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FBI Chief Reinforces Lab Leak Theory Of COVID-19 Origins !

2 March 2023

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FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab. “The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident,” he said.

First Public Conformation

It is the first public confirmation of the FBI’s classified judgment of how the pandemic virus emerged. Many scientists point out there is no evidence that it...

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American Sovereignty Is Not Ceded By The WHO’s Draught ‘Pandemic Pact’

2 March 2023

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CLAIM: The World Health Organization will have the power to regulate U.S. policies during a pandemic, including those on vaccinations, lockdowns, school closures, and more, according to a legally enforceable “pandemic pact”.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The voluntary treaty, which is still in draught form and won’t be ratified for many years, does not preempt any country’s right to enact unique pandemic-related laws, according to numerous experts, including one engaged in the...

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The US And China Exchange Words Over Covid-19 Origins

1 March 2023

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The US envoy to China has called on the country to be “more honest” about the origins of the Covid-19 virus. His comments come a day after US media reported that a federal agency had found the pandemic probably started from a laboratory leak in Wuhan.

Accidental Leak ?

The Department of Energy reportedly concluded with “low confidence” that the virus was accidentally leaked. China’s foreign ministry hit back, saying Covid’s origin “was about science and should...

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Covid Infection-Acquired Immunity Can Even Outperform Vaccines!

20 February 2023

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Infection-acquired immunity cut the risk of hospitalization and death from a Covid reinfection by 88% for at least 10 months, the study found.
People who had hybrid immunity, or immunity from both infection and vaccination, were excluded.
The study was the largest meta-analysis to date to look at immunity following infection.

The immunity generated from an infection was found to be “at least as high, if not higher” than that provided by two doses of an mRNA...

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China Hails Its COVID Response Strategy As Miraculous

20 February 2023

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China has declared a “major and decisive victory” in its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The ruling Communist Party’s top decision-making body made the assessment during a closed-door meeting.
The years-long policy had generated widespread discontent – including rare nationwide protests.

The swift rollback of stringent disease controls sparked a surge in cases that saw hospitals overwhelmed and people scrambling for basic medicines. But the outbreak...

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1.5 Million Covid Deaths In China?

16 February 2023

Credit:CHUTTERSNAP/UnsplashHow Deadly Was China’s Covid Wave?

The infection erupted in China after the country loosened the strictest Covid-19 limits in the world in December. One million to 1.5 million people may have perished during the surge, which is significantly more than China’s official tally, according to estimates produced by four different academic teams that are largely comparable.

Researchers think the country significantly undercounted the number of deaths from the epidemic, which...

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WHO Quietly Shelves Plans For Second Phase Of Its COVID-origins Investigation

15 February 2023

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has quietly shelved the second phase of its much-anticipated scientific investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sensitive studies in China were intended to pinpoint the source of the pandemic virus.
WHO has cited ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China.

Researchers say they are disappointed that the investigation isn’t going ahead, because understanding how the...

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Breakthrough! Scientists Discover COVID-Blocking Receptor

12 February 2023

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Scientists at the University of Sydney have discovered a protein in the lung that blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection and forms a natural protective barrier in the human body, reports SciTechDaily.

This protein, the leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 15 (LRRC15), is an inbuilt receptor that binds the SARS-CoV-2 virus without passing on the infection.

Protein interaction with COVID-19

The research opens up an entirely new area of immunology research around LRRC15 and...

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The Nature Of The Immune Responses Induced by Various COVID-19 Vaccines

9 February 2023

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In a recent study published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, researchers reviewed existing achievements and shortcomings in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine platforms, as well as future-generation vaccine considerations, reports News Medical Life Sciences.

Background

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many effective and safe vaccinations against various SARS-CoV-2 variants were developed....

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A Crucial Group of Covid Drugs Has Stopped Working!

8 February 2023

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A key tool in the early pandemic response, monoclonal antibodies are now ineffective against new variants. Immunocompromised patients are especially at risk.

Coronavirus antibodies

IN MARCH 2020, as a mysterious respiratory virus was sweeping the globe, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee tracked down some of the first known Covid-19 patients in North America and asked them for blood samples.

Doctors shipped vials of the blood...

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