"COVID: Lambda Variant Is Now In 29 Countries,
But What Evidence Do We Have That It’s More Dangerous?"
There are no published studies on the lambda variant and just a handful of preprints – papers that have yet to be subject to the scrutiny of other scientists (peer review) and published in a journal.
Asexual reproduction compels genomes to be inherited as indivisible blocks so that once the least mutated genomes in an asexual population begin to carry at least one deleterious mutation, no genomes with fewer such mutations can be expected to be found in future generations (except as a result of back mutation).
This results in an eventual accumulation of mutations known as genetic load.
In theory, the genetic load carried by asexual populations eventually becomes so great that the population goes extinct.
Sure, maximum protection here is still not 100% protection, which has never been claimed. But it's still far more than the level of protection after one jab.
fatalities are down 8 to 10 fold from a peak of 3-5k/day to something like 350/day now.
FDA may authorize unapproved medical products or unapproved uses of approved medical products to be used in an emergency to diagnose, treat, or prevent serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions caused by CBRN threat agents when certain criteria are met, including there are no adequate, approved, and available alternatives.
Negative COVID-19 test required for all air passengers coming to the United States
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires all air passengers entering the United States (including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents) to present a negative COVID-19 test, taken within three calendar days of departure or proof of recovery from the virus within the last 90 days. Airlines must confirm the negative test result or proof of recovery for all passengers two years of age and over prior to boarding. Airlines must deny boarding of passengers who do not provide documentation of a negative test or recovery.
Taiwan Travel Advisory
Travel Advisory
June 16, 2021Taiwan - Level 3: Reconsider Travel
Effective May 19, 2021:
Non-Taiwan nationals without a valid Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) will be temporarily barred from entry.
Exceptions may be made for individuals who obtain entry permission for emergency or humanitarian reason.
More information can be found here.
Transit travelers will be temporarily barred from entry.
Effective June 27, 2021:
In response to the spread of Delta variant, Taiwan has strengthened quarantine measures. More information can be found here.
Home quarantine is no longer an option.
Depending on your departure and transit country, all individuals are required to complete a 14-day quarantine at group quarantine facilities or quarantine hotels.
Peacedog wrote:At this point I think parts of the government, and media, are simply stoking hysteria for hysteria's sake.
The data is pretty clear that fatalities are down 8 to 10 fold from a peak of 3-5k/day to something like 350/day now. The medical system was not overloaded then and it will not be now.
The harping on cases versus deaths is pointless. All the supposed mitigation efforts essentially failed to include those idiotic masks people insisted on wearing. It is now an endemic disease. Even if the country averages 500 death a day permanently it would only be something like the fifth, or sixth, leading killer in a year.
It is simply time for people to get on with life.
But when you describe masks as being "idiotic" with regard to pandemic control / preventing infection, you are simply wrong:
The effectiveness of masks, however, is still under debate. Compared with N95 or FFP2 respirators, which have very low particle penetration rates (~5%), surgical and similar masks exhibit higher and more variable penetration rates (~30 to 70%) (2, 3).
Given the large number of particles emitted upon respiration and especially upon sneezing or coughing (4), the number of respiratory particles that may penetrate masks is substantial,
which is one of the main reasons for doubts about their efficacy in preventing infections.
Moreover, randomized clinical trials have shown inconsistent or inconclusive results,
with some studies reporting only a marginal benefit or no effect of mask use
Peacedog wrote:
It is simply time for people to get on with life.
Stanford Study Results: Facemasks are Ineffective in Blocking Transmission of COVID and Actually Can Cause Health Deterioration and Premature Death
Did you hear about the peer-reviewed study done by Stanford University that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that face masks have absolutely zero chance of preventing the spread of Covid-19? No? It was posted on the the National Center for Biotechnological Information government website,” NOQReport.com reported. “The NCBI is a branch of the National Institute for Health, so one would think such a study would be widely reported by mainstream media and embraced by the ‘science-loving’ folks in Big Tech.”
The study found: “The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective of viral and infectious disease such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID -19.”
He Who Controls the Narrative Controls the People. Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. — Geo. Orwell, 1984.
windwalker wrote:Mmm , must be wrongStanford Study Results: Facemasks are Ineffective in Blocking Transmission of COVID and Actually Can Cause Health Deterioration and Premature Death
https://wsau.com/2021/04/20/stanford-st ... ure-death/Did you hear about the peer-reviewed study done by Stanford University that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that face masks have absolutely zero chance of preventing the spread of Covid-19? No? It was posted on the the National Center for Biotechnological Information government website,” NOQReport.com reported. “The NCBI is a branch of the National Institute for Health, so one would think such a study would be widely reported by mainstream media and embraced by the ‘science-loving’ folks in Big Tech.”
The study found: “The data suggest that both medical and non-medical facemasks are ineffective of viral and infectious disease such as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID -19.”
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/n ... .%E2%80%9DHe Who Controls the Narrative Controls the People. Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. — Geo. Orwell, 1984.
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