SARS-CoV-2

WHO (Accidentally) Confirms Covid is No More Dangerous Than Flu

By Kit Knightly | OffGuardian | October 8, 2020

The World Health Organization has finally confirmed what we (and many experts and studies) have been saying for months – the coronavirus is no more deadly or dangerous than seasonal flu.
The WHO’s top brass made this announcement during a special session of the WHO’s 34-member executive board on Monday October 5th, it’s just nobody seemed to really understand it.

Open letter from medical doctors and health professionals to all Belgian authorities and media

Dr Malcomb Kendrick | September 19, 2020

In order to make you aware that there are a growing number of doctors in Europe who feel that Lockdown has been an unmitigated disaster, I have downloaded an open Letter from doctors in Belgium. It can be seen here.
Doctors in other countries e.g. Germany have done much the same thing. I am putting this on my blog so that as many people as possible read it.

Sweden plays the long game amid Coronavirus Hysteria [Video]

The Financial Times ran a piece on September 10th about the doctor in Sweden who charted that country’s course through the COVID-19 pandemic without shutting the country down. Many people have probably heard at least something about this, but probably not much detail. Here we present selected excerpts of the FT piece (and of course a link to the whole piece), supplemented by additional material and comment.

Coronavirus supercomputer study promises surprisingly simple resolution

What if we told you that treating the coronavirus could be as easy as treating the flu? Would that be interesting to you?
These days, of course, the coronavirus narrative has been more like The Boy Who Cried “Wolf!”, but rerun so many times nobody knows what to believe anymore if they start to actually try to sift through the massive amounts of conflicting data the news media feeds its consumers. To be totally honest, we cannot determine if what you are about to read is any different, but it does seem best to offer it for personal study and analysis.

US reaction to Putin’s COVID vaccine both predictable and dishonest

On Tuesday I gave an English lesson, really in the form of practice and conversation, with a student who has become a friend as well. This student is older than I and the work the student does is quite prominent – as an example, our lesson was periodically interrupted by messages from or regarding high ranking government officials.