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Austria imposes full lockdown, Germany may follow, as COVID grips Europe……..Look them UP!!!!!!

VIENNA/BERLIN (Reuters) – Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said on Friday as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit, sending shivers through financial markets worried about the economic fallout.

A fourth wave of infections has plunged Germany, Europe’s largest economy, into a national emergency, Health Minister Jens Spahn said. He urged people to reduce their social contacts, warning that vaccinations alone would not reduce case numbers. Continue reading “Austria imposes full lockdown, Germany may follow, as COVID grips Europe……..Look them UP!!!!!!”

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Austria’s focus shifts to full lockdown as COVID-19 cases keep rising

VIENNA (Reuters) – Pressure on Austria’s government to impose a full COVID-19 lockdown grew on Thursday as its worst-hit provinces said they would adopt the measure for themselves since infections are still rising despite the current lockdown for the unvaccinated. Roughly 66% of Austria’s population is fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. Its infections are among the highest on the continent, with a seven-day incidence of 971.5 per 100,000 people.

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Booster shot confusion as California goes against CDC and FDA reccomendations

EAGLE ROCK (CBSLA) – As families across the southland prepare to ring in a second holiday season during a pandemic, the state of California is now suggesting that everyone who is vaccinated against COVID-19 should also get a booster shot. “In the short run, I am worried that until we vaccinate more children and our behavior changes with the holidays coming that there’s going to be a spike in cases,” CBS Medical Contributor, Dr. David Argus said.

California is one of the states seeing the highest number of new COVID infections, promoting health officials to issue stern warnings. Continue reading “Booster shot confusion as California goes against CDC and FDA reccomendations”

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Germany recommends booster shots for all adult population

Germany’s Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) on Thursday recommended booster shots for all adults. A draft resolution proposing booster shots of the mRNA vaccines should be given six months after the last vaccine dose has been sent on to experts and Germany’s federal states for vote and consideration. The committee recommend priority for booster shots be given to the immunocompromised, people over 70, residents and caregivers at elder care homes and staff in medical facilities. Regardless of what vaccine was given previously, mRNA vaccines should be administered as booster shots. Pregnant women after the second trimester should also receive booster shots.

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More Infectious Covid Delta Sub-Variant sub-variant AY.4.2 Spreading Fast in U.K.

Here is the cdc spin on the new variant… they have no credibility:

A more infectious new version of Covid-19’s delta variant is spreading fast in the U.K., accounting for about 12% of the samples gathered in the most recent government survey. That represents a 2.8% daily growth rate for sub-variant AY.4.2 over the course of the REACT survey, from Oct. 19 to Nov. 5, the researchers said. Still, the new sub-variant seemed less likely to cause symptomatic Covid. Outside researchers cautioned that it’s too early to say for sure whether the new sub-variant is really less likely to make people sick, or whether there are other factors at work. If AY.4.2 was spreading among people who were younger or in places with broad vaccine coverage, “these factors could account for the observed difference,” Simon Clarke, an associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, said in a briefing distributed by the Science Media Centre.

About one in 20 school-aged children had the virus over the survey period. Prevalence also doubled in people over the age of 65.

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S. Korea sees record daily COVID-19 cases at 3,292…. Russia sets new record with 1,251 daily COVID deaths……German 7-day incidence rate and cases hit all-time highs…..Netherlands sets record in daily COVID-19 cases…..Austria adds new record in daily virus cases of 14,416………

South Korean health authorities reported on Thursday that the country has reached a record high in daily COVID-19 infections with 3,292. Since the start of the pandemic, South Korea has had 406,065 cases of the virus. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) also stated there have been 29 deaths in the last 24 hours, with the death toll reaching 3,187. So far, 78.5% of the Korean population has been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, and the country has begun easing restrictions. Continue reading “S. Korea sees record daily COVID-19 cases at 3,292…. Russia sets new record with 1,251 daily COVID deaths……German 7-day incidence rate and cases hit all-time highs…..Netherlands sets record in daily COVID-19 cases…..Austria adds new record in daily virus cases of 14,416………”

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Netherlands sets record in daily COVID-19 cases

The Netherlands set another record in daily registered COVID-19 cases, with health authorities reporting 20,829 new infections and 44 coronavirus-related deaths over the last 24 hours. Since November 13, all non-essential shops must close at 6 pm while supermarkets, bars and restaurants can work for an additional two hours. The restrictions were announced by the Dutch government last week in response to the worst-ever outbreak in the country to date. Continue reading “Netherlands sets record in daily COVID-19 cases”

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S. Korea posts its second-highest COVID caseload

SEOUL (XINHUA) – South Korea reported 3,187 new cases of Covid-19 as of midnight Tuesday (Nov 16) compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 402,775.The daily caseload surged from 2,124 in the previous day, marking the country’s second-highest daily number since the first case was found in January last year. The recent resurgence was attributed to cluster infections in the Seoul metropolitan area. Of the new cases, 1,432 were Seoul residents. The number of newly infected people residing in Gyeonggi province and the western port city of Incheon was 956 and 157, respectively. The virus spread also raged in the non-metropolitan region. The number of new infections in non-capital areas was 618, or 19.5 per cent of the total local transmission. Twenty-four cases were imported from overseas. The number of infected people who were in a serious condition was 522, up 27 from the previous day. Twenty-one more deaths were confirmed, leaving the death toll at 3,158. The total fatality rate stood at 0.78 per cent. Since the mass vaccination was launched on Feb 26, the country has administered Covid-19 vaccines to a total of 42,062,748 people, or 81.9 per cent of the total population. The number of fully vaccinated people was 40,243,219, or 78.4 per cent of the population.

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Germany’s coronavirus situation is dramatic, Merkel says

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s coronavirus situation is dramatic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday, calling for a push to distribute booster shots faster and appealing to those sceptical of vaccination to change their minds. Germany reported 52,826 new infections on Wednesday – a jump of a third compared with a week ago and another daily record, while 294 people died, bringing the total to 98,274, as the pandemic’s fourth wave tightened its grip on Europe. “It is not too late to opt for a first vaccine shot,” Merkel told a congress of German city mayors. “Everyone who gets vaccinated protects himself and others. And if enough people get vaccinated that is the way out of the pandemic.” Only 68% of people in Europe’s most populous country are fully vaccinated – lower than the average in western Europe due to a tradition of vaccine hesitancy, while 5% of the population has had a booster shot. Merkel, governing in a caretaker capacity during negotiations to form a coalition government after an election in September, said there needs to be a national effort to get mass distribution of vaccine booster shots underway. She also appealed to federal and regional leaders meeting on Thursday to introduce a measure that would trigger tighter restrictions based on the number of infected people who have to go to hospital in a week. Continue reading “Germany’s coronavirus situation is dramatic, Merkel says”

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ear off…. No matter your age vaccines wear off

People’s ages had no effect on the vaccine’s waning, meaning that the vaccine waned for everyone and not just older people
People vaccinated with two shots of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in January and February had a 51% increased chance of contracting the virus in July compared to those who were vaccinated in March or April, a new Israeli study published in Nature Communications has shown.
The team of researchers from KI Institute worked with doctors from KSM Research and Innovation and used data provided by Maccabi Health Services to conduct a retrospective cohort study comparing the incidence rates of breakthrough infections and COVID-19-related hospitalizations between people vaccinated toward the beginning of the country’s campaign (January and February) and those vaccinated toward the later stages (March and April). The study included more than 1.3 million records.

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