The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly acknowledged that far more people have natural immunity than was earlier reported. The CDC quietly acknowledged that a staggering 146.6 million people have been infected by the Sars-CoV-2 virus and have survived it.
A top Saskatchewan virologist said there is no hard evidence yet suggesting AY.25.1, as it is called, is any more virulent than the other Delta strains, but its emergence is a reminder of how unchecked viral transmission can cause new, more dangerous variants to bloom.
The vaccines are driving variant creation.
The FDA noted that false positives could lead to “delayed diagnosis or treatment for the actual cause of the person’s illness, which could be another life-threatening disease that is not COVID-19” or receiving “unnecessary COVID-19 treatment from a health care provider,” which may “result in side effects.”
The Netherlands will become the first western European country to impose a partial lockdown since the summer, introducing strict new measures from Saturday in the face of record numbers of new Covid-19 infections.
The restrictions, announced by the caretaker prime minister, Mark Rutte, on Friday, will last at least three weeks and include the closure of bars, restaurants and essential shops from 8pm, with non-essential retail and services such as hairdressers to close at 6pm.
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Ontario reports 661 new COVID-19 infections, 6 more deaths
Ontario is reporting more than 600 new COVID-19 cases and six more deaths on Saturday.
Provincial health officials logged 661 new infections today, up from 598 yesterday and from 508 a week ago.
Today marks the highest case count since Oct. 2 when 704 new infections were recorded.
Organized crime ‘knowingly and actively’ exploited federal pandemic benefits: intelligence reports
The federal government spent billions of dollars on income supports to help Canadians weather the pandemic — but it appears these emergency benefits inadvertently went to criminals as well.
According to a recently obtained financial intelligence report, criminals and organized crime appeared to have “knowingly and actively” defrauded the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) and Canada emergency business account (CEBA) programs.
Public health officials and politicians continue to be targeted by the anti-vaccine movement, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told Global News that increasingly violent online rhetoric around the “arrest and execution of specific individuals” is a growing cause for concern.
Where have all the workers gone? Employers have asked that all year, and rather than improve, the situation has gotten worse. September walk-outs set a new record with 4.4 million American workers quitting, breaking a record set the previous month of 4.3 million in what people are calling the “Great Resignation”.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said the bumps in Canada’s trajectory were expected as provinces continued to lift gathering restrictions and as the colder temperatures drive people to spend more time inside.
The Pontiff slammed the pre-COVID world, which he said was plagued with capitalistic oppression, corruption, and war.
“The reality we knew before the pandemic was that wealth and economic growth were reserved for a minority while millions of people were unable to meet the most basic needs and lead a dignified life,” the far-left Pope said.
Shortly after the first light of day, a Cranbrook resident who was out walking noticed something very peculiar about the cenotaph upon which the names of the war dead were inscribed and notified authorities.
When members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived at the crime scene, they discovered that the words “THE REAL HEROES ARE THE VACCINATED!” in large green letters had been spray-painted across the face of the memorial.
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According to a recently obtained financial intelligence report, criminals and organized crime appeared to have “knowingly and actively” defrauded the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) and Canada emergency business account (CEBA) programs.
A protest before the Golden Gate Bridge slowed traffic as large crowds gathered to protest vaccine mandates in San Francisco.
The latest:
Vaccine hesitancy means “delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccination services.” Vaccine-hesitant people cite distrust in vaccine safety and concerns over vaccine adverse events as the most common reasons for reluctance to get vaccinated.
