SimplyInfo.org Coronavirus Live Blog 11.23.2021

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Vaccine Related Information:

Kenya will institute a widespread vaccine mandate starting next month.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/22/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/kenya-covid-vaccination-mandate

A cheap vaccine to protect the old: How and why it might work.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/22/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/a-cheap-vaccine-to-protect-the-old-how-and-why-it-might-work

Some Pacific nations will take years to vaccinate their populations, new research predicts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/world/asia/pacific-islands-covid-vaccinations.html

Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine was 100% effective in kids in longer-term study
https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/22/pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-was-100-effective-in-in-kids-in-longer-term-study/

After slow starts, some Asian vaccination rates now soaring
https://japantoday.com/category/world/after-slow-starts-some-asian-vaccination-rates-now-soaring?

Chicago to reach vaccine goal by Thanksgiving, mayor says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/23/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-IZLPAMQW3FEG7AJW6OU3CHE6ZU

“Failure to vaccinate poor countries fans fears of uncontrolled outbreak – For months, critics have prodded drug companies to
do more for the world. Now, as Covid-19 surges, U.S. and global policymakers are struggling to get shots into arms.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/23/coronavirus-vaccine-global-pandemic-523218

FDA OKs COVID-19 Booster Shots for All Adults
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/95771

CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Covid-19 boosters for all adults
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/health/covid-vaccine-boosters-fda-cdc/index.html

Canada approves the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/world/canada/canada-pfizer-vaccine-kids.html

Vaccine likely for children 6 months to 5 years old in early 2022, Fauci says
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-V4K6RJ5CQNAU5MBSQMOHUBLRMU

COVID-19 can infect the ears — causing a chronic condition some call “Covid ear” –
Scientists now understand why some COVID-19 patients report balance and hearing issues
https://www.salon.com/2021/11/18/19-can-infect-the-ears–causing-a-chronic-condition-some-are-calling-covid-ear/

“COVID Ear”: The Unusual Effects SARS-CoV-2 Can Have On Your Hearing
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/covid-ear-the-unusual-effects-sarscov2-can-have-on-your-hearing/

55% of elementary kids in Japan eager to get COVID-19 shots
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/20/national/children-coronavirus-vaccinations-survey/

Moderna Wants Boosters for All, Too; 30% of HCPs Unvaxxed; Masks Work. Here’s Proof
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/95747

A vaccine developed by Novavax, a Maryland-based company, is approved in the Philippines.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/philippines-approves-emergency-use-of-novavaxs-covid-vaccine

 

 

Scientific Research & Variants:

Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm4454

“Scientist claims first known COVID-19 case was Wuhan market vendor”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/582221-scientist-claims-first-known-covid-19-case-was-wuhan-market-vendor

“Dissecting the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan”
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abm4454

Raccoon dogs potential intermediate host for SARS-CoV-2
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200823/Raccoon-dogs-potential-intermediate-host-for-SARS-CoV-2.aspx

Why Are So Few Sick From COVID in Sub-Saharan Africa? — Data from a cohort study in Mali only add to the medical mystery https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/astmh/95796

ACE2 mutation might explain lower COVID-19 burden in malaria endemic areas
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13577-021-00489-0

Sept 2016: “Ivermectin for malaria transmission control”
https://www.who.int/malaria/mpac/mpac-sept2016-invermectin-session9.pdf?ua=1

April 2017: “Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission III. Considerations regarding regulatory and policy pathways” https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-017-1803-2

Sept 2018: “Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6513256/

Inhaled Steroid Disappoints for COVID-19 — But not a complete flop
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/95808

Do vaccines protect against long COVID? What the data say – Vaccines reduce the risk of developing COVID-19 —
but studies disagree on their protective effect against long COVID.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03495-2

New, Radically Different Covid Variant Getting Footholds Now as Media and Officials Remain Complacent
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/11/new-radically-different-covid-variant-getting-footholds-now-as-media-and-officials-remain-complacent.html

New reports confirm danger of delta variant in pregnancy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-M2XPLO7LZND6DNOUSHBZADAK4U

Mask-wearing cuts Covid incidence by 53%, says global study
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/17/wearing-masks-single-most-effective-way-to-tackle-covid-study-finds

 

 

Outbreaks & Restrictions:

With COVID cases spiking, no end in sight
https://news.yahoo.com/fauci-story-with-covid-cases-spiking-no-end-in-sight-100010756.html

Soaring local Covid-19 infection rates reach near-record levels
https://buffalonews.com/news/local/soaring-local-covid-19-infection-rates-reach-near-record-levels/article_0362a58c-4a4e-11ec-a796-63d6b51a3789.html

Coronavirus in Ohio Sunday update: Nearly 40,000 cases this week
https://www.nbc4i.com/community/health/coronavirus/daily-updates/coronavirus-in-ohio-sunday-update-state-to-release-latest-case-numbers-8/

St. Cloud Hospital ER ‘fast and furious’ amid COVID wave in Minnesota – Amid shortage of beds, everyday emergencies add stress
https://www.startribune.com/st-cloud-er-fast-and-furious-amid-covid-wave-in-minnesota/600119088/

Minnesota National Guard to reinforce nursing home staffs
https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2021/11/22/minnesota-national-guard-reinforce-nursing-home-staffs/

Nurse Shortage Forces Long Island Emergency Room to Close
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/22/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates

At least 210 coronavirus cases are linked to a South Korean religious settlement.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/23/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/south-korea-covid-religious-settlement

MN: COVID In Minnesota: Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Schools Switch To Distance Learning Through Early December
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/11/22/burnsville-eagan-savage-schools-distance-learning/

Pediatricians say Covid cases in children are on the rise.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/us/covid-cases-children.html

The latest Covid surge and how to make sense of it.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/23/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/the-latest-covid-surge-and-how-to-make-sense-of-it

Italian ‘Covid parties’ leave man dead and others in intensive care
https://metro.co.uk/2021/11/23/italian-covid-parties-leave-man-dead-and-others-in-intensive-care-15648593/

These Fools Thought a COVID Party Sounded Fun. Now They Are on Respirators. – Investigators have launched an inquiry into a series of “COVID parties” in northern Italy where people try to get the deadly virus to get around vaccine mandates.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/these-fools-thought-a-covid-party-sounded-fun-now-they-are-on-respirators?source=world&via=rss

CDC adds Germany and Denmark to its Level 4 travel list
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/23/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-ZTD73VOHP5GA3JMLXGNXRVIFOU

Seven From Anti-Vax Doctors’ COVID Conference Fall Sick Within Days – That includes Bruce Boros, who claimed ivermectin
was keeping him healthy and said he wanted to smack his own father for getting the vaccine.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-bruce-boros-and-six-others-from-florida-covid-summit-fall-sick

Merkel announces tighter restrictions for unvaccinated Germans as coronavirus cases soar –
Chancellor says measures are needed due to ‘dramatic’ increase in COVID infections.
https://www.politico.eu/article/merkel-covid-restrictions-unvaccinated-germany/

Austria going into full lockdown, mandating vaccines as COVID-19 cases soar
https://thehill.com/policy/international/europe/582316-austria-going-into-full-nationwide-lockdown-as-covid-19-cases

Austria Imposes Full Covid Lockdown and Plans Mandatory Vaccination Early Next Year
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/11/austria-imposes-full-covid-lockdown-and-plans-mandatory-vaccination-early-next-year.html

Michigan recommends that all residents older than the age of 2 wear a face mask indoors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/us/michigan-mask-mandate-2021.html

In Europe, again the pandemic’s epicenter, new restrictions provoke resistance.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-boosters-vaccines-cases/in-europe-again-the-pandemics-epicenter-new-restrictions-provoke-resistance

Austria braces for violence at mass protests over Covid measures.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/europe/austria-covid-lockdown-vaccine-mandate.html

Thousands rally against coronavirus restrictions in Australia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/australia/covid-protests-australia.html

Singapore will begin easing its Covid restrictions next week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/world/asia/singapore-covid-restrictions.html

The pandemic ‘is not yet over’: Portugal is set to add further restrictions.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-boosters-vaccines-cases/the-pandemic-is-not-yet-over-portugal-is-set-to-add-further-restrictions

Tennessee lifts its 20-month-old pandemic state of emergency.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-boosters-vaccines-cases/tennessee-lifts-its-20-month-old-pandemic-state-of-emergency

COVID Update for Nov. 19, 2021: Sacred Heart Schools Cancel Classes Monday, Tuesday
https://www.plaintalk.net/local_news/article_23512594-4995-11ec-9825-f3b2750513c5.html

Hospital Patients In Boston Forced To Be Airlifted Out Of State Due To Bed Shortage
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/11/18/boston-medflight-patients-hospital-bed-shortage/

Rotterdam police and protesters clash as coronavirus protest turns into ‘orgy of violence’
https://www.politico.eu/article/at-least-seven-injured-as-police-fire-warning-shots-in-rotterdam-coronavirus-riots/

Major protest in Vienna against lockdown and mandatory coronavirus vaccination – Thousands protested in Austria against government measures. https://www.politico.eu/article/vienna-police-reign-in-as-anti-vaxxers-merge-with-far-right-extremists-in-large-coronavirus-restrictions-protests-austria/

Violent protests break out in Europe over vaccine mandates, lockdowns
https://nypost.com/2021/11/21/europes-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-spark-violent-protests/

Covid: Huge protests across Europe over new restrictions
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59363256

Protests Erupt Across Several European And Australian Cities Over Vaccination Mandates
https://deadline.com/2021/11/anti-vaccination-protests-europe-australia-1234878268/

WI: Wood County Wi goes into covid crisis mode
https://www.co.wood.wi.us/CurrentEvents.aspx?

MN: St. Cloud Hospital ER ‘fast and furious’ amid COVID wave in Minnesota Amid shortage of beds, everyday emergencies add stress
https://www.startribune.com/st-cloud-er-fast-and-furious-amid-covid-wave-in-minnesota/600119088/

South Korea loosened covid rules after massive vaccine uptake. Now cases and hospitalizations are surging.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/17/south-korea-covid-patients

Ireland adds new restrictions, including early pub closings.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/17/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates

Merkel warns fourth Covid wave is hitting Germany with ‘full force’
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/17/merkel-warns-fourth-covid-wave-is-hitting-germany-with-full-force.html

SD hospitals and ICUs filling up with covid patients, 90% are unvaccinated.
https://www.keloland.com/news/healthbeat/coronavirus/hospitals-across-keloland-seeing-increase-in-covid-19-patients/

Germany moves to impose new pandemic regulations amid record case numbers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/europe/germany-pandemic-rules.html

Salzburg is poised to impose a general lockdown as Covid spreads in Austria.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/europe/covid-salzburg-austria-lockdowns.html

The Czech Republic prepares for new restrictions as cases soar.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/the-czech-republic-prepares-for-new-restrictions-as-cases-soar

The Netherlands aims to keep its schools open, even as cases soar among young people.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/the-netherlands-aims-to-keep-its-schools-open-even-as-cases-soar-among-young-people

‘Zero-Covid is not going to happen’: experts predict a steep rise in US cases this winter
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/18/zero-covid-experts-predict-rise-us-cases-winter

Austrian regions to go into full lockdown next week – Measures imposed as Salzburg region prepares for triage as hospitals are overwhelmed. https://www.politico.eu/article/austria-lockdown-salzburg-upper-austria-coronavirus/

Germany announces new Covid restrictions for the unvaccinated as infection rate hits record
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/18/germany-announces-new-covid-restrictions-for-the-unvaccinated.html

Greece, like some other E.U. nations facing case surges, adds restrictions for the unvaccinated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/greece-covid-cases-vaccines.html

 

 

All Other Covid News:

Disney World Halts Vaccine Requirements For Employees After DeSantis Law
https://www.newsandguts.com/disney-world-halts-vaccine-requirements-for-employees-after-desantis-law/

Trump tells Navarro to ‘protect executive privilege’ in House COVID-19 probe
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/582512-trump-tells-former-aide-navarro-to-protect-executive-privilege-in-house

White House to announce 95% of federal workforce in compliance with vaccine mandate
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/22/politics/federal-workforce-vaccination-rate/index.html

Oct 26: “I’m A Twenty Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End”
https://medium.com/@ryan79z28/im-a-twenty-year-truck-driver-i-will-tell-you-why-america-s-shipping-crisis-will-not-end-bbe0ebac6a91

From medical gaslighting to death threats, long Covid tests patients
https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/22/long-covid-patients-medical-gaslighting-death-threats/

France’s prime minister tests positive for the coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/22/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/frances-prime-minister-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus

Germans will be ‘vaccinated, cured or dead’ by spring, warns health minister –
Jens Spahn rushes out extra doses of BioNTech/Pfizer shot, calls Moderna the ‘Rolls Royce’ of vaccines.
https://www.politico.eu/article/jens-spahn-germany-biontech-pfizer-covid-19-vaccination/

A Theory As To Why COVID Cases Started Skyrocketing In Central Europe Last Month
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/theory-why-covid-cases-started-skyrocketing-central-europe-last-month

Australian Army Begins Transferring COVID-Positive Cases, Contacts To Quarantine Camps
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/australian-army-begins-transferring-covid-positive-cases-contacts-quarantine-camps

Companies are telling unvaccinated workers to pay more for health insurance
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/11/22/npr-covid-delta-unvaccinated-higher-health-insurance-premiums

Relatives of virus dead question Japan’s stay-at-home policy
https://japantoday.com/category/national/relatives-of-virus-dead-question-japan%27s-stay-at-home-policy?

More changes on the COVID vaccine mandate for 11,000 Hanford workers
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/northwest/more-changes-on-the-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-11-000-
hanford-workers/article_dec2f16c-adfc-527d-ac23-e70727e8dc7c.html

A Texas court affirms a ruling against the governor’s ban on mask mandates.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/22/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/a-texas-court-affirms-a-ruling-against-the-governors-mask-mandate-ban

U.N.-backed group adds first license for a coronavirus test to global pool
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/23/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-W4XXNE5M25ED5G54ZCEGYHFN3M

Covid antivirals could be pandemic game-changers. But Americans might struggle to access them
https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/23/covid-antivirals-pandemic-game-changers-americans-struggle-access/

A Breath of Virus-Free Air — Advanced air purification can reduce hospital-acquired infections
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/95827

Minnesota expanding access to COVID-19 treatment amid skyrocketing demand
The Minnesota Department of Health and M Health Fairview plan to offer more appointments
for monoclonal antibody treatment.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-expanding-access-to-covid-19-treatment-amid-skyrocketing-demand/600119959

Mandatory Vaccination in Austria; Forget ‘Zero COVID’; Florida Bans Vax Mandates
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/95770

COVID Rapid Test Prices ‘Ridiculous’— “It’s really a travesty these aren’t being subsidized appropriately,” expert says
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/95748

Disney will require all passengers 5 years and up to be vaccinated for cruises
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/travel/disney-cruise-vaccine-mandate.html

Army bars vaccine refusers from promotions and reenlistment as deadline approaches
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/19/politics/army-covid-vaccinations/index.html

The European Union’s drug regulator recommends the use of Merck’s antiviral pill.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/19/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/
the-european-unions-drug-regulator-recommends-the-use-of-mercks-antiviral-pill

Texas court says hospital can’t be forced to offer ivermectin to covid patient on ventilator
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-4QMUHB7M3RBNNFSHFLC425QZB4

Almost a third of health-care workers weren’t fully vaccinated as of September
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/#link-OPTHEGQ7TFFGVNB2NEIRSCF3GA

The U.S. aims to lift Covid vaccine manufacturing to create a billion doses a year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/us/covid-vaccines-supply.html

When Can the U.S. Declare Victory Over Covid?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/opinion/covid-pandemic-end.html

Japan’s export growth fails to meet estimates as car shipments plunge
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/17/business/exports-fail-to-meet-expectations/

Cruise ships in Japan back on track with COVID-19 safety measures
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/11/16/national/cruise-ships-japan-back-covid-19-measures/

Austrian Police Patrol Shops, Highways Hunting For The Unvaxx’d
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/austrian-police-patrol-shops-highways-hunting-unvaxxd

GOP opposition to vaccine mandates extends far beyond Covid-19
https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/17/gop-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-extends-far-beyond-covid-19/

AMA Ready to Target Disinformation Docs — “Role of social media in amplifying” disinformation docs also needs to be examined, says delegate https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/ama/95701

Florida curtails virus mandates, reflecting the wishes of vaccine skeptics.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/18/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-mandates/florida-curtails-virus-mandates-reflecting-the-wishes-of-vaccine-skeptics

As India limits syringe exports, a supply crunch has buyers looking elsewhere.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/asia/covid-syringes-india.html

The U.S. Army secretary to National Guard members who resist the vaccines: Prepare for discipline.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/world/national-guard-army-vaccine.html

 

 

 

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