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hengonghuat333
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30-Dec-2020 21:07
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California nurse tests positive for coronavirus a week after getting Pfizer vaccine.All this ang moh really think people stupid now ? https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3115866/california-nurse-tests-positive-coronavirus-week https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-nurse-tests-positive-over-a-week-after-receiving-pfizer-vaccine-report-2345549 |
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wavehunter
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30-Dec-2020 16:43
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If high demand for gloves is perceived to be temporary, countries which dont make gloves will just buy from those countries which make them. But if demand for gloves, becoz of subsequent events, is expected to remain high indefinitely plus will rise further, then every country will find it feasible to enter the industry and start setting up factories and plants to manufacture their own. Then the current glove makers of the world will lose their dominance and their market share. And their stocks will see a corresponding correction too. |
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fatpanda
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30-Dec-2020 16:41
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Bro, We are the good one lah.... We kept telling the truths so that people would not take this COVID-19 lightly. Unlike the really bad Ang Moh guy who going to kick out from the office, he kept hiding the truths from his people, and what happened now? mountain of dead nodies there... Hehehe.... |
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Sparrow999
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30-Dec 16:16
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More bad news means more people dying. Morally u guys feels good? i only see people posting bad news here, hoping the pandemic to last longer, so that gloves demand will remain high and your shares cheong.... really bad people |
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NT1825
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30-Dec-2020 15:06
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Countries still in need of medical gloves and PPE - UK (40,000 cases a day) US (lost count) France, Italy, Japan, HK, S Korea and middle East countries, Malaysia Indonesia. Can the supply countries ( gloves mostly come from Malaysia) cope with the demand ? US just reported 1st case of new strain virus infection. Todays news Colorado confirms first known US case of new COVID-19 strain believed to be more contagious https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/12/29/colorado-reports-first-known-us-case-new-covid-strain-uk/4079697001/ |
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Longtermer
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30-Dec-2020 14:32
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Covid-19 pandemic has been severe, but not necessarily the big one: WHO experts Prashasti Awasthi Mumbai | December 29, 2020 The main aim of the vaccine is to protect the vulnerable from the virus The World Health Organization (WHO) experts cautioned the public that even when the Covid-19 pandemic has been very severe, it is not necessarily the big one, adding that the world should learn to live with coronavirus, according to an official release. According to Professor David Heymann, the chair of the WHO&rsquo s strategic and technical advisory group for infectious hazards, the fate of COVID-19 is to become endemic. The statement comes at a time when the developed countries have started rolling out the Covid-19 vaccines. The world has hoped for herd immunity, that somehow transmission would be decreased if enough persons were immune, he said during the WHOs last media briefing for 2020. Heymann added: It appears the destiny of SARS-CoV-2 [Covid-19] is to become endemic, as have four other human coronaviruses, and that it will continue to mutate as it reproduces in human cells, especially in areas of more intense admission. Fortunately, we have tools to save lives, and these in combination with good public health will permit us to learn to live with Covid-19. The head of the WHO emergencies program, Dr Mark Ryan, said: The likely scenario is the virus will become another endemic virus that will remain somewhat of a threat, but a very low-level threat in the context of an effective global vaccination program. He added: It remains to be seen how well the vaccines are taken up, how close we get to a coverage level that might allow us the opportunity to go for elimination. The existence of a vaccine, even at high efficacy, is no guarantee of eliminating or eradicating an infectious disease. That is a very high bar for us to be able to get over. Virus eradication Ryan further said that the main aim of the vaccine is to protect the vulnerable from the virus. After this, the world should strive to eradicate the virus completely. Ryan added: This pandemic has been very severe. It has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one. This is a wake-up call. We are learning, now, how to do things better: science, logistics, training and governance, how to communicate better. But the planet is fragile, Ryan further said. We live in an increasingly complex global society. These threats will continue. If there is one thing we need to take from this pandemic, with all of the tragedy and loss, is we need to get our act together. We need to honour those we&rsquo ve lost by getting better at what we do every day, WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan during the briefing. While the WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the end of 2020 is a time to reflect on the toll the pandemic had taken and also look at the progress we all have made. |
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Longtermer
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30-Dec-2020 14:16
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By Tara C. Mahadevan Dec 30, 2020 |
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Longtermer
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30-Dec-2020 13:28
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A good commentary taken from CNA news online.. read the last part.. .. Perhaps life will never return to what it was before. But it is up to us to make it safer by being better prepared for future pandemics. Question is How to be better prepared?? Dyodd. Even as vaccines are rolled out, life in 2021 unlikely to return to new normal.. As vaccination begins to take effect, what we' ll be able to do will change &ndash but the transformation will be slow, says an observer. GLASGOW 30 Dec 2020 : Vaccines for COVID-19 are now being rolled out, but in some parts of the world, this good news has been tempered by the emergence of new, potentially more infectious strains of the virus. Exactly how the pandemic will evolve has become more uncertain. Certainly, the next three or so months will be challenging, and a virus-free life is probably some way off. Some things may not return to how they were before. Predicting exactly how things will play out is difficult, but there are some things we can forecast with a relative degree of confidence. SUPPRESSING THE PANDEMIC A PRIORITY There&rsquo s currently only limited information about the new viral strain. Although yet to be confirmed, it appears to be more infectious, but not to lead to more severe disease or be able to evade vaccine-derived immunity. However, the variant suggests the virus is able to produce significant mutations, and further mutations could change the course of the outbreak. Suppressing the pandemic quickly therefore has become an even more urgent task. Stricter restrictions on behaviour are likely to last well into the new year, and we may need further restrictions to control the virus if it is indeed more infectious. BUT IMMUNISING PEOPLE WILL TAKE MANY MONTHS Producing enough vaccine doses is a big task &ndash production might hit a bottleneck. Even assuming we can make all we need, immunising people will take many months. In the UK, general practitioners (GPs) are rolling out vaccines, and an average English GP looks after nearly 9,000 people. Assuming GPs work eight hours each day, need 10 minutes to vaccinate someone, and each patient needs two shots, it would take them more than a year to see all their patients. Others, of course, will help with the roll-out, but this shows the size of the task. Delays will be unavoidable. Additionally, the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine need to be given 21 days apart, with full immunity arriving seven days after the second jab. Other vaccines &ndash such as AstraZeneca&rsquo s &ndash require an even longer period between doses. It will take at least a month (if not more) to see the full effect in each vaccinated person. In countries that relaxed social distancing rules for Christmas, we might see a post-Christmas spike in cases. In this case, vaccines are unlikely to change much initially &ndash the disease will have too much momentum in early 2021. This will also probably be the case in the UK thanks to the new strain of the virus, even though restrictions weren&rsquo t lifted for many. Public awareness of the disease&rsquo s momentum is needed, to avoid loss of confidence in vaccination. HERD IMMUNITY WILL REQUIRE HIGH VACCINATION RATES After people have had COVID-19 (or received a vaccine), they become immune (at least in the short term). Those infected later then increasingly have contact with immune people rather than susceptible ones. Transmission therefore falls and eventually the disease stops spreading &ndash this is known as herd immunity. The level of immunity across the population needed to stop the virus spreading isn&rsquo t precisely known. It&rsquo s thought to be between 60 per cent and 80 per cent. We are currently nowhere near that &ndash meaning billions around the world will need to be vaccinated to stop the virus spreading. This also relies on vaccines preventing transmission of the virus, which hasn&rsquo t yet been proved. If it is, we&rsquo ll see a decline in COVID-19 cases, perhaps as early as spring 2021. However, lockdowns and other measures will still be needed to limit transmission while vaccination builds up population immunity &ndash particularly wherever the more infectious strain of the virus has taken hold. In contrast, if the vaccine only prevents infected individuals from becoming seriously ill, we will be left relying on infections to build up herd immunity. In this scenario, vaccinating the vulnerable would reduce the death rate, but serious illness affecting younger people would likely persist. PRECAUTION FOR MONTHS Vaccines are not a silver bullet &ndash some level of precaution will need to be maintained for months. In areas where the highly infectious strain is rampant, high-level restrictions may last until vaccine roll-out has finished. Any changes will come slowly, primarily in the area of care home visits and reopening hospitals for regular treatment. In time, travel will hopefully become more straightforward, though airlines might start requiring vaccination certificates. Although some countries require vaccination against yellow fever for entry, requiring immunity passports for COVID-19 is likely to prove contentious. Mask wearing might become a social habit globally as it is now in Asia &ndash for example when somebody is not feeling well or is concerned for their health. A GLOBAL EFFORT Can vaccination lead to eradication of the virus? We don&rsquo t yet know how long vaccine-based immunity lasts &ndash and long-term immunity will be key. Fully eradicating the virus will be very difficult and will require a global effort. While we&rsquo ve got close to eradicating polio, smallpox remains the only human disease we&rsquo ve fully stamped out, and this took almost 200 years. Measles, for example, although nearly eradicated in many countries, keeps coming back. Some vaccines, like measles, give nearly lifelong protection, whereas others need to be repeated, like tetanus. If COVID-19 mutates regularly and significantly &ndash and its potential to do so has just been demonstrated &ndash we may need to take new vaccines periodically, like we do for flu. In the long term, we would also need to vaccinate children to maintain herd immunity. The social and economic effects of the pandemic will probably be long-lasting too. Perhaps life will never return to what it was before. But it is up to us to make it safer by being better prepared for future pandemics. |
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oli007
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30-Dec-2020 13:22
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While some vaccines, such as flu vaccines, use dead or deactivated virus to imitate the infection, the vaccine approved for COVID-19 does not. It uses the body' s messenger RNA to teach the immune system to recognize the SARS-CoV-2 virus https://www.uab.edu/news/youcanuse/item/11758-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine
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wavehunter
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30-Dec-2020 13:15
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Actually it is just common sense. What happens in a vaccination? Weakened or dead coronavirus is injected into a person to trigger that person' s immune response to the virus. So upon vaccination, the virus is in that person. Next is if you test that person for the coronavirus, ofcoz the test will be positive. Becoz this person was injected with the virus. Der !!! If the test result shows NEGATIVE... meaning no coronavirus detected even though that person was just injected with the virus, then it means the test kit is faulty !!! So to test a vaccinated person for the virus and finding it... isn' t that to be expected? It is like you added an egg into your instant noodles when cooking the noodles and you dont expect to find an egg in your noodles ??? |
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look@bright
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30-Dec-2020 12:46
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ER nurse tests positive for COVID-19 eight days AFTER he was vaccinated
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NT1825
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30-Dec-2020 11:29
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Not necessary. Can be positive news for the medical PPE industry for sure. For others - it depends how the government reacts to protect the local economies with the exception for aviation. If people want to be stubborn - thats a different thing.
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SGPhantom
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30-Dec-2020 11:20
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Looks like another Pump & Dump week. *sigh... |
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wavehunter
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30-Dec-2020 10:51
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These are all negative news for global economies seeking to recover but are news positive for COVID stocks. But doesnt seem to be of much help to give COVID stocks a propulsion. Just a nudge, got. But propulsion, no. |
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Longtermer
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30-Dec-2020 09:21
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Britain could be due for third national lockdown as country smashes daily record with over 40,000 new cases English hospitals say they have more COVID patients than during the first wave of the pandemic in April. REUTERS . 29 December Britain&rsquo s government needs to bring in tighter lockdown rules to avert a fresh wave of deaths from a new strain of coronavirus, a leading epidemiologist and government advisor warned on Tuesday. If implemented, this could be the third national lockdown the country has seen since the beginning of the pandemic. Britain could be due for third national lockdown as country smashes daily record with over 40,000 new cases Britain reported 41,385 new cases on Monday, the highest number since testing became widely available in the middle of 2020, and English hospitals say they have more COVID patients than during the first wave of the pandemic in April. &ldquo We are entering a very dangerous new phase of the pandemic, and we&rsquo re going to need decisive early national action to prevent a catastrophe in January and February,&rdquo said Andrew Hayward, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at University College London. There were 357 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test, the government&rsquo s coronavirus statistics portal said. &ldquo This very high level of infection is of growing concern at a time when our hospitals are at their most vulnerable,&rdquo said Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director at Public Health England. DYODD.. read n know about the REAL ground situation.. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/britain-smashes-daily-record-with-40000-cases-as-new-covid-variant-spreads |
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hengonghuat333
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30-Dec-2020 09:08
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chance. buy now . | ||||
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Longtermer
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30-Dec-2020 08:57
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WHO warns vaccinated travellers could still need to be quarantined By Latika Bourke December 29, 2020 London: World Health Organisation scientists say that the vaccines being rolled out are extremely unlikely to eradicate COVID-19. The warning poses particular challenges for countries that have aimed to eliminate community transmission through tough border bans, enforced quarantine and lockdowns such as Australia and New Zealand. Some of the countries with the greatest coronavirus outbreaks have begun vaccinating the public, including Britain and the United States. WHO' s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan told a virtual press conference that there was no evidence yet that people who had been vaccinated could enter countries such as Australia without the risk of spreading the disease. Asked by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age what this would mean for Australia' s quarantine program, Swaminathan said " I don' t believe we have the evidence on any of the vaccines to be confident that it' s going to prevent people from actually getting the infection and therefore being able to pass it on" . " We need to assume that people who have been vaccinated also need to take the same precautions till there' s a certain level of herd immunity. This is a dynamic in an evolving field." Read more.. from World Health Org - chief Scientist.. Not just from politicians nor drug sellers.. DYODD and be safe. https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/who-warns-vaccinated-travellers-could-still-need-to-be-quarantined-20201229-p56qk3.html |
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Longtermer
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30-Dec-2020 08:44
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WHO chief scientist not confident vaccines prevent transmission Even people who have received the vaccine could infect others, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan warns Author of the article:National Post Staff Publishing date:Dec 29, 2020 Officials at the World Health Organization warned that the COVID-19 pandemic that has ravaged every corner of the world & ldquo is not necessarily the big one& rdquo & mdash and that the novel coronavirus may never truly go away. What& rsquo s more, chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan said the WHO hasn& rsquo t yet determined whether the approved vaccines being administered in Canada, the U.S. and Europe are effective at preventing transmission, the Guardian reported. & ldquo I don& rsquo t believe we have the evidence on any of the vaccines to be confident that it& rsquo s going to prevent people from actually getting the infection and therefore being able to pass it on,& rdquo Swaminathan said. The top three vaccines & mdash Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca & mdash have been found in large trials to prevent recipients from becoming sick or seriously ill, but researchers are still trying to determine whether the vaccines prevent the virus from spreading from the recipient to others. Even if people have received the vaccine, countries still need to assume that they should adhere to public health measures such as social distancing. If a vaccine recipient wants to travel, he should still be required to quarantine. Moderna& rsquo s chief medical officer said last month he believes his company& rsquo s vaccine would prevent transmission of the virus but there is not yet & ldquo sufficient evidence& rdquo of that yet... Read more.. DYODD. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/who-chief-scientist-not-confident-vaccines-prevent-transmission |
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wavehunter
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30-Dec-2020 08:03
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You may just get your wish today. | ||||
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TA_Expert
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29-Dec-2020 23:40
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It will flunctuate in this range. Need a big seller to dump to $1.
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