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“You’re dealing with an immunologically naive population”
The Chair of the Bioethics Commission of Austria is considering vaccine mandates for other diseases in addition to Covid-19. Christiane Druml said that mandatory vaccination against diseases such as measles, whooping cough or the flu should be considered. “The Covid-19 vaccination requirement could be the starting signal for a new attempt to better protect people […]
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna, working with the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) nonprofit, have begun human trials of their experimental HIV vaccine last week, beginning the first phase of clinical trials. “We are tremendously excited to be advancing this new direction in HIV vaccine design with Moderna’s mRNA platform,” said IAVI CEO Mark Feinberg in a […]
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from this pandemic, it’s that many ideas initially written off as “conspiracy theories” were actually just spoilers. Now, in 2022, Europe is facing growing calls from governments and health authorities for legal vaccine mandates. Recently EU President Ursula Von Der Leyen called for the bloc to move towards such […]
Ex-UK Prime Minister and former Labour leader Tony Blair has said that anyone who is willingly unvaccinated at this point is “an idiot.” “Frankly, if you’re not vaccinated at the moment, and you’re eligible, and you’ve got no health reason for not being vaccinated, you’re not just irresponsible – you’re an idiot,” he said. Tony […]
Starting today, all unvaccinated Austrians over the age of 12 – around 2 million people – have been put under lockdown on pain of substantial fines. Meanwhile, the fully-vaccinated majority can live their lives freely. The law came into effect at midnight on Sunday evening, and means that any Austrian over the age of 12 […]
A new Covid regulation has been introduced requiring people to present vaccine certs if they want to enter nursing homes – a policy with no basis in science, which may actually hurt more people than it protects. The measure was described by Tadhg Daly of Nursing Homes Ireland in the Independent.ie: “The new guidelines will […]
Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has said that the choice for individuals to refuse the Covid-19 vaccine “is gradually being stripped from us.” The remarks were made this week in a Twitter post by the retired American boxer. “Choice is defined as an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or […]
Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt has said that Australia’s borders may remain closed even if the whole country has received the covid-19 vaccine. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia’s national borders have been closed since March 2020, and will remain closed at least until the middle of June. In January, Australian health authorities […]
The director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control & Prevention, Gao Fu, has admitted that the country’s vaccine effectiveness remains low compared to other jabs. To date, China has developed a total of 5 vaccines, ranging from 50% (below the World Health Organisation’s threshold) to 79% effectiveness. This compares to the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and […]
The Republic, with 4.9 million citizens, has only fully-vaccinated 300,000, while Northern Ireland, with a population of 1.8 million, has vaccinated almost 200k – a higher percentage per capita. According to the HSE, as of the 9th of April 2021, Ireland has administered 309,922 second doses of covid vaccine. By comparison, Northern Ireland, which has […]