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10-17-21 08:21 #14578
Posts: 1562Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
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10-16-21 16:37 #14577
Posts: 451IMHO, the little video is much easier and understand and effortlessly crosses language and cultural barriers.
Covid is harder to understand. Especially the significance of gain of function research / proposals.
Many Covid cases and not diagnosed. Even in the beginning and even now. Many of the children and vaccinated do not show symptoms. There are some estimates of 16 times actual Covid cases versus reported cases.
The vaccine is not stopping the Covid spread but is slowing down death and hospitalizations. Pretty soon, things will be back to normal as restrictions are lowered and Covid is allowed to spread. The unvaccinated will be in deep shxt soon. Australia, US, New Zealand, UK, Singapore, Bali, Thailand and many other countries and going away from zero Covid strategy and opening up.
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]Originally Posted by Bushes [View Original Post]
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10-16-21 14:07 #14576
Posts: 15815Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...183-8/fulltext
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10-16-21 13:43 #14575
Posts: 6802And, just in from the CDC. Title of the article: Rates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Vaccination Status.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra...vaccine-status
See pic, the graphic says it all. Unvaccinated persons in August were 6 times more likely to get infected than fully vaccinated persons. And 11 times more likely to die than fully vaccinated.
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10-15-21 01:16 #14574
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by DashingDon [View Original Post]
Some evidence of the opposite. See attached pics, from: https://doh.gov.ph/2019-ncov/.
The graph is the death rate (rolling 7-day average) for the NCR since the pandemic start. Note from July 1 of this year to present, it appears to be an uptick-and-hold (not a plummeting decline).
Also of interest: https://doh.gov.ph/press-release/80%...CT-HUCs-IN-NCR.
Showing the majority of cases coming from only a handful of hotspots (from the pic, guessing Manila, QC, Caloocan, Pasig, and Valenzuela). Headline from the article:
80% OF NEW COVID-19 CASES COME FROM 11%-30% OF BARANGAYS IN NCR PLUS AND SELECT HUCs IN NCR
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10-13-21 07:46 #14573
Posts: 6802Ramp'and it up
From an October 7 article on new shipment of 5. 5 million doses of vaccines to Phils:
https://ph.usembassy.gov/u-s-deliver...e-philippines/
Manila, October 7, 2021 The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered an additional 5,575,050 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19.
The vaccines, delivered in five separate shipments to Manila, Cebu, and Davao between October 1 to 6, were part of the 500 million doses of Pfizer the United States is making available for distribution through COVAX, a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.
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From another, today, 1. 8 million doses:
https://ph.usembassy.gov/u-s-provide...e-philippines/
Manila, October 13, 2021 The United States, in partnership with the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility, delivered an additional 1,842,750 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines as part of its worldwide effort to help end COVID-19.
The vaccines, delivered in two separate shipments to Manila on October 10 and 11, were part of the 500 million doses of Pfizer the United States is making available for distribution through COVAX, a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. This follows last weeks delivery of 5.57 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to the Philippines.
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10-12-21 19:59 #14572
Posts: 260Some Points
Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
The pilot shortage in the USA is very real and will only get worse if the US government insists on all pilots being vaccinated. Would not be surprised if most airlines start chopping their less profitable routes and just fly those that they have pilots and crew to handle.
I hear Southwest is offering free flights to passengers who know how to fly a 737.
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10-12-21 08:59 #14571
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by DashingDon [View Original Post]
OTOH, there is this article on UAL cutting flights out of SFO:
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...html?ana=yahoo
From the article:
United (NASDAQ: UAL) suspended SFO nonstops to Calgary, a Canadian energy and business center; Northwest Arkansas National Airport, popular with tech vendors and other suppliers to Walmart, based in nearby Bentonville; Toronto; St. Louis; and Oklahoma City. SNIP.
SFOs dominant carrier did not have an immediate comment on the suspension of nonstop flights involving Bay Area airports, but the airline industry has been moving rapidly to adjust service schedules as the Delta variant cooled demand for business travel and delayed return-to-office plans at many companies. SNIP.
But SFOs nonstop service to Shanghai, which had been Uniteds only nonstop service to China from San Francisco, has also been suspended through February. Bay Area residents traveling to Shanghai from SFO will have to travel through Seoul, South Korea, according to the Cranky Flyer travel blog.
United told investors last month that it sees dim prospects for recovery in travel to Asia. "We're not expecting our Asian capacity to get back to normal anytime soon," said Andrew Nocella, United's chief commercial officer.
Apparently Andrew is not reading this Board.
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10-11-21 14:46 #14570
Posts: 6802And speaking of vaccines. Its possible that there might be misinformation out there on social media.
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10-11-21 14:38 #14569
Posts: 6802Go All Blacks
Covid comparison numbers for New Zealand. For the period of August during the Delta outbreak, of 1622 cases: 86% unvaccinated, 10% single dose, 4% double dosed (100% of total cases). Of those hospitalized: 91% unvaccinated, 7% single dose, 2% double dose (100% of hospitalizations).
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10-11-21 14:27 #14568
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by SoapySmith [View Original Post]
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10-11-21 06:55 #14567
Posts: 360Re opening of Phils
Based on plummeting covid case rates in Metro Manila, Bureau of Immigration chief Jaime Morente is optimistic that travel restrictions for inbound tourists will be lifted soon, but cautions that the decision is up to the Inter Agency Task Force, per Philippine Lifestyle News, October 11. Currently, there are no outbound restrictions for Filipinos however, only Filipinos, Balikbayans and foreigners with residency permits are permitted to enter.
International travel for the vaccinated is starting to return with almost daily reports of loosening of restrictions; Malaysia and Singapore being the latest to announce partial re openings.
Maybe soon the games will begin again with gusto as planeloads of merry foreigners descend on the fair shores of the motherland. The board abuzz with chatter about the latest conquest; punters earnestly seeking advise from fellow hobbyists on the moral fiber of this or that bar girl; and the inevitable storm in a teacup regarding the member who 'paid too much' and thus 'ruined it for the rest of us'.
Can't wait.
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10-10-21 07:34 #14566
Posts: 291Originally Posted by WestCoast1 [View Original Post]
The GBP / PHP exchange rate over the last 2 and a bit years I have been here has bobbed up and down a bit every month, as do all exchange rates, but that 7% drop was the sharpest fluctuation during that time period.
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10-10-21 06:04 #14565
Posts: 1562First person from the Philippines ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RArvuCLElaY
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/media...ntl/index.html
Here's an account put together by the Public Broadcasting Service in the states. Be advised it's about an hour and 40 minutes long, but it is sort of riveting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQpjfWV_p6E
Maybe this balances out some of the frequent accounts about Filipinas stealing, lying, and infecting mongers.
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10-10-21 01:14 #14564
Posts: 6802Originally Posted by Bushes [View Original Post]