COVID-19 Pandemic
2023

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2023

November 1

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November 1

Global lobby group the Alliance for mRNA Medicines (AMM) is launched

On November 1, 2023 at the 11th International mRNA Health Conference in Berlin, Germany, it is announced that 31 big pharma entities, from biotechnology, biopharma and life science companies and educational institutions come together to launch the lobby group called the Alliance for mRNA Medicines (AMM),”dedicated to advancing and advocating for mRNA and next-generation encoding RNA therapeutics and vaccines…” globally. [1]

November 21

TGA approves XBB1.5 mRNA booster, but 94.5% Australians 18-64 reject getting boosters

On November 21, 2023 as Australia’s TGA approve Pfizer and Moderna’s XBB1.5 mRNA vaccine booster shots (available Dec 11, 2023) as it is revealed that only 5.5% of Australians aged 18-64 have received any booster shot [1]

November 22

China: New mystery pneumonia outbreak – covid 2.0 fear porn?

On November 11, 2023 ProMed reported “undiagnosed respiratory illness in several areas in China”, which 2 days later on November 13, 2023, the WHO in a press conference annonced: “Chinese authorities from the National Health Commission reported an increase in incidence of respiratory diseases in China. Chinese authorities attributed this increase to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and the circulation of known pathogens such as influenza, mycoplasma pneumoniae (a common bacterial infection which typically affects younger children), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19).”

Then on November 22, 2020 the Daily Mail reports that the WHO calls on China to reinstate masks, social distancing and staying home when ill amid mystery pneumonia outbreak in children. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Is this “covid 2.0” “fear porn” ahead of the 2024 US Presidential election? [5]

November 28

Worlds first self-amplifying mRNA (saRNA) vaccine approved in Japan

On November 28, 2023 Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approves CSL Seqirus and Arcturus Therapeutics‘ ARCT-154, the first Self-Amplifying mRNA vaccine (saRNA) approved for COVID in adults [1, 2, 3]

“CSL’s vaccine business, CSL Seqirus, one of the largest influenza vaccine providers in the world, partnered exclusively with Meiji Seika Pharma for distribution of the sa-mRNA COVID vaccine, ARCT 154, in Japan.”

“Different from standard mRNA vaccines, self-amplifying-mRNA vaccines instruct the body to make more mRNA and protein to achieve a higher immune response. Self-amplifying mRNA vaccines contain a smaller dose of mRNA yet yield a strong immune response.” [4]

CSL was formally Australia’s Commonwealth Serum Laboratory making anit-toxins, then mass producing Australia’s polio vaccine in 1956. CSL was privatised in 1991, and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1994 and went on to make many more vaccines [5]