Tag: nCoV

People with asthma less likely to contract COVID-19: study

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

People with asthma less likely to contract COVID-19: study

Earlier research lends credence to the study results, however. Only 9 percent of patients hospitalized with the virus in New York had asthma, according to prior studies citied by the authors. Patients with asthma also appeared to be less susceptible to previous severe acute respiratory syndromes such as the 2003 SARS epidemic.

Covid-19 Likely in U.S. in Mid-December 2019, CDC Scientists Report

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Covid-19 Likely in U.S. in Mid-December 2019, CDC Scientists Report

In analyzing the blood samples, the CDC scientists found antibodies in 39 samples from California, Oregon and Washington state collected between Dec. 13 and Dec. 16.

The findings suggest there were isolated cases of coronavirus infection on the U.S. West Coast in mid-December, the scientists wrote.

They also found 67 samples with antibodies in Massachusetts, Michigan, Wisconsin or Iowa, and Connecticut or Rhode Island collected between Dec. 30 and Jan. 17.

Research:

Serologic testing of U.S. blood donations to identify SARS-CoV-2-reactive antibodies: December 2019-January 2020

Prosecutors Say They’re Spies, But Charges Tell a Different Story

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Prosecutors Say They’re Spies, But Charges Tell a Different Story

A review of court filings and transcripts of hearings shows the charges and allegations are far less serious, frequently involving misstatements surrounding a visa application—a violation often punished with less than a year in prison. In only one case has a researcher been charged with acting as a foreign government agent, and she was allowed to return to China eight months before her indictment, leaving little chance she’ll face legal proceedings in the U.S.

The Past Lives On: The Elite Strategy To Divide and Conquer

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Past Lives On: The Elite Strategy To Divide and Conquer

The truth is that both the Trump voters and the Biden voters have been taken for a ride. It is a game, a show, a movie, a spectacle. It hasn’t changed much since 1969; the rich have gotten richer and the poor, working, and middle classes have gotten poorer and more desperate. Those who have profited have embraced the fraud.

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

Emergency approval of coronavirus vaccines is not guaranteed, FDA commissioner says

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Emergency approval of coronavirus vaccines is not guaranteed, FDA commissioner says

Career scientists at the FDA are reviewing raw data from the Pfizer and Moderna trials for the first time, investigating any adverse events or side effects that transpired over the course of the trials, different levels of effectiveness among populations and age groups, and whether individuals who were already infected by the coronavirus might have had any unexpected reactions to the vaccine doses.

Hahn said they will also be looking for evidence that the vaccines lead to increased respiratory infections – a concern with vaccines produced for other coronaviruses, such as SARS and MERS – and whether the use of a relatively new method of vaccine development, known as messenger RNA technology, poses any significant risks.

Bipartisan group of senators prepares $908 billion stimulus plan, aiming to break partisan logjam

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Bipartisan group of senators prepares $908 billion stimulus plan, aiming to break partisan logjam

The plan set to be released by the bipartisan group seeks to reach a middle ground on numerous contentious economic issues. It would provide $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits — a lower amount than the $600 per week sought by Democrats, while still offering substantial relief to tens of millions of jobless Americans — for four more months. The agreement includes $240 billion in funding for state and local governments, a key Democratic priority opposed by most Republicans, as well as a six-month moratorium on some coronavirus-related lawsuits against firms and other entities — a key Republican priority opposed by most Democrats.

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The bipartisan agreement includes about $300 billion in funding for small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program, aides said. It also includes $40 billion to assist hard-hit transit agencies and rental assistance funding for those facing eviction, as well as about $50 billion in health care, including to help with vaccine distribution and testing and tracing of the coronavirus. The effort was expected to leave out a second round of $1,200 stimulus payments, as a way to bring down its overall price tag, even though that measure is supported by both Trump and Pelosi.

EU proposes fresh alliance with US in face of China challenge

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

EU proposes fresh alliance with US in face of China challenge

The paper says: “As open democratic societies and market economies, the EU and the US agree on the strategic challenge presented by China’s growing international assertiveness, even if we do not always agree on the best way to address this.”

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The draft paper’s remark that the EU and the US “do not always agree” on how to deal with China is an acknowledgment of how the European bloc’s official three-pronged strategy of co-operation, competition and rivalry with Beijing is less hawkish than bipartisan policy in Washington.