of work that we need to get back into the job market.” His comments dovetailed with remarks on Friday evening from Fed Governor Lael Brainard, who said “employment has some distance to go” to meet that test, noting that millions of Americans still remain out of work.In contrast, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard told reporters earlier in the day that he wanted the central bank to decide in September to begin reducing its asset purchases. Nick Note: The recovery is over. We will still get good reports… the ones looking backwards. BUT as we get into fall it will be apparent to all we are in the biggest wave yet of the plague. They will not have to lock down. People hospitalized do not show up for work. And as they beg for a vaccines because they canot breath they will get very cooperative. And the FOX news commentators all vaccinated and tested reguarelly will change their anti vax marketing campaign. Its like Trump he can scream and yell he is presiden the the MR Pillow guy can spin Trup will be back in August… but none of this will happen. Reality has a way of biteing people in the ass. Mask up, vitamine up, get a booster shot when you can and test everyone who shares you air space….. Remember vaccinated people are super spreaders. So to my horror a vaccine certificate does not protest you… a simple 10 minuits test is the best protection you can get
UK finance minister presses for travel rules easing
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Britain’s Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has pressed for an easing of travel restrictions to offer respite to the tourism sector amid concerns that the country is not reaping the benefit of its vaccination programme, the Sunday Times reported. Sunak had written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning of the impact that Britain’s strict border controls were having ahead a meeting of ministers on Thursday to consider changes, the newspaper said, citing a source familiar with the letter.The Treasury declined to comment. England last month lifted the requirement for fully vaccinated Britons returning from medium-risk countries to have to quarantine. Visitors from the EU and United States with the same status will also be exempt from Monday. However, travellers still have to take expensive tests before departure and shortly after arrival. Separately, the bosses of Britain’s biggest airlines and travel companies urged Transport Minister Grant Shapps to add more countries to the “green list” that have fewer restrictions. They said green status should increasingly become a default, given that nearly 90% of British adults had been given one vaccine and more than 70% had two, and domestic restrictions had eased. “On this basis there is no reason why, and it is essential, that much of Europe including the key volume markets, the U.S., Caribbean and other major markets, cannot turn green next week in time for the remainder of the summer peak,” bosses of Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, British Airways, Jet2.com, Loganair, Ryanair and TUI UK & Ireland said in a letter shared with media. They said a continued requirement for expensive COVID-19 tests would have a huge impact on aviation. “We have seen no evidence that this regime is necessary for fully vaccinated travellers or those from Green countries, or that effective, cheaper rapid tests cannot be used from higher risk destinations,” they said. Nick Note: Get it…….. all for the money. Its the mercantile interest of the travel industry… And that is why the Delta mutation has spread far and wide. This past week the worlds largest cruise ship the Mardi Gras set sail on her maiden voyage. Ballhooed as the largest newest and most innovative ship, Carnival President Christine Duffy and Mardi Gras Captain Giuseppe Giusa led a “Back to Fun” ribbon-cutting ceremony officially welcoming guests on board. I watched the launch and the fools rushing on board. And thought to myself this is going to end badly. Lets wait and see how this turns out. I would like to remind you this was done in the biggest surge yet in new infections. And as the world is under siege of the most infectious virus ever….. Why would you do it… Would not responsible management just wait?
CDC leak, summary and full report
An internal report presented to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates the Delta coronavirus variant is far more transmissible than older lineages, may cause more severe disease, and that when it causes breakthrough infections, may be as easily transmitted as when it infects unvaccinated people.
What the document shows:
- The slideshow dated Thursday and first obtained by The Washington Post, appears to provide some data backing CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky’s controversial decision on Tuesday to change the agency’s guidance on mask use.
- It says the Delta variant is about as transmissible as chickenpox, with each infected person, on average, infecting eight or nine others. The original lineage was about as transmissible as the common cold, with each infected person passing the virus to about two other people on average.
- And if vaccinated people get infected anyway, they have as much virus in their bodies as unvaccinated people. But vaccinated people are safer, the document indicates. It says vaccines reduce the risk of severe disease or death 10-fold and reduce the risk of infection three-fold.
- The CDC, the document advises, should “acknowledge the war has changed.” It recommends vaccine mandates and universal mask requirements.
How the CDC reacted:
- Walensky confirmed to CNN that the slideshow was presented to her at a noon briefing on Thursday. “I think people need to understand that we’re not crying wolf here. This is serious,” Walensky told CNN Thursday night. “It’s one of the most transmissible viruses we know about. Measles, chicken pox, this – they’re all up there,” she said.
- Walensky noted that the R0 for the Delta variant – a measure of its transmissibility – is estimated to be 5-9, meaning each infected person can be expected to infect 5-9 other people. “When you think about diseases that have an R0 of 8 or 9 – there aren’t that many.”
- Asked about the contents of the slide deck, Walensky said, “There weren’t any surprises. It was the synthesis of the data all in one place that was sobering.”
What comes next:
- The CDC is scheduled to publish additional data Friday that will back Walensky’s controversial decision to change guidance for fully vaccinated people. She said Tuesday the CDC was recommending that even fully vaccinated people wear masks indoors in places where transmission of the virus is sustained or high. The data behind an internal US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention document that suggests fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant at the same rate as unvaccinated people is, according to the Washington Post, based on a Covid-19 cluster that emerged from July 4 weekend festivities in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Alex Morse, Provincetown’s town manager, told CNN’s “New Day” that there are 112 active cases right now in the town, but the overall cluster number is more than 880 since July 1.
Vaccination by itself is not enough to stop the spread of Covid-19 variants, study finds
Vaccination alone won’t stop the rise of new variants and in fact could push the evolution of strains that evade their protection, researchers warned Friday. They said people need to wear masks and take other steps to prevent spread until almost everyone in a population has been vaccinated. “When most people are vaccinated, the vaccine-resistant strain has an advantage over the original strain,” Simon Rella of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, who worked on the study, told reporters. “This means the vaccine resistant strain spreads through the population faster at a time when most people are vaccinated.”
The findings suggest that policymakers should resist the temptation to lift restrictions to celebrate or reward vaccination efforts. This is likely to be especially true with a more transmissible variant such as the Delta variant, said Fyodor Kondrashov, also of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. “Generally, the more people are infected, the more the chances for vaccine resistance to emerge. So the more Delta is infectious, the more reason for concern,” Kondrashov told reporters. “By having a situation where you vaccinate everybody, a vaccine resistant mutant actually gains a selective advantage.” People should not complain, he said. “The individual who already vaccinated and putting on a mask should not think this is pointless but should think that there is a vaccine resistant strain running around,” he said. Nick Note: Remember the lag time between infections and deaths… It will take another month to “prove” it. i am sure the death rate even among vaccinated people will soar….
The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19
GENEVA, July 30 (Reuters) – The world is at risk of losing hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads, but WHO-approved vaccines remain effective, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described the Delta variant of the coronavirus as being as transmissible as chickenpox and cautioned it could cause severe disease, the Washington Post said, citing an internal CDC document.
COVID-19 infections have increased by 80% over the past four weeks in most regions of the world, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Deaths in Africa – where only 1.5% of the population is vaccinated – rose by 80% over the same period. “Hard-won gains are in jeopardy or being lost, and health systems in many countries are being overwhelmed,” Tedros told a news conference. The Delta variant has been detected in 132 countries, becoming the dominant global strain, according to the WHO. “The vaccines that are currently approved by the WHO all provide significant protection against severe disease and hospitalisation from all the variants, including the Delta variant,” said WHO’s top emergency expert, Mike Ryan. “We are fighting the same virus but a virus that has become faster and better adapted to transmitting amongst us humans, that’s the change,” he said. Maria van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19, said the Delta variant was the most easily spread so far, about 50% more transmissible than ancestral strains of SARS-CoV-2 that first emerged in China in late 2019. Japan said on Friday it would expand states of emergency to three prefectures near Olympic host city Tokyo and the western prefecture of Osaka, as COVID-19 cases spike in the capital and around the country, overshadowing the Summer Games. Ryan noted that Tokyo had recorded more than 3,000 cases in the past 24 hours, among some 10,000 new infections in Japan. “The Olympics is a part of that overall context and the risk management that is place around the Olympics is extremely comprehensive,” he said. Nick Note: Its bad and much worse then they are reporting. I am following things very closely. By mid September we will know for sure. I believe this next wave will be the worse one yet. And once we get the next vaccine with 3 stem proteins sequenced and RNA installed for the vaccinated people this will be over. You got to hang on to the beginning of next year…
Now you can have barbecues, birthday parties, weddings and celebrate holidays with your family and friends
The Delta strain is a highly contagious killer…
But you do not have to isolate any more
And you can have unvaccinated people in your home
simply test your guests at the door.
Have the family over for Dinner, Birthday parties, the back yard Barbecues is back, no more holidays alone!
I have already given you my nanoparticle level4 bio lab UlpA cartridge filter… the only nAno particle filter available to the public in the world
I recently gave you, over a year in development, the CoronaVit state of the art supplements… But to my horror it’s now not enough.
Our vaccines are failing and at best it will be the end of the year before a new vaccine targeted to the Delta variant will be available. You need in the mean time to get a third booster shot of the existing vaccine. If and when you can.
What to do about the 1,000 times more infectious Delta mutation!!!!!!! I agonized day and night. Short of living in a clean room donning a hazmat suit I could not guarantee your safety. Until now.
let me tell you about this breakthrough:
Well it’s Sarah to the rescue, my youngest daughter. She just finished her exams and passed the most difficult algorithm exams I have ever seen for a freshman.
So I offered a trip to Greece as a reward with her buddies… And she turned it down and wanted to come home to her Daddy… She sure knows how to tug on my heart strings.
And this is where one of those Zen moment, life changing events occurred. They would not let her on the plane… She had her Vaccination passport and had gotten a few days earlier a PCR test.
The airport would not accept any tests. The airlines know that they’ve got a huge Delta mutation spread problem. So at some airports the authorities instituted new guidelines. Before anyone could board the plane they had to get a new Covid-19 test. On the spot at a cost of 100 Euros.
Sarah called me upset because she was standing in a long line to get tested and she was afraid she would miss her flight. I told her Sarah, you are going to miss your flight anyway because it takes at least 24 hours to get the results back. She said, Dad it’s a new test, you get the results in 10 minutes and it identifies negative cases 99% of the time.
Well HELLO KITTY! I said Sarah get me a picture or the name of this test. I’ve got to have them. I am catching hell here. My millennial daughters and staff are in a rebellion. We came out of lock down and people were coming and going under a few conditions impossible to enforce. They can go off the reservation as long as they wear their masks, only hang with vaccinated individuals and avoid crowds, especially indoors…
Now what do you think the odds of that happening with the millennials who have developed the art of obfuscation and omission of pertinent information to an art form?
They are not going to give up frying on the beach… or the $5 chocolate flavored coffees and perish though no Sushi bar!
I have been dreading the coming lock down I was going to have to impose on the compound here. The variant has for a FACT defeated our vaccines and there is no booster shot targeting the Delta variant approved much less in production. And there will not be one until the end of the year. What to do?
A light went off in my head.
For the past 2 years we had demanded everyone coming on the compound wear a mask and we checked their temperature and blood oxygen levels at the gate… And this year we demanded a vaccine certificate.
So our solution could not be simpler. And it works in part because the Delta mutation is so infectious. The solution is:
At home testing… Or in my case at gate.
Give me $20 and ten minutes and I’ll give your life back.
The viral load of this Delta variant is 1,000 times more infectious than the Alpha variant… And it gets into your nose and throat in a matter of hours if you’re infected. So the solution is very simple.
Test everyone you’re about to let around you. And here is the really good part. You do not need to test everyone in the same household. Suppose your family is coming with the grand kids. If they all live in the same house all you need to do is test one person. Because the variant is so contagious they are either all infected, symptoms or not, or hopefully no one is infected… And these new test kits I have in stock well tell you in ten minutes.
I have purchased and committed to 1,000 test kits. And I can have them in your hands next week.
It’s the best home test kit on the market. I made a special purchase and can offer it to you at the lowest price anywhere. That is if you can even find them in stock locally.
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Price:
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Special Instructions. The way we do it is we ask anyone who wants to come on the compound to isolate the best they can for 48 hours before they show up. Therefore one test is sufficient. And we can test two people per box. If they are going to stay a week or more we do a second test.
It’s great, we are back to barbecuing and having visitors once again.
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QUICKVUE SARS COVID19 ANTIGEN TEST
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FOR FDA EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION (EUA) ONLY.
The QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test is intended for the qualitative detection of the nucleocapsid protein antigen from SARS-CoV-2 from individuals with or without symptoms or other epidemiological reasons to suspect COVID-19 when tested twice over two or three days with at least 24 hours and no more than 36 hours between tests. This home test is authorized for nonprescription home use with self-collected (unobserved) direct anterior nasal (NS) swab specimens from individuals aged 14 years and older or with adult-collected anterior NS samples from individuals aged 2 years or older. This home test has not been FDA cleared or approved, but has been authorized by the FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the detection of proteins from SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens. This home test is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.
About Quidel and its QuickVue:
At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test
Quidel is a California-based leading diagnostic manufacturer focused on improving the quality of healthcare throughout the globe. As a trusted innovator in the medical device industry for over 40 years, Quidel launched the QuickVue brand in 1986 with visually read rapid diagnostics focusing on women’s health and respiratory diseases. In 1999, QuickVue Influenza A+B was the first visually read rapid test cleared by the FDA for professional use.
Delta variant rampant in Asia; Tokyo, Thailand, Malaysia post record COVID infections
July 31 (Reuters) – The Olympics host city Tokyo, as well as Thailand and Malaysia, announced a record number of COVID-19 infections on Saturday, mostly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant of the disease. Cases surged in Sydney as well, where police cordoned off the central business district to prevent a protest against a strict lockdown that will last until the end of August. Police closed train stations, banned taxis from dropping passengers off downtown and deployed 1,000 officers to set up checkpoints and to disperse groups. The government of New South Wales reported 210 new infections in Sydney and surrounding areas from the Delta variant outbreak. Tokyo’s metropolitan government announced a record number of 4,058 infections in the past 24 hours, topping 4,000 for the first time. Olympics organisers reported 21 new COVID-19 cases related to the Games, bringing the total to 241 since July 1. The record comes a day after Japan extended its state of emergency for Tokyo to the end of August, expanding it to three prefectures near Tokyo and the western prefecture of Osaka in light of the recent spike in infections. Olympics organisers said on Saturday they had revoked accreditation of a Games-related person or people for leaving the athletes’ village for sightseeing, a violation of measures imposed to hold the Olympics safely amid the pandemic. The organisers did not disclose how many people had their accreditation revoked, if the person or people involved were athletes, or when the violation took place. read more Malaysia, one of the hotspots of the disease, reported 17,786 coronavirus cases on Saturday, a record number of infections. More than 100 people gathered in the centre of the capital Kuala Lumpur, expressing dissatisfaction with the government’s handling of the pandemic and calling on Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to quit. Protesters carried black flags and held up placards that read “Kerajaan Gagal” (failed government) – a hashtag that has been popular on social media for months. Thailand reported a daily record of 18,912 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s total accumulated cases to 597,287. The country also reported 178 new deaths, also a daily record, taking total fatalities to 4,857. The government said the Delta variant accounted for more than 60% of the cases in the country and 80% of the cases in Bangkok. The Delta variant is not necessarily more lethal than other variants, but much more transmissible, Supakit Sirilak, the director-general of the Medical Science Department, told Reuters. China is also battling an outbreak of the Delta variant in the eastern city of Nanjing, traced to airport cleaners who worked on a flight from Russia. COVID-19 infections have increased by 80% over the past four weeks in most regions of the world, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. “Hard-won gains are in jeopardy or being lost, and health systems in many countries are being overwhelmed,” Tedros told a news conference. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said the variant, first detected in India and now dominant across the globe, is as contagious as chickenpox and far more contagious than the common cold or flu. It can be passed on even by vaccinated people, and may cause more serious disease than earlier coronavirus strains. Nick Note: On Friday i declared a covid19 EMERGENCY. I did not do so lightly. I am convinced the Delta mutation is out of control. We are headed for lockdowns in late fall and a stock market crash. With a ever rising death toll before we get a booster shot targeted to the Delta infection. At best the Delta booster shot will be available by the end of the year at the earliest,,,,,,
CDC: 74% of recent COVID patients vaccinated…… Obviously vaccines are not enough
https://youtu.be/LgJSunRq14M
Of new COVID-19 cases on Cape Cod, 74% have been among fully vaccinated people, according to a report issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Testing indicated the delta variant of the virus accounted for 90% of specimens from 133 patients, the report indicated. New cases have been recorded in Barnstable County, particularly in Provincetown, this month. The CDC in its report said that 469 cases of COVID-19 have been associated with multiple summer events and large public gatherings in a town in Barnstable County. “Persons with COVID-19 reported attending densely packed indoor and outdoor events at venues that included bars, restaurants, guest houses, and rental homes,” the report read. On July 3, the state Department of Public Health reported a 14-day average COVID-19 incidence of zero cases per 100,000 persons per day in residents of the town in Barnstable County. By July 17, that average increased to 177 cases per 100,000 persons per day. Among the 469 cases in Massachusetts residents, 301 (87%) were male, with a median age of 42, the CDC said. Vaccines received by those with breakthrough infections were Pfizer-BioNTech (159; 46%), Moderna (131; 38%), and Janssen (56; 16%), the report indicated. The most common signs or symptoms of those with breakthrough cases were cough, headache, sore throat, myalgia and fever. Overall, 274 vaccinated patients with breakthrough infections were symptomatic. Among five patients who were hospitalized with the virus, four were fully vaccinated, the CDC said. No deaths were reported. As of Friday, Provincetown Town Manager Alex Morse said there have been 220 cases among town residents, including 103 active cases. Of the total cases, 73% are among vaccinated individuals and 89% are men with a median age of 39. The CDC suggested that jurisdictions consider prevention strategies like wearing masks in indoor public settings, particularly during large public gatherings. “The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 is highly transmissible,” the CDC report read, “vaccination is the most important strategy to prevent severe illness and death.” Nick Note: Vaccines are not enough but necessary, The CoronaVit supplement is not enough but necessary, ULPA mask and filter is not enough but necessary… But their is a solution… Do not let infected people who have no symptom near you. You do not have to isolate… Just test…. See recent Radio Free Wallstreet published Friday
War has changed’, CDC says, as Delta variant infectious as chickenpox
Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, warned on Friday that the number of newly registered COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to climb in numerous countries across the globe. Commenting on new coronavirus variants, Dr. Tedros argued there will be more versions of the virus as long as the spreading lasts. “Hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 are being lost,” he insisted at WHO’s press briefing. Dr. Tedros concluded by reiterating that the WHO’s goal remains to support every country to vaccinate at least 40% of its population by the end of the year and 70% by the middle of 2022. Nick Note: The war sure as shit has changed… So much that we are losing…….