Coronavirus COVID-19 - Global Health Pandemic #95

[GRT]

Wuhan lab leak: Why scientists are interested in this Covid origin theory - CNNPolitics

 

[MajorHoople]

A Discovery 65 Years Ago At ORNL Paved The Way For mRNA-Based Covid-19 Vaccines

from WBIR News - May 25, 2021

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[MajorHoople]

A discovery 65 years ago at ORNL paved the way for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines | wbir.com

"To the world Elliot Volkin was a distinguished scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. To Karen Brunner he was simply "dad."

“That was his job. And I think growing up in Oak Ridge, being a scientist, was just your dad’s job,” said Brunner.

But his wasn’t your average, everyday job. In 1956, Volkin made a discovery at ORNL that was described by fellow scientists as one of the most important events in the history of molecular biology. Volkin and his research partner Lazarus Astrachan first observed and described what later came to be known as messenger RNA, mRNA.

Now, decades later, that messenger RNA has proven to be the building block of life saving and potentially pandemic-ending vaccines for COVID-19."

more info at link

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Biden State Department quietly ended team's work probing COVID origin

The Biden State Department ended an inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that was investigating whether the virus stemmed from a leak out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Fox News has confirmed.

The Biden administration terminated the inquiry – which was being led out of the State Department’s arms control and verification bureau and initially launched at the request of former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – after being briefed on the team's initial findings in February and March.

 

[ilovewings]

Biden State Department quietly ended team's work probing COVID origin

The Biden State Department ended an inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic that was investigating whether the virus stemmed from a leak out of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Fox News has confirmed.

The Biden administration terminated the inquiry – which was being led out of the State Department’s arms control and verification bureau and initially launched at the request of former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – after being briefed on the team's initial findings in February and March.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/bid...sify-investigation-into-covid-19-origins.html

Biden orders closer review of Covid origins

 

[LadyL]

Influencers say they got offered thousands to spread fake news on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

 

[SouthAussie]

Influencers say they got offered thousands to spread fake news on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

What the heck!

 

[SouthAussie]

Aww ... Bill Shakespeare, the first UK man to get the covid vaccine, has passed away. He died of an (unrelated) stroke.


.. his wife, Joy, said: "Bill was so grateful for being offered the opportunity to become one of the first people in the world to be given the vaccine.

"It was something he was hugely proud of - he loved seeing the media coverage and the positive difference he was able to make to the lives of so many.

"He often talked to people about it and would always encourage everyone to get their vaccine whenever he could."

Covid-19: First man to get jab William Shakespeare dies of unrelated illness

 

[SouthAussie]

This spring, American epidemiologist Seth Berkley had to break some bad news to the world’s poorest countries: millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses promised to them weren’t coming.

The nations were counting on getting shots from Covax

Covax started shipping Covid-19 vaccines within three months of the world’s richest countries administering their first shots—lightning speed, compared with the five to 10 years it often takes for new immunizations to reach the developing world.

Yet now it is running out of vaccines just when Covid-19 cases are escalating across countries it was meant to protect

Why a Grand Plan to Vaccinate the World Against Covid Unraveled

 

[Gibbo214]

What the heck!

I wonder who that would benefit?

 

[GRT]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/26/bid...sify-investigation-into-covid-19-origins.html

Biden orders closer review of Covid origins

So many changing stories. It feels as though something is getting ready to break. Either way, I really hope the scientists find the information they're looking for so they can reduce the risk of another pandemic happening.

Also, I really hope they ban gain-of-function research worldwide. Even if Covid-19 is a zoonotic virus, research to make viruses more lethal is just too dangerous.

Covid has opened my eyes.

And, scared me a little bit about the future of humanity.

 

[CoverMeCagney]

I wonder who that would benefit?

Russia, allegedly

 

[musicaljoke]

Influencers say they got offered thousands to spread fake news on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

Oh bother! I hope that we get everyone vaccinated before all such nastiness leads good people astray.

 

[musicaljoke]

Russia, allegedly

Yes, a misinformation war is easier than real combat, and seems to be just as effective.

 

[BayouBelle_LA]

Facebook lifts ban on posts claiming COVID-19 was man-made

Facebook will no longer remove posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made in recognition of the reignited debate about the virus's origins, a company spokesperson told ABC News.

 

[ilovewings]

Facebook lifts ban on posts claiming COVID-19 was man-made

Facebook will no longer remove posts that claim COVID-19 was man-made in recognition of the reignited debate about the virus's origins, a company spokesperson told ABC News.

I hope they get to the bottom of this-- but I don't have a lot of confidence since
China is, shall we say, not very transparent

 

[Gibbo214]

Russia, allegedly

I don't believe that for one minute, nor do I give much credence to US' blaming a lab in China.

 

[GRT]

Influencers say they got offered thousands to spread fake news on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

That's awful, but not really surprising, given the amount of false information being spread around.

My guess is that it would be someone who stood to benefit financially from it. Or, someone who wants to undermine vaccines in general. I hope they catch them--that sounds like it might be defamatory.

 

[GRT]

DBM - probably not allowed.

 

[GRT]

This spring, American epidemiologist Seth Berkley had to break some bad news to the world’s poorest countries: millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses promised to them weren’t coming.

The nations were counting on getting shots from Covax

Covax started shipping Covid-19 vaccines within three months of the world’s richest countries administering their first shots—lightning speed, compared with the five to 10 years it often takes for new immunizations to reach the developing world.

Yet now it is running out of vaccines just when Covid-19 cases are escalating across countries it was meant to protect

Why a Grand Plan to Vaccinate the World Against Covid Unraveled

I don't understand why we're running out--pharmaceutical companies should be at full production by now.