Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam on the COVID-19 pandemic and a strategy to eliminate the virus
Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam is an American scientist born in Boston, Massachusetts who received his Bachelor of Science and PhD in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the founding president of New England Complex Systems Institute. His research has focused on formalizing complex systems and attempting to relate these to everyday social issues.
He is an expert in the quantitative analysis of pandemics and was an advisor to policy makers on the West Africa Ebola virus epidemic. In February 2020, he founded EndCoronavirus.org, a global network of thousands of volunteers to guide and provide policy on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Zika Was a Warm-Up for COVID; It Didn’t Fly
I covered the Zika outbreak extensively in 2016. It was yet another fraud, and it collapsed under the weight of warnings to women to avoid pregnancy. Women wouldn’t obey in great enough numbers.
Basically, the official position was: an outbreak of microcephaly was occurring, worldwide, starting in Brazil. Babies were being born with smaller heads and brain damage. The cause was the Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes.
When I was exposing the lies, in 2016, I wasn’t questioning the existence of the Zika virus. Now, in 2021, I would be demanding proof that the virus had actually been isolated.
The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 2.0 % HIGHER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago. U.S. hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are now 13.4 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 13.9 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
U.S. Coronavirus New Cases are 77,291
U.S. Coronavirus hospitalizations are at 52,669
U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at 2,417
U.S. Coronavirus immunizations have been administered to 20.4 % of the population
The 7-day rolling average rate of growth of the pandemic shows new cases worsened, hospitalizations worsened, and deaths worsened [note: this is a sign of trend reversal - could the new variants be impacting COVID case growth?>
Covid 19 coronavirus: People who wear glasses less likely to catch virus
26 Feb, 2021 03:56 AM
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Sick of foggy lenses with your face mask? We ve got some good news for you. Photo / Getty Images
Sick of foggy lenses with your face mask? We ve got some good news for you. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
Foggy lens are an annoying side-effect of the glasses and face mask combo but, if a new study is anything to go by, there might be a rewarding payoff.
People who wear glasses are less likely to contract coronavirus, a new study has found.
The study is the latest in a series of studies regarding Covid-19 and wearing glasses, showing that those who need spectacles may be less exposed to the virus, compared to those who don t wear glasses.