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At the World Health Organisation (WHO) press briefing on July 12, 2022, the Director General stated [1] "Sub-variants of Omicron, like BA.4 and BA.5, continue to drive waves of cases, hospitalization and death around the world..." and the "[n]ew waves of the virus demonstrate again that the COVID-19 is nowhere near over" He announced that the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 met on Friday July 8, 2022 and extended the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because: Waves of cases, hospitalisation and death around the world from sub-variant BA.4 and BA.5 Testing and sequencing surveillance has reduced significantly Diagnostics, treatments and vaccines are not being deployed effectively There is a major disconnect in COVID-19 risk perception "New waves of the virus demonstrate again that the COVID-19 is nowhere near over" "We have safe and effective tools that prevent infections, hospitalizations and deaths." "As transmission and hospitalisations rise, governments must also deploy tried and tested measures like masking, improved ventilation and test and treat protocols" Tedros also promoted other vaccinations, including new ones.  "Today, WHO released the first-ever report on vaccines in development to prevent infections caused by antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens." The vaccine were meant to render the pandemic over,..> READ MORE

"Infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas at Austin studying the novel coronavirus were able to identify how quickly the virus can spread, a factor that may help public health officials in their efforts at containment. They found that time between cases in a chain of transmission is less than a week and that more than 10% of patients are infected by somebody who has the virus but does not yet have symptoms." [1]  Or may not ever develop symptoms! Professor Meyers and her team studied a total of 450 infection reports from 93 Chinese cities and "found more than one in 10 infections were from people who had contracted the virus but were not feeling sick." [2] The speed of an epidemic depends on two things: how many people each case infects (the reproduction number, R0) how long it takes for infection between people to spread (the serial interval).   A short serial interval is harder to control. "This provides evidence that extensive control measures including isolation, quarantine, school closures, travel restrictions and cancellation of mass gatherings may be warranted," Meyers said. "Asymptomatic transmission definitely makes containment more difficult." The research was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of..> READ MORE

On September 29, 2021 YouTube announced it will expand its vaccine misinformation policies with new guidelines targeting content that “falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of the disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines will be removed.” [1] "YouTube doesn’t allow content that poses a serious risk of egregious harm by spreading medical misinformation about currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health authorities and by the World Health Organization (WHO)."  What they neglected to clarify is that globally the vaccines have been "approved" under various emergency use authorisations under limited clinical data. Videos are removed if they violate YouTubes policies, including those who report adverse reactions following an injection or quoting scientific literature.