Race Virus 301 -
Coronavirus Investigation News
Editor: Michael James Ross
Website: MonsantoInvestigation.com
PollutionScience.com
Published August 1st, 2020
Update: March 27th, 2023
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Section 1: Current News
Section 2: Coronavirus, Race and Genetics
Section 3: CCP
Section 4: Environment
Section 5: Additional Information
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The following document contains additional Coronavirus research from our previous books titled "Race Virus 101 & Race Virus 201." Some sections in this book are similar to our other Coronavirus books and contain extra information.
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5/12/2019 - Race Virus 101 - The Eugenics Investigation (The Dysgenics Investigation) -
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Coronavirus Investigation News - Race Virus 201 - Pollution Science 101 (Archive)
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https://archive.org/details/covid-news_202302
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 1
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 2
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-2/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 3
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-3/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 4
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-4/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 5
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-5/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 6
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-6/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 7
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-7/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 8
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-8/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 9
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-9/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 10
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-10/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 11
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-11/
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Coronavirus Investigation News – Race Virus 201 – Part 12
March 15th, 2022
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/02/16/coronavirus-investigation-news-race-virus-201-part-12/
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4/15/2020 - Coronavirus Investigation News - Race Virus 201 - Pollution Science 101 (COVID-19 & SARS-CoV-2)
https://coronavirusinvestigation.blogspot.com
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Race Virus 101 Part 1
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/03/25/race-virus-101-part-1/
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Race Virus 101 – Part 2
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/race-virus-101-part-2/
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Race Virus 101 – Part 3
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/race-virus-101-part-3/
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Race Virus 301 – Coronavirus Investigation News – Part 1
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/race-virus-301-coronavirus-investigation-news-part-1/
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Race Virus 301 – Coronavirus Investigation News – Part 2
https://pollutionscience101.wordpress.com/2023/03/26/race-virus-301-coronavirus-investigation-news-part-2/
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Section 1: Current News
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Bill Gates Makes Incredibly Sick Admission About Covid In Latest Interview
Nov 15, 2022
https://banned.video/watch?id=637442a90f75fc3deb6494b0
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The Gates-way drug – Bill Gates suddenly slams mRNA shots after selling BioNTech stock with 10X gains
30th January 2023
https://www.biznews.com/health/2023/01/30/bill-gates-mrna
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Why Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna Stocks Are Falling Today
January 03, 2022
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/why-pfizer-biontech-and-moderna-stocks-are-falling-today
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Pfizer did not know whether Covid vaccine stopped transmission before rollout, executive admits
October 13, 2022
A Pfizer exec has made a frank admission during a parliamentary hearing, with one representative describing it as “shocking, even criminal”.
https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/pfizer-did-not-know-whether-covid-vaccine-stopped-transmission-before-rollout-executive-admits/news-story/f307f28f794e173ac017a62784fec414
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Pfizer and Moderna can't hide this ANYMORE, but they're trying | Redacted w Natali & Clayton Morris
Aug 23, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu5MwK9WE_A
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Guy Hatchard: Pfizer document concedes that there is a large increase in types of adverse event reaction to its vaccine
December 5, 2021
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/pfizer-document-concedes-that-there-is-a-large-increase-in-types-of-adverse-event-reaction-to-its-vaccine/
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Undercover Bombshell: Pfizer director says company is considering mutating COVID virus to cash in on variant jabs
January 26, 2023
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/watch-clot-shot-horror-liz-gunn-talks-to-mum-whose-baby-developed-huge-clot-and-died-after-jabbed-blood-transfusion/
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Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer’s vaccine trial
Mar 16, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaLxhFiOBYk
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Pfizer COVID Vaccine Trial Shows Alarming Evidence of Pathogenic Priming in Older Adults
12/22/21
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pfizer-covid-vaccine-trial-pathogenic-priming/
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U.S. FDA, CDC see early signal of possible Pfizer bivalent COVID shot link to stroke
January 14, 2023
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-says-pfizers-bivalent-covid-shot-may-be-linked-stroke-older-adults-2023-01-13/
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BREAKING via ALEX BERENSON: New Chinese Study Shows that More than Four COVID Jabs Produced Near Complete Collapse of Immune System in Mice
January 18, 2023
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/breaking-via-alex-berenson-new-chinese-study-shows-four-covid-jabs-produced-near-complete-collapse-immune-system-mice/
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Dr. Harvey Risch, professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at Yale, on our story:
Sep 17, 2022
The Israeli MOH was warned by its own researchers that they may get sued, because even though they knew about the serious side effects, they still told people to go get vaccinated.
https://twitter.com/YaffaRaz/status/1571170671857639430?s=20&t=yZC5tF8vnD6Oe3Nm2cms6A
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GLOBAL BOMBSHELL: Secret Israeli Government Report Confirms Covid Vax Causing Massive Side Effects/Death – WEDNESDAY FULL SHOW 9/14/22
Sep 14, 2022
https://banned.video/watch?id=632245ff0759426ca5b1bc21
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Beth Israel researcher wins $200,000 award for helping to create COVID vaccine for J&J
January 6, 2023
Dan Barouch is being honored by the King Faisal Foundation, based in Saudi Arabia.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/06/business/beth-israel-researcher-wins-200000-award-helping-create-covid-vaccine-jj/
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Israel caught hiding BOMBSHELL Pfizer vaccine data | Redacted with Natali and Clayton Morris
Sep 5, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEL6HzVql_g
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Pfizer, blanked out pages
Oct 21, 2022
Pfizer / European commission vaccine contracts, over 100 blanked out pages
This is how they were disclosed to us, (MEP Cristian Terhes)
Over 100 blacked out pages
https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en
Full hearing of Pfizer's representative before the European Commission
https://youtu.be/5A2ZkW8pUWg
My video based on available content at the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6VbI...
Press conference after Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla refused to answer in front of European Parliament
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jTgD...
Six members of the European Parliament held a press conference on October 11, 2022, one day after Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, refused to participate in the Covid committee and answer questions.
MEP Francesca Donato (Italy)
MEP Cristian Terhes (Romania)
MEP Virginie Jeron (France)
MEP Sylvia Limmer (Germany)
MEP Ivan Sincic (Croatia)
MEP Christine Anderson (Germany)
YT guidelines
COVID-19 medical misinformation policy
https://support.google.com/youtube/an...
Prevention misinformation:
Content that promotes prevention methods that contradict local health authorities or WHO.
Claims that there is a guaranteed prevention method for COVID-19
Claims that any medication or vaccination is a guaranteed prevention method for COVID-19
https://support.google.com/youtube/an...
Vaccine safety: content alleging that vaccines cause chronic side effects, outside of rare side effects that are recognized by health authorities
Efficacy of vaccines: content claiming that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease
Ingredients in vaccines: content misrepresenting the substances contained in vaccines
MEP Virginie Jeron (France)
My colleagues have perfectly summarised the masquerade (farce) of yesterdays meeting
None of the questions we asked, which were very clear;
Contracts, prices, xxxxxx, were not answered.
Pfizer should be required to give evidence under oath
Because this is an official hearing.
This was the biggest contract ever awarded by the European Commission, E 36 billion
European court paper, 35 pages of questions, criticisms, demands, lack of transparency – none answered
Suspicions of passive corruption, to be put into action
I have contacted a legal firm in France
Summary, they came, they did not answer anything, and they are still selling us their products.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnSnQor8zDY
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‘Experts’ Jumping Ship – Cover Up Of Pfizer & FDA Jab Death Data, Big Media ‘Accomplices To Murder’ [VIDEOS]
March 6, 2022
https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2022/03/experts-jumping-ship-cover-up-of-pfizer-fda-jab-death-data-big-media-accomplices-to-murder-videos/?utm_source=right-rail-trending
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'Is it time to apologize to the world?' Moment Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla refuses to respond to questions about his $50M pandemic salary and company profits TRIPLING
20 January 2023
Pfizer CEO was accosted outside Davos and interrogated about the vaccine
Two men asked him how much he made and if he knew it didn't stop transmission
After two minutes of silent treatment Albert Bourla was able to scurry away
Bourla personally earned $50million in compensation across 2021 and 2022
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11656743/Pfizer-chief-confronted-Davos-conference.html
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CDC identifies possible safety issue with Pfizer’s updated Covid-19 vaccine but says people should still get boosted
January 13, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/health/pfizer-bivalent-booster-safety-cdc/index.html
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Pfizer Recalls Three Popular Blood Pressure Pills After Finding Cancer-Causing Compounds in Them
March 23, 2022
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has recalled its three blood pressure pills after finding that those contain elevated levels of nitrosamines, a chemical compound that can cause cancer in patients.
The company recalled Accuretic and two generic brands as the pills had access levels of nitrosamine, which can put someone at risk of cancer if they are exposed to elevated levels.
https://www.ibtimes.sg/pfizer-recalls-three-popular-blood-pressure-pills-after-finding-cancer-causing-compounds-them-63533?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=readmore
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Why Pfizer Can Never Be Trusted
January 16, 2022
https://stateofthenation.co/?p=104292
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Thailand May Nullify Pfizer Contracts After Thai Princess Collapses Post-Vaccination
February 2023
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/10r8vpu/thailand_may_nullify_pfizer_contracts_after_thai/
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Is Pfizer In Trouble Over Thai Princess Vaccine Injury?!
January 30, 2023
https://www.techarp.com/facts/pfizer-thai-princess-vaccine/
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Thailand drops a BOMBSHELL on @Pfizer, and they're PISSED! The narrative is collapsing!
2023
https://twitter.com/TheRedactedInc/status/1621176618856357888
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BREAKING NEWS: 17,000 Physicians and Scientists declare that Pfizer, Moderna, BioNTech, Janssen, Astra Zeneca, and their enablers, withheld and willfully omitted safety information from patients and physicians which led to toxic death and should be immediately indicted for fraud.
Dec 31, 2022
https://rumble.com/v23bugw-17000-physicians-and-scientists-declare-that-pfizer-moderna-biontech-jansse.html
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. District Attorney's and U.S. Sheriffs working together to criminally charge Anthony Fauci, Ralph Baric, Peter Daszak and many others for racketeering, collusion in creating the Wuhan virus and premeditated murder of thousands by Remdesivir and Covid Vaccines.
January 2023
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/u-s-district-attorneys-and-u-s-sheriffs-working-together-to-criminally-charge-anthony-fauci-ralph-baric-peter-daszak-and-many-others-for-racketeering-collusion-in-creating-the-wuhan-virus-and-p/
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COVID-19 revisiting inflammatory pathways of arthritis
19 June 2020
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-020-0451-z
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Is Muscle Pain a Symptom of COVID-19? What to know about muscle pain and COVID-19 infections.
May 2, 2022
https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/is-muscle-pain-a-symptom-of-coronavirus
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SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine elicits a potent adaptive immune response in the absence of IFN-mediated inflammation observed in COVID-19
August 23, 2021
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.04.20.21255677v2.full
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3rd Pfizer Vaccine Shot Increases Non-inflammatory IgG4
December 31, 2022
https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/3rd-pfizer-vaccine-shot-increases-non-inflammatory-igg4/
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Class switch toward noninflammatory, spike-specific IgG4 antibodies after repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination
2023 Jan 27
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36548397/
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Pathophysiology of IgG4-Related Disease
https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/musculoskeletal-and-connective-tissue-disorders/igg4-related-disease/igg4-related-disease
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IgG4-related disease
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), formerly known as IgG4-related systemic disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by tissue infiltration with lymphocytes and IgG4-secreting plasma cells, various degrees of fibrosis (scarring) and a usually prompt response to oral steroids. In approximately 51–70% of people with this disease, serum IgG4 concentrations are elevated during an acute phase.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IgG4-related_disease
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COVID-19 vaccines induce severe hemolysis in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
July 1, 2021
https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/137/26/3670/475905/COVID-19-vaccines-induce-severe-hemolysis-in
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COVID-19 Vaccines May Increase Hemolysis Risk in PNH Patients: Study
2021
https://medicaldialogues.in/medicine/news/covid-19-vaccines-may-increase-hemolysis-risk-in-pnh-patients-study-79065
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COVID-19 and hereditary spherocytosis: A recipe for hemolysis
2020 Jul 25
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32710684/
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A Case of Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia after the First Dose of COVID-19 mRNA-1273 Vaccine with Undetected Pernicious Anemia
January 2022
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358215779_A_Case_of_Autoimmune_Hemolytic_Anemia_after_the_First_Dose_of_COVID-19_mRNA-1273_Vaccine_with_Undetected_Pernicious_Anemia
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Hemolysis Risk in Patients With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria With COVID-19 Vaccination
June 9, 2021
https://www.hematologyadvisor.com/home/topics/anemia/hemoglobinuria-covid19-hemolysis-treatment-risk-vaccine-risk/
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Severe Relapsed Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia after Booster with mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine
7 June 2022
http://www.htct.com.br/en-severe-relapsed-autoimmune-hemolytic-anemia-avance-S2531137922000827
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Cold agglutinin disease
Other Names:
Anemia, hemolytic, cold antibody; CAD; Cold antibody disease; Cold antibody hemolytic anemia
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/6130/cold-agglutinin-disease
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Natural killer cell activation related to clinical outcome of COVID-19
2020
https://www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/covid-19/covid-19-immunology-literature-reviews/natural-killer-cell-activation-related-to-clinical-outcome-of-covid-19
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Could N protein-based COVID-19 vaccines hinder SARS-CoV-2's NK cell inhibition?
Apr 12 2021
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210412/Could-N-protein-based-COVID-19-vaccines-hinder-SARS-CoV-2s-NK-cell-inhibition.aspx
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Natural killer cell immunotypes related to COVID-19 disease severity
14 Aug 2020
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abd6832
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Harnessing Memory NK Cell to Protect Against COVID-19
2020 Aug 20
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7468462/
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NK Cells Treatment for COVID-19
February 21, 2020
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04280224
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NK cell frequencies, function and correlates to vaccine outcome in BNT162b2 mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated healthy and immunocompromised individuals
08 February 2022
https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10020-022-00443-2
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Natural killer cell-mediated ADCC in SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals and vaccine recipients
13 April 2022
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eji.202149470
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Friends or foes? The knowns and unknowns of natural killer cell biology in COVID-19 and other coronaviruses in July 2020
August 26, 2020
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.ppat.1008820
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Monocytes and NK Cells Activity in Covid-19 Patients
May 5, 2020
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04375176
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Natural Killer Cell Dysfunction and Its Role in COVID-19
2020 Sep 1
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7503862/
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CMV Triplex Vaccine to Enhance Adaptive NK and T-cell Reconstitution After Autologous Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
2022 Mar 8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35272066/
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Targeting natural killer cells to enhance vaccine responses
2021
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165614721001218?dgcid=rss_sd_all
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A vaccine targeting resistant tumours by dual T cell plus NK cell attack
25 May 2022
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04772-4
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Hepatitis B vaccine and NK cells: a new player in memory
2020
https://gut.bmj.com/content/70/2/229
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NK Cell Memory to Cytomegalovirus: Implications for Vaccine Development
2020 Jul 20
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7563466/
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Adenovirus Vector Vaccination Impacts NK Cell Rheostat Function following Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Infection
2018
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5952142/
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Antibody-Dependent Natural Killer Cell Activation After Ebola Vaccination
1 April 2021
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/223/7/1171/5672569?login=false
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COVID-19 vaccination associated severe immune thrombocytopenia
15 July 2021
https://ehoonline.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40164-021-00235-0
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Rare Blood Disorder Could Be Linked To Covid Vaccine
Feb 9 2021
FDA and CDC officials are investigating 36 cases — including one death — of immune thrombocytopenia, or a lack of platelets, a blood component essential for clotting. All of the cases occurred in people who recently received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, but health officials say the timing could be coincidental
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/rare-blood-disorder-could-be-linked-to-covid-vaccine/
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Polyarthralgia and Myalgia Syndrome after ChAdOx1 nCOV-19 Vaccination
2021
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34463066/
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Polyarthralgia and Myalgia Syndrome after ChAdOx1 nCOV-19 Vaccination
2021
https://www.jkms.org/pdf/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e245
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Minister’s Shareholding in Vaccine Firm Astra Zeneca Revealed
9 November 2021
A Government minister held shares in the medical firm AstraZeneca while it has been benefitting from the policies of Boris Johnson’s administration, Byline Times can reveal.
The Government released its latest record of ministerial interests on Wednesday, showing that Foreign Office Minister Amanda Milling owns a “small shareholding in AstraZeneca”. The last declaration of ministerial interests, released in May, did not show this shareholding.
https://bylinetimes.com/2021/11/09/minister-shareholding-in-vaccine-firm-revealed/
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Rumour circulates online suggesting Justin Trudeau is making money from COVID vaccines
February 18, 2022
Unsubstantiated claims are circulating online suggesting Canada's prime minister is profiting off vaccine technology — but is it true? Tamara Ugolini investigates.
https://www.rebelnews.com/rumour_circulates_online_suggesting_justin_trudeau_is_making_money
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Biden’s Inner Circle Maintains Close Ties to Vaccine Makers, Disclosures Reveal
March 24 2021
In the coming months, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Joe Biden’s ambassador to the United Nations, will hear from a growing chorus of developing nations about the foundering efforts to distribute the coronavirus vaccine globally. The nations, many of which have not even begun vaccinating their populations, are demanding that the U.S. support proposals to temporarily waive certain patent and intellectual property rights so that generic coronavirus vaccines can be produced.
The proposals have been fiercely opposed by American drugmakers, including Pfizer, a pharmaceutical giant that Thomas-Greenfield’s former consulting firm has recently counted as a client. Thomas-Greenfield and her number two, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, previously worked for the Albright Stonebridge Group, or ASG, a consulting firm founded by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. The firm, which represents Pfizer, specializes in helping large corporations understand and influence international trade policy, including on intellectual property.
As concerns grow about a global “vaccine apartheid,” watchdogs worry that the Biden administration is primed to favor profits over people.
Many leading figures in Biden’s administration, including key White House advisers, State Department leaders, and health care officials have financial stake in or professional ties to vaccine manufacturers, which are now lobbying to prevent policies that would cut into future profits over the vaccine.
ASG in particular has unusual amounts of sway in the Biden administration. State Department officials Victoria Nuland, Wendy Sherman, Uzra Zeya, and Molly Montgomery previously worked at ASG, as did Philip Gordon, Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser.
But several others in Biden’s inner circle also have potential conflicts of interest:
- Anita Dunn, the leading strategist on Biden’s presidential campaign who now serves as White House adviser, is on leave from her job as managing partner at the consulting firm she co-founded, SKDK, which provides extensive public relations and advertising services to Pfizer. Dunn intends to return to the SKDK this summer. SKDK, which did not respond to a request for comment, has continued to promote Pfizer’s vaccines on social media.
- Susan Rice, the domestic policy adviser, holds up to $5 million in shares of Johnson & Johnson and up to $50,000 in shares of Pfizer, according to a disclosure made public this week.
- Eric Lander, the White House science adviser, holds up to $1 million in shares of BioNTech, Pfizer’s partner for its coronavirus vaccine.
- Secretary of State Anthony Blinken previously consulted for Gilead Science, the biotech company that produced remdesivir, the only Covid-19 treatment approved by the FDA so far.
- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Biden’s pick for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, previously served as an attorney advising both Pfizer and Gilead on federal policy issues.
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/24/covid-vaccine-stocks-biden-conflict/
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As the pandemic raged, at least 75 lawmakers bought and sold stock in companies that make COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and tests
Dec 13, 2021
https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-bought-sold-covid-19-related-stocks-during-pandemic-2021-12?op=1
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New York City to end vaccine mandate for city workers this week
February 7, 2023
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/politics/new-york-city-vaccine-mandate-eric-adams/index.html
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Will millionaire Rishi Sunak PROFIT from new Moderna coronavirus vaccine? Chancellor refuses to say if he still has money in hedge fund he founded that is a major investor in pharmaceutical manufacturer
18 November 2020
Theleme Partners hedge fund he co-founded has $500m invested in Moderna
US firm announced this week its Covid vaccine could be up to 94.5% effective
Worth $7bn when it was floated on stock exchange in 2018 - now worth $39bn
Mr Sunak has declined to say whether he still has a financial interest in Theleme
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8961355/Will-Rishi-Sunak-PROFIT-new-Moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-Hedge-fund-set-major-investor.html
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Sunak under pressure to reveal whereabouts of his own investments
26 Oct 2020
Opposition MPs say chancellor should reveal if any of his ‘blind trust’ wealth is held offshore
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Vaxxed U.K. Cardiologist: Suspend mRNA Product Now
Dec 12, 2022
Consultant Cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra speaks to Laura Ingraham on Fox News ahead of presenting his peer reviewed research findings to MPs in the British Parliament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF73gk_4ex4
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Pathogenic priming likely contributes to serious and critical illness and mortality in COVID-19 via autoimmunity
2020 Apr 9
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142689/
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Spike the Mutant Protein, Sinister NFTs Modelled After the Novel COVID-19 Virus
Oct 30, 2021
https://www.thewhig.com/newsfile/101467-spike-the-mutant-protein-sinister-nfts-modelled-after-the-novel-covid19-virus
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Myocarditis after Covid vaccination: Research on possible long-term risks underway
Nov. 12, 2022
Both Pfizer and Moderna are launching clinical trials to track health issues — if any — in the years following a diagnosis of vaccine-associated heart problems in teens and young adults.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/myocarditis-covid-vaccine-research-long-term-effects-rcna55666
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Myocarditis seven times more likely with COVID-19 than vaccines (Debated)
October 12, 2022
https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/myocarditis-seven-times-more-likely-covid-19-vaccines/
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What COVID Hospitalization Numbers Are Missing
May 18, 2022
As COVID numbers tick up, hospitals are supposed to be ready to jump in as needed. Only, they never really had a reprieve.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/05/hospitalization-covid-healthcare-burnout/629892/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Covid Injection Aftermath: Study finds 94% of “Vaccine” Recipients have Pre-Blood Clot Formations and Foreign Particles
August 24, 2022
https://expose-news.com/2022/08/24/study-reveals-vaccinated-have-blood-abonormalities/
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Clottd Heart (Rense.com)
https://rense.com/general97/clotted-heart.mp4
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John O'Looney talks about blockages found in vessels of deceased COVID vaxxed
July 6th, 2022
https://www.bitchute.com/video/OKyc6mg8atGz/
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Stew Peters COVID jab documentary ‘Died Suddenly’ premieres to huge audience
November 23, 2022
‘Died Suddenly’ is a documentary produced by US talk show host Stew Peters.
The highly anticipated Stew Peters documentary had its world premiere on Twitter Tuesday, attracting a live audience of nearly 1 million viewers. On Rumble it has accumulated nearly 3 milllion views in one day – both huge viewership numbers in the context of the Twitter and Rumble platforms.
The documentary examines the global increase in ‘unexplained deaths’ – the rising numbers of sudden deaths of people who were previously fit and healthy, or those who died with a rapid onset of disease.
The culprit for this phenomenon is the COVID-19 mRNA ‘vaccine’ which has been deliberately used as a tool to depopulate the world in what some describe as ‘the greatest crime against humanity’.
Bill Gates linked legacy mainstream media have already come out swinging against the documentary, with Forbes and MSN News calling the claims of depopulation a ‘conspiracy’.
https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/news/stew-peters-covid-jab-documentary-died-suddenly-premiers-to-huge-audience/
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Died Suddenly
Nov 22, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo-LjifaqiM
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EXCLUSIVE: Shocking microscopy photos of blood clots extracted from those who “suddenly died” – crystalline structures, nanowires, chalky particles and fibrous structures
June 12, 2022
https://www.naturalnews.com/2022-06-12-blood-clots-microscopy-suddenly-died.html
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‘Died Suddenly’? More Than 1-in-4 Think Someone They Know Died From COVID-19 Vaccines
January 02, 2023
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/public_surveys/died_suddenly_more_than_1_in_4_think_someone_they_know_died_from_covid_19_vaccines
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The Vaccines Are Causing a Form of AIDS - Dr. Robert Malone
2022
https://rumble.com/vzoiz3-the-vaccines-are-causing-a-form-of-aids-dr.-robert-malone.html
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Dr. Zelenko: “They have AIDS” | Israeli Funeral Directors are Seeing a Tenfold Increase in Death [VIDEO]
March 6, 2022
https://www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2022/03/they-have-aids-israeli-funeral-directors-are-seeing-a-tenfold-increase-in-death/?utm_source=right-rail-trending
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U.S. Senator Says It 'May Be True' COVID Vaccine Gives People AIDS
May 04 2022
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, responded to a man claiming COVID vaccines give people AIDS by telling him "everything you say may be true."
https://www.hivplusmag.com/news/2022/5/04/us-senator-says-it-may-be-true-covid-vaccine-gives-people-aids
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New England Journal of Medicine: Unvaccinated COVID Patients Are Contagious for LESS Time Than those Vaxed or Boosted.
2022
https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/07/22/unvaccinated-people-remain-contagious-with-covid-19-for-shorter-period-of-time/
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Can ozone inactivate SARS-CoV-2? A review of mechanisms and performance on viruses
2021 Mar 13
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33752085/
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Uncanny similarity of unique inserts in the 2019-nCoV spike protein to HIV-1 gp120 and Gag
January 31, 2020
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.30.927871v1
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Potential Covid-19 vaccine which used HIV protein was never rolled out
16 February 2022
What was claimed
The BBC said there is HIV in the Covid-19 vaccines.
Our verdict
The BBC was talking about a vaccine which was trialled but never rolled out, which contained a small piece of HIV protein. None of the Covid-19 vaccines in use contain HIV material.
https://fullfact.org/health/hiv-covid-vaccine-queensland/
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Why does HIV have so few spike proteins on its surface, unlike any other virus?
2018
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018APS..MARX49002A/abstract
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Coronavirus spike protein morphs into 10 different shapes to invade cells
September 28, 2020
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-spike-protein-multiple-shapes.html
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Spike protein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_protein
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The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes
November 3, 2014
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/structure-dynamics-hiv-surface-spikes
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COVID-19 HIV Spike Protein Gene: Virologists Confirm No Credible Natural Ancestor
May 30, 2021
https://medicalveritas.org/covid-19-hiv-spike-protein-confirms-lab-virus/
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Structure and genome of HIV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_and_genome_of_HIV
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HIV Envelope Proteins and Their Role in HIV Entry and Infectivity
GP 120, GP 41, and GP 160
January 08, 2022
https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-are-hiv-envelope-proteins-3132617
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Oh Sh*t, The Lawsuits Are Coming…
Oct 27, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXDJfcdd1Mc
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This MASSIVE vaccine lawsuit victory changes everything | Redacted with Clayton Morris
Aug 17, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ROQxu2m3w
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It's All Falling Apart
2022
https://rumble.com/v1nu5dk-you-were-right.html
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First Ever NIH/NIND Study on Vaccine Caused Neurological Injuries (Preprint)
May 20, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XGpe6MTaFg
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AstraZeneca vaccine may increase risk of serious neurological condition
28 May 2022
Scientists believe the jab’s Trojan horse delivery system could be causing a rise in Guillain-Barré syndrome cases
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05/28/astrazeneca-vaccine-may-increase-risk-serious-neurological-condition/
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Third Patient Interview with Shaun Barcavage - Neurological Issues After Vaccination
Aug 11, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCkqz3kzf4s
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Los Angeles Begins Enforcing Strict Proof of Vaccine Mandate for Entering Businesses
Nov 29, 2021
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/los-angeles-begins-enforcing-strict-proof-of-vax-mandate-for-entering-businesses-01638237914
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CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS OF
PF-07302048 (BNT162B2) RECEIVED THROUGH 28-FEB-2021 (CONFIDENTIAL)
https://phmpt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/5.3.6-postmarketing-experience.pdf
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Abstract
10712: Observational Findings of PULS Cardiac Test Findings for
Inflammatory Markers in Patients Receiving mRNA Vaccines
8 Nov 2021
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712
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Third Patient Interview with Shaun Barcavage - Neurological Issues After Vaccination
Aug 11, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCkqz3kzf4s
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CA person dies hours after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
Jan 24, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1YbH2lCRwY
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Coronavirus and hydroxychloroquine: What do we know?
27 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/51980731
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Ohio Board of Pharmacy bans sale of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus
Jul 30, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/ohio-board-of-pharmacy-bans-sale-of-hydroxychloroquine-to-treat-coronavirus/
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Hydroxychloroquine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), sold under the brand name Plaquenil among
others, is a medication used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where
malaria remains sensitive to chloroquine. Other uses include treatment
of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda. It is taken
by mouth. HCQ is being studied to prevent and treat coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID‑19). High-quality evidence of benefit for such use is
lacking, with concerns of potential harms from side effects.
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), sold under the brand name Plaquenil among
others, is a medication used to prevent and treat malaria in areas where
malaria remains sensitive to chloroquine. Other uses include treatment
of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda. It is taken
by mouth. HCQ is being studied to prevent and treat coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID‑19). High-quality evidence of benefit for such use is
lacking, with concerns of potential harms from side effects.
Common side effects may include vomiting, headache, changes in vision,
and muscle weakness. Severe side effects may include allergic reactions,
vision problems, and heart problems. Although all risk cannot be
excluded, it remains a treatment for rheumatic disease during pregnancy.
Hydroxychloroquine is in the antimalarial and 4-aminoquinoline families
of medication.
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Three big studies dim hopes that hydroxychloroquine can treat or prevent COVID-19
Jun. 9, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/three-big-studies-dim-hopes-hydroxychloroquine-can-treat-or-prevent-covid-19
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Study finds hydroxychloroquine may have boosted survival, but other researchers have doubts
July 3, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/health/hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-detroit-study/index.html
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Treatment with Hydroxychloroquine Cut Death Rate Significantly in COVID-19 Patients, Henry Ford Health System Study Shows
July 02, 2020
https://www.henryford.com/news/2020/07/hydro-treatment-study
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Silicon Valley Tech Overlords Ban Doctors & Trump Talking Covid Cure
Jul 28, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v3cUxCMsM4
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Hurry and Watch!!!! Dr. Stella Immanuel Is Seriously Not Giving Up, Share This Everywhere
Aug 1, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnqyzA1t0tc
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Coronavirus treatments: Hydroxychloroquine, vaccines and drugs for COVID-19
April 7, 2020
Vaccine
candidates to treat COVID-19 are already being trialed in animals and
humans, but there's one anti-malarial that keeps making headlines.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/coronavirus-treatments-hydroxychloroquine-vaccines-and-drugs-for-covid-19/
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Lupus Patients Can’t Get Crucial Medication After President Trump Pushes Unproven Coronavirus Treatment
March 22, 2020
Trump’s
unproven claim that hydroxychloroquine could be used to treat COVID-19
has led to hoarding, putting Lupus patients and others at even greater
risk. As of Saturday afternoon, Anna Valdez had 27 pills left. That
number is now down to 25.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lupus-patients-cant-get-crucial-medication-after-president-trump-pushes-unproven-coronavirus-treatment
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Potential Shortages of Hydroxychloroquine for Patients with Lupus During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2764607
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Lancet, NEJM Retract Surgisphere Studies on COVID-19 Patients
Jun 4, 2020
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/lancet-retracts-surgispheres-study-on-hydroxychloroquine-67613
All
authors other than company founder and CEO Sapan Desai were “unable to
complete an independent audit of the data,” The Lancet states.
Two
controversial studies of COVID-19 patients have been retracted after
the authors failed to demonstrate that the data were reliable. The first
study to be retracted, published last month (May 22) in The Lancet, had
found harmful effects associated with the antimalarial drug,
hydroxychloroquine, but quickly drew fire after scientists raised
questions about the massive database supposedly underpinning it, and
about that database’s owner, Surgisphere Corporation.
Today,
three authors—all the coauthors on the study except Surgisphere founder
and CEO Sapan Desai—contacted The Lancet to retract their report. “They
were unable to complete an independent audit of the data underpinning
their analysis,” the retraction notice in The Lancet reads. “As a
result, they have concluded that they ‘can no longer vouch for the
veracity of the primary data sources.’”
The three
coauthors are Mandeep Mehra, the medical director of Brigham and Women’s
Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Frank Ruschitzka of University
Hospital Zurich, and Amit Patel of the University of Utah.
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Disputed Hydroxychloroquine Study Brings Scrutiny to Surgisphere
May 30, 2020
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/disputed-hydroxychloroquine-study-brings-scrutiny-to-surgisphere-67595
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Concerns Build Over Surgisphere’s COVID-19 Dataset
Jun 2, 2020
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/concerns-build-about-surgisphere-corporations-dataset-67605
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Hydroxychloroquine Predicted as Pandemic Miracle Cure in 2003 Show
5/5/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2IXX4hKKQ8
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PLANdemic Documentary: The Hidden Agenda / plandemicmovie.com
May 6, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQJWCcZDVRY
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A ”Plandemic’ flavored Coronavirus Update Part 2
May 7, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KfSlN5PBpg
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Plandemic Docmentary Official Site
https://plandemicmovie.com/
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{The following video is the opinion of a doctor that is debating on all of the facts about the Plandemic documentary}.
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A Doctor Reacts To “Plandemic"
May 6, 2020
5.9K Likes - 9.2K Dislikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHeg9DDrjMs
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The anti-vaxx agenda of The Plandemic
A clip of this disingenuous documentary is making the rounds.
06 May, 2020
https://bigthink.com/coronavirus/the-plandemic?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1
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SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: Which countries have banned the AstraZeneca vaccine?
3 Apr 2021
Which countries have banned the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Several
European countries have temporarily suspended the use of the Astrajabs,
including Denmark, Austria and Norway, as well as Thailand.
On March 16, Sweden became the latest country to suspend the AstraZeneca jab.
Anders
Tegnell said the pause was a "temporary measure" until the European
Medicines Agency (EMA) had completed an investigation into reports of
people with severe blood clots.
On March 14, 2021, Ireland chose to "temporarily suspend" the jab as a "precautionary step".
It came after a small number of reports of people experiencing blood clots in the days and weeks after their vaccination.
The EMA said Austria had paused use after a death; Denmark reported one fatality as well as Italy.
There were reports of serious clotting in adults in Norway which left four people in hospital.
The Dutch government said the precautionary move will last until at least March 29.
Germany followed suit on March 15 a spokesman for the Health Ministry said.
The
ministry said the decision followed a recommendation from the Paul
Ehrlich Institute, Germany's authority in charge of vaccines.
The
ministry said in a statement: "Following a recommendation from the Paul
Ehrlich Institute, the government is, out of caution, halting the
administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine."
On March 12, Lothar
Wieler, head of Germany's Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases,
said there was no evidence that patients who received the vaccine were
more likely than patients of a similar age group to suffer blood
conditions.
Germany has since suspended giving out the AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 60 years old, as investigations continue.
France also suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine out of precaution.
French
President Emmanuel Macron said French authorities have decided to
suspend the jab until the afternoon of Tuesday, March 16, when the
European Medicines Agency will issue its recommendation over the
vaccine.
He said France hopes to be able to vaccine again with AstraZeneca shots “soon”.
Most of the 27 member countries of the EU have already resumed the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine.
Why have so many countries banned the AstraZeneca vaccine?
Countries have suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine over concerns the jab may cause blood clots.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14344557/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-suspended-countries-blood-clots/
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Post Vaccination Deaths From Pfizer Is Far More Than From Astrazeneca Jabs: Sputnik Study
April 26, 2021
Russia's
Sputnik V is the third COVID-19 vaccine to be cleared for emergency use
in India. From May 1, India will start vaccinating all citizens above
the age of 18 years. At the same time, there have been reports of
vaccine shortage from many parts of the country. Elsewhere in the world,
many vaccines are coming under the scanner for alleged side effects,
some of which are said to be quite serious. Now, Russian Covid vaccine
Sputnik V, which is now the third COVID-19 vaccine in India, has claimed
that the available public data suggests more people died after taking
the Pfizer jab than AstraZeneca.
https://www.thehealthsite.com/news/post-vaccination-deaths-from-pfizer-is-far-more-than-from-astrazeneca-jabs-sputnik-study-809914/
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Moderna reveals source of COVID-19 vaccine contamination as Japan finds yet another suspect vial
Sep 1, 2021
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/amid-another-report-contaminants-japan-moderna-s-covid-19-vaccine-faces-increased-scrutiny
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Floating material found in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine vials in Japan, but company says it's not contamination
Sep 15, 2021
In recent weeks, Moderna has had to deal with reports of contaminants discovered in vials of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan.
Now it’s Pfizer doing the same after white floating matter was found in five unused vials of its COVID-19 vaccine.
The
vials, which belonged to the same supply lot, were discovered between
Saturday and Tuesday in two cities near Tokyo and in Sakai in the
western part of the country, Kyodo News reports.
Officials said
that vaccination sites continued to use shots from the same lot after
visual inspection of vials showed no further contamination.
At a
press conference on Wednesday, Pfizer’s Japanese subsidiary said the
material was likely vaccine ingredients that had not been fully
dissolved and would not affect the safety or the performance of the
vaccine. Pfizer revealed that through Sept. 5, floating matter had been
reported in 95 vials.
"The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is
manufactured under the strictest of controls to ensure consistent
identity, quality, purity and potency to assure patient safety and
efficacy," the company said in a statement. "Pfizer is aware of the
report, and is conducting a full investigation."
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/floating-material-found-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-vials-japan-but-company-says-it-s-not
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"Immortal" Hydra Vulgaris In Moderna's Vaccine? Dr Carrie Madej's Startling Microscope Findings & Updates
04 Oct 2021
https://ugetube.com/watch/quot-immortal-quot-hydra-vulgaris-in-moderna-039-s-vaccine-dr-carrie-madej-039-s-startling-microsco_ivrxt3ngyrmhxqa.html?lang=english
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Eggs Hatching by the Millions: Bioweapon Shots Contain Living Parasite eggs
March 7, 2022
https://rumble.com/vwr9jv-eggs-hatching-by-the-millions-bioweapon-shots-contain-living-parasite-eggs.html
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Japan has discovered what is probably 3 different variants of the Pfizer shot
29 Aug 2021
This
can’t happen if not intentional. Japan discovered: 1. Shots with pink
stuff in them. 2. Shots with black stuff in them. 3. Shots with shiny
metallic magnetic stuff in them. And it was not just a few shots, it was
millions that had EACH PROBLEM. That means it was not a problem.
I
saw and ignored a post by “someone who works for pfizer” saying there
were 10 different variants of the shots, each designed to do something
different to the recipient. I blew the post off as B.S. However, if
Japan found three different “contaminants” in the pfizer shot, and each
event had thousands of vials involved, perhaps that post was accurate
because that can’t happen in a factory if it was not intentional and no
individual could ever hand contaminate that many vials. That employee
said one of the 10 possibilities was saline. That would mean Japan has
discovered 4 out of 10 variants.
https://tapnewswire.com/2021/08/japan-has-discovered-what-is-probably-3-different-variants-of-the-pfizer-shot/
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Japan pulls 1.6M COVID vaccine doses over suspected contamination
August 2021
Tokyo
— Japan's Health Ministry has pulled about 1.63 million doses of the
Moderna coronavirus vaccine out of use after 39 unused vials at eight
vaccination sites were discovered to be contaminated with a
still-unspecified substance. No safety issues have been reported. All of
the suspect vials were manufactured in Spain.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japan-pulls-16m-covid-vaccine-doses-over-suspected-contamination/ar-AANLDfj
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1.6m Moderna doses withdrawn in Japan over contamination
Company confirms reports of particulate matter in vials, but finds 'no safety issues'
August 26, 2021
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-vaccines/1.6m-Moderna-doses-withdrawn-in-Japan-over-contamination
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Moderna
vaccinations halted in Japan’s Okinawa after ‘black substances’ found
in vial, days after other batch of jab was suspended
August 29, 2021
Okinawa
prefecture has halted Moderna vaccinations after unknown materials were
found in a vial of the drug. The move comes after Japan pulled 1.6
million Moderna doses from a different batch over contamination
concerns.
Black substances were discovered in syringes and a
vial, while unidentified pink substances were spotted in a different
syringe with a Moderna vaccine dose, according to Japan’s public
broadcaster, NHK.
Okinawa’s government said in a statement on
Sunday that it was suspending the use of Moderna vaccines after “foreign
substances were spotted in some of them.”
Takeda Pharmaceutical,
Japan’s domestic distributor of the Moderna shot, is expected to probe
whether the suspected contamination occurred during production and will
consult with the health ministry on the matter, NHK reported.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/moderna-vaccinations-halted-in-japans-okinawa-after-black-substances-found-in-vial-days-after-other-batch-of-jab-was-suspended/
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Foreign substance detected in Moderna vaccine in Japan may be metal
Aug 27, 2021
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/27/national/moderna-contamination-metal/
The
foreign substance detected in dozens of vials of Moderna Inc.’s
COVID-19 vaccine in Japan is thought to have been tiny pieces of metal,
but experts have dismissed concerns over significant health problems,
saying that the chance of the foreign material actually entering the
body is low.
The foreign substance was identified in 39 unused
vials, all of which had the lot number 3004667, at eight workplace and
large-scale inoculation sites in five prefectures — Aichi, Ibaraki,
Gifu, Saitama and Tokyo — with the first discovery having come on Aug.
16. The government on Thursday decided to halt the use of vials
belonging to that lot number — as well as those with the lot numbers
3004734 and 3004956, which were produced around the same time and at the
same facility — affecting a total of 1.63 million shots.
Taro
Kono, the minister in charge of the vaccine rollout, said Friday that
more than half a million of the 1.63 million doses in question have
already been administered.
The vials in question were made by
Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi, which has been handling the final step
in the manufacturing process for Moderna vials using vaccine ingredients
produced in Switzerland that are destined for markets outside the U.S.
The Spanish pharmaceutical firm said Thursday that the one product lot
in which the foreign substance has been detected was distributed
exclusively in Japan, adding that it may have originated from one of the
company’s production lines.
An investigation by Moderna, Rovi
and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., which is in charge of the vaccine’s
distribution in Japan, is ongoing. The foreign material is “a metal that
reacts to a magnet” and is believed to have entered the vials during
the production process, the Asahi Shimbun quoted an unidentified senior
health ministry official as saying.
So far, there have been no
reports of ill health from contaminated doses, or of foreign materials
in other batches of the Moderna vaccine that have been distributed in
Japan.
The risk that a contaminated vial would be administered is
seen as low by experts, as the standard protocol is to check for any
abnormalities before use.
“If it’s a minute piece of metal, once
injected inside the muscle it will be approached and eaten by
phagocytes, so it will not circulate in the whole body, and there is a
near zero chance of it causing substantial health damage,” Masayuki
Miyasaka, professor emeritus of immunology at Osaka University, said on
his Facebook page.
Health minister Norihisa Tamura said the
government was contacting the 863 workplace and mass vaccination centers
that received the three lot numbers to see if they are short of
vaccines, and that it would start distributing replacement vials Friday.
“Because
the contamination has caused so much anxiety and worry among people
getting vaccinated, Moderna and Takeda Pharmaceutical have to take steps
to investigate the cause of the incident and prevent a recurrence,” he
told reporters Friday.
All Nippon Airways Co., which halted its
workplace vaccination program on Thursday and Friday because its
allocated supplies include vials with the affected lot numbers, said it
would resume giving shots on Saturday.
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Foreign matter in Moderna COVID vaccine identified as stainless metal
Sep 1, 2021
Tokyo
- The foreign matter found in some lots of Moderna Inc.'s vaccine
distributed but suspended from use in Japan was confirmed to be
stainless steel that was mixed during the manufacturing process, the
health ministry said Wednesday.
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/09/e0e7e2eac475-foreign-matter-in-moderna-covid-vaccine-identified-as-stainless-metal.html
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Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna doses; cause of deaths under investigation
Aug 28, 2021
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/08/28/national/japan-moderna-vaccine-deaths/
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Sunday Live: Japan Issues 2nd Emergency Recall of Moderna Injections After Magnetic Metal Causes Deaths
August 29, 2021
Alex
Jones breaks down how Japan has issue another emergency recall of the
Moderna injection after magnetized metal contaminants found laced in the
shot caused numerous deaths.
https://www.infowars.com/posts/sunday-live-biden-pushes-boosters-as-covid-credibility-collapses-after-major-study-confirms-natural-immunity-superior-to-injections/
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Graphene "razor blades" found in the COVID vaccines (Dr. Andreas Noack)
November 26th, 2021
https://www.bitchute.com/video/X9oMvf6dbhCi/
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DOCTOR MURDERED FOR EXPOSING GRAPHENE OXIDE IN INJECTIONS?!?
VIDEO:
NOVEMBER 27TH, 2021 – DR. ANDREAS NOACK WAS MURDERED AFTER RELEASING THE PREVIOUS VIDEO 4 DAYS AGO!
It is critical to watch the previous video:
– Talk by Dr. Andreas Noack (November 23rd, 2021)
– Translated by Stefan Reich (November 25th, 2021)
https://thephaser.com/2021/11/doctor-murdered-for-exposing-graphene-oxide-in-injections/
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Doctor Tells The Truth About Graphene “Razor Blades” In COVID Shots – Murdered Days Later (Video)
December 1, 2021
Dr.
Andreas Noack published a video on November 23rd, 2021 at 10am exposing
graphene hydroxide in the COVID shots, little “razor blades”. Just days
later, on November 27, he was murdered.
The following videos
were subsequently translated by Stefan Reich on November 25th, 2021 to
add in the English subtitles. Below is a full transcript.
America’s Frontline Doctor Reveals How To Detoxify From Graphene Oxide (Video)
Microscopy Expert Dr. Robert Young Claims COVID Vials Contain Graphene Oxide, Parasites, Stainless Steel (Video)
Dr. Robert Young: Millions Have Died From The COVID Injections
Epigeneticist Dr. Alexandra Henrion-Caude Discusses Aspects Of CONvid-1984 & mRNA Technology (Video)
https://ussanews.com/doctor-tells-the-truth-about-graphene-razor-blades-in-covid-shots-murdered-days-later-video/
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Has Dr. Noack been killed after publishing his findings about the vaccines?
November 27th, 2021
https://www.bitchute.com/video/pEBQm4hCh5cz/
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COVID Whistleblowers Are Mysteriously Dying And No One Is Brave Enough To Ask Why
January 2022
https://en-volve.com/2022/01/20/covid-whistleblowers-are-mysteriously-dying-and-no-one-is-brave-enough-to-ask-why/
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Dr. Andreas Noack | Nano Razor Blades Found in the Vax | Found Dead After Publication
28 Nov 2021
https://brandnewtube.com/watch/dr-andreas-noack-nano-razor-blades-found-in-the-vax-found-dead-after-publication_2G91vSuJKzTsN2O.html?s=09
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Stew Peters Show: Blood Doctor Discovers Self-Assembling Graphene/Nanobot Objects In The Vaccines
October 16th, 2021
https://www.bitchute.com/video/gpfclL3rPZ49/
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Why Japan banned MMR vaccine
Modified: 2001
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-17509/Why-Japan-banned-MMR-vaccine.html
Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab.
Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious financial and human costs.
Of
the 3,969 medical compensation claims relating to vaccines in the last
30 years, a quarter had been made by those badly affected by the
combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, they say.
The triple
jab was banned in Japan in 1993 after 1.8 million children had been
given two types of MMR and a record number developed non-viral
meningitis and other adverse reactions.
Official figures show
there were three deaths while eight children were left with permanent
handicaps ranging from damaged hearing and blindness to loss of control
of limbs.
The government reconsidered using MMR in 1999 but
decided it was safer to keep the ban and continue using individual
vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella.
The British Department
of Health said Japan had used a type of MMR which included a strain of
mumps vaccine that had particular problems and was discontinued in the
UK because of safety concerns.
The Japanese government realised
there was a problem with MMR soon after its introduction in April 1989
when vaccination was compulsory. Parents who refused had to pay a small
fine.
An analysis of vaccinations over a three-month period
showed one in every 900 children was experiencing problems. This was
over 2,000 times higher than the expected rate of one child in every
100,000 to 200,000.
The ministry switched to another MMR vaccine
in October 1991 but the incidence was still high with one in 1,755
children affected. No separate record has been kept of claims involving
autism.
Tests on the spinal fluid of 125 children affected were
carried out to see if the vaccine had got into the children's nervous
systems. They found one confirmed case and two further suspected cases.
In
1993, after a public outcry fuelled by worries over the flu vaccine,
the government dropped the requirement for children to be vaccinated
against measles or rubella.
Dr Hiroki Nakatani, director of the
Infectious Disease Division at Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare
said that giving individual vaccines cost twice as much as MMR 'but we
believe it is worth it'.
In some areas parents have to pay, while in others health authorities foot the bill.
However,
he admitted the MMR scare has left its mark. With vaccination rates
low, there have been measles outbreaks which have claimed 94 lives in
the last five years.
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Alert: Japan Places Myocarditis Warning on 'Vaccines' - Requires Informed Consent
December 10, 2021
https://rairfoundation.com/alert-japan-places-myocarditis-warning-on-vaccines-requires-informed-consent/
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Abstract
10712: Observational Findings of PULS Cardiac Test Findings for
Inflammatory Markers in Patients Receiving mRNA Vaccines
8 Nov 2021
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.144.suppl_1.10712
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Japan Places Warning on COVID ‘Vaccines
December 12, 2021
While
many countries are either voting and threatening to make vaccines
mandatory, the UK being one of them, Japan allows individuals to choose
whether to be injected with the experimental gene-therapies or not and
also labels the vaccines with warnings.
https://dailyexpose.uk/2021/12/12/japan-places-warning-on-covid-vaccines/
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Chinese virus vaccine produces ‘toxic’ effects, British researchers call on govt. to halt use immediately
June 17, 2021
Researchers in Britain are calling on the government to halt their use of the coronavirus vaccine immediately after discovering potentially “toxic” side effects. One America’s Pearson Sharp has more.
https://www.oann.com/chinese-virus-vaccine-produces-toxic-effects-british-researchers-call-on-govt-to-halt-use-immediately/
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Aluminum in vaccines: An overlooked neurotoxin
Jun 16, 2022
https://katiegrace.substack.com/p/aluminum-in-vaccines-an-overlooked
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No Agenda Show #1261: Infodemic (Adam Curry & John C. Dvorak)
July 19th, 2020
Executive
Producers: Tony Cabrera, Anonymous, Michael Thomas, Sir Mile High Mark,
SIR 22 of the PNW, Julian Erickson, Joe DiVerniero, Kristan Smith
https://www.noagendashow.net/listen/1261
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The steroid dexamethasone is the first drug shown to reduce COVID-19 deaths
June 16, 2020
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/steroid-dexamethasone-reduce-covid-19-coronavirus-deaths
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These 21 companies are working on coronavirus treatments or vaccines — here’s where things stand
April 11, 2020
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-nine-companies-are-working-on-coronavirus-treatments-or-vaccines-heres-where-things-stand-2020-03-06
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Covid-19: Pharmaceutical companies and agencies that partnered for coronavirus vaccine development
17 February 2020
https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/analysis/covid-19-pharmaceutical-company-partnerships-for-coronavirus-vaccines-development/
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How past investments positioned DARPA to take on coronavirus
4-7-2020
https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/2020/04/07/how-past-investments-positioned-darpa-to-take-on-coronavirus/
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AIM, Cocrystal, CEL-SCI, Beroni Pursue Coronavirus Treatment Candidates
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Section 2: Coronavirus, Race and Genetics
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Why Germany's Coronavirus Death Rate Is Far Lower Than In Other Countries
March 25, 2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/25/820595489/why-germanys-coronavirus-death-rate-is-far-lower-than-in-other-countries?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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Germany's devolved logic is helping it win the coronavirus race
April 5, 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/germanys-devolved-logic-is-helping-it-win-the-coronavirus-race
With 400 public health offices forging ahead with testing, the country is a model for others to emulate
(Germany’s approach to testing has put it way ahead of other countries in terms of numbers).
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Coronavirus: Iceland’s mass testing finds half of carriers show no symptoms
2020
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2020/03/25/Coronavirus-Iceland-s-mass-testing-finds-half-of-carriers-show-no-symptoms
Unlike
other countries, where people are only tested if they exhibit symptoms
of coronavirus or have come into contact with known spreaders,
the country is testing thousands of people from the general population
who don’t exhibit any symptoms of the virus whatsoever – helping to
reveal information about the nature of the pathogen and its symptoms.
40 mutations of the virus
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Finland's Fascinating Genes
April. 2005
The people in this land of lakes and forests are so alike that scientists can filter out the genes that contribute to heart disease, diabetes, and asthma
http://discovermagazine.com/2005/apr/29-finlands-fascinating-genes
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Novel coronavirus attacks and destroys T cells, just like HIV
Apr 13 2020
Now, a team from the United States and China revealed evidence that the coronavirus disease, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), attacks the immune system’s T lymphocytes. The worrying findings highlight the destructive power of the novel coronavirus, which can destroy the immune system, leaving the patient unable to fight off the infection.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200413/Novel-coronavirus-attacks-and-destroys-T-cells-just-like-HIV.aspx
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Nano Research for COVID-19
3-31-2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7123821/
In parallel with diagnostic test developments, researchers are examining different drug formulations to treat patients suffering with COVID-19. One potential therapy currently undergoing clinical trials is the HIV drug combination of liponavir–ritonavir. Thus far, the trials have not shown a significant difference between patients treated with this drug cocktail and placebo...
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More about the Viking hypothesis of origin of the delta32 mutation in the CCR5 gene conferring resistance to HIV-1 infection.
2003
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14636691
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Biologists discover why 10% of Europeans are safe from HIV infection
10-Mar-2005
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/uol-bdw031005.php
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The Geographic Spread of the CCR5 Δ32 HIV-Resistance Allele
2005 Nov
Abstract
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1255740/
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COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region
April 24, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-immigrants-idUSKCN2260XW
Across Europe, little is known about who is affected by the virus because governments are releasing limited demographic information about the sick and those who die. But a Reuters examination of government data in three Nordic countries where more details are available shows that some immigrant groups are among those affected at higher rates than the general populace.
“WORRYING” DISPARITY
In Norway, where 15% of residents were born abroad, 25% who had tested positive for COVID-19 by April 19 were foreign-born. Somalis, with 425 confirmed cases, are the largest immigrant group testing positive, accounting for 6% of all confirmed cases — more than 10 times their share of the population.
Somalis are the most overrepresented immigrant group among Sweden’s confirmed cases, as well. Their 283 positive tests account for about 5% of the nearly 6,000 cases documented between March 13 and April 7. That’s seven times their share of the population. Iraqis, Syrians and Turks also made up disproportionately large shares of positive cases.
In Finland’s capital city of Helsinki, the mayor said it was “worrying” that almost 200 Somalis had tested positive by mid-April. They accounted for about 17% of positive cases — 10 times their share of the city’s population.
More than 100,000 Somalia-born live in the three countries, mostly in Sweden and Norway, one of the largest Somali diasporas in the world. Many arrived as refugees of war in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Several factors place them more at risk of getting sick, public health officials and researchers say.
VIRUS OUTPACES RESPONSE
It is common in all three countries for multiple generations of Somalis to live, like the Dakhares do, in crowded apartments, making it easier for the virus to spread from one family member to the next. They also tend to work in high-contact jobs — healthcare workers, drivers and cleaners, for example — with a higher risk for exposure.
Language barriers also are at play, and some have criticized governments in Sweden and Norway for failing to move fast enough in communicating about the virus to immigrant groups.
“By the time information translated to different languages was spread sufficiently, the infection rate among minority groups was already very high,” said Linda Noor, a social anthropologist who is managing director of Minotenk, a think tank focused on minority-related politics in Norway. She said a lot of information in Norway was distributed through national health authorities’ websites that are unfamiliar to many people in immigrant communities.
Public health officials in both Norway and Sweden pointed to COVID-19 information they published in multiple languages, including Somali, in early to mid-March. But they acknowledged that they did not reach some immigrants fast enough.
GETTING THE WORD OUT
“I think it is clear from the epidemiological situation, especially looking at the high proportion of Somalis with COVID-19, that we did not reach this group in time,” said Hilde Kløvstad, department director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Once the virus started to spread, officials realized they needed to be more focused in their outreach, she said, adding that the spread of the virus among immigrant communities is slowing.
In Oslo, officials contacted leaders in immigrant communities, who helped them get the word out via social media, word of mouth, posters and online videos targeting Somalis, said Hanne Gjørtz, head of communications for the city. Health alerts in Somali aired on the radio, and text messages with translated information were sent to Somali residents.
HITTING THE STREETS
In Rinkeby-Kista and Spånga-Tensta, two Stockholm boroughs where immigrants and their children make up most of the population, rates of infection are more than two times higher than in the city overall. Trying to slow the spread of the virus in these areas, where Somalis are the biggest minority group, the government is offering temporary furnished rental apartments to at-risk-groups, such as elderly people who live in multi-generational housing, said Benjamin Dousa, chairman of the Rinkeby-Kista district council.
Government workers who speak a variety of languages, including Somali, have hit the streets in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods — near libraries, religious buildings, municipal offices, metro stations and grocery stores — to warn people about COVID-19, said officials from government body Region Stockholm.
In a statement to Reuters, Region Stockholm said it could have been faster in distributing multilingual information before the virus began spreading disproportionately among immigrant groups.
“However, we are working in the middle of a situation which is before unseen,” the statement said. “Therefore, it is difficult to be as fast as is needed and to foresee all needs.”
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Coronavirus takes a toll in Sweden's immigrant community
May 9, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/coronavirus-takes-toll-swedens-immigrant-community-70593594
The coronavirus has taken a disproportionate toll among Sweden's immigrants
n Finland, Helsinki authorities warned of a similar over-representation among Somali immigrants in the capital — some 200 cases, or about 14%, of all confirmed infections. In Norway, where immigrants make up nearly 15% of the general population, they represent about 25% of confirmed coronavirus cases.
“I think a pandemic like this one, or any crisis will hit the most vulnerable people in society the most wherever in the world, and we see this in many many countries," said Isabella Lovin, Sweden's deputy prime minister, in an interview with The Associated Press.
Noting that the virus was spreading faster in some crowded Stockholm suburbs, Lovin said said the city is providing short-term accommodation to some people whose relatives are vulnerable.
Sweden, Norway and Finland recognized early failings in community outreach in minority languages and are seeking to fix this. The town of Jarfalla, outside Stockholm, has had high school students hand out leaflets in Somali, Persian, French and other languages, urging people to wash their hands and stay home if sick.
With Sweden's relatively low-key approach to fighting the virus that relies mainly on voluntary social distancing, there are concerns the message has not reached everyone in immigrant neighborhoods.
“It’s important that everyone living here who has a different mother tongue gets the right information,” said Warda Addallah, a 17-year-old Somali Swede.
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Number of people who immigrated to Sweden in 2019, by country of origin
Jul 28, 2020
https://www.statista.com/statistics/522136/sweden-immigration-by-country-of-origin/
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Swedish Government Treating Immigrants of Coronavirus is More Important than Elderly Swedes
Mar 31st, 2020
https://www.eutimes.net/2020/03/swedish-government-treating-immigrants-of-coronavirus-is-more-important-than-elderly-swedes/
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Sweden Health Board Says Elderly Can Be Given Lower Priority, But Not Illegal Migrants
29 Mar 2020
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/29/sweden-health-board-prioritise-migrants-over-swedes-with-pre-existing-conditions-elderly-for-virus-care/
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Facts about migration, integration and crime in Sweden
23 February 2017
https://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/
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Did Sweden's coronavirus strategy succeed or fail?
24 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53498133
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Immigration to Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Sweden
As of 2010, 1.33 million people or 14.3% of the inhabitants of Sweden were foreign-born.
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COVID-19 takes unequal toll on immigrants in Nordic region
April 24, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-immigrants-idUSKCN2260XW
Across Europe, little is known about who is affected by the virus because governments are releasing limited demographic information about the sick and those who die. But a Reuters examination of government data in three Nordic countries where more details are available shows that some immigrant groups are among those affected at higher rates than the general populace.
“WORRYING” DISPARITY
In Norway, where 15% of residents were born abroad, 25% who had tested positive for COVID-19 by April 19 were foreign-born. Somalis, with 425 confirmed cases, are the largest immigrant group testing positive, accounting for 6% of all confirmed cases — more than 10 times their share of the population.
Somalis are the most overrepresented immigrant group among Sweden’s confirmed cases, as well. Their 283 positive tests account for about 5% of the nearly 6,000 cases documented between March 13 and April 7. That’s seven times their share of the population. Iraqis, Syrians and Turks also made up disproportionately large shares of positive cases.
In Finland’s capital city of Helsinki, the mayor said it was “worrying” that almost 200 Somalis had tested positive by mid-April. They accounted for about 17% of positive cases — 10 times their share of the city’s population.
More than 100,000 Somalia-born live in the three countries, mostly in Sweden and Norway, one of the largest Somali diasporas in the world. Many arrived as refugees of war in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Several factors place them more at risk of getting sick, public health officials and researchers say.
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Coronavirus takes a toll in Sweden's immigrant community
May 9, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/coronavirus-takes-toll-swedens-immigrant-community-70593594
The coronavirus has taken a disproportionate toll among Sweden's immigrants
n Finland, Helsinki authorities warned of a similar over-representation among Somali immigrants in the capital — some 200 cases, or about 14%, of all confirmed infections. In Norway, where immigrants make up nearly 15% of the general population, they represent about 25% of confirmed coronavirus cases.
“I think a pandemic like this one, or any crisis will hit the most vulnerable people in society the most wherever in the world, and we see this in many many countries," said Isabella Lovin, Sweden's deputy prime minister, in an interview with The Associated Press.
Noting that the virus was spreading faster in some crowded Stockholm suburbs, Lovin said said the city is providing short-term accommodation to some people whose relatives are vulnerable.
Sweden, Norway and Finland recognized early failings in community outreach in minority languages and are seeking to fix this. The town of Jarfalla, outside Stockholm, has had high school students hand out leaflets in Somali, Persian, French and other languages, urging people to wash their hands and stay home if sick.
With Sweden's relatively low-key approach to fighting the virus that relies mainly on voluntary social distancing, there are concerns the message has not reached everyone in immigrant neighborhoods.
“It’s important that everyone living here who has a different mother tongue gets the right information,” said Warda Addallah, a 17-year-old Somali Swede.
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Number of people who immigrated to Sweden in 2019, by country of origin
Jul 28, 2020
https://www.statista.com/statistics/522136/sweden-immigration-by-country-of-origin/
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Swedish Government Treating Immigrants of Coronavirus is More Important than Elderly Swedes
Mar 31st, 2020
https://www.eutimes.net/2020/03/swedish-government-treating-immigrants-of-coronavirus-is-more-important-than-elderly-swedes/
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Sweden Health Board Says Elderly Can Be Given Lower Priority, But Not Illegal Migrants
29 Mar 2020
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/03/29/sweden-health-board-prioritise-migrants-over-swedes-with-pre-existing-conditions-elderly-for-virus-care/
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Facts about migration, integration and crime in Sweden
23 February 2017
https://www.government.se/articles/2017/02/facts-about-migration-and-crime-in-sweden/
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Did Sweden's coronavirus strategy succeed or fail?
24 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53498133
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Immigration to Sweden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Sweden
As of 2010, 1.33 million people or 14.3% of the inhabitants of Sweden were foreign-born.
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Digging into racial disparities in coronavirus cases from Baltimore | ABC News
Apr 12, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqD0aU7pPM
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CDC releases new data as debate grows over racial disparities in coronavirus deaths
April 8, 2020
Experts say more can be done now if there's more national data.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cdc-releases-data-debate-grows-racial-disparities-coronavirus/story?id=70041803
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Coronavirus risk for African Americans tied to more than race
April 12, 2020
Racial disparities around the virus are impossible to ignore, with African Americans seeing higher rates of hospitalization and of deaths.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/coronavirus-risk-african-americans-tied-more-race-n1182146
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Why black Americans are at higher risk for coronavirus
April 7, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-black-americans-race/index.html
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One reason why coronavirus hits black people the hardest
May 22, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAFD-0aMkwE
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Chicago’s coronavirus disparity: Black Chicagoans are dying at nearly six times the rate of white residents, data show
Apr 07, 2020
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-coronavirus-deaths-demographics-lightfoot-20200406-77nlylhiavgjzb2wa4ckivh7mu-story.html
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Latino community now the group with most cases of coronavirus in Illinois
May 1, 2020
Nearly 13,000 Latino people have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/5/1/21244390/latinos-coronavirus-cases-covid-19-illinois
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Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in California
April 25, 2020
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-25/coronavirus-takes-a-larger-toll-on-younger-african-americans-and-latinos-in-california
Black and Latino Californians ages 18 to 64 are dying more frequently of COVID-19 than their white and Asian counterparts relative to their share of the population, a Times analysis of state health department data shows.
Newly released figures on the grim toll of the novel coronavirus show once again profound disparities in people’s odds of survival that fall along racial and ethnic lines. In this case, the data also belie the conventional wisdom that old age is the primary risk factor for death.
When accounting for each group’s percentage of the population, blacks and Latinos under the age of 65 had a higher share of fatalities than even older blacks and Latinos. The trend is particularly noticeable among those age 18 to 49, The Times analysis found.
Black and Latino Californians ages 18 to 64 are dying more frequently of COVID-19 than their white and Asian counterparts relative to their share of the population, a Times analysis of state health department data shows.
Newly released figures on the grim toll of the novel coronavirus show once again profound disparities in people’s odds of survival that fall along racial and ethnic lines. In this case, the data also belie the conventional wisdom that old age is the primary risk factor for death.
When accounting for each group’s percentage of the population, blacks and Latinos under the age of 65 had a higher share of fatalities than even older blacks and Latinos. The trend is particularly noticeable among those age 18 to 49, The Times analysis found.
Whites are slightly under-represented and Latinos have the lowest proportional rate, representing 32% of the deaths but 39% of the population — that’s partly because the ethnic group skews young and no one in California under age 18 has died yet of COVID-19.
African Americans have been found to have higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and smoking-related deaths than whites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They have a lower life expectancy and are more likely to not see a doctor because of the cost, CDC data shows...
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California wants to know more about coronavirus and ethnicity after surge in Latino cases
July 28, 2020
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article244553062.html
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After bending the curve, California has overtaken New York for the most Covid-19 cases
July 22, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/us/california-coronavirus-surge/index.html
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California wants to know more about coronavirus and ethnicity after surge in Latino cases
July 28, 2020
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article244553062.html
California plans to collect more data on the ethnicity of coronavirus patients after recording a disproportionate increase in infections among Latinos, the state health secretary announced on Tuesday.
There’s been a “significant increase” of COVID-19 cases among California’s Latino population since May, Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said in announcing the plans.
Ghaly, during a COVID-19 briefing, said Latinos made up about 47% of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state in May, but now now make up more than half of confirmed cases.
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California overtakes New York to register highest number of coronavirus cases in US
23 July 2020
The state was touted as an example for its handling of the pandemic - but cases have rocketed in the past month
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/23/california-overtakes-new-york-register-highest-number-coronavirus/
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California sees record number of COVID-19 ICU patients as hospitalizations reach all-time high
Jul 8, 2020
https://ktla.com/news/california/california-sees-record-number-of-covid-19-icu-patients-as-hospitalizations-reach-all-time-high/
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In 2014, Latinos will surpass whites as largest racial/ethnic group in California
January 24, 2014
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/24/in-2014-latinos-will-surpass-whites-as-largest-racialethnic-group-in-california/
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L.A. releases first racial breakdown of coronavirus fatalities; African Americans have higher death rate
April 2020
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-07/l-a-releases-first-racial-breakdown-of-coronavirus-fatalities-african-americans-have-higher-death-rate
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L.A. County Again Reports Incomplete Coronavirus Data, But Confirms 10 New Deaths
July 26, 2020
https://deadline.com/2020/07/l-a-county-again-reports-incomplete-coronavirus-data-but-confirms-10-new-deaths-1202995465/
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Racial breakdown of NYC coronavirus deaths reveals ‘disparities,’ de Blasio says
April 8, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/04/08/de-blasio-releases-racial-breakdown-data-of-coronavirus-deaths/
Figures compiled by the state Department of Health show that outside New York City, the disparity for black New Yorkers was even greater, as they comprise 18 percent of COVID-19 death — double their 9 percent demographic.
Hispanics account for 14 percent of coronavirus deaths while comprising 11 percent of the population, according to statistics compiled through Tuesday.
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New York City's Latinx Residents Hit Hardest By Coronavirus Deaths
April 8, 2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/08/829726964/new-york-citys-latinx-residents-hit-hardest-by-coronavirus-deaths
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Virus is Twice as Deadly for Black and Latino People Than Whites in N.Y.C.
April 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-race-deaths.html
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Coronavirus in NY: COVID-19 race, ethnicity data show black, Hispanic population at higher risk
April 8, 2020
https://www.lohud.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/04/08/ny-plans-release-covid-19-racial-demographic-data-amid-concerns/2963727001/
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NYC's Bangladeshi community struggles to cope with coronavirus
April 29, 2020
Leaders say the community has been hit particularly hard due to living conditions, informal jobs, high rate of diabetes.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/nyc-bangladeshi-community-struggles-cope-coronavirus-200429180945222.html
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New York City's low-income, minority areas hit hardest by COVID-19, Cuomo says
May 20, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-citys-low-income-minority-areas-hit-hardest-by-covid-19-cuomo-says-idUSKBN22W2IG
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Florida, Arizona and Texas set records for new COVID-19 cases
June 17, 2020
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-arizona-texas-set-records-new-covid-19-cases-n1231326
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Rachel Maddow: San Antonio has more COVID-19 hospitalizations than New York City
July 9, 2020
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Rachel-Maddow-San-Antonio-has-more-COVID-19-15396807.php
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Joaquin Castro to Trump: San Antonio is 60 percent Mexican-American - Mostly True
June 6, 2016
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/jun/17/joaquin-castro/joaquin-castro-trump-san-antonio-60-percent-mexica/
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One County Has 85 Infants With the Virus
Jul 18, 2020
(Nueces County, Texas)
https://www.newser.com/story/293762/one-county-has-85-infants-with-the-virus.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=newser
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Why Arizona Is Suffering the Worst COVID-19 Outbreak in the US
July 9, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/why-arizona-suffering-worst-covid-170509761.html
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Minorities now in the majority in Phoenix and Tucson
Aug 22, 2006
https://tucson.com/news/minorities-now-in-the-majority-in-phoenix-and-tucson/article_801a07f0-a45b-5d22-8158-62a47c0105dc.html
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All eyes will be on Arizona for how to handle majority-minority shift
November 29, 2018
https://www.12news.com/article/news/special-reports/the-changing-face-of-arizona/all-eyes-will-be-on-arizona-for-how-to-handle-minority-majority-shift/75-660c53a0-76b4-4aed-a7d8-908875f08c39
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Florida shatters US record for new single-day Covid-19 cases
July 12, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/12/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/index.html
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Florida breaks state, U.S. record with 15,300 coronavirus cases reported in single day
Jul 12, 2020
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-florida-coronavirus-sunday-july-12-20200712-y2o2d2s6xbdgbdjag7mdx7g3u4-story.html
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Florida’s under-70 population now majority-minority
Jun. 20, 2019
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/06/20/floridas-under-70-population-now-majority-minority/
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Why do some young people die of coronavirus?
April 9, 2020
Covid-19 hits the old hardest, but young people are dying too. Scientists say it may be down to genes or ‘viral load’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/why-do-some-young-people-die-of-coronavirus-covid-19-genes-viral-load
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Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
April 24, 2020
https://apnews.com/cb9947b1bd563637b17b102456c2be8b
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Brazil buckles under coronavirus crisis, Mexico reels from potentially higher death toll l ABC News
May 20, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMh8wdpAhNg
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Funeral Homes in Mexico Reveal Coronavirus’ Hidden Death Toll | Coronavirus News
Jun 5, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_58Q0H7KoI
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How sick will the coronavirus make you? The answer may be in your genes
Mar. 27, 2020
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/how-sick-will-coronavirus-make-you-answer-may-be-your-genes
COVID-19, caused by the new pandemic coronavirus, is strangely—and tragically—selective. Only some infected people get sick, and although most of the critically ill are elderly or have complicating problems such as heart disease, some killed by the disease are previously healthy and even relatively young. Researchers are now gearing up to scour the patients’ genomes for DNA variations that explain this mystery. The findings could be used to identify those most at risk of serious illness and those who might be protected, and they might also guide the search for new treatments.
The projects range from ongoing studies with DNA for many thousands of participants, some now getting infected with the coronavirus, to new efforts that are collecting DNA from COVID-19 patients in hard-hit places such as Italy. The goal is to compare the DNA of people who have serious cases of COVID-19 (which stands for coronavirus disease 2019)—but no underlying disease like diabetes, heart or lung disease—with those with mild or no disease. “We see huge differences in clinical outcomes and across countries. How much of that is explained by genetic susceptibility is a very open question,” says geneticist Andrea Ganna of the University of Helsinki’s Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM).
It’s hard to predict what will pop out from these gene hunts, some researchers say. But there are obvious suspects, such as the gene coding for the cell surface protein angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which the coronavirus uses to enter airway cells. Variations in the ACE2 gene that alter the receptor could make it easier or harder for the virus to get into cells, says immunologist Philip Murphy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, whose lab identified a relatively common mutation in another human cell surface protein, CCR5, that makes some people highly resistant to HIV.
Ganna heads up a major effort to pool COVID-19 patients’ genetic data from around the world. The idea “came quite spontaneously” about 2 weeks ago when “everyone was sitting at their computers watching this crisis,” says Ganna, who is also affiliated with the Broad Institute, a U.S. genomic powerhouse.
He and FIMM Director Mark Daly quickly created a website for their project, the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, and reached out to colleagues who run large biobank studies that follow thousands of volunteers for years to look for links between their DNA and health. At least a dozen biobanks, mostly in Europe and the United States, have expressed interest in contributing COVID-19 data from participants who agreed to this. Among them are FinnGen, which has DNA samples and health data for 5% of the 5 million–person Finnish population, and the 50,000-participant biobank at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The UK Biobank, one of world’s largest with DNA data for 500,000 participants, also plans to add COVID-19 health data from participants to its data set, the project tweeted this month. And the Icelandic company deCODE Genetics, which is helping test much of the nation’s population to see who is infected with the new coronavirus, has received government permission to add these data and any subsequent COVID-19 symptoms to its database, which contains genome and health data on half of Iceland’s 364,000 inhabitants, says its CEO Kári Stefánsson. “We will do our best to contribute to figuring this out,” Stefánsson says.
Another effort to identify protective or susceptibility DNA variants is the Personal Genome Project led by Harvard University’s George Church, which recruits people willing to share their full genome, tissue samples, and health data for research. Earlier this month, it sent questionnaires to its thousands of participants, asking about their COVID-19 status. More than 600 in the United States responded within 48 hours. “It seems that most people want to do their part,” says Church, whose group isn’t yet part of Ganna’s collaboration.
Other researchers working with Ganna’s initiative are recruiting COVID-19 patients directly within hospitals for such genomics studies. Italian geneticist Alessandra Renieri of the University of Siena expects at least 11 hospitals in the nation to give ethics approval for her team to collect DNA samples from willing patients. “It is my opinion that [host] genetic differences are a key factor … for susceptibility to severe acute pneumonia,” Renieri says.
Pediatrics researcher Jean-Laurent Casanova at the Rockefeller University, who specializes in identifying rare genes that can make healthy young people susceptible to certain serious diseases, is drawing on a network of pediatricians around the world to look for the relatively few young people who develop COVID-19 serious enough to get admitted to intensive care. “We study exclusively patients who were previously healthy” and under 50, as their serious COVID-19 illness is more likely to have a genetic basis, he explains.
In addition to genetic variants of the ACE2 receptor, scientists want to see whether differences in the human leukocyte antigen genes, which influence the immune system’s response to viruses and bacteria, affect disease severity. And some investigators want to follow up a finding, which a Chinese team reported in a preprint: that people with type O blood may be protected from the virus. “We’re trying to figure out if those findings are robust,” says Stanford University human geneticist Manuel Rivas, who is contributing to Ganna’s initiative.
The catastrophic spread of the coronavirus should soon increase the number of COVID-19 patients available to these gene hunts. And that could speed findings. Ganna expects the first susceptibility genes could be identified within a couple of months.
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Two Genetic Regions Linked with Severe COVID-19
Jun 8, 2020
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/two-genetic-regions-linked-with-severe-covid-19-67619
In a genome-wide association study, variants in both the ABO blood group locus and a cluster of genes on human chromosome 3 are more common among COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure than in the general population.
The research team collected, genotyped, and analyzed samples from 775 patients and 950 controls from Spain and 835 patients and 1,255 controls from Italy. The patients were all hospitalized and were either in need of mechanical ventilation or on supplemental oxygen, both of which the researchers categorized as respiratory failure. They pulled out two genomic regions in which certain variants showed up more in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 than in unhospitalized people from the same geographic region.
Ideally, a GWAS analysis would analyze the genomes of people with COVID-19 and compare those who didn’t get very sick to those who experienced severe symptoms, instead of using population-based controls whose exposure to the virus is unknown, says Priya Duggal, a genetic epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who did not participate in the study. Nevertheless, “it’s really incredible to see how much work was done in such a short period of time. In about two months, these investigators moved from cases being identified in the hospitals to being genotyped to the identification of two putative regions.”
One region the authors identified is the locus that encodes blood type. They found that people with blood type A were at a higher risk for respiratory failure, while blood group O seemed to be protective. The odds for those with blood type A to be hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms were nearly 1.5 times the odds for people with other blood types. And those with type O had about two-thirds the odds of being hospitalized as those with other blood types. This analysis echoes preprint findings from patient datasets collected in China and New York, which Franke says makes the research team more confident that it’s a real association.
The other genomic region the researchers identified shows up on the human chromosome 3 and contains several genes of interest. One is SLC6A20, which encodes an amino acid transporter that interacts with ACE2, the main receptor that SARS-CoV-2 uses to get into human cells. Two other genes in this cluster encode immune system–related chemokine receptors: the C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 6 and the CC-motif chemokine receptor 9. Both proteins play a role in T-cell differentiation and recruitment during influenza viral infections. This region also shows up in publicly available results from the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, which gives it weight, the authors write.
“Chemokine receptors are important in many manifestations of multiple diseases, so that’s interesting,” says Benjamin Fairfax, a geneticist at the University of Oxford who did not participate in the study. He adds that the SLC6A20 association is also intriguing because of the interaction with ACE2, but that the findings for both the chromosome 3 and blood group loci need to be replicated to give more insight into the underlying biological mechanisms of the disease.
“From the individual perspective of a patient or those people wandering around with blood group A who may think they’re at higher risk, these effect sizes are going to be very, very small compared to major risk factors such as age and sex,” Fairfax says.
The gene cluster on chromosome 3 has an even higher effect size than that of the ABO locus, says Franke, “but we cannot say at the moment which of the many candidate genes is most important. All of them are very attractive in this region.” The odds of being hospitalized with respiratory failure from COVID-19 were 1.77 times higher for those with the variants on chromosome 3 than for people without this genotype...
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DNA Could Hold Clues to Varying Severity of COVID-19
Apr 17, 2020
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/dna-could-hold-clues-to-varying-severity-of-covid-19-67435
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Why Does Covid-19 Make Some People So Sick? Ask Their DNA
Consumer genomics company 23andMe wants to mine its database of millions of customers for clues to why the virus hits some people harder than others.
04.07.2020
https://www.wired.com/story/why-does-covid-19-make-some-people-so-sick-ask-their-dna/
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The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly high rate
April 7, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/07/coronavirus-is-infecting-killing-black-americans-an-alarmingly-high-rate-post-analysis-shows/?arc404=true
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Unemployed African Americans feel the impact of coronavirus
Jun 5, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dniX6J1UChk
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‘Those numbers take your breath away’: Covid-19 is hitting Chicago’s black neighborhoods much harder than others, officials say
April 7, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/07/chicago-racial-disparity-coronavirus/
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4/10/2020
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Early Data Shows African Americans Have Contracted and Died of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate
April 3 2020
No, the coronavirus is not an “equalizer.” Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. Here’s what Milwaukee is doing about it — and why governments need to start releasing data on the race of COVID-19 patients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate
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The color of coronavirus:
JUNE 10, 2020
https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race
COVID-19 deaths by race and ethnicity in the U.S.
KEY FINDINGS:
Aggregated death rates from COVID-19 across all states and the District of Columbia have reached new highs for all groups:
1 in 1,625 Black Americans has died (or 61.6 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 2,775 Indigenous Americans has died (or 36.0 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 3,550 Latino Americans has died (or 28.2 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 3,800 Asian Americans has died (or 26.3 deaths per 100,000)
1 in 3,800 White Americans has died (or 26.2 deaths per 100,000)
Black Americans continue to experience the highest overall mortality rates and the most widespread occurrence of disproportionate deaths. Since we began reporting these data, the Black mortality rate across the U.S. has never fallen below twice that of all other groups, revealing a durable pattern of disproportionality.
The latest overall COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is 2.3 times as high as the rate for Whites and Asians, and 2.2 times as high as the Latino rate.
Relative to White rates, Black rates are most dramatically higher in the District of Columbia (6 times as high), Kansas (5 times), Wisconsin (5 times), Michigan (4 times), Missouri (4 times), New York (3 times) and South Carolina (3 times).
Compared to their representation in the population:
Indigenous Americans are dying above their population share in Mississippi, Arizona and most dramatically, New Mexico.
Asian Americans are dying above their population share in Iowa and Nevada.
Black Americans are dying above their population share in 30 states and most dramatically, in Washington, D.C.
Latino Americans are dying above their population share in Tennessee, Illinois, Wisconsin and New York.
White Americans are dying above their population share in Delaware, Washington, Texas, Massachusetts, Maine, Idaho, Connecticut, Oklahoma and Rhode Island.
Data for Pacific Islander Americans is hampered by poor reporting; however, they are dying at rates roughly equivalent to their population share in the two states that have experienced 10 or more deaths: California and Washington.
If they had died of COVID-19 at the same rate as White Americans, at least 14,400 Black Americans, 1,200 Latino Americans and 200 Indigenous Americans would still be alive.
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Majority Black Counties See Triple the Covid Death Rate
May 11, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-coronavirus-outbreak-us-african-american-death-rate/
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Black Americans dying of Covid-19 at three times the rate of white people
20 May 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/black-americans-death-rate-covid-19-coronavirus
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Shocking picture of CCP virus survivors in China: darkened skin
2020-04-20
https://gnews.org/178646/
Two doctors at the Wuhan Central Hospital Yi Fan and Hu Weifeng, who became critically ill with the CCP virus, finally recovered after over two months’ treatment. A widely circulated video shows that they now have dark skin, which shocked the nation.
Why did their faces turn black? “For critically ill patients, the fight against the virus is like killing 10,000 enemy soldiers at the expense of losing 8,000 of your own guys. Although life is saved, many organs are damaged.” Hubei Provincial Expert Group on Epidemic Prevention Song Jianxin, chief physician of the Department of Infection at Tongji Hospital, told the Health Times that dark skin is the cause of pigmentation.
(In picture: Doctor Yin Fan’s complexion is gradually returning to normal as of April 20, 2020).
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Doctors recovered from CCP virus turned black; Family taken away in 'high risk' area in Beijing
Apr 24, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_yvztyMxw
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Did these Chinese doctors’ skin turn black after getting Covid-19? There’s more to this story…
04/24/2020
https://observers.france24.com/en/20200424-chinese-doctors-skin-black-covid-19
Photos of two Chinese doctors who survived Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, are circulating widely on social media and news outlets around the world. The photos are accompanied by the claim that their skin turned black after they were infected with the novel coronavirus. The claim is true - but the strange change in colour was only temporary.
The published images are authentic: the cardiologist Yi Fan and the urologist Hu Weifeng were contaminated with Covid-19 in January. Both of them became seriously ill, until they both fell into comas and had to rely on life support machines to breathe.
On 18 April, Beijing TV, a local Chinese media broadcast a report featuring the two doctors [Watch from 09.00-12.00]. They were awake, but it seemed that their skin had darkened.
These photos found their way to WhatsApp groups, Telegram channels, Facebook and Twitter, and soon a number of media started to claim that one of the effects of Covid-19 is a change in skin pigmentation.
Screenshots of the report were first shared on Weibo, China’s most popular social network. The screenshots had the caption: “Don’t be fooled into thinking these two black people are Africans”.
Why the rumour is misleading
Despite what these posts say, the phenomenon of getting darker skin after Covid-19 is not permanent. The FRANCE 24 Observers team found a new video of Dr Yi Fan two days after the initial report was broadcast.
As we can see in the video, his skin colour has gone back to what it used to be. So despite the claims, this medical condition is only temporary.
What causes a change in skin colour?
Dr An Chuc is doctor based in Paris, an expert at the Paris Court of Appeal and also head of the medical-judicial unit of the Sud-Seine hospital group. She explains:
What we can see in these images are compatible with what we observe during liver dysfunction in a patient. In reality, the skin isn’t turning black but dark yellow. This is what we call jaundice. It also affects the conjonctive [a membrane in the eye].
The change in colour is a result of the liver being unable to process waste. Often this can be caused by contracting a viral disease, so in this case it could have been caused by Covid-19. It often happens with viral hepatitis, and can be caused by drug poisoning too. However, neither I nor my colleagues have ever seen this happen to that extent.
Chinese medical teams also attributed the phenomenon to liver dysfunction.
According to local media, liver dysfunction could be a result of the drugs the patients were taking or because the virus temporarily increased the level of iron in their blood, leading to a temporary change in skin colour.
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Wuhan doctor whose skin turned dark from COVID-19 treatment dies
Dr Hu Weifeng was a colleague of the late whistleblower Dr Li Wenliang
June 02, 2020
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2020/06/02/wuhan-doctor-whose-skin-turned-dark-from-covid-19-treatment-dies.html
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Coronavirus: South Asian people most likely to die in hospital
19 June 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53097676
South Asian people are the most likely to die from coronavirus after being admitted to hospital in Great Britain, major analysis shows.
It is the only ethnic group to have a raised risk of death in hospital and is partly due to high levels of diabetes.
The study is hugely significant as it assessed data from four-in-10 of all hospital patients with Covid-19.
The researchers said policies such as protecting people at work and who gets a vaccine may now need to change.
Twenty-seven institutions across the UK, including universities and public health bodies, as well as 260 hospitals, were involved in the study.
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Asians Far More Susceptible to Coronavirus than Other Races, More Likely to Die, Just Like SARS
Feb 4th, 2020
https://www.eutimes.net/2020/02/asians-far-more-susceptible-to-coronavirus-than-other-races-more-likely-to-die-just-like-sars/
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Close inbreeding and low genetic diversity in Inner Asian human populations despite geographical exogamy
20 June 2018
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-27047-3
Abstract
When closely related individuals mate, they produce inbred offspring, which often have lower fitness than outbred ones. Geographical exogamy, by favouring matings between distant individuals, is thought to be an inbreeding avoidance mechanism; however, no data has clearly tested this prediction. Here, we took advantage of the diversity of matrimonial systems in humans to explore the impact of geographical exogamy on genetic diversity and inbreeding. We collected ethno-demographic data for 1,344 individuals in 16 populations from two Inner Asian cultural groups with contrasting dispersal behaviours (Turko-Mongols and Indo-Iranians) and genotyped genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms in 503 individuals. We estimated the population exogamy rate and confirmed the expected dispersal differences: Turko-Mongols are geographically more exogamous than Indo-Iranians. Unexpectedly, across populations, exogamy patterns correlated neither with the proportion of inbred individuals nor with their genetic diversity. Even more surprisingly, among Turko-Mongols, descendants from exogamous couples were significantly more inbred than descendants from endogamous couples, except for large distances (>40 km). Overall, 37% of the descendants from exogamous couples were closely inbred. This suggests that in Inner Asia, geographical exogamy is neither efficient in increasing genetic diversity nor in avoiding inbreeding, which might be due to kinship endogamy despite the occurrence of dispersal.
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Why You Should Stop Joking That Black People Are Immune to Coronavirus
March 14, 2020
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2020/03/coronavirus-immunity-racism-history-disease-yellow-fever/607891/
There’s a fatal history behind the claim that African Americans are more resistant to diseases like Covid-19 or yellow fever.
In
the past two days alone, two African-American NBA basketball players
have tested positive for coronavirus, and several cases have turned up
among native populations in both African and Caribbean countries,
puncturing any theory that black people are immune to the disease. Yet
the memes persist.
Statements like this one are surely
made in jest. But there are at least some instances of actual scientific
or medical arguments, which outlets including Reuters and Politifact
have already debunked. While some may argue that the jokes, at least,
are harmless, U.S. history evinces how unsubstantiated claims about
race-based resilience to disease have led to devastating outcomes,
particularly for African Americans. The impacts of such beliefs still
affect how people of color are medically treated — or not — today.
The
18th-century yellow fever outbreak in the Americas is instructive here.
In the 1740s, yellow fever had overtaken coastal port cities such as
Charleston, South Carolina, driving people into delirium, endless
vomiting, hemorrhaging, and eventually death. The physician John Lining
recorded his observations about the disease in Charleston after
inspecting slave ships and their cargo —including captive Africans —
finding that it was almost exclusively white people who were succumbing
to the disease. These observations helped reinforce already-stirring
beliefs that Africans had some kind of supernatural inoculation to some
of the deadliest diseases floating along the American coast.
Lining’s
medical briefs became the reference manuals for another physician, Dr.
Benjamin Rush, when in 1793 a yellow fever outbreak took hold of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which at the time was the nation’s capitol.
Close to 20,000 people — half of the population — fled Philly that year,
while many African Americans actually stayed in the city at the request
of Rush, who wanted to train them to nurse, care-take, and dig graves
for the thousands of people dying of yellow fever.
“There were very real moments in history where African Americans were believed to be immune, and it wasn't seen as a bonus.”
Rush
was operating on the belief that black people were immune to the
disease, and black Philadelphians believed him when he told them that
they were. Rush not only was an outspoken abolitionist, but also friend
of the black clergymen Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, founders of the
African Methodist Episcopal church, and two of the most influential
African Americans of the time.
Jones and Allen helped
convince black people to stay behind to assist Rush, telling their
congregations that it was their Christian duty to help care for the
lives of white Philadelphians. But Rush was wrong. Many of the African
Americans in his medical camp contracted the disease. Hundreds of them
died. Allen became afflicted and almost died himself. While Rush was a
highly respected doctor — the American Psychiatric Association would
later title him the “father of American psychiatry” — he was relying on
faulty claims about race and health conditions that proved fatally
wrong. The Philadelphia massacre became an abject lesson in what happens
when race gets bandied about amidst the rages of a major health
maelstrom...
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French coronavirus study finds black immigrant deaths doubled at peak
7-7-2020
Statistics agency is first in France to cross-check Covid-19 fatalities with country of origin
Death
rates among immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa doubled in France and
tripled in the Paris region at the height of France’s coronavirus
outbreak, finds a study from the French government’s statistics
agency...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/french-coronavirus-study-finds-black-immigrant-deaths-doubled-at-peak
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Study shows virus hit African immigrants hardest in France
July 8, 2020
Death
rates among immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa doubled in France and
tripled in the Paris region at the height of France's coronavirus
outbreak, according to a study from the French government's statistics
agency...
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/study-shows-virus-hit-african-immigrants-hardest-in-france-20200708-p55a8n.html
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Spain's coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than official count, investigation finds
July 2020
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/spain-s-coronavirus-death-toll-could-be-60-higher-than-official-count-investigation-finds/ar-BB17dbYv
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Data shows virus death risk twice as high for black Britons
May 7, 2020
LONDON
(AP) — Almost all ethnic minorities in Britain are at greater risk of
dying with the coronavirus, and black men and black women are nearly
twice as likely to die than white individuals, according to an analysis
by the national statistics agency...
https://apnews.com/c990f7be2b7f6f9a5dbbacfa8223d0c6
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British BAME Covid-19 death rate 'more than twice that of whites'
IFS report says number of UK deaths looks disproportionate in most ethnic minority groups
4-30-2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/01/british-bame-covid-19-death-rate-more-than-twice-that-of-whites
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Muslims and Jewish people are up to 2.5 TIMES more likely to die
of Covid-19 than non-religious Britons - while the death rate is three
times higher for black men compared to white men, official data shows
June 19, 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8439411/Black-men-THREE-TIMES-likely-die-Covid-19-white-men-ONS.html
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ADAM CAROLLA GOES NUCLEAR ON COVID CULT, DEMANDS PUNISHMENT
2022
https://patriots.win/p/16ZqUAB6P5/adam-carolla-goes-nuclear-on-cov/c/
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Episode 1995 EXCERPT - AntiVaxxers Win
Jan 21, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41GCgyG4mI
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VIDEO: Senate Hearing Shown Evidence Covid Shot Causes 145% Increase In Death
Feb 12, 2023
https://banned.video/watch?id=63e9a3ed3527cd2ea2a4802d
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Breaking: Elon Musk And Family Poisoned By Covid Shot
Jan 22, 2023
https://banned.video/watch?id=63cde3f45b6e011d0c606803
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Tom Cruise VINDICATED For Viral Rant Against Big Pharma – New Study
Jul 26, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os9IIVd72E8
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John Stockton thinks 1,000 pro athletes may have died from COVID vaccine
December 29, 2022
https://thecomeback.com/covid-19/john-stockton-thinks-1000-pro-athletes-died-covid-vaccine.html
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At least 69 athletes collapse in one month, many dead
December 6, 2021
The reports of athletes who suddenly collapse have been increasing noticeably lately. Heart problems such as heart inflammation are often the cause – one of the known life-threatening side effects of Covid vaccines, which even the manufacturers themselves warn against.
https://dpbh.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/dpbhnvgov/content/Boards/BOH/Meetings/2021/Public%20Comments%20324%20to%20328.pdf
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Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners
January 25, 2023
The Guide provides pertinent information and guidance needed to perform the duties and responsibilities of an Aviation Medical Examiner.
Note: Updates to the AME Guide are posted on the last Wednesday of each month, usually before 9:00 a.m. CT. For specific dates, see the 2023 update schedule.
AME Alert
Exam Techniques
Major revision of Neurologic section. New and/or expanded disposition tables added for 37 conditions. See Archives and Updates (PDF) for listing.
New and/or expanded disposition tables added in other sections: Cerebral Palsy (PDF); Hypothyroid or Hypothyroidism (Including Hashimoto's Disease) (PDF); Restless Leg Syndrome (PDF); and Neuropathy.
CACIs
CACI-Hypothyroidism Worksheet (PDF) revised. Acceptable TSH level is 9.9 (uIU/mL or mlU/L) or less within the last 1(one) year.
New CACI — Essential Tremor Worksheet (PDF) added.
AASIs
New Cerebrovascular Disease (CVA/Stroke/TIA) (PDF) and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) (PDF) added.
Methods to navigate through the Guide
FAA Form 8500-8; Application Process and Examination Techniques
General Information
Applicant History (Items 1-20)
Examination Techniques (Items 21-58)
Application Review (Items 59-64)
Aeromedical Decision Considerations
Aerospace Medical Dispositions
CACI Certification Worksheets
Disease Protocols
Pharmaceuticals
Special Issuances
Substances of Dependence/Abuse
Synopsis of Medical Standards
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/aam/ame/guide/
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The De-Population Bomb
Sep 14, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNdnlrkx-wg
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Johnson: Risk of 'Vaccine-Busting' New Variants Prompting Tougher U.K. Border Control
January 25, 2021
https://hamodia.com/2021/01/25/johnson-risk-vaccine-busting-new-variants-prompting-tougher-u-k-border-control/
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Eight U.K. Doctors Died From Coronavirus. All Were Immigrants
April 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/europe/coronavirus-doctors-immigrants.html
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Black People Are Four Times More Likely To Die From Coronavirus, U.K. Statistics Show
May 7, 2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/05/07/black-people-are-four-times-more-likely-to-die-from-coronavirus-uk-statistics-show/#78777b124fd4
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Black people in the UK four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people, new data shows
May 7, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/uk/uk-coronavirus-ethnicity-deaths-ons-scli-gbr-intl/index.html
Black
people in the UK are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than
white people and a number of other ethnic groups are also at an
increased risk, according to new data released Thursday.
A report
by the Office for National Statistics found black women (defined by the
study as Black Caribbean, Black African and Black Other) are 4.3 times
more likely to die with Covid-19 than white women, while black men are
4.2 more likely to die.
People of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian,
and mixed ethnicities also had a "statistically significant raised risk
of death," the report found.
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Coronavirus death rate in U.S. more than 17 times higher than in Canada, EU
Jul 29, 2020
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-deaths-in-us-17-times-higher-canada-europe-20200729-zd5fuq7drbclth32xzdawsz26i-story.html
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Coronavirus: Ethnic minorities 'are a third' of patients
12 April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52255863
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Ethnic minorities dying of Covid-19 at higher rate, analysis shows
April 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/racial-inequality-in-britain-found-a-risk-factor-for-covid-19
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Coronavirus: Why some racial groups are more vulnerable
20th April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200420-coronavirus-why-some-racial-groups-are-more-vulnerable
Even
with a virus that doesn’t respect borders, vulnerability is spread
unevenly. And some of the largest disparities seen so far have involved
race and ethnicity.
Early data of the Covid-19 crisis,
broken down by race, is alarming. In the US, in Chicago, as of early
April 2020, 72% of people who died of coronavirus were black, although
only one-third of the city’s population is. In Georgia, as of 17 April,
white people accounted for 40% of Covid-19 cases where race was
reported, although they represent 58% of the state. In the UK, of the
first 2,249 patients with confirmed Covid-19, 35% were non-white. This
is much higher than the proportion of non-white people in England and
Wales – 14%, according to the most recent census.
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Are some ethnic groups more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others?
1 May 2020
https://www.ifs.org.uk/inequality/chapter/are-some-ethnic-groups-more-vulnerable-to-covid-19-than-others/
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If coronavirus doesn't discriminate, how come black people are bearing the brunt?
April 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/08/coronavirus-black-people-ethnic-minority-deaths-pandemic-inequality-afua-hirsch
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Black People Are Disproportionately Getting and Dying From COVID-19
April 7, 2020
Early data indicates African Americans are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-04-07/black-people-are-disproportionately-dying-from-coronavirus
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COVID-19 is more deadly for some ethnic groups
07 May 2020
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/why-is-covid-19-more-deadly-for-some-ethnic-groups-than-others-coronavirus/
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Nations look into why coronavirus hits ethnic minorities so hard
April 28 2020
https://www.ft.com/content/5fd6ab18-be4a-48de-b887-8478a391dd72
When Norway’s public health experts began looking into the backgrounds
of those infected by coronavirus, they made a startling discovery:
people born in Somalia have infection rates more than 10 times above the
national average.
The Scandinavian country has just
over 7,500 Covid-19 cases, equivalent to 140 per 100,000 inhabitants,
according to data released on Tuesday. But 453 of those cases have been
among the relatively small community living in Norway who were born in
Somalia, a rate of 1,586 per 100,000.
“You would hear
of an uncle who had been hospitalised and that this family has been
infected,” said Ayan Bashir Sheikh-Mohamed, a doctor of Somali origin
living in Oslo who was among the first to alert the authorities to the
worryingly high death rate. “It felt like there was a lot of people.”
Norway
is far from the only country where people from black and minority
ethnic (Bame) groups have been disproportionately affected. People from a
Bame background make up about 13 per cent of the UK population but
account for a third of virus patients admitted to hospital critical care
units. Black Americans represent around 14 per cent of the US
population but 30 per cent of those who have contracted the virus.
Inquiries
into why racial minorities are so heavily over-represented among those
suffering from Covid-19 are under way, although few expect simple
answers. Health experts and academics are now searching for clues among
the multiple medical, socio-economic, behavioural, cultural,
environmental and biological factors that could be driving the
association between Covid-19 and ethnicity.
“When we
started to raise the alarm about four weeks ago some people thought it
was scaremongering,” said Kamlesh Khunti, professor of primary care
diabetes and vascular medicine at Leicester University in the UK. “Now
we see that more than 70 per cent of healthcare professionals who have
died in the UK have been from Bame backgrounds.”
Similar
patterns showing disproportionate numbers of Bame virus victims have
emerged in the US and other European countries with large minority
populations, although Prof Khunti said none had as strong evidence as
the UK about overall ethnic patterns of Covid-19. France, another
country with a large Bame proportion, prohibits the gathering of
statistics based on ethnicity.
“We in the UK are in a position to alert the world to what is happening,” said Prof Khunti.
In
the US, data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
is incomplete. But it shows that white people accounted for 51 per cent
of Covid-19 cases whose race was specified, compared with 74 per cent
of the US population.
One factor being investigated is
comorbidity. Jerome Adams, US surgeon general who is African American,
has warned how the community is at greater risk because of higher rates
of underlying conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity
that make people more vulnerable to Covid-19.
African
Americans also tend to be poorer and less able to socially distance
because of the type of work they do and where they live. People from
minority communities often live more closely together than in the
general population, with extended families mingling in crowded
conditions.
They are also more concentrated in
public-facing jobs such as transport and delivery, as well as health and
social care, where they risk greater exposure to the virus. “For many
reasons people from Bame backgrounds may find it difficult to maintain
social distancing,” said Prof Khunti.
Many of the same
reasons probably explain the high rates of infection in the Somali
community in Norway. They are generally poorer and live in tight family
units. Many work as taxi drivers, and could have driven the skiers
returning from their Alpine holidays, which was the source of most early
cases in Norway.
Trude Margrete Arnesen, a specialist
at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, flagged the added
difficulty of being able to deliver advice. “Everybody else is marinated
in information on Covid-19 from morning to evening but not groups that
do not tune in to mainstream media,” she said.
Dr
Sheikh-Mohamed, the Oslo doctor, agreed the authorities made a mistake
by relying solely on written material that many in the Somali community
could not understand. She and a friend had a YouTube channel that they
used for public health videos in Somali and soon had posted several
about coronavirus, including one on washing hands that went viral, as
well as a telephone hotline.
In the past few weeks, the
number of infections has begun to fall among Norwegian-Somalis, leading
Dr Sheikh-Mohamed to call her campaign a success. “The seriousness of
this illness has really struck people,” she said.
While
genetics has been mentioned as a possible contributing factor that
makes some ethnic groups more susceptible to the virus, this explanation
was ruled out by Ewan Birney, the director of the European
Bioinformatics Institute, part of the European Molecular Biology Lab.
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A new study shows just how badly black Americans have been hit by Covid-19
05/05/2020
The number of cases and deaths in minority communities compared with white ones is staggering.
Counties
across the country with a disproportionate number of African American
residents accounted for 52 percent of diagnoses and 58 percent of
coronavirus deaths nationally, according to a new study released
Tuesday.
The study, conducted by epidemiologists and
clinician-researchers at four universities in conjunction with the
nonprofit AIDS research organization amFar and PATH’s Center for Vaccine
Innovation and Access, attempts to fill in the blanks as states report
piecemeal data on race and ethnicity.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/05/black-counties-disproportionately-hit-by-coronavirus-237540
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African Americans lead in coronavirus cases, deaths in Michigan
April 2, 2020
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/02/michigan-coronavirus-by-race-deaths-african-americans-tests-covid-19/5116025002/
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Black doctors blast 'woefully anemic' data on minority coronavirus cases
04/20/2020
Incomplete
figures have made it more difficult to respond to the crisis in the
neediest communities, which are majority-minority.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/minority-cases-coronavirus-197203
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Missing Data Veil Coronavirus Damage to Minority Communities
6-14-2020
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/14/missing-data-veils-coronavirus-damage-to-minority-communities-316198
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Coronavirus: Young ethnic minority men 'more likely to get Covid fines'
27 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53556514
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The ugly history of blaming ethnic groups for disease outbreaks
Feb 20, 2020
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/20/world/social-issues-world/history-outbreak-disease/
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Europeans, Africans have different immune systems, and Neanderthals are partly to thank
2016
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161020142948.htm
It's
long been clear that people from different parts of the world differ in
their susceptibility to developing infections as well as chronic
inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Now, two studies reported in Cell
on October 20 show that those differences in disease susceptibility can
be traced in large part to differences at the genetic level directing
the way the immune systems of people with European and African ancestry
are put together.
The researchers also found that
differences between populations have been selected for over time because
they conferred advantages to people facing distinct health challenges
in the places where they lived. As a result, according to the new
evidence, people of African ancestry generally show stronger immune
responses than Europeans do.
The discovery suggests
that European populations have been selected to display reduced immune
responses since our ancestors first made their way out of Africa.
Intriguingly, the immune systems of Europeans were partly shaped by the
introduction of new genetic variants through interbreeding between some
of our early European ancestors and Neanderthals.
"Our
findings show that population differences in transcriptional responses
to immune activation are widespread, and that they are mainly accounted
for by genetic variants that differ in their frequencies between human
populations," said Lluis Quintana-Murci of Institut Pasteur and CNRS in
Paris, France, who led one of the two studies.
"I was
expecting to see ancestry-associated differences in immune response but
not such a clear trend towards an overall stronger response to infection
among individuals of African descent," added Luis Barreiro of the
University of Montreal and the CHU Sainte-Justine in Canada, senior
author of the other study.
Quintana-Murci and
colleagues used RNA-sequencing to characterize the way that immune
cells, known as primary monocytes, derived from 200 people of
self-reported African or European ancestry would respond to attack by a
bacteria or a virus. The researchers detected many differences in the
activity of particular genes in those immune cells both within and
between populations. They also discovered that changes in a single gene
encoding an important immune receptor lead to decreased inflammation
only in Europeans.
The researchers found strong
evidence of selection on genes that control the immune response. Their
evidence also shows that Europeans "borrowed" some key regulatory
variants from Neanderthals, which in particular affect the way their
immune systems respond to viral challenges.
Barreiro
and colleagues took a similar approach to test for the effects of
African versus European ancestry on changes in the activity of immune
cells. His group focused on another type of immune cell known as primary
macrophages and their response to live bacterial pathogens.
The
researchers infected macrophages derived from 80 African and 95
European individuals with either Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella
typhimurium to look for differences in response and related them to
ancestry. Their studies identified thousands of genes showing population
differences in transcriptional response to infection. They also found
that African ancestry is associated with a stronger inflammatory
response, which limited the growth of bacteria.
In many
cases, the activity of particular genes was tied to a single genetic
variant, with strong differences in frequency between European and
African populations. The researchers also observed the signature of past
selection on those genes and additional evidence for an important role
of genetic variants passed on to modern humans from Neanderthals. "This
strongly suggests that a diminished inflammatory response has conferred a
selective advantage to European populations,"Quintana-Murci said.
"The
genetic and molecular basis of ancestry-related differences in disease
susceptibility has been a mystery," Barreiro said. "These results
provide a first description of differences in immune response and
associated genetic basis that might explain differences in
susceptibility to disease between people of African and European
ancestry. More generally, our results demonstrate how historical
selective events continue to shape human phenotypic diversity today,
including for traits that are key to controlling infection."
The
researchers noted that the two studies made strikingly similar findings
despite the fact that they focused on different types of immune cells.
They say that more work is now needed to better understand the role of
environmental and other factors, including epigenetic changes, in the
differences they've observed.
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5 Amazing Finds Beneath the Sands of the Sahara
2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSI-dsEk3k
3:50 - Skeletons of Niger
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Coronavirus | Three quasi-subspecies of virus in circulation in India, says ICMR
April 2020
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/three-quasi-subspecies-of-coronavirus-in-circulation-says-icmr/article31222507.ece
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The Hand-Sanitizer Divide: Coronavirus Behaviors Vary by Race, Party
March 21, 2020
Some economic and racial groups are more worried than others about the coronavirus pandemic and are changing their habits accordingly
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hand-sanitzer-divide-coronavirus-behaviors-vary-by-race-party-11584795601
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Why some people are more vulnerable to catching coronavirus
March 2020
For certain professions and communities, public health recommendations are difficult, if not impossible, to follow.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/why-some-people-are-more-vulnerable-to-catching-coronavirus/
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Comparative genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV/SARS-CoV-2) receptor ACE2 in different populations
2020
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41421-020-0147-1
Fig. 1: The coding-region variants and eQTL variants for ACE2 in East Asian and other populations.
a Schematics of 32 coding variants in ACE2 identified in the ChinaMAP and 1KGP databases. Yellow stars indicate the nonsense variants; dots indicate the missense variants. The number of samples with hotspot variants was marked. b The distribution of hotspot missense mutations of ACE2 in different populations. The colors indicate different populations. c The distribution and the allele frequencies of representative eQTL variants for ACE2 in different populations. Pie charts depict the allele frequencies of an intron variant of ACE2 (rs4646127) in the world. Orange color denotes the frequency of alteration allele, and blue color denotes the reference allele. The allele frequencies of 15 eQTLs for ACE2 gene are shown in tables. The color gradient from blue to red indicates the increasing of allele frequencies. The allele frequencies of INDEL variant rs200781818 were annotated by the gnomAD database. EAS, East Asian; EUR, European; AFR, African; SAS, South Asian; AMR, Ad Mixed American.
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How Genetic Mapping Is Allowing Scientists To Track The Spread Of Coronavirus
March 19, 2020
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818518719/how-genetic-mapping-is-allowing-scientists-to-track-the-spread-of-coronavirus
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Why are more people from BAME backgrounds dying from coronavirus?
7 May 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52219070
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that people from ethnic minority
backgrounds are "disproportionately" dying with coronavirus.
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COVID-19 kills more men than women. The immune system may be why
April 23, 2020
Biological differences in how the immune system operates could help explain the mortality bias
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-kills-more-men-than-women-why-immune-system
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says new virus in China has traits of 2009 swine flu and 1918 pandemic flu
Jun 30 2020
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/06/30/dr-anthony-fauci-says-new-virus-in-china-has-traits-of-2009-h1n1-and-1918-pandemic-flu.html
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said U.S. health
officials are keeping an eye on a new strain of flu carried by pigs in
China that has characteristics of the 2009 H1N1 virus and 1918 pandemic
flu.
The virus, which scientists are calling "G4 EA H1N1," has not yet
been shown to infect humans but it is exhibiting "reassortment
capabilities," Fauci told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions Committee during a hearing Tuesday.
The H1N1 swine flu emerged in Mexico in April 2009, infecting 60.8
million people in the U.S. and at least 700 million worldwide. An
estimated 151,700 to 575,400 people died from the virus across the
globe, according to the CDC.
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Coronavirus warning for people from black and minority backgrounds as NHS data suggests they are at more risk of life-threatening complications
April 6, 2020
Third of patients who fall critically ill in the UK are black, Asian or ethnic minority
That's despite minorities making up just 13 per cent of the British population
Finding revealed in Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre report
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8191443/NHS-data-suggests-people-black-minority-backgrounds-vulnerable-coronavirus.html
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People from ethnic minorities are up to 50% more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, UK report finds
June 2, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/uk/coronavirus-uk-bame-deaths-gbr-intl/index.html
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Illegal migrants with coronavirus 'inevitably entering UK'
28 March 2020
Border officials warn people coming to the country illegally are not being routinely tested or put in quarantine
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/03/28/illegal-migrants-coronavirus-inevitably-entering-uk/
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UK: Dozens More Illegal Boat Migrants Brought Ashore Despite Coronavirus
4-26-2020
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/04/26/uk-dozens-more-illegal-boat-migrants-brought-ashore-despite-coronavirus/
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Illegal Immigrant Suing UK Government After Catching Coronavirus
23 Jul 2020
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/07/23/illegal-immigrant-suing-uk-coronavirus/
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Coronavirus: Immigration detainees must be released to stop spread of virus, Labour says
March 15, 2020
Several detainees have already been tested for virus amid warnings over potential spread
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-prisons-immigration-removal-centres-health-release-labour-a9403306.html
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UK bans ad for linking immigrants with coronavirus
March 12, 2020
UK's advertising regulator said ad was likely to be read as ‘associating immigrants with disease’
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/uk-bans-ad-for-linking-immigrants-with-coronavirus/1762972
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Britain tells immigrants they can stay if their visas expire—for now
April 24, 2020
https://qz.com/1845115/immigrants-can-stay-in-uk-if-visas-expire-under-coronavirus-lockdown/
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Gang of illegal immigrants caught trying to flee UK over fear of Brexit rights
Feb 8, 2020
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gang-illegal-immigrants-caught-trying-21458944
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Undocumented migrants dying of coronavirus because they’re too afraid to seek help, MPs and charities warn
April 17, 2020
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-undocumented-migrants-deaths-cases-nhs-matt-hancock-a9470581.html
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Coronavirus: England had highest number of excess deaths in Europe during pandemic, official data shows
July 2020
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-england-longest-peak-deaths-europe-cases-latest-ons-a9645256.html
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Coronavirus: UK launches review into why ethnic minorities worst-hit by COVID-19
16 April 2020
Sky News analysis finds that 70% of deaths among health and social care workers have been people from an ethnic minority.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-review-to-be-launched-into-why-ethnic-minorities-worst-hit-by-covid-19-11974116
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Eight U.K. Doctors Died From Coronavirus. All Were Immigrants
April 8, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/europe/coronavirus-doctors-immigrants.html
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French coronavirus study finds black immigrant deaths doubled at peak
7-7-2020
Statistics agency is first in France to cross-check Covid-19 fatalities with country of origin
Death rates among immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa doubled in France and tripled in the Paris region at the height of France’s coronavirus outbreak, finds a study from the French government’s statistics agency...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/french-coronavirus-study-finds-black-immigrant-deaths-doubled-at-peak
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Study shows virus hit African immigrants hardest in France
July 8, 2020
Death rates among immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa doubled in France and tripled in the Paris region at the height of France's coronavirus outbreak, according to a study from the French government's statistics agency...
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/study-shows-virus-hit-african-immigrants-hardest-in-france-20200708-p55a8n.html
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Spain's coronavirus death toll could be 60% higher than official count, investigation finds
July 2020
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/spain-s-coronavirus-death-toll-could-be-60-higher-than-official-count-investigation-finds/ar-BB17dbYv
Spain’s coronavirus death toll could be up to 60 per cent higher than official figures suggest, an investigation has found.
Spanish government figures set the total number of Covid-19 deaths at 28,432, however, research conducted by El Pais newspaper says it could be as high as 44,868.
If accurate, their findings would make Spain's outbreak the second deadliest in Europe after Britain’s.
Their findings were published on Sunday as the UK cut Spain from its list of so-called travel corridors...
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Study links pollution to COVID-19 deaths in Europe
04/21/20
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/493987-study-links-pollution-to-covid-19-deaths-in-europe
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The mystery of Germany’s low coronavirus death rate
Mar 27, 2020
Germany has the fifth most coronavirus cases worldwide — but only a fraction of the deaths.
https://www.vox.com/world/2020/3/27/21196246/coronavirus-germany-death-rate-covid-19-cases-italy-europe
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Foxconn enters the state of lockdown/People try to force their way out of blockade in several cities
Nov 8, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWeyJQOtFEw
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Zero-COVID Shanghai: The Lockdown That Scarred A Generation | CNA Correspondent | China
Aug 3, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_JOVJAKCqs
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Why a huge missing population in China/hundreds of millions of cameras can't solve systemic problems
Mar 29, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0CgEibFKPQ
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China's boiling point? Protests spread over zero-covid policy • FRANCE 24 English
Nov 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H89sKTIuPP0
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Gravitas LIVE | Chinese Covid: Was the US an instrument in the cover-up? | Latest News | WION
Dec 6, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x--pMEOAlPo
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Whole Beijing is feverish/CCP faces largest rotten tail project: 3-year zero-COVID abruptly exited
Dec 13, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tQEb6ojT9o
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Where her company is found, there is an outbreak/Why the outbreak in China lasted for 3 years?
Dec 15, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Ku54pLAo8
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China: Local Governments Race To Get People Infected/After lifting the lockdown, cities remain empty
Dec 21, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZYRQVKVWl4
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A Million People Could Die in China’s New Covid Surge
Dec 24, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwrrHIXoNOE
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HUGE Protests Over Zero Covid Lockdown in Guangzhou
Nov 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcc0cFV2EDs
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Chinese Women TIED UP Because of COVID???
Nov 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_biRHslh_Q
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Tens of thousands of people storm the blockade, workers free to escape Guangzhou/Foxconn Updates
Nov 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcOTkaC0UxQ
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Revolution Is Brewing in China
Dec 10, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx1cWTqlUt0
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China: zero-Covid policy | Eastern Express | TVP World
Dec 12, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea-25apG1p4
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Did Protesters Force China to Back Down on Zero Covid?
Dec 9, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZUb-iXSXLw
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China Reverses Zero Covid, and It’s Chaos
Dec 23, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs_Kipghczg
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China in Panic - Full 180 on Zero Covid! - Episode #138
Dec 9, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9LZQvW_bUI
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China eases anti-COVID measures following protests
Dec 7, 2022
China
rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus
test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change
to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and
sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gykfOqiJ9GM
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Nucleic Acid Testing 'Now Accounts for 1.3% of China’s GDP'
November 7, 2022
https://www.thatsmags.com/china/post/35295/nucleic-acid-testing-now-accounts-for-1-3-of-china-s-gdp
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WHO: End of COVID-19 pandemic is in sight | DW News
Oct 17, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCa-MQy54yo
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Covid Is Overwhelming Chinese Hospitals
Dec 14, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiV4P8F0-CY
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Chinese Police Stations are Opening Up in Your Country!
Sep 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owrKD1d3nXw
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China is Not Safe
Aug 30, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPBnhBB8l-c
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Chinese Citizens Are Trying to Escape the Country
Aug 27, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9akIH8HNlk
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"Remove Dictator Xi": Protests in Beijing and Overseas/4 Richest Cities under large-scale Lockdown
Oct 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJdCSZse6XM
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SHOCKING Beijing Protest Calls to Remove “Traitor” Xi Jinping
Oct 14, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHt69EnJVE8
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Exim Bank of China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exim_Bank_of_China
The Export–Import Bank of China (Chexim - China Exim Bank) (simplified Chinese: 中国进出口银行; traditional Chinese: 中國進出口銀行; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jìnchūkǒu Yínháng) is one of three institutional banks in China chartered to implement the state policies in industry, foreign trade, economy, and foreign aid to other developing countries, and provide policy financial support so as to promote the export of Chinese products and services. Established in 1994, the bank is subordinated to the State Council.
Mission
The bank is a policy bank and along with other Chinese policy institutions like China Development Bank and Sinosure implement the economic policies of the government. The focus of the bank is to promote foreign trade and investment. Commercial lending forms the backbone of the bank. Commercial activity includes export credits mainly in the infrastructure fields (roads, power plants, oil and gas pipelines, telecom, and water projects) and investment loans for Chinese businesses to establish overseas in the energy, mining and industrial sectors. Another function is to administer concessional loans which are no interest or very low interest loans provided as foreign aid by the Chinese government. Exim is the sole provider of Chinese government concessional loans.
Exim does not publish figures for overseas loans. However, U.S. officials estimate that it finances more than the total export financing of the Group of Seven industrialized nations combined. The Financial Times estimates that in 2009 and 2010, China Eximbank and China Development Bank (CDB) together signed loans of at least $110 billion to other developing country governments and companies, more than the World Bank over a similar period.
Rival export financing institutions that have seen a decline in influence, such as the U.S. Export–Import Bank through Chairman Fred Hochberg, have complained that Exim of China doesn't follow the export financing guidelines promulgated by the OECD and so has an unfair advantage.
Foreign aid
The bank is a part of the Chinese foreign aid system and administers the Two Preferential Loan Program (两优贷款业务). The concessional loan (优惠贷款) and preferential export buyer's credit (优惠买方信贷) are the two main loan products under the preferential loan program.
For concessional loans the bank advances a no interest or very low interest rate loan to a developing country government or agency to build a project (e.g. power plant, road, water treatment facility). The term of the concession loan is up to 20 years and a maximum grace period of 7 years is given. The preferential export buyer's credit is provided to a foreign borrower to purchase Chinese goods or services (e.g. construction contractor building the project). Like the concessional loan, this type of loan is also subsidized by the Chinese government. Interest rates are below market rates at around 3 to 6%. However, the preferential export buyer's credit is generally classified as a commercial loan rather than foreign aid even if the interest rate is very low because the purpose is to promote Chinese exports. These two types of loans are a major part of the financing support for China's Belt and Road Initiative.
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China's Overseas Lending - KIEL Kiel Institute for the World Economy
June 2019
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications/Christoph_Trebesch/KWP_2132.pdf
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Can Laos profit from China rail link despite being US$1.5 billion in debt?
Dec 10, 2019
Part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the high-speed railway will
connect Kunming in Yunnan province to Vientiane by 2021, and
subsequently to Malaysia and Singapore
But Laos must plan well to benefit from the rail link’s operations and not fall into a debt trap
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3041394/can-laos-profit-china-rail-link-despite-being-us15-billion-debt
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China's Secret Belt and Road in South Korea
Jun 22, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWfrBUPSXY
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Singapore gives a major shocker to China, rejects Chinese Telecom companies
Jun 25, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOGMmI5FpA
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Concerns Over the Three Gorges Dam Grow, as China Begins Censoring News of the Floods | Crossroads |
June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W5rePZLQRU
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More Chinese Cities On Lockdown; Third Flood Wave Forms In China; Slave Labor Exposed
June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL2Zk26sKbM
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Authorities Flood 200,000 Homes by Opening A Dam; US Orders China Close Houston Consulate in 72 Hrs
7-22-2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uez8NaF-po
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China Orders U.S. to Close Chengdu Consulate in Retaliation
July 25, 2020
https://altrighttv.com/2020/07/25/china-orders-u-s-to-close-chengdu-consulate-in-retaliation/
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China vows retaliation after U.S. ordered its Houston consulate closed within 72 hours
July 23, 2020
https://altrighttv.com/2020/07/23/china-vows-retaliation-after-u-s-ordered-its-houston-consulate-closed-within-72-hours/
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5 earthquakes in 1 day; Severe floods in China; Houston China consulate epicenter of theft: official
Jul 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecagKrk67xI
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China Opened the Three Gorges Dam, Flooding Cities; Swine Flu 2.0 | Crossroads | Joshua Philipp
Jun 30, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdx7r3UcHzk
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Malaysia Hits Brakes on China’s Corrupt Investment
July 11, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThedGta_zr4
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Bad Chinese Dams Could Kill Thousands in Malaysia
Nov 21, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd5ZUOdJ4cU
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Floods in China Reach Biblical Proportions; Why Would TikTok Spy On Americans | Crossroads | Joshua
Jul 2, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CQY0lgvLSw
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China bridge guardrail crumbles under man's touch; officials warn flooding will last through summer
July 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3pCyoEFX9I
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China Overseas Dams List
https://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/china-overseas-dams-list-3611
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Chinese dam builder eyeing major Amazon mega-dam contract
CTG’s record of violations in other nations
2-26-2016
The China Three Gorges company arrived in Brazil almost twenty years after being founded for the purpose of building the largest hydropower plant in the world, the Three Gorges Dam, on the Yangtze river, in China.
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/02/chinese-dam-builder-eyeing-major-amazon-mega-dam-contract/
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China's Three Gorges pays 4.8 billion reais, takes over Brazil dams
7-1-2016
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ctgpc-brazil-dams-idUSKCN0ZH5EM
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Brazil-China fund greenlights $2.4 bln in potential loans
May 9, 2018
https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-china-investment/brazil-china-fund-greenlights-2-4-bln-in-potential-loans-idUSL4N1RI4YT
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Brazil's Petrobras to pre-pay Chinese loans, end oil supply obligation
8-14-2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/petrobras-debt/brazils-petrobras-to-pre-pay-chinese-loans-end-oil-supply-obligation-idUSE6N21601S
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In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, dams are ticking time bombs
11-5-2019
https://newint.org/features/2019/11/05/bolsanaro-brazil-dams-are-ticking-time-bombs
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Pollution Science 101 - Brazil - Emergency Report
https://pollutionscience101brazil.blogspot.com
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China continues to cut back Latin America loans
4-3-2020
https://dialogochino.net/en/trade-investment/chinese-investment-latin-america-cut-back/
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Malaysia Warns Philippines Over China Debt | Mahathir Mohamad Warns Duterte about CCP Loans
Mar 11, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6FZioxlgw--------------------------
Did China Buy the Philippines With False Investment Promises?
Aug 8, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=401ZvQ11euA
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Is This a Chinese City in Malaysia?
Jun 8, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDkKqHG1BFE
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Macau: The Story of China's Golden Child
Mar 25, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5fM1ANvAd4
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Portugal plans to double its territory
May 10, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYSm8rla5jY
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How China Is Taking Over Europe’s Ports | CCP Trade, Economy, and Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XHdGPT11fk
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European seaports and Chinese strategic influence
18 Dec 2019
https://www.clingendael.org/publication/european-seaports-and-chinese-strategic-influence-0
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Sri Lanka, Struggling With Debt, Hands a Major Port to China
2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/world/asia/sri-lanka-china-port.html
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Sri Lanka hands port formally to Chinese firm, receives $292 mln
12-9-2017
https://www.reuters.com/article/sri-lanka-china-ports/sri-lanka-hands-port-formally-to-chinese-firm-receives-292-mln-idUSL3N1O908U
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Jamaica has China to thank for much-needed infrastructure — but some locals say it has come at a price
Nov 28, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-power-belt-and-road-caribbean-jamaica-1.5374967
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Caribbean Islands becoming hot spots for Chinese investment
3-25-2019
Marco Rubio, says he is ‘very concerned’ about China’s efforts to extend influence into Latin American and the Caribbean
https://www.rollcall.com/2019/03/25/caribbean-islands-becoming-hot-spots-for-chinese-investment/
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Watch Out For China Buying Spree, NATO Warns
Apr 18, 2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/04/18/watch-out-for-china-buying-spree-nato-warns/#614fb56f1758
Watch out for Chinese companies swooping in with buckets of cash to buy
strategic stakes, or majority control in U.S. and European companies as
asset prices fall due to the pandemic.
NATO sounded the alarm this week, though without naming names.
“The geopolitical effects of the pandemic could be significant,” said
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in web conference of defense
ministers on Wednesday. “Some allies (are) more vulnerable for
situations where critical infrastructure can be sold out,” he said. Of
course he meant China. China has been busy buying Greek ports.
It already pretty much runs Italian textiles. It’s a wonder Italy even makes an espresso machine anymore.
China Overseas Shipping Company, aka COSCO, owns 90% of the only
terminal operator in Belgium. COSCO has a 51% stake in and managerial
control of port terminals in Valencia and Bilbao, Spain. They also have
minority stakes in other terminals in Antwerp, Las Palmas and Rotterdam,
according to a December 2019 study by a Netherlands think tank, seen
here.
John Sawers, former MI6 chief told Sky News this week that, "We need to
do more to protect Western technology from being bought up by Chinese
companies. I don't think it's an existential threat in the way the
Soviet Union was in the Cold War, but nevertheless there is going to be
deep rivalry over control of technology,” he reportedly said.
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US security concerns force Cosco-owned Orient Overseas to sell Long Beach port in California
30 Apr, 2019
https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3008324/us-security-concerns-force-cosco-owned-orient-overseas-sell-long
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China Is Buying Up The World's Ports...And No One Is Talking About It
Jul 14, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgIz7yTwSuA
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With Acquisition of California Port, China Broadens Influence on US Commerce
6-5-2018
https://amac.us/with-acquisition-of-california-port-china-broadens-influence-on-us-commerce/
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Chinese company to sell Long Beach Container Terminal for $1.78 billion
4-30-2019
The sale was required by the U.S. government last year. Port Executive
Director Mario Cordero said the change in ownership wouldn’t be
disruptive for the port.
https://www.presstelegram.com/2019/04/30/chinese-company-to-sell-long-beach-container-terminal-for-1-78-billion/
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LA Business Journal: China investing heavily in Los Angeles
1-4-2017
They are buying up Hollywood studios. They are making huge investments
in L.A. real estate. Their consumer products are driving the local
economy.
While those alarms sound very much like they are being sounded over the
spate of recent Chinese investment activity in Los Angeles, they also
recall the apprehension when Japanese investors came knocking 30 years
ago.
Even as the growing inflow of Chinese money makes headlines today,
Japanese companies are still the top foreign investor in Los Angeles,
according to a recent economic report. China didn’t even make the cut
for the top 10 foreign job creators in Los Angeles County.
https://laedc.org/2017/01/04/la-business-journal-china-investing-heavily-los-angeles/
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From International to Interstates: Assessing the Opportunity for Chinese Participation in U.S. Infrastructure
https://www.uschamber.com/sites/default/files/documents/files/ChinaInfrastructure_Final_0.pdf
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Should We Allow the Chinese to Buy Any US Company They Want?
Jan 09, 2018
Letting Chinese corporations acquire American companies, especially
energy or technology-based companies is the biggest threat to rebuilding
American manufacturing.
https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/article/22024894/should-we-allow-the-chinese-to-buy-any-us-company-they-want
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The Chinese purchase more U.S. residential real estate than buyers
from any other foreign country, but Trump’s trade war may change that
May 16, 2019
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/chinese-investors-buy-more-us-residential-real-estate-than-any-other-country-but-trumps-trade-war-could-soon-end-that-2019-05-15
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How Chinese Real Estate Money is Transforming the San Francisco Bay Area
8-22-2017
https://macropolo.org/chinese-real-estate-money-transforming-san-francisco-bay-area/
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Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee the market
Jul 17 2019
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/17/foreign-purchases-of-american-homes-plunge-36percent-as-chinese-buyers-flee.html
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China to Spend $1.5 Trillion Buying Companies Abroad
Aug 08, 2017
Government policies encouraging Chinese companies to invest in
manufacturing capabilities, particularly for advanced technology, and
international trade will help maintain deal flow.
https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/emerging-markets/article/22023938/china-to-spend-15-trillion-buying-companies-abroad
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Why China’s infrastructure investment may be doing more harm than good
https://review.sbs.ox.ac.uk/Why-Chinas-infrastructure-investment-may-be-doing-more-harm-than-good.html
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Chinese Investment in Europe and North America Hits 9-Year Low; Signs of Recovery for 2020
1-8-2020
https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/newsroom/2020/01/chinese-investment-in-europe-na
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CalPERS is Heavily Invested in Chinese Companies
10-10-2019
https://californiaglobe.com/world-news/calpers-is-heavily-invested-in-chinese-companies/
As NBA frets over PRoC, Yu Ben Meng bets big with dollars from America’s largest pension fund
On October 1st, 2019, the People’s Republic of China celebrated its 70th
anniversary. The centerpiece of their festivities was a massive
military parade down the streets of Beijing, and the centerpiece of that
parade was China’s newest intercontinental ballistic missile, the
Dongfeng-41. This missile travels at a speed of Mach 25, carries
multiple nuclear warheads, and can reach the United States in under 30
minutes.
California’s public employees should know that their retirement funds
have invested in companies controlled by the Chinese military, which
manufacture parts for the DF-41 missile, along with a range of aircraft,
unmanned aircraft systems, and airborne weapons.
For that matter, these pension funds not only invest in Chinese
companies (and index funds, tracked by mutual funds, that are heavily
weighted with Chinese companies) directly involved in manufacturing
military equipment and surveillance equipment, they also invest in
Chinese companies involved directly or indirectly in human rights, labor
rights, and environmental protection violations all over the world.
California’s largest public employee pension fund, CalPERS, provides a
case in point. Despite its quest for the elusive 7 percent annual
return, CalPERS nonetheless foregoes investments in Iran, Sudan, assault
rifles, tobacco products, and thermal coal. Yet CalPERS continues to
invest in Chinese companies.
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CalPERS loses $69 billion in biggest market losses since Great Recession
3-22-2020
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article241391841.html
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Coronavirus Side Effect: CalPERS Drops to 60% Funded
May 5, 2020
It is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the Coronavirus Crisis from the California Pension Crisis
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/coronavirus-side-effect-calpers-drops-to-60-funded/
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For the U.S., the biggest financial threat from China might not be the coronavirus
3-12-2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/12/us-biggest-financial-threat-china-might-not-be-coronavirus/
The coronavirus crisis has revealed the severe supply-chain risks
inherent in tying the U.S. economy to China. But a potentially even
bigger problem is Wall Street indexes and related funds drastically
increasing their stakes in opaque and often criminal Chinese companies,
without disclosing the risks to millions of American investors.
Senior U.S. officials, lawmakers and experts are sounding the alarm
about huge pension funds increasing their holdings of Chinese assets,
despite economic and national security concerns. The retirement savings
of millions of U.S. investors are becoming dependent on the success of
Chinese companies that lack real transparency, are connected to the
Chinese military or stand accused of complicity in mass atrocities.
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California Pension Fund Board Slams CIO for Selling Off Hedges ahead of Coronavirus Market Downturn
April 22, 2020
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/california-pension-fund-board-slams-china-linked-cio-for-selling-off-hedges-ahead-of-coronavirus-market-downturn/
Yu Ben Meng — the chief investment officer of California’s public
pension who has ties to Chinese espionage — sold off the fund’s
investments in hedges against market downturn without the approval of
the pension’s board, a move that cost the fund a billion-dollar payout
following the coronavirus market crash.
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Why China's First Military Base Abroad is in Africa
Sep 6, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg6u1rwgbkY
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CHINA vs FRANCE: Battle for AFRICA? - VisualPolitik EN
Jun 20, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY8pCRSBd_o
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The Top Ten African Countries With the Largest Chinese Debt
October 2nd, 2018
https://www.africanexponent.com/post/9183-here-are-the-top-ten-countries-in-africa-bearing-the-largest-chinese-debt
1. Angola
Angola
is the most indebted African country to China. It has an estimated debt
of over US$25 billion. Shocking, but that's the reality at hand. Most
of Angolan oil is going towards the repayment of Chinese debts, despite
Angola being the second largest producer of oil in Africa.
2. Ethiopia
All
those Chinese infrastructural development projects in the East African
country are coming at a heavy price. Ethiopia has an estimated debt of
US$13.5 billion. The debt levels have slowed down some projects due to
repayment issues, but there is now a new structure for these debts that
makes it a little bit affordable for Ethiopia to repay.
3. Kenya
Even
after the discovery of oil in the northern part of the country, nothing
in essence is working towards cutting down the levels of debt to China.
Kenya has an estimated debt of US$7.9 billion. The country has been
taking money to facilitate the fruition of its infrastructural projects.
But as lack of transparency and accountability come into play, a lot of
money has been lost to corruption.
4. The Republic of Congo
Congo,
which may be popularly known as Congo-Brazzaville, has an estimated
debt of US$7.3 billion. Again, corruption has played a major role in
ballooning the debt to such egregious levels.
5. North Sudan
The
conflict-torn country has an estimated debt of over US$6.4 billion.
Although China has written off the country's debt incurred in 2015, it
still has a long way to go.
6. Zambia
Zambia
is increasingly getting mired in the tentacles of Chinese debt. The
Chinese have sponsored a lot of projects in the country. The country has
an estimated debt of US$6 billion. China is taking Zambian firms as
part of repayment plans, and there were reports that ZESCO, the national
power utility, was being taken over by China, even ZNBC, the country's
national broadcaster.
7. Cameroon
Cameroon
has an estimated debt of US$5.5 billion. However, it was recently
revealed that China was in talks to cancel part of the country's debt.
But with China, nothing is so certain.
8. Nigeria
The West African country has an estimated debt of US$4.8 billion. Nigeria has accepted the Chinese yuan as a reserve currency.
9. Ghana
Ghana
stands at number 9 with an estimated debt of US$3.5 billion. The
country's opposition has involved the IMF to help look into the
country's debt
10. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The
DRC could easily be one of the richest countries in the world
considering how it is abundantly endowed with precious natural resources
and minerals. However, plundering of these resources has set the
country back, including unending conflict. It has an estimated debt of
US$3.4 billion. DRC was quick to exchange mineral resources for loans
with China.
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Here is Why Socialism Failed in Africa
July 27th, 2020
There was little order when private firms were acquired by the various governments.
The
emergence and development of socialism in Africa came as a result of
finding a new rallying point to foster economic growth in Africa.
African nationalism had already united people together for the
independence cause and African socialism stood as the new ideology for
economic prosperity. It was a middle ground between Western capitalism
and Soviet communism (the latter which adopted socialism for the
administration of the whole Soviet Union). But as time progressed, the
inefficiencies and loopholes of socialism in Africa got apparent and it
was clear that the intended purposes of the ideology had failed to usher
in comprehensive economic success for the continent.
As
several African countries got their independence in the 1950s and 60s,
the rejection of capitalism grew in popularity. Colonialism had brought
capitalism and its evils to the continent. The rejection of capitalism
at that time was a natural reaction by African leaders and a way to
garner wide public support. It was lauded as a viable alternative
regarding the economic prosperity of the continent. Between 1950 and the
mid-1980s, 35 countries in Africa had adopted socialism in various
forms. The wave of independence that swept across the continent at that
time was supposed to empower the continent with true economic
liberation, but this was not to be the case as the leaders dismally
failed at executing their noble ideas.
The main
inspiration for African socialism obviously came from the Union of the
Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR, later Russia) and with how rapid
industrialization was taking place in the USSR, there was a proven track
record that socialism premised on the pre-colonial African society
would work. The socialist running of the USSR also served as an
inspiration for African countries because it was a departure from the
capitalist machinations of the West. The way that the USSR was catching
up with the United States of America and other European economic
powerhouses compelled African leaders to think that they could also
rival these Western superpowers...
https://www.africanexponent.com/post/7726-here-is-why-socialism-failed-in-africa
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Uproar in Nigeria Over Fears that Chinese Loans Are Jeopardizing Sovereignty
July 30, 2020
https://chinaafricaproject.com/2020/07/30/uproar-in-nigeria-over-fears-that-chinese-loans-are-jeopardizing-sovereignty/
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Loans: China can seize assets if Nigeria defaults – Amaechi
July 30, 2020
https://www.africahousingnews.com/2020/07/30/loans-china-can-seize-assets-if-nigeria-defaults-amaechi/
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Is Zambia Africa’s first casualty in China’s takeover after defaulting on loan repayment?
September 07, 2018
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/is-zambia-africas-first-casualty-in-chinas-takeover-after-defaulting-on-loan-repayment
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China’s Ugly Exploitation of Africa—and Africans
Mar. 06, 2018
Beijing
is often a step ahead of Washington in Africa, as Secretary of State
Tillerson is likely to find out this week. But China’s not exactly
winning friends.
The Minister of Transportation, Mr.
Rotimi Amaechi, has said if Nigeria defaults on loans repayment, China
has right to take over those assets and run them until it recovers its
money. The minister spoke to journalists on Wednesday at Idu train
station in Abuja during a COVID-19 protocol compliance and inspection
after rail operation resumed.
The House of
Representatives in their probe of Chinese loans to Nigeria found that
the agreements ceded Nigeria’s sovereign right on the assets financed by
the loans to China if there was payment default. But Amaechi said:
“What the Chinese normally do is that they go after the same asset to
recover their money. So what is wrong with that? You are asking for
$5.3bn.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-ugly-exploitation-of-africaand-africans?ref=scroll
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China has spent billions in Africa, but some critics at home question why
Sep. 3, 2018
https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-africa-20180903-story.html
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How China Benefits from African Debt
February 5, 2018
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/china-benefits-african-debt/
The
level of debt owed by African governments in countries such as Kenya,
Uganda, Mozambique, and Tanzania has increased markedly since the 2008
financial crisis. Problematic though sub-Saharan African debt may be,
debt levels vary country by country and therefore mitigate the
possibility of a continent-wide crisis. Still, widespread default could
create opportunities for outside powers that covet the region’s natural
resources.
How It Happened
In the wake
of the 2008 financial crisis, global interest rates were low, and money
was cheap. Investors who sought greater returns turned to riskier
investments, including African sovereign debt. Countries across the
continent took on debt to fund infrastructure and other development
projects. Countries such as Nigeria and Botswana still have debt burdens
of under 50 percent of GDP—the level at which debt is generally
considered high for developing countries. Other countries such as
Mozambique and South Africa have debt burdens of more than 100 percent
of GDP. Median public-sector debt in sub-Saharan Africa was 48 percent
in 2016.
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Chinese lending to African countries jumped tenfold in the last five years
November 15, 2018
China’s
loans to African states have been caught between local realities and
debt anxieties. In the five years from 2012 to 2017, Chinese lending to
sub Saharan African countries jumped to more than $10 billion a year, up
from less than $1 billion in 2001, according to credit analysts at
Moody’s.
Over the last two decades, China has pledged
billions of dollars to countries in loans, grants, and development
financing. Through its Belt and Road initiative, agreements with the
African Union, and at the forum on China-Africa cooperation, the Chinese
extended their “win-win” economic policy by investing in railway,
highway and port projects besides industrialization...
https://qz.com/africa/1463948/chinese-lending-to-african-countries-jumped-tenfold-in-the-last-five-years/
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Twice as many African presidents made it to China’s Africa summit than to the UN general assembly
October 5, 2018
By Quartz’s count 51 African leaders were in Beijing compared with 27 in New York.
https://qz.com/africa/1414004/more-african-presidents-went-to-chinas-africa-forum-than-un-general-assembly/
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US bickers with China over Africa Covid-19 loans relief
June 26 2020
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/us-bickers-with-china-over-africa-covid-19-loans-relief-1443926
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Coronavirus in Djibouti increases risk of China debt trap
April 26, 2020
Horn of Africa nation sees rapid infrastructure development, but with trade-offs
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Belt-and-Road/Coronavirus-in-Djibouti-increases-risk-of-China-debt-trap
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No, China is not taking over Zambia’s national electricity supplier. Not yet, anyway.
September 18, 2018
https://qz.com/africa/1391111/zambia-china-debt-crisis-tests-china-in-africa-relationship/
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Chinese Loans to Africa: Know how Much your Country Owes China; Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zanbia lead the pack.
4-16-2020
According
to the Overseas Development Institute, "Almost 40% of Sub-Saharan
African countries are in danger of slipping into a major debt crisis".
This issue is true in part due to the new found partnership between
Africa and China.
https://kenyanreport.com/2020/04/16/chinese-loans-to-africa-know-how-much-your-country-owes-chinaangolaethiopiakenya-and-zambia-lead-the-pack/
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China's expensive bet on Africa has failed
May 1, 2020
Coronavirus crash in commodity prices has wasted $200 billion in investment and loans
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/China-s-expensive-bet-on-Africa-has-failed
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China May Agree to Delay, Not Forgive, $150 Billion Africa Debt
May 18, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-18/china-may-agree-to-delay-not-forgive-150-billion-africa-debt
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It’s a (Debt) Trap! Managing China-IMF Cooperation Across the Belt and Road
https://www.csis.org/npfp/its-debt-trap-managing-china-imf-cooperation-across-belt-and-road
Five
years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his flagship foreign
policy project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Currently, total
Chinese BRI investment is estimated at over $1 trillion, more than
eight-times the size of the Marshall Plan in today’s dollars.1 When it
was launched, China heralded BRI as a “golden opportunity” to
“revitalize” the region. Today, many countries are wary about China’s
intentions. Unlike the Marshall Plan, which mainly dispersed aid in the
form of grants that did not have to be repaid, China uses loans that
often come at commercial interest rates. While the BRI provides vital
infrastructure funding to developing countries, it also leaves many with
unsustainable debt. For example, China is funding a high-speed rail
line in Laos that will cost equivalent to half the country’s GDP.2
The
International Monetary Fund (IMF), China, and other stakeholders should
cooperate to help countries along the Belt and Road facing financial
imbalances and high debt. This will not be easy. Before providing aid,
the IMF will require transparency into BRI loan terms, which are
notoriously opaque and can burden countries with high debt.3 China has
resisted international involvement in BRI, yet the foundation for
cooperation already exists. To reconcile these competing perspectives,
the IMF and China should expand communication channels and launch pilot
reforms that address problems on both sides. If these conditions are
met, the United States should encourage IMF assistance to BRI countries
to protect sovereignty and promote higher lending standards.
BRI
spending in developing countries has raised serious concerns about debt
sustainability. A recent Center for Global Development report found
eight BRI recipient countries—Djibouti, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, the Maldives,
Mongolia, Montenegro, Pakistan, and Tajikistan—are at a high risk of
debt distress due to BRI loans. 4 These countries will all face rising
debt-to-GDP ratios beyond 50 percent, with at least 40 percent of
external debt owed to China once BRI lending is complete. These
countries will need support to service BRI loans as repayments peak and
will likely turn to the IMF and other smaller lenders. Discussions for
an IMF bailout have already begun in Pakistan, where China has invested
$62 billion, or one-fifth of Pakistan’s GDP, in infrastructure and
energy projects.5
The IMF has scrutinized multiple
aspects of the BRI, repeatedly warning of unsustainable debt levels,
predatory lending, and the lack of project transparency. 6 To assuage
these concerns, the IMF will request greater clarity on foreign currency
payments, including the details of BRI loans, before authorizing a
credit line. An IMF program should include BRI debt restructuring or
reevaluating proposed infrastructure investments to determine if they
are financially sound. At a minimum, the IMF will need to see the terms
of BRI loans to complete the necessary debt sustainability analysis.7
Given
these constraints, there is a possibility for disagreement between the
IMF and China over the future of BRI projects in debt-distressed
countries. Chinese loans violate several international lending best
practices involving procurement, transparency, and dispute settlement.
Chinese contractors dominate infrastructure projects, and Chinese-funded
loans are less transparent than those from multilateral development
banks.8 Beijing has demonstrated a reluctance to abide by international
investment standards, establishing two courts to resolve BRI-related
disputes outside of existing settlement venues.9 China also enshrined
BRI into its constitution last year, putting pressure on state companies
and officials to continue lending.
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How China Is Colonizing Africa Using Trade, Aid, and Debt-Trap Diplomacy
2018
https://www.panafricanalliance.com/china-africa-colonialism/
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Debt-trap diplomacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-trap_diplomacy
Kenya
Further information: China–Kenya relations
Between
2006 and 2017, Kenya took out loans of at least $9.8 billion (Sh1043.77
billion) from China. Chinese debt accounts for 72% of overall foreign
debt.
China lent Kenya extensive funds to build highways and the a
standard gauge railway between Mombasa and Nairobi. Totalling over
US$6.5 billion as of 2020. In late December 2018 Kenya reportedly came
close to default on Chinese loans to develop its largest and most
lucrative port, the Port of Mombasa. This could have forced Kenya to
relinquish control of the port to China. Kenyan media has debated
whether Chinese loans are worth the risk, drawing analogies with § Sri
Lanka, and some commentators have said that these loans could jeopardise
Kenyan sovereignty.
South Africa
Further information: China–South Africa relations
South
Africa is estimated to owe the equivalent of 4% of its annual GDP to
China. The country has received multiple tranches of Chinese loans, some
of which have raised concerns around their opaque conditions and
alleged links to corruption in South Africa. This includes a
controversial US$2.5 billion loan from the Chinese Development Bank to
state-owned South African electrical utility Eskom arranged during the
Jacob Zuma government, the conditions of which were not made
public.[deprecated source] Another US$2.5 billion loan from a private
Chinese company, Huarong Energy, to Eskom, was found by the Zondo
Commission of Inquiry into state corruption to be improper prompting
Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza to publicly state that Eskom would not be
repaying the loan due to irregularities and corruption involved in the
issuing of the loan.
An additional R370 billion
(US$25.8 billion) loan from the China Development Bank during the
presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa was given to promote a 2018 economic
stimulus package. The South African government initially described the
loan as a "gift" whilst the details of the loan were not made public
thereby causing significant public controversy. The government justified
the loan by stating that the interest rate was not exorbitant, and also
that it could not be disclosed due to confidentiality clauses. The loan
was criticised by the opposition Democratic Alliance political party
for possibly pushing the country into a "debt trap".
Rest of Africa
Nigeria:
US$3.1 billion of the country's total US$27.6 billion foreign debt is
owned by China. Nigerian financial publication Nairametrics warned of
falling into a Chinese debt trap given Nigeria's notable problems with
corruption.
Zambia: US$7.4 billion of the country's
total $US8.7 billion of debt is owned by China, a large debt burden
given the relatively small size of Zambia's economy. In 2018, Zambian
lawmakers debated whether Chinese loans, characterised as reckless and
difficult to repay, put Zambian sovereignty at risk. The Zambian
government was in talks with China about in total surrender of the state
electricity company ZESCO as debt repayment since the country has
defaulted on multiple Chinese loans for infrastructure projects.
Djibouti:
Loans to develop a strategic port. Chinese loans total 77% of the
country's total debt. Djibouti owes over 80 per cent of its GDP to China
and in 2017, became host to China's first overseas military base.
Republic
of the Congo: An estimated $2.5billion is owed to Chinese lenders. The
exact number is unknown even to the Congolese government.
Egypt:
China is financing the country's new capital of New Cairo. In an
interview, Gen. Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, who heads the Egyptian state-owned
enterprise overseeing the new capital, criticised American reluctance to
invest in Egypt, saying: “Stop talking to us about human rights," he
says. "Come and do business with us. The Chinese are coming — they are
seeking win-win situations. Welcome to the Chinese."
In Latin America
See also: China–Latin America relations, China–Venezuela relations, and China–Ecuador relations
An
article in CNBC said that Chinese investment in Latin America has been
burgeoning and that the project has been heavily criticised amid
allegations of debt-trap diplomacy and neo-colonialism. These concerns
have been pronounced especially in Venezuela and Ecuador.
Argentina: Argentina has been denied access and oversight of a Chinese satellite tracking station on its territory.
Ecuador:
Ecuador has agreed to sell 80 to 90 per cent of its crude oil to China
through 2024 in exchange for US$6.5 billion in Chinese loans.
Venezuela:
An article published by Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy said
that China's loans in Venezuela are not debt trap diplomacy nor
"creditor imperialism," but simply "lose-lose" financial mistakes where
both parties stand to lose. An article in Quartz summarised the Carnegie
article accordingly: "counter to the dominant narrative about Chinese
debt ensnaring other countries, the country that needs to fear excessive
and unsustainable Chinese lending the most is China."
In Asia
Sri Lanka
Critics
cite the example of a loan given to the Sri Lankan government by the
Exim Bank of China to build the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port and
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport as an example of debt-trap
diplomacy. The state-owned Chinese firms China Harbour Engineering
Company and Sinohydro Corporation were hired to build the Magampura Port
for US$361 million which was 85% funded by China's state-owned
Export-Import Bank at an annual interest rate of 6.3%. Due to Sri
Lanka's inability to service the debt on the port, it was leased to the
Chinese state-owned China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited on a
99-year lease in 2017. This caused concern in the United States, Japan,
and India that the port might be used as a Chinese naval base to contain
China's geopolitical rivals.
Indonesia
In
2003, Suramadu Bridge was built by a consortium of Indonesian companies
working with China Road and Bridge Corporation and the China Harbor
Engineering Company. The total cost of the project, including connecting
roads, has been estimated at US$445 million.
The
coal-fired 990 MW Indramayu West Java 1 power plant was inaugurated in
October 2011. Construction began in 2007 and was managed by a consortium
of contractors: China National Machinery Industry Corporation, China
National Electric Equipment Corporation, estimated cost: $870 million
In 2011, Sumatra coal railway, estimated cost US$1.5 billion
In 2015 Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail, estimated cost: around US$5.5 billion
In 2015 Central Kalimantan Puruk Cahu-Bangkuang coal railway, estimated US$3.3 billion
In
April 2018, Indonesia and China signed five contracts worth $23.3
billion contract consists of several infrastructure projects such as a
hydropower plant development and a facility to convert coal into
dimethyl ether, among other projects.
In March 2019
Indonesia and China will execute an investment plan worth US$91.1
billion for 28 national projects under the framework of the Belt and
Road Initiative (BRI), according to the first meeting of the Joint
Steering Committee for the Construction of Regional Comprehensive
Economic Corridors for Cooperation between the countries in Bali.
Malaysia
Further information: China–Malaysia relations and 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
China
financed $22 billion worth of projects in Malaysia during the
leadership of former Prime Minister Najib Razak.[18] On 31 May 2014,
then-Prime Minister Najib Razak made a state visit to China where he was
welcomed by China's Premier Li Keqiang. China and Malaysia pledged to
increase bilateral trade to US$160 billion by 2017. They also agreed to
upgrade economic and financial co-operation, especially in the
production of halal food, water processing, railway construction, and
ports.
After his inauguration in 2018, the then PM
Mahathir Mohamad canceled projects worth approximately $2.795 billion
with China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau for oil and gas pipelines, saying
Malaysia would not be able to repay its obligations. 90% of the cost of
several of the pipelines in Borneo and from Malacca to Johor had been
paid, but only 13% of the construction had been completed. Mohamad
further stated that some of the funding from the Exim Bank of China had
been misappropriated as part of the 1MDB scandal.
Mohamad
and his Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng criticised the projects, saying
they were expensive, unnecessary, not useful, uncompetitive as open
bidding was not allowed, secretive, conducted with no public oversight
and favoured Chinese state-owned firms and those affiliated with Najib's
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party at inflated prices.
Locals in the city of Malacca also complained that the port was unneeded
and the small company that was awarded the contract had ties to the
previously-ruling UMNO political party.
When confronted
with the China's String of Pearls strategy in the Indian Ocean, and
China's motives in Malaysia and the Strait of Malacca, Malaysian Deputy
Minister of Defense Liew Chin Tong said:
“You look
at a map and you can see the places where China is plotting ports and
investments, from Myanmar to Pakistan to Sri Lanka, on toward Djibouti.
What's crucial to all that? Our little Malaysia, and the Malacca Strait.
I say publicly that we do not want to see warships in the Strait of
Malacca or the South China Sea."
However the loans and
their terms were later renegotiated and Mahathir Mohamad pledged support
for the BRI and became one of the key opening speakers of the BRI
Summit in Beijing in 2019.
Other examples
The
Chinese have made loans the Malaysian government of Najib Razak,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Tajikistan, the Maldives, Mongolia, and to build a
national highway in Montenegro, as part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
It has also made US$19 billion worth of loans to Pakistan, as part of
the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other projects. A New
York Times investigative report from December 2018 reported on emerging
military dimensions of the investments, which it termed a debt-trap and
stated are under poor governance and transparency. China also made a
US$115 million loan to Tonga to redevelop its infrastructure, and US$2
billion in loans to Papua New Guinea totalling almost a quarter of its
total debt.
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The Countries Most in Debt to China
Oct 14, 2019
According
to research recently published by the Kiel Institute for the World
Economy, there are seven countries in the world whose external loan debt
to China surpasses 25 percent of their GDP. Three (Djibouti, Niger and
The Republic of the Congo) are located in Africa, while four (Kyrgyztan,
Laos, Cambodia and the Maldives) are in Asia.
Yet, the
world map of debt to China amassed through direct loans (excluding debt
holdings and short-term trade debt) shows that a majority of countries
heavily in debt to China are in Africa, but that Central Asia and Latin
America follow close behind.
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Kenya holds third highest Chinese debt in Africa
September 20, 2018
https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2018/09/kenya-holds-third-highest-chinese-debt-in-africa/
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Tanzania Says No to Chinese Loan, Mocks Terms and Conditions
2020/05/01
https://www.visiontimes.com/2020/05/01/tanzania-says-no-to-chinese-loan-mocks-terms-and-conditions.html
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China's loans to South Africa - IV
24 January 2019
https://www.politicsweb.co.za/news-and-analysis/chinas-loans-to-south-africa--iv
The
first brief gave an overview of South Africa’s debt situation, how the
loans from China fit into this, and why it is we need to look at the
experiences other countries have had with Chinese debt. The second and
third briefs covered the experiences Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Argentina,
Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia have had with Chinese loans. The final brief
looks at why the BRICS Bank was not used, on what basis government is
able to refuse disclosing further information on the loans, and finishes
with a conclusion for the series.
THE LESSONS LEARNED
In
the points below, I begin by summarising each lesson learned from the
six countries researched, followed by a synopsis of how it might apply
to South Africa.
1. Repayment difficulties:
None
of the six countries analysed have been able to, or will likely be able
to, avoid repayment difficulties on their Chinese loans, or national
debt generally. Zambia was never able to turn a profit from the TAZARA
railway line, and the debt could not be paid back over several decades
and governments. It is unlikely that Kenya’s SGR railway line will be
able to turn a profit either. Ethiopia has begun debt restructuring
despite having one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Pakistan
looks likely not to be able to generate enough revenue for repayment,
and Sri Lanka defaulted on their loan. Argentina has continued to
struggle with debt repayments generally, and at the end of last year
asked to be released from a $50 billion loan from the IMF. However,
there is yet to be reports on repayment issues specific to Argentina’s
Chinese loans...
2. Cost overruns:
Cost
overruns of the infrastructure projects have been experienced in almost
all the countries analysed, resulting in higher than the planned debt
levels and linked interest expenses.
Because cost
overruns have been the general rule with Chinese as well as South
African infrastructure projects – such as the cost overrun of over R 52
billion on the Medupi and Kusile power stations – I can see no reason
why any new infrastructure projects off the back of Chinese loans would
not experience the same. It would therefore be prudent for the
government to plan its infrastructure spend to be below the total
initial amount of the loans, similar to Argentina’s downward
renegotiation of its contracts.
3. Corruption:
Corruption
has tainted the loans to at least four of the six countries analysed.
There are few reports of corruption in the Zambian loans, but when
taking into consideration Zambia’s current score of 37 out of 100 on the
Transparency International Corruption Index (South Africa scores 43),
the lack of corruption reporting could be because of the lack of
information about the loans, amongst other possible reasons.
In
South Africa, China South Rail has already allegedly been complicit in
the irregular awarding of a tender worth over R25 billion by Transnet in
2014. This included a R5 billion kick-back to Gupta linked Trillian
Capital for ‘consulting fees,’ and R509 million more being spent than
should have been on one train deal alone. Without transparency,
incentives and the opportunities for corruption can only rise. It is
therefore essential that all terms and conditions of the loans, and full
details of the projects attached to them, be made publicly available in
order to deter corruption and hold all those involved to account.
4. Lender of last resort:
For
Zambia, Kenya and Sri Lanka, because certain projects did not pass
feasibility studies, China was the lender of last resort. In Argentina’s
case it simply could not find funding elsewhere. As such, China was
naturally in an opportune position when negotiating the terms of the
loans.
It has become general knowledge that South
Africa’s largest parastatal, Eskom, has in the last year or more been
unable to raise enough of its required financing through the bond
markets – where it had traditionally raised funds in the past. In light
of this, the R37 billion loan from China to Eskom last year makes it
reasonable to presume that China has become South Africa’s lender of
last resort, making it all the more probable that the terms of the loans
are largely skewed in China’s favour.
5. Terms for construction inputs:
In
Zambia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, a term of the loans was that China was
to supply the vast majority of the inputs. As such, local labour,
suppliers and construction companies could not directly benefit from the
projects.
Given the economic slump in which South
Africa finds itself, the high unemployment rate and having lost out on
the last commodity rally as a result of the ‘lost decade’ during Zuma’s
presidency, negotiating the terms of inputs along the lines of those
achieved by Kenya, by giving priority to South African inputs, is an
absolute must.
6. Transparency:
Only
in Zambia, Pakistan and Argentina were the terms of the loans largely
unknown, so while secrecy is a common feature of Chinese loans around
the world, it is not the rule. As discussed in the first brief in this
series, President Ramaphosa and other officials have unfortunately given
inadequate reasons as to why secrecy should be the case here.
7. Chinese loan dependency:
Sri
Lanka, Pakistan and Argentina have become heavily dependent on Chinese
loans and would likely not have adequate funding without them. If China
is or becomes South Africa’s lender of last resort and government does
not manage to adequately service its debt or find funding elsewhere,
South Africa runs the risk of becoming Chinese loan dependant. That or
go into debt restructuring at the behest of the IMF.
8. Threats to national sovereignty:
In
Sri Lanka the Chinese loans resulted in an assault on the country’s
sovereignty on potentially two fronts. First, China now owns the
Hambantota port and 15 000 acres of land surrounding it. Second, there
have been reports that a Chinese state owned company working in Sri
Lanka actively tried and influence the country’s general elections. In
Argentina’s case, land was allocated to China for a satellite hub as
collateral, rent free for 50 years.
None of the six
countries analysed have been able to, or will likely be able to, avoid
repayment difficulties on their Chinese loans, or national debt
generally. Zambia was never able to turn a profit from the TAZARA
railway line, and the debt could not be paid back over several decades
and governments. It is unlikely that Kenya’s SGR railway line will be
able to turn a profit either. Ethiopia has begun debt restructuring
despite having one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Pakistan
looks likely not to be able to generate enough revenue for repayment,
and Sri Lanka defaulted on their loan. Argentina has continued to
struggle with debt repayments generally, and at the end of last year
asked to be released from a $50 billion loan from the IMF. However,
there is yet to be reports on repayment issues specific to Argentina’s
Chinese loans.
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SA confirms receipt of $1 billion Covid-19 relief loan from NDB
July 29, 2020
South
Africa received the $1 billion emergency loan that it secured from the
New Development Bank to assist in fighting the coronavirus pandemic on
July 20, according to National Treasury.
The
disbursement from the lender, which serves the BRICS nations – Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa – means the country will get the
bulk of funds borrowed from international finance institutions by the
end of this week. It is due to receive the $4.3 billion facility granted
by the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday.
https://www.news24.com/fin24/Economy/South-Africa/sa-confirms-receipt-of-1-billion-covid-19-relief-loan-from-ndb-20200729
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Reality Check: Is China burdening Africa with debt?
5 November 2018
Africa is facing a looming debt crisis, say leading development economists.
"Almost
40% of sub-Saharan African countries are in danger of slipping into a
major debt crisis" according to the Overseas Development Institute,
ahead of a major conference on debt being held in London this week.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45916060
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How Chinese loans are making Africa poorer | Morning Express Press Review
Sep 12, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGv_RigOwpg
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Ghana leverages natural resources to secure $15bn loan from China
27 Jun, 2017
https://www.rt.com/business/394262-ghana-china-loan-natural-resources/
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Chinese Loans to Africa Database
https://www.chinaafricaloandata.org/
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New study uncovers China's massive hidden lending to poor countries
18 July, 2019
New report shows the extent of China's hidden power as the developing world's creditor.
Over 50 developing countries' Chinese debt accounts for on average 15 percent of their individual GDP.
New report shows that the majority of the world's developing country's debt to China is considered "hidden."
China's loans for poor countries are primarily for crucial infrastructure.
China's
overseas lending, which was virtually zero before the turn of the
century — well, about $500 billion in 2000 — stands today, ostensibly,
at around $5 trillion. Indeed, they are now the world's largest
creditor, being twice as large as both the World Bank and the
International Monetary Fund, combined.
As much of what
China does is under a veiled curtain of secrecy, it's been difficult to
track how all the money is flowing. A new comprehensive study though, by
Sebastian Horn and Christoph Trebesch of the Kiel Institute for the
World Economy, and Carmen Reinhart of Harvard University, has provided
some new insights about China's official credit lending empire. What did
the researchers discover? More than half of China's lending to
developing countries is what they term "hidden" money — loans that
haven't been reported to any of the international funds, such as the
World Bank.
https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/china-loans
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Chinese loans to poor countries are surging
Jul 12th 2019
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/07/12/chinese-loans-to-poor-countries-are-surging
Nearly half of China’s credit is hidden; much of it goes to vulnerable borrowers
LOAN
TALKS with Belarus; funding for bridges in Liberia; a possible gas
project in Timor-Leste; accusations of exploitation in Tanzania; a
corporate dispute in India; pledges to support the Rwandan private
sector. And that was just the past few weeks. Such is China’s frenetic
pace in its overseas lending that its outstanding loans, mainly to
poorer countries, have gone from almost nothing in 2000 to more than
$700bn today, making it the world’s largest official creditor, more than
twice as big as the World Bank and IMF combined. Yet tracking the money
is difficult because of limited transparency in its disclosures.
A
new study by Sebastian Horn and Christoph Trebesch, both of the Kiel
Institute for the World Economy, and Carmen Reinhart of Harvard
University, creates the most comprehensive picture yet. They find that
nearly half of China’s lending to developing countries is “hidden”, in
that neither the World Bank nor the IMF have data on it. The problem
appears most severe for the most vulnerable borrowers.
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China is thinking twice about lending to Africa
2019
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/06/29/china-is-thinking-twice-about-lending-to-africa
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China renegotiated $50bn in loans to developing countries
https://www.ft.com/content/0b207552-6977-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d
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Flush With Cash, China Continues to Borrow Billions From The World Bank
January 31, 2019
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/01/31/689960866/flush-with-cash-china-continues-to-borrow-billions-from-world-bank
During
the Cold War, communist China shunned the capitalist World Bank. But
once China embraced the institution in 1980, it quickly became one of
the bank's largest borrowers of all time — having taken out loans
totaling more than $60 billion over the past four decades.
Today
China is sitting on cash reserves of some $3 trillion. It is the
world's second-largest economy, behind the U.S. It directly lends more
money to other nations each year than the $2 billion or so it borrows
from the World Bank annually.
So some analysts are questioning whether the World Bank's subsidized loans could be better deployed elsewhere in the world.
The
World Bank, based in Washington, D.C., was established after World War
II to help European countries rebuild. Its mission has evolved over the
years and is now to finance development in low- and middle-income
countries with the goal of eliminating extreme poverty. Once a borrowing
country's annual per capita income exceeds a certain threshold —
roughly $7,000 at the moment — the country is supposed to be weaned off
the World Bank's loans. China passed that income threshold in 2016 yet
was the bank's largest borrower the next year, securing access to $2.4
billion in 2017.
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Vladimir Putin signed dozens of MOUs with African countries this week but can’t match China
October 25, 2019
https://qz.com/africa/1735708/vladimir-putins-russia-africa-promises-wont-match-china/
By
the time the inaugural Russia-Africa Summit closed on Thursday
afternoon in Sochi, Russia, president Vladimir Putin and his
administration had signed dozens of memorandums of understanding (MOU)
and other agreements with the African countries that attended.
The
agreements include military cooperation, agricultural development,
biotechnology, and oil and gas. They range from the minor, like
Democratic Republic of Congo’s deal to sign data storage software, to
more ambitious, like Ethiopia’s plan to build two 12,000 MW nuclear
reactors.
Overall, Russia made big pledges across the
two days in its effort to reestablish itself as a premier power on the
continent and challenge China’s trade dominance. Russian trade with
Africa has more than tripled to $18 billion in the past nine years, and
Putin stated in his opening address that he wants to double that figure
in the next five years.
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Japan has a plan to challenge China’s influence in Africa
September 2, 2019
https://qz.com/africa/1700181/japan-promises-20-billion-private-sector-investment-in-africa/
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U.S. Exim Bank Out to Displace China After Record Loan in Africa
Jul 23, 2020
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/u-s-exim-bank-out-to-displace-china-after-record-loan-in-africa-1.1469524
(Bloomberg)
-- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. opened a new front in the trade
war between America and China with its biggest loan yet in sub-Saharan
Africa, as it plans to compete more aggressively on the continent.
The
lender has just provided $4.7 billion to fund a Mozambican gas project
-- the largest share of about $15 billion raised for the development.
The
deal helped secure U.S. jobs and displaced earlier financing efforts by
China and Russia, according to Stephen Renna, Exim’s chief banking
officer.
“China is our competitor and one that we want
to compete with to win,” he said. “We do have a mandate from Congress to
emphasize what we can do in sub-Saharan Africa so we’re clearly open
for business there.”
The investment comes as tensions
between Washington and Beijing escalate amid a bruising trade war and
President Donald Trump’s orders to end Hong Kong’s special status and
sanction Chinese officials responsible for clamping down on dissent in
the city.
Africa Starts to Have Second Thoughts About That Chinese Money
China
is Africa’s biggest trading partner, with two-way flows totaling more
than $180 billion -- almost four times that of America. Over the past
decade, Exim has authorized about $12.4 billion for U.S. exports to
sub-Saharan Africa, the lender said in February.
Exim
became fully functional again after being reauthorized in December, with
the mandate to offer loans that rival rates and terms offered by China.
At least $27 billion of the agency’s total financing has been directed
toward this purpose.
The bank’s board quorum was also
re-established in May last year after more than three years during which
it was unable to approve transactions greater than $10 million.
‘Push Back’
Exim
first approved the loan for the Mozambique liquefied natural gas
project when it was led by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Though it was later
sold on to French oil major Total SA, the project will still support
U.S. companies that have been awarded contracts worth billions of
dollars to help build the facility that by the bank’s count could back
16,700 American jobs.
Beating Chinese banks outright
may not always be so clear cut. Exxon Mobil Corp. is planning to develop
a facility next to Total’s, with China National Petroleum Corp. as one
of its partners.
Africa’s Biggest Investment Takes Shape Amid Islamist Threat (1)
The
participation of the state-owned Chinese company may not prohibit Exim
from supporting the project, even though the goal is to “push back”
against China, Renna said. Exxon did have an application with the bank
before it was withdrawn when a final investment decision was delayed.
Exim
has provided financing for a rural electrification project in Senegal.
Solar and storage projects could also see funding, though Renna notes
the bank is not the policy arm of the government and doesn’t choose the
projects pro-actively.
In addition to power
developments, there’s also a focus on telecommunications where concerns
over new technology is increasing, according to Renna.
“A
number of African governments have reached out and said: ‘We want to
turn away from China, we’re concerned about the security of the
information in our system,’” he said. “Alternatives have to bring
financing and so that’s where we’re trying to step up and step in.”
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US Debt to China, How Much, Reasons Why, and What If China Sells
July 25, 2020
Why China Is America's Biggest Banker
he
U.S. debt to China was $1.08 trillion in May 2020.1 That's more than
15% of the $6.8 trillion in Treasury bills, notes, and bonds held by
foreign countries. The rest of the $26 trillion national debt is owned
by either the American people or by the U.S. government itself.2
China has the second-greatest amount of U.S. debt held by a foreign country. Japan tops the list owning $1.26 trillion.
https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-debt-to-china-how-much-does-it-own-3306355
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How is ETHIOPIA Escaping POVERTY? - VisualPolitik EN
Aug 26, 2018
Ethiopia: Africa's China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xcaw7QDI64
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China remains to be top foreign investment source of Ethiopia in 2019: UN report
2020-01-29
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-01/29/c_138741928.htm
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China-Ethiopia relations to strengthen after pandemic: ambassador
2020/4/28
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1186956.shtml
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Nigeria and Covid-19: Fact-checking claims about vaccines and lack of research
18 June 2020
https://africacheck.org/reports/nigeria-and-covid-19-fact-checking-claims-about-vaccines-and-lack-of-research/
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The other side of Chinese investment in Africa
3-27-2019
https://www.ft.com/content/9f5736d8-14e1-11e9-a581-4ff78404524e
Wilson Wu has big plans for the free trade zone he manages in
Igbesa, a scruffy town in Ogun State, some 60km from the frenzy of
Lagos, Nigeria’s huge commercial capital.
Casting his gaze over what is today a small cluster of industrial
warehouses surrounded by mud roads and bush, Mr Wu can see an altogether
brighter future. “We will have a five-star hotel, a golf club, a
Walmart,” he says in a well-rehearsed pitch. “It will be like Dubai.”
An electrical engineer by profession, Mr Wu’s journey to west Africa
followed an assignment as a young man in Myanmar, where he worked for
Power Construction Corporation of China, a state-owned group, upgrading
the electricity grid. In 2011, hungry for more adventure, he packed his
bags and headed for Nigeria, where, still barely 30 years old, he was
tapped up to manage the Ogun State free trade zone, a private-public
project in which the local government provides the land and Chinese
enterprise the capital.
Mr Wu is one of hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens — a common
estimate is about 1m — who have ventured to Africa over the past two
decades to seek their fortune. Like many who have ended up there, he
sees in Africa’s raw energy and ambition an echo of the forces that were
unleashed by Deng Xiaoping’s reforms of 1978.
“It is like the China of the 1970s and 1980s when you could open a
business and maybe earn a fortune,” he enthuses. “Those kind of
fortunes are not possible in China today.”
People like Mr Wu have been persuaded to test their ambition in
far-flung corners of the world by tougher business conditions in China,
where rising labour costs, industrial overcapacity and more stringent
environmental standards are taking their toll. While many entrepreneurs
have looked closer to home, to countries such as Cambodia, others have
struck out to Africa.
It is China’s massive infrastructure projects, including dams, railways,
ports and telecommunications networks, that capture most attention.
Between 2000 and 2014, the stock of Chinese investment in Africa went
from 2 per cent of US levels to 55 per cent. McKinsey estimates that, at
the current breakneck pace, China will surpass US levels within a
decade.
Washington has belatedly woken up to China’s growing presence which is
transforming both the physical and diplomatic landscape of Africa. In
December John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s national security
adviser, accused China of using “bribes, opaque agreements and the
strategic use of debt to hold states in Africa captive to Beijing’s
wishes and demands”.
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Ethiopia could be the first African country to show China it has bargaining power
7-29-2019
Construction on the railway commenced in December 2011 with China’s
Export-Import Bank providing 85% of the funding for the project.
https://www.theafricareport.com/15757/ethiopia-could-be-the-first-african-country-to-show-china-it-has-bargaining-power/
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China-Ethiopia relations to strengthen after pandemic: ambassador
2020/4/28
https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1186956.shtml
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BREAKING: Research Scientist Confirms Sterilants Added To Vaccines To Sterilize Africa - Dr. Andrew Wakefield In Studio
Sep 9, 2022
https://banned.video/watch?id=631b9bcc6d410059a0d7efbe
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The Dark Side of China’s Deep Ties With South Africa
Jan 3, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FgpIMwBOvI
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South Africa to be put on England’s travel red list over new Covid variant
25 Nov 2021
Flights from six countries will be banned as officials review travel measures after scientists voice concern over variant
Flights
from southern Africa will be banned, with six countries placed under
England’s red list travel restrictions, after scientists raised the
alarm over what is feared to be the worst Covid-19 variant yet
identified.
Whitehall sources said the B.1.1.529 variant, which
is feared to be more transmissible and has the potential to evade
immunity, posed “a potentially significant threat to the vaccine
programme which we have to protect at all costs”.
Hundreds of
people who have recently returned from South Africa, where the variant
was detected, and neighbouring countries are expected to be tracked down
and offered tests in an effort to avoid the new variant entering the
UK.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/25/scientists-call-for-travel-code-red-over-covid-variant-found-in-southern-africa
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Major setback for China’s African Safari.
Jun 26, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjeXUuiX9lU
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The CHINESE Conquest of the MIDDLE EAST - VisualPolitik EN
Nov 22, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl1FmLNevw0
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SHEIKHS in Distress: CRISIS in the PERSIAN GULF - VisualPolitik EN
Jun 21, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7E4os06SAA
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China Infiltrates the Middle East | China Uncensored
Feb 5, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKP-a-jH7s
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China’s Secret Military Base Near Afghanistan | China Uncensored
Feb 22, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLu5zOmTBuQ
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What are CHINA'S Interests in AFGHANISTAN? - KJ Vids
Dec 19, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yTMQHnFp4I
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Can CORONAVIRUS end the IRAN regime? - VisualPolitik EN
May 3, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EumKBS7iQek
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RUSSIANS vs SAUDIS: CORONAVIRUS and the new OIL WAR - VisualPolitik EN
Apr 8, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DebpajQGRV0
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How to befriend PUTIN and EUROPE at once - VisualPolitik EN
Jan 20, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b53GmKAcZU
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How is PUTIN isolating UKRAINE? - VisualPolitik EN
Dec 30, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqyziIEYFpE
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Why is GERMANY so dependant on RUSSIAN GAS? - VisualPolitik EN
Nov 20, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDsDzGuhlD8
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Coronavirus and OIL in the USA: COLLAPSE in TEXAS? - VisualPolitik EN
May 14, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pt8ZaYa_Wo
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PETROYUAN, CHINA’s strategy to DEFEAT the DOLLAR - VisualPolitik EN
May 16, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCkXtMAeP5o
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Is CHINA LYING about it's GDP growth? - VisualPolitik EN
Dec 11, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G632a6M2hC0
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Why is CHINA investing in the BALKANS? - VisualPolitik EN
Mar 26, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCe2fTCBpkc
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Will CHINA takeover EUROPE? - KJ Vids
Oct 14, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBABIdKFzfQ
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How Greece Is Stopping China's Plan For World Domination
Jul 25, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2LImA6gro0
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Palace of the Parliament: Romania's Communist Monster
Jun 16, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opoGlCP20Co
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Fake Chinese Foods That May Actually Kill You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODZfJ7nY3I
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Chinese flock to USA to give birth to U.S. citizens
2015
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Will Donald Trump end the Chinese boom in US birthright citizenship?
- Agencies flooded with calls from the public seeking advice after US president says he plans to end the system through executive order
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2171093/will-donald-trump-end-chinese-boom-us-birthright-citizenship
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Trump has Chinese birth tourists running scared
https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/trumps-call-end-birthright-citizenship-worries-chinese-birth-tourists/article/2171197----------------------
Global Western Genocide 24 - Russia, Mexico & China
https://archive.org/details/GlobalWesternGenocide24
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Divided island: How Haiti and the DR became two worlds
2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WvKeYuwifc
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83 Tons Of Fake Gold Bars: Gold Market Rocked By Massive China Counterfeiting Scandal
06/30/2020
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/83-tons-fake-gold-bars-gold-market-rocked-massive-china-counterfeiting-scandal?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=miximedia&utm_campaign=zerohedge
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Fact-check: Can CDC detain anyone with a fever indefinitely during coronavirus pandemic?
Mar 17, 2020
https://www.statesman.com/news/20200317/fact-check-can-cdc-detain-anyone-with-fever-indefinitely-during-coronavirus-pandemic
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Mass. health bill would allow warrantless arrests, quarantines
September 3, 2009
https://www.pogowasright.org/mass-health-bill-would-allow-warrantless-arrests-quarantines/
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China’s Profitable Business of Concentration Camps
Apr 29, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxvYcByv2M8
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How Chinese Doctors Who Harvest Organs Get Away With Murder
2019
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2019/01/08/how-chinese-doctors-who-harvest-organs-get-away-with-murder/#1f4ba635c103
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Alex Jones Freaks Joe Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixxTwcAELB8
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Organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China#United_States
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Overflooding dam threatens 500 million; US seizes 13 tons (26,000 pounds) of human hair from China
Jul 1, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ7G2Ndb0vk
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Mexican cartel member busted for child organ trafficking
2014
https://nypost.com/2014/03/18/mexican-cartel-member-busted-for-child-organ-trafficking/
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Mexican cartel henchman arrested for killing children to harvest their organs
Atrocities committed by Mexican narcotics syndicates have reached a new
low with the announcement that a henchman for the vicious Knights
Templar has been arrested on suspicion of killing children by removing
their internal organs.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/mexican-cartel-leader-accused-killing-children-harvest-organs-article-1.1725522
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Police nab cartel member in organ trafficking case
2014
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/17/cartel-mexico-organ-trafficking/6548691/
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Inside The Mexican Cartel's Unspoken Child Organ Harvesting Ring
https://www.ranker.com/list/mexico-child-organ-harvesting/amandasedlakhevener
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Mexican Radio to Beam Chinese Propaganda
8-13-2018
U.S. probes links between buyer of Tijuana station and China's Phoenix TV
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/mexican-radio-beam-chinese-propaganda/
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Can MEXICO get worse with LOPEZ OBRADOR? - VisualPolitik EN
Jun 13, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5mZYWTWr4
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Party of the Democratic Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_the_Democratic_Revolution
The Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD, Spanish: Partido de la
Revolución Democrática) is a social democratic political party in
Mexico.
The PRD originated from the Democratic Current, a political faction
formed in 1986 from the PRI. The PRD was formed after the contested
general election in 1988, which the PRD's immediate predecessor, the
National Democratic Front, believed was rigged by the PRI. This sparked a
movement away from the PRI's authoritarian rule.
As of 2018, the PRD is a member of the Por México al Frente coalition
and one of Mexico's full members of the Socialist International, the
other one being the PRI. The members of the party are known colloquially
in Mexico as Perredistas.
1988 Presidential Election
On October 12, 1988 Cárdenas became the Authentic Party of the Mexican
Revolution's presidential candidate. Cárdenas still remained an
independent candidate due to electoral laws which meant that many
parties could choose Cárdenas as their candidate. The groups of the
independent left that supported Cárdenas were the Socialist Mexican
Party which included the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico, the Mexican
Workers' Party, the Patriotic Revolutionary Party, the Communist Left
Unity, and the People's Revolutionary Movement. The parastatal groups,
state-owned enterprises that are separate from government, that
supported Cárdenas were the Authentic Party of the Mexican Revolution,
Popular Socialist Party, and the Party of the Cardenist Front of
National Reconstruction, which made up the National Democratic Front.
Other groups that supported Cárdenas were the Social Democratic Party,
Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, Democratic Unity, Movement for
Socialism [es], Critical Point Revolutionary Organization, and
Neighborhood Assembly.
In the 1988 presidential election Cárdenas had come closer than any
other political candidate to winning against the PRI, which had been in
power since 1929. The victory of the PRI's candidate, Carlos Salinas de
Gortari, in 1988 was largely considered electoral fraud after the
computers tabulating votes had reportedly crashed. Years later, it was
determined that there was indeed electoral fraud in the election.
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Nicaragua, How to HIJACK a Country? - VisualPolitik EN
Jul 24, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1xawF2fi9w
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China signs on for 'gigantic' investment in El Salvador infrastructure
12-3-2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-el-salvador-china/china-signs-on-for-gigantic-investment-in-el-salvador-infrastructure-idUSKBN1Y7266
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China increasingly involved in Brazil’s ambitious Amazon rail network
11-8-2018
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/china-increasingly-involved-in-brazils-ambitious-amazon-rail-network/
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3 scenarios for VENEZUELA's future - VisualPolitik EN
Aug 21, 2018
China gives Venezuela 60 billion dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw_D3sAWWdg
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Venezuela: a new Chinese Colony? - VisualPolitik EN
Dec 2, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-gXvOjvMhE
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OCASIO-CORTEZ: Socialism in AMERICA? - VisualPolitik EN
Jun 6, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rJFEYSyCo
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China and the New Triangular Relationship in the Americas
China and the Future of US-Mexico Relations
https://clas.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/shared/docs/papers/China%20and%20the%20New%20Triangular%20Relationships%20in%20the%20Americas-%20China.pdf
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USC Pacific Asia Museum reopens with surprising Mexico-China exhibit
12-7-2017
The museum highlights unexpected ties across the Pacific as it reopens after a yearlong renovation project
https://news.usc.edu/132572/usc-pacific-asia-museum-reopens-with-surprising-mexico-china-exhibit/
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Money Talks: Relations between Greece and China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZERNZQmJQY
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Is Google Helping China’s Military? | Trump vs Google on CCP | China Uncensored
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqWVH38jtQo
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China’s Secretive Spy Agency | CCP Politics | China Uncensored
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO8vNGcYV6s----------------------
China's Dystopian Social Credit system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqbT7pFWS_I
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The Mass Exodus of Foreigners from China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrzJcnK_c-4
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Why China is building islands in the South China Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luTPMHC7zHY
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China Is Not As Powerful As You Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z368WScfjyw-----------------------
5 Reasons Why The Chinese Military Is WEAKER Than You Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPH-_LVlxmc
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5 Countries That Have Fallen into China's Debt Trap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh9xSA2gOZQ
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Barred from Leaving China!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDuy7mBzCEk
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China's Trillion-Dollar P2P Loan Industry Goes Bust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnish4g6aGk---------------------
Why Is China Treating North Carolina Like the Developing World?
How lax regulation made it cheaper for China to outsource pork production – and all of its environmental and human costs – to the U.S.
March 2018
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-is-china-treating-north-carolina-like-the-developing-world-w517973#content-start
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China Removes Presidential Term Limits, Enabling Xi Jinping To Rule Indefinitely
3-11-2018
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/11/592694991/china-removes-presidential-term-limits-enabling-xi-jinping-to-rule-indefinitely
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China Yuan Crude Oil Market Opens March 26! Will China Destroy the PETRODOLLAR?
Feb 16, 2018
http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/china-yuan-crude-oil-market-opens-march-26-will-china-destroy-the-petrodollar/
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EMERGENCY ALERT: Communist Chinese Now Taking Over US Media
Jan 26, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeG7C7X36yI
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China social media giant buys stake in Warner Music, Universal, Spotify; Study warns of CCP takeover
June 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lV7H8zv9lQ
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Singapore gives a major shocker to China, rejects Chinese Telecom companies
Jun 25, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOGMmI5FpA
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Why Is China Trying to DESTROY This Show?
Dec 23, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H13NWTDTRk
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China air force enters Taiwan airspace; US blocks pro-Beijing media; China virus cases 37x higher?
Jun 23, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVkXf4KRHIk
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How China’s Spies Became World-Class
Jan 6, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDJNV1VyvXk
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Chinese Billionaire Warns America: China Has 25,000 Spies Who Are “Ready To Destroy The U.S.”
America is a severely compromised nation that is in no position to fight another world war
7-12-2017
https://www.infowars.com/chinese-billionaire-warns-america-china-has-25000-spies-who-are-ready-to-destroy-the-u-s/
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China's Secret War Against the US | China Uncensored
Jun 19, 2015
For over a decade, the Communist Party of China has been engaged in a
full scale war with the United States. But the average American doesn't
know, because China never declared war or fired a single bullet.
Nonetheless, the Communist Party of China is engaged in a full-scale,
multi-billion-dollar war with the United States, and it threatens every
American worker and taxpayer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlr_AUIxvIs
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China Poised to DEMAND US Land As Payment for Debt
Jun 4, 2015
Could real estate on American soil owned by China be set up as
“development zones” in which the communist nation could establish
Chinese-owned businesses and bring in its citizens to the U.S. to work?
That’s part of an evolving proposal Beijing has been developing quietly
since 2009 to convert more than $1 trillion of U.S debt it owns into
equity.
Under the plan, China would own U.S. businesses, U.S. infrastructure and
U.S. high-value land, all with a U.S. government guarantee against
loss.
Yu Qiao, a professor of economics in the School of Public Policy and
Management at Tsighua University in Beijing, proposed in 2009 a plan for
the U.S. government to guarantee foreign investments in the United
States.
WND has reliable information that the Bank of China, China’s central
bank, has continued to advance the plan to convert China’s holdings of
U.S. debt into equity owned by China in the U.S.
The Obama administration, under the plan, would grant a financial
guarantee as an inducement for China to convert U.S. debt into Chinese
direct equity investment. China would take ownership of successful U.S.
corporations, potentially profitable infrastructure projects and
high-value U.S. real estate.
The plan would be designed to induce China to resume lending to the U.S. on a nearly zero-interest basis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iln_HcAgLTs
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Stop China’s Infiltration of US Railroads
November 26, 2018
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/11/stop-chinas-infiltration-us-railroads/153025/
America shouldn’t be buying Chinese railcars, ceding control of its rail
industry, or injecting spyware-laden rolling stock into its
transportation network.
A myriad of problems has led to a “surprising level of foreign
dependence on competitor nations,” according to the White House’s
long-awaited report on the severe challenges facing our manufacturing
and defense industrial base. A look at one field — manufacturing the
railroad cars that carry America’s commuters and freight — reveals
growing dangers that demand urgent action.
Transportation is among the priority sectors under the Made in China
2025 industrial policy, which aims to help Chinese firms in various
sectors reach the highest levels of the global manufacturing chain. In
the business of railcars, the banner is being carried by China Railway
Rolling Stock Corporation, a massive state-owned conglomerate with deep
ties to the Communist Party of China.
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America is Up for Sale! | China Uncensored
Mar 30, 2013
Even if the rest of the world doesn't, China still believes in buying
American. So much so that the Chinese government has started buying up
land, communities, businesses, infrastructures...the US owes China over a
trillion dollars in debt and pays millions of dollars A DAY in interest
on that. Is the Chinese Communist Party silently taking over the
country? Has the Chinese regime become the nation's greatest enemy?
Suddenly my student loan debt doesn't sound so terrifying.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK9fWNuC3U0
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{We should not honor China trying to buy up the infrastructure of the
entire world so that the CCP can have more control over the world. China
continues to try to buy up infrastructure of different countries. We
should declare these acts of China buying up infrastructure in other
countries illegal. We should take away rights from the Communist Chinese
government from trying to own infrastructure in other countries. We
should also make it illegal for China to cause other nations go into
debt to China, this is done so that China can try to take control of the
infrastructure of the country in debt to China}.
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The US’s other Debt Crisis - VisualPolitik EN
Nov 18, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xKTde7-m_c
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Why Are China's Rich Moving to the US? | China Uncensored
Oct 2, 2015
China's wealthy are moving to the US and they seem to have taken an
interest in real estate. What does their immigration mean for China?
Find out on this episode of China Uncensored!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcORDNGqsMQ&list=PLTSP8TRXTny79I-F2E8LWQoiBAfqHznmK
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China and the United Nations | China Uncensored
Mar 27, 2014
What is China's relationship with the United Nations? One of the world's
biggest violators of human rights and frequent aggressor in territorial
conflicts sits not on the United Nations Security Council, but also the
UN Human Rights Council as well as a democracy building committee. On
top of that, it's an open secret that the Chinese Communist Party is
behind several Chinese NGOs and they use them to push government policy
and intimidate and spy on dissidents abroad. On this episode of China
Uncensored, discover how the Chinese Communist Party manipulates the
United Nations for its own purposes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mmfHjfNNzk
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The Rockefeller Plan for the BRICS New World Order, in their own words… (Update 1 – Putin and Kissinger’s friendship)
2014
http://redefininggod.com/2014/11/the-rockefeller-plan-for-the-brics-new-world-order-in-their-own-words/
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Visa program for wealthy investors maxed out by Chinese demand
Aug 29, 2014
That money been used to build projects across California and elsewhere, including the JW Marriott hotel at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-0830-chinese-visas-20140830-story.html
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Are Chinese Girls “Breed Ready?” | China Uncensored
Mar 16, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-JFTByewI
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Why So Many Chinese Students Come to America
Sep 6, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVCEvx8JCTQ
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The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America
April 18, 2018
It’s a strategy to tighten ideological control. And it’s happening around the world.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/04/18/the-chinese-communist-party-is-setting-up-cells-at-universities-across-america-china-students-beijing-surveillance/
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Students or Spies? America arrests Chinese spies masquerading as students
Jul 24, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJiyloxPxEk
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US top court denies Trump 'sanctuary' cities challenge
15.06.2020
Order a major blow to US president as he seeks to tout his hardline immigration approach ahead of elections
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-top-court-denies-trump-sanctuary-cities-challenge/1877943
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New bill seeks to end birth tourism; UK urged to sanction China rights abusers; China floods continue
Jul 11, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1j42r3Ols8
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Foreign students in US: Trump administration drops deportation plans
14 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53410285
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Watch: President Trump Spars With W.H.O. As Coronavirus Curve Flattens in U.S. — April 8th
April 8, 2020
Globalist organization livid over prospect of losing American funding for siding with China during pandemic
https://www.infowars.com/live-president-trump-spars-with-w-h-o-as-coronavirus-curve-flattens-in-u-s-april-8th/
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THREE Polls Show Majority Of Americans Agree With Trump Calling Coronavirus ‘Chinese’
April 10, 2020
Scientific journal issues apology for associating virus with China.
https://www.infowars.com/three-polls-show-majority-of-americans-agree-with-trump-calling-coronavirus-chinese/
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Bill Maher Defends Calling Coronavirus ‘Chinese Virus,’ Slams Political Correctness
April 11, 2020
'This has nothing to do with Asian Americans and it has everything to do with China,' he says
https://www.newswars.com/bill-maher-defends-calling-coronavirus-chinese-virus-slams-political-correctness/
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Thousands of Americans Join Class-Action Coronavirus Lawsuit Against China
April 10, 2020
Suit seeks reparations from ChiComs over mishandling of virus outbreak
https://www.infowars.com/thousands-of-americans-join-class-action-coronavirus-lawsuit-against-china/
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It’s Time to Stop the Chinese Communist Party’s Shadow Campaign for Power at the United Nations
June 11, 2020
The CCP poses a significant long-term national security and economic threat to the U.S. and our allies.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/06/its-time-to-stop-the-chinese-communist-partys-shadow-campaign-for-power-at-the-united-nations/
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China’s very own treaty of Versailles is coming
May 28, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlPtBw_mgv0
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The Story of How China Ruined Everything
May 4, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpLvioS8GbQ
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China Ruined Everything Career Mode Ep 1: WTF! Channel Got Flagged For Hate Speech
May 10, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNehrEIxvx8
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"Tofu buildings" among disasters in China; Virus Relief Money Went to China-Linked Companies
Jul 10, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ZJ--MIlEw
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China's tallest building flooded from 60th to 9th floor; Dam makes flood power 25x stronger
Jul 10, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQBHGk84V5Y
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Chinese diplomat backpedals on blaming US for coronavirus
April 8, 2020
Foreign Ministry spokesman says his tweet reflects 'righteous anger of many Chinese people'
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Chinese-diplomat-backpedals-on-blaming-US-for-coronavirus
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China Rising in the Caribbean
April 10, 2019
About 55 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida on Grand Bahama Island, a Hong Kong-based business is spending about $3 billion on a deep-water container facility, the Freeport Container Port.
The concern is that the port will become another debt-trap, like the port of Hambantota in Sri Lanka. There are concerns that Hambantota will eventually become a Chinese naval base. Will the Pentagon have to contend with Chinese warships at Freeport?
The Chinese military is already in the Caribbean, in Cuba, apparently to collect signals intelligence from the U.S. Washington splashes plenty of cash around the Middle East, for instance, but American policymakers need also to be concerned, urgently, about critical needy locations closer to home.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14050/china-caribbean-sea
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China Offers Caribbean $6 Billion in Loans
September 13, 2011
http://www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog/?p=5662
IN A BOLD declaration of his country’s bold ambitions for the Caribbean region, China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan yesterday unveiled a suite of measures including a $6.3 billion loan to regional governments, aimed at deepening cooperation between the People’s Republic and the Caribbean.
In an opening address at the Third China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, the Vice Premier wasted little time unveiling a series of six concrete steps which his country will take to consolidate its already considerable influence in the region.
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Why is China spending billions in the Caribbean?
April 22, 2011
https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-04-22/why-china-spending-billions-caribbean
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — After the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 2005, it received a token of appreciation from the mainland Chinese government: a $55 million cricket stadium.
It was part of $132 million China doled out to Caribbean countries in aid and soft loans in the years leading up to the 2007 Cricket World Cup. At the time, the investment was seen as a not-so-subtle reward to countries that had broken off formal relations with Taipei in favor of Beijing.
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China vs. Taiwan: Battle for Influence in the Caribbean
March 13, 2012
https://www.coha.org/china-vs-taiwan-battle-for-influence-in-the-caribbean/
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China’s engagement with Trinidad and Tobago
March 26, 2019
https://theglobalamericans.org/2019/03/chinas-engagement-with-trinidad-and-tobago/
From March 18-22, with the help of the U.S. State Department, I had the opportunity to travel to Trinidad and Tobago to speak with businessmen, academics and others regarding Chinese activities in Trinidad and Tobago. My visit coincided with an important meeting on Venezuela between President Trump and Caribbean leaders working to bring a peaceful end to the repressive Maduro regime. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who strongly objects to international efforts to ensure a democratic outcome in Venezuela’s spiraling crisis, was notably not on the guest list.
The increasingly negative tone of the once-close relationship between the U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago coincides with an expansion of the Caribbean country’s economic, political, and security relationship with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including numerous ongoing Chinese works projects. These include a $500 million Chinese-built drydock and $102 million industrial park in La Brea, significant Chinese positions in the telecommunications sector, gifts of hundreds of police motorcycles, purchases of Chinese buses, and rumors of the PRC acquiring the defunct Petrotrin refinery in Trinidad and Tobago. While the nation is still a functioning democracy, the Rowley regime’s embrace of easy Chinese money, as well as the increasingly dangerous and unpredictable regime in neighboring Venezuela, raises concerns about oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago, strategically located at the entrance of the lesser Antilles. If unchecked, China’s expanding engagement in the country risks leaving a series of economic white elephants and leaving the country under a heavy debt burden. But there are steps the U.S. can take to help.
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China owns almost half Jamaica's debt to foreign governments
June 2, 2015
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20150603/china-owns-almost-half-jamaicas-debt-foreign-governments
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China "Takes Over" Island of Dominica
2013
https://www.the-american-interest.com/2013/12/12/china-takes-over-island-of-dominica/
Representatives from China and Dominica put pen to paper on a multi-million dollar investment deal last month in what observers are calling a virtual takeover of the Caribbean island. Here’s the story:
Dominica and China have signed a new 300 million dollars cooperation agreement that includes the construction of a hotel, construction of an international airport and building a new hospital. The sum involved is equivalent to a third of the small Caribbean island GDP, which could mean Beijing virtually is “purchasing” the small territory.
Call it the Caribbean arm of China’s “cabbage” strategy. And Dominica is not the first such country to catch China’s eye. While Washington’s attention has been on trouble spots like Syria and Iran, Chinese companies are engaged in huge construction projects and state-to-state investment and diplomacy all across America’s back yard. Jamaica, for example, recently tied up a $300 million loan from China to improve the island’s infrastructure, and in Nicaragua, a Chinese company plans to dig a massive canal to rival the one in Panama. It’s hardly a powerful counter-move to America’s pivot to Asia, but it’s an interesting trend to watch nonetheless.
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Fox News Says China “Owns” Bahamas, Minister Responds
May 9, 2017
Bahamas, May 9, 2017 – Nassau – A controversial video clip has surfaced of a FOX NEWS Analysis interview, expressing US perspective on The Bahamas’s relationship with China, economic standing and even forecast on election results.
When speaking to the cutting back on economic investments in the US, the representatives from FOX NEWS said “Take the Bahamas, for example. The US, after the great recession, essentially pulled out all governmental and private investments there. The Chinese swooped in and now own the country because they invested so heavily in infrastructure”.
They continued “There’s an election there on Wednesday which could actually swing to the opposition, which is not suppose to happen, solely because of China.”
https://magneticmediatv.com/2017/05/fox-news-says-china-owns-bahamas-minister-responds/
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Bahamas bans US tourist travel due to coronavirus concerns
Jul 20, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/bahamas-bans-us-tourist-travel-due-to-coronavirus-concerns/
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Guyana Is Proof of the Pitfalls of Chinese Aid and Investment in the Caribbean
Nov. 9, 2016
https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/20410/guyana-is-proof-of-the-pitfalls-of-chinese-aid-and-investment-in-the-caribbean
The small developing nations dotting the Caribbean have recently become sites for massive amounts of foreign aid from China. Large Chinese-built infrastructure projects and millions in investments have taken their place next to sun-splashed tourists, sprawling resorts and bustling cruise ports.
Earlier this year, thousands of Chinese workers flocked to Jamaica to complete a $730 million mega-highway that cuts through the heart of the island, shaving hours off typical tourist commutes. In Barbados, Chinese officials have pledged tens of millions of dollars to restore gymnasiums, renovate historic sites, and dock a goodwill hospital ship in the capital, Bridgetown, to provide free medical care to Barbadians. In perhaps the greatest example of China’s growing presence in the Caribbean, a Chinese firm has broken ground on a mixed-use facility comprising 450 apartments and 326 hotel rooms on St. Maarten dubbed the “Pearl of China.” The beachfront property aims to become a hub for Chinese business in the region and bring Chinese businessmen and money in droves to the island. ...
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China Extends Her Silk Road To Haiti
Aug 04, 2017
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/china-extends-her-silk-road-to-haiti_b_5984927ae4b0bd8232029723
China plans to invest $30 billion in Haiti’s infrastructure according to the Haitian Press Agency (AHP). This week the Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Youri Chevry, hosted the signing of an agreement between the Haitian company Bati Ayiti (Build Haiti), headed by former Senator Amos André, and the Southwest Municipal Engineering and Design Research Institute of China.
The agreement includes the construction of a 600 megawatt power plant to electrify Port-au-Prince, the construction of a new City Hall, markets, thousands of apartments, and eventually a railway from Port-au-Prince to the countryside. The center of the discussion was “the reconstruction of the main building of the Town Hall and the construction of several public contracts on the territory of the commune of Port-au-Prince,” according to LoopHaiti.
20,000 workers will begin work before the end of 2017, backed by an initial infusion of $5 billion. The Chinese Government has a deadline of September 30, 2017 to unblock the funds. In the meantime, Bati Ayiti, the City of Port-au-Prince and their partners continue to work on the recruitment of staff.
Last May, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted the first Belt and Road Forum (“One Belt, One Road”) in Beijing, offering hundreds of billions of dollars to over 100 interested countries for infrastructure projects. Haiti stands to be a beneficiary of the ambitious Chinese initiative, which is modeled on the ancient “Silk Road.” 2,000 years ago China opened up routes of trade that linked the civilizations of Asia, Europe and Africa.
China now stands to have influence in the Caribbean corridor stretching from Cuba to Venezuela.
Some analysts have compared the One Belt One Road enterprise to the Marshall Plan. After World War II, the United States was such a strong manufacturing entity that it was forced to seek markets for its industrial products. The Marshall Plan required that aid to Europe involve a quid pro quo of U.S. investment and imports.
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New Cuba bill puts a strain on U.S.-Caribbean relations
July 16, 2020
A new bill proposed in the United States Senate titled, “Cut Profits to the Cuban Regime Act of 2020,” has put Caribbean states in the line of fire as lawmakers look to advance U.S. policy toward Cuba during the COVID-19 pandemic; a move that has the potential to strain U.S. relations with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries...
https://theglobalamericans.org/2020/07/new-cuba-bill-puts-a-strain-on-u-s-caribbean-relations/
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Chinese doing well in Barbados
September 10, 2017
https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/chinese-doing-well-in-barbados/
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China Makes Inroads in Caribbean Nations Through Aid, Trade
2017-08-30
https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/caribbean-china-08302017165130.html
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China makes $1bn loan to Latin American and Caribbean countries for access to coronavirus vaccine
July 2020
Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Chile among worst affected by Covid-19
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/china-billion-dollar-load-coroanvirus-vaccine-covid-19-mexico-latin-america-caribbean-a9637991.html
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Desperate for work, these immigrants collect the bodies of Covid-19 victims in Peru
7-20-2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/20/americas/peru-venezuela-covid-19-bodies-intl/index.html
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Peru Locked Down Hard and Early. Why Is Its Coronavirus Outbreak So Bad?
May 28, 2020
https://time.com/5844768/peru-coronavirus/
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Latin America and Caribbean exceed 2m cases – as it happened
July 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/jun/21/coronavirus-live-news-chile-raises-death-toll-by-thousands-as-victoria-cases-hit-two-month-high
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China steps in to support Venezuela, Ecuador as oil prices tumble
January 8, 2015
China stepped up its courtship of Latin American countries Thursday, promising to double trade with the region by 2025 and offering fresh loans to support left-wing governments in Venezuela and Ecuador.
At a meeting in Beijing with the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, President Xi Jinping said that annual bilateral trade would rise to $500 billion over the next 10 years, and that China would invest some $250 billion in the region in that period...
https://fortune.com/2015/01/08/china-steps-in-to-support-venezuela-ecuador-as-oil-prices-tumble/
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Number of People Facing Hunger in Guatemala Doubled Due to COVID-19
June 2020
https://reliefweb.int/report/guatemala/number-people-facing-hunger-guatemala-doubled-due-covid-19
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Coronavirus Outbreak Roils Guatemala Textile Plant Where 200+ Test Positive
May 29, 2020
http://www2.laufer.com/coronavirus-outbreak-roils-guatemala-textile-plant-where-200-test-positive.html
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U.S. Fails to Prevent Deportation of Migrants Infected With Covid-19, Guatemalan Officials Say
June 24, 2020
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-fails-to-prevent-deportation-of-migrants-infected-with-covid-19-guatemalan-officials-say-11593023095
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In Nicaragua, Doctors Who Spoke Up About Covid-19 Also Lost Their Jobs
July 27, 2020
Physicians say the country’s authoritarian government is retaliating against them for signing public letters urging virus-containment measures and protective equipment
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-nicaragua-doctors-who-spoke-up-about-covid-19-also-lost-their-jobs-11595852072
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Coronavirus met with denial and silence in Nicaragua
July 13, 2020
On June first, more than 700 Nicaraguan doctors who are members of 34 specialist associations, signed a joint statement in which they warned about the collapse in the public and private health systems. They denounced the saturation in hospitals, the lack of supplies and the infections suffered by many health professionals treating patients with COVID-19.
“The working conditions of health personnel in Nicaragua are very precarious. There was no prevention or training plan for patient care nor preparation for personal protective equipment,” said Róger Pasquier, President of the Association of Anesthesiologists of Nicaragua, in an interview with Toward Freedom. “We have heard that doctors are sent to COVID units only with cloth masks, all this makes the level of infections quite high.”
https://towardfreedom.org/story/coronavirus-met-with-denial-and-silence-in-nicaragua/
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Nicaragua doctors 'fired' for criticizing govt over COVID-19
June 2020
https://www.france24.com/en/20200610-nicaragua-doctors-fired-for-criticizing-govt-over-covid-19
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Sandinista leaders fall victim to coronavirus outbreak they downplayed
June 2020
Nicaragua’s government denies community spread in the country but an independent tally says deaths are 20 times the official figure
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/08/nicaragua-coronavirus-sandinista-leaders-fall-victim
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Nicaragua's 'express burials' hide true COVID-19 scale: Doctors
May 2020
Nicaragua has confirmed 25 cases and eight deaths, but rights groups and experts believe the numbers are far higher.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/nicaragua-express-burials-hide-true-covid-19-scale-doctors-200519145757104.html
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Nicaragua reports more pneumonia deaths, some tied to COVID-19
May 18, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-nicaragua/nicaragua-reports-more-pneumonia-deaths-some-tied-to-covid-19-idUSKBN22V0CZ
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Monday that 309 people have died of pneumonia since January in the Central American country, 87 more people than in the same period last year, but that only some deaths were linked to the coronavirus.
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In Nicaragua, People Apparently Die of 'Pneumonia', not COVID-19
June 5, 2020
https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/05/in-nicaragua-people-apparently-die-of-pneumonia-not-covid-19/
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Nicaragua Is Likely Hiding The Extent Of Its Coronavirus Loss
June 4, 2020
https://theowp.org/nicaragua-is-likely-hiding-the-extent-of-its-coronavirus-loss/
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We can't lose sight of Ortega's abuses in Nicaragua
07/29/20
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/509629-we-cant-lose-sight-of-ortegas-abuses-in-nicaragua
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Nicaragua’s president has vanished; his wife, the VP, says the coronavirus isn’t a problem
April 12, 2020
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nicaraguas-president-has-vanished-his-wife-the-vp-says-the-coronavirus-isnt-a-problem/
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A Death In Nicaraguan Baseball Puts Pandemic In Public Eye
Jun 8, 2020
https://www.latinousa.org/2020/06/08/nicaraguabaseballdeath/
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Nicaraguan baseball manager fired after speaking about coronavirus
June 9, 2020
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/29289416/nicaraguan-baseball-manager-fired-speaking-coronavirus
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Free Press, Fake News, and Repression during Covid-19: Venezuela and Nicaragua
June 4, 2020
https://www.csis.org/analysis/free-press-fake-news-and-repression-during-covid-19-venezuela-and-nicaragua
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Nicaraguan doctors say population now fighting two enemies: the government and COVID-19
July 15, 2020
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article244194112.html
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Video: As COVID-19 curbs patrols in Nicaragua, turtle eggs risk being poached
July 13, 2020
https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/video-as-covid-19-curbs-patrols-in-nicaragua-turtle-eggs-risk-being-poached/
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Nicaragua closes Costa Rica border to protest virus testing
5-22-2020
https://www.borderreport.com/health/coronavirus/nicaragua-closes-costa-rica-border-to-protest-virus-testing/
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Exporting The Virus: How Trump's Deportation Flights Are Putting Latin America And the Caribbean At Risk
June 2020
https://theintercept.com/2020/06/26/coronavirus-ice-detention-deportation-haiti-guatemala/
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U.S. Fails to Prevent Deportation of Migrants Infected With Covid-19, Guatemalan Officials Say
June 24, 2020
The U.S. government agreed to test migrants and prevent the spread of the coronavirus in deportation flights to Guatemala
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-fails-to-prevent-deportation-of-migrants-infected-with-covid-19-guatemalan-officials-say-11593023095
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US deporting illegal immigrants with coronavirus to Guatemala, president says
April 18, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/us-allegedly-deporting-illegal-immigrants-with-coronavirus-to-guatemala/
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44 migrants on one US deportation flight tested positive for coronavirus
April 17, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/americas/us-migrants-guatemala-coronavirus/index.html
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Guatemala limits deportations from the U.S. as coronavirus cases surge in both countries
June 30, 2020
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article243877427.html
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Coronavirus | Guatemala bans arrivals from U.S., Canada to fight coronavirus
March 14, 2020
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/coronavirus-guatemala-bans-arrivals-from-us-canada-to-fight-coronavirus/article31066887.ece
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75% of migrants deported to Guatemala on single flight tested positive for coronavirus: Health minister
April 15, 2020
https://abcnews.go.com/International/75-migrants-deported-guatemala-single-flight-tested-positive/story?id=70156471
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"Exporting the virus": Migrants deported by U.S. make up 20% of Guatemala's coronavirus cases
April 27, 2020
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/deported-migrants-guatemala-coronavirus-cases/
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Guatemala angry over coronavirus-infected deportees: Live updates
May 2020
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/coronavirus-battleground-shifts-latin-america-live-updates-200520230557754.html
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Guatemala turns tables, blocking U.S. deportations because of coronavirus
March 17, 2020
https://www.pressherald.com/2020/03/17/guatemala-turns-tables-blocking-u-s-deportations-because-of-coronavirus/
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How coronavirus has halted Central American migration to the US
April 2, 2020
Border closures and strict lockdowns have led to a steep decline in the number of migrants coming from Central America
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/02/us-immigration-central-america-coronavirus-impact
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Guatemala burying dozens of coronavirus dead before loved ones can identify them
July 30, 2020
https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-guatemala-burying-dozens-before-loved-ones-can-identify-them/83460585-b4cb-4f84-9aad-11ca151f8a69
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Protesters Demand Guatemala Ease Coronavirus Lockdown Rules
June 18, 2020
https://www.voanews.com/covid-19-pandemic/protesters-demand-guatemala-ease-coronavirus-lockdown-rules
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Coronavirus in Honduras: ‘This pandemic is going to starve us’
July 13, 2020
World Food Programme provides cash transfers, in-kind food baskets and hygiene kits as 250,000 are pushed into hunger
https://insight.wfp.org/coronavirus-in-honduras-this-pandemic-is-going-to-starve-us-fdec39be7cda
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In Honduras, Coronavirus Lockdown is Enforced at Gunpoint
May 7, 2020
https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/honduras-coronavirus-lockdown-gunpoint/
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Coronavirus crisis exposes another pandemic in Honduras: Analysts
March 27, 2020
Analysts worry corruption will exacerbate the crisis facing Honduras's already strained healthcare system.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/coronavirus-crisis-exposes-pandemic-honduras-analysts-200327183808256.html
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Honduras president hospitalized with pneumonia, COVID-19
June 17, 2020
The hospitalization of Honduras’ president with COVID-19 and pneumonia has drawn attention to another country struggling under the pandemic’s strain as cases rise sharply in the capital
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/honduras-president-lady-test-positive-covid-19-71294924
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President of Honduras says he and his wife have coronavirus
June 17, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/americas/honduras-president-coronavirus-intl/index.html
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Argentina Exceeds 100,000 Cases of Novel Coronavirus
July 12, 2020
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-07-12/argentina-exceeds-100-000-cases-of-novel-coronavirus
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Covid-19 restrictions are shattering Argentina's short-lived political truce
July 2020
Deep-seated rivalries resurfacing amid months of lockdowns
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/covid-19-restrictions-are-shattering-argentinas-short-lived-political-truce
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Argentina bans entry to non-residents arriving from coronavirus-hit countries
March 14, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-argentina-idUSKBN21205A
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How Chile went from coronavirus role model to among world’s worst
June 2020
Chile reports sudden rise in Covid-19 cases after changes in record-keeping
Lockdowns work well for the haves – but not for the have-nots, experts say
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3089370/how-chile-went-coronavirus-role-model-among-worlds-worst
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Chile counts coronavirus deaths as ‘recovered’
April 14, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/chile-counts-coronavirus-deaths-as-recovered/
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Chile's hospitals under strain as cases near 70,000: Live updates
May 24, 2020
Chile's healthcare system 'close to the limit' after a rapid increase in coronavirus infections.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/eid-al-fitr-celebrated-coronavirus-lockdown-live-updates-200523231349229.html
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Chile police train dogs to sniff out COVID-19 patients
Jul 27, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyC0s69pK2k
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Coronavirus turns Chile's middle classes into new poor
June 30, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/coronavirus-turns-chiles-middle-classes-poor-014509834.html
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Chinese Loans Hurt South American and U.S. Interests
June 11, 2018
Chinese investment also encourages poor governance and perpetuates corruption in the region.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chinese-loans-hurt-south-american-us-interests-26226
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Coronavirus surges on Colombia's Caribbean coast, doctors warn deaths underreported
July 5, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-caribbean-idUSKBN2460IU
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Coronavirus: Colombia surpasses 50,000 confirmed cases
June 15, 2020
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/coronavirus-colombia-surpasses-50000-confirmed-cases-631487
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Colombia reports biggest daily increase in virus cases
May 22nd 2020
https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/colombia-reports-biggest-daily-increase-in-virus-cases
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Colombia declares coronavirus state of emergency, orders elderly to stay home
Mar 18, 2020
https://nationalpost.com/pmn/health-pmn/colombia-declares-coronavirus-state-of-emergency-orders-elderly-to-stay-home
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Colombian cartels killing those who don't obey their Covid-19 lockdowns
July 15, 2020
Human Rights Watch calls on government to do more to protect civilians after at least eight murdered by armed groups
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jul/15/colombia-cartels-rebel-groups-coronavirus-lockdown-human-rights-watch
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Millions living in terror as militias ‘execute anyone who disobeys coronavirus lockdown’
July 19, 2020
Armed militia groups have carried out a string of brutal executions in order to enforce Covid-19 lockdowns in Colombia, it is claimed.
Citizens have been sent chilling leaflets warning that they will be killed if they leave their homes, according to human rights activists.
https://altrighttv.com/2020/07/19/millions-living-in-terror-as-militias-execute-anyone-who-disobeys-coronavirus-lockdown/
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Drug cartels kill people for breaking their COVID-19 rules in Colombia, group says
July 15, 2020
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article244250522.html
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Coronavirus spread threatens Colombia's Amazonian Indigenous communities
May 29, 2020
https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-05-29/coronavirus-spread-threatens-colombias-amazonian-indigenous-communities
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Risk coronavirus or go hungry: an impossible choice faced by Colombia's indigenous communities
July 27, 2020
'I have to go out to work. If I don’t, this pandemic won’t kill us, hunger will'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/risk-coronavirus-go-hungry-impossible-choice-faced-colombias/
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Colombia economy contracts 20% in April under coronavirus impact
6-18-2020
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/colombia-economy-contracts-20-in-april-under-coronavirus-impact-2020-06-18
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Coronavirus prompts Colombia’s left-wing ELN rebel group to announce humanitarian ceasefire
March 30, 2020
Colombia’s left-wing National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group has announced a one-month “active” ceasefire on humanitarian grounds amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The ceasefire will begin April 1 and last until the end of the month as “a humanitarian gesture for the Colombian people who are suffering from the devastation of the Coronavirus,” the guerrilla group said on its website Sunday.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/coronavirus-colombia-eln-rebels-ceasefire
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Inmates in Colombia riot over coronavirus spread, 23 dead
March 23, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/03/23/inmates-in-colombia-riot-over-coronavirus-spread-23-dead/
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Coronavirus: Colombia foils jail break attempt amid contagion fears
30 April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52454524
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Colombia bans entry of non-residents over COVID-19
16.03.2020
All countries in South America have reported cases of coronavirus and are taking drastic measures to prevent its spread
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/colombia-bans-entry-of-non-residents-over-covid-19/1767272
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Colombia closes border with Venezuela over Coronavirus
March 14, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/colombia-turn-away-visitors-stayed-050225946.html
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Venezuelan migrants face crime, conflict and coronavirus at Colombia’s closed border
June 5, 2020
https://theconversation.com/venezuelan-migrants-face-crime-conflict-and-coronavirus-at-colombias-closed-border-137743
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To Beat The Virus, Colombia Tries Separating Men and Women
4-15-2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/world/americas/virus-colombia-bogota-men-women.html
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Panama announces separate quarantine days for men and women to help combat spread of COVID-19
April 2020
https://ktla.com/news/coronavirus/panama-announces-separate-quarantine-days-for-men-and-women-to-help-combat-spread-of-covid-19/
Panama is taking a new — if somewhat unorthodox — measure to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus: separation of the sexes.
Starting on Wednesday, only women will be able to leave their homes to buy necessities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Men in Panama will be allowed to venture outside to run errands on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Everyone will have to stay home on Sundays. The restrictions will last for at least 15 days, according to government officials.
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Colombia Sees Bouts Of Looting As Coronavirus Fallout Puts People Out Of Work
July 17, 2020
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/17/891916303/colombia-sees-bouts-of-looting-as-coronavirus-fallout-puts-people-out-of-work
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Peru coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 as demand sends drug prices soaring
May 20, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-peru-idUSKBN22W2ZN
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Peru’s coronavirus response was ‘right on time’ – so why isn't it working?
May 2020
Peru was one of the first Latin America countries to go into lockdown – but the jump in new cases is undeniable, and experts say it’s due to people’s behaviour
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/20/peru-coronavirus-lockdown-new-cases
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Photos: Birds claim Peru beach emptied by coronavirus outbreak
3-31-2020
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-31/ap-photos-birds-claim-peru-beach-emptied-by-virus-outbreak
LIMA, Peru — Agua Dulce beach is usually a sea of humanity, packed with as many as 40,000 people a day at the height of Peru’s summer, which runs from December to March.
The coronavirus pandemic has changed all that. Peru’s President Martín Vizcarra declared a state of emergency as deaths began to mount and ordered people to stay home, largely emptying the beach of people.
The half-mile-long strip of grayish-brown sand 12 miles south of central Lima is normally a haven for the working classes, a place where visitors from the Andean highlands first dip a toe in the sea.
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Inequality and corruption: Why Peru is losing its COVID-19 battle
01 July 2020
https://www.devex.com/news/inequality-and-corruption-why-peru-is-losing-its-covid-19-battle-97604
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The plight of Peru illustrates the danger of COVID-19 to developing countries
6-17-2020
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/the-plight-of-peru-illustrates-the-danger-of-covid-19-to-developing-countries/
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Peru spars with U.S. over letting stranded Americans fly home during coronavirus outbreak
3-21-2020
The South American nation wants assurances that its citizens will be given safe passage back from the U.S. before Americans are allowed to leave, sources close to the situation say.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/21/peru-american-citizens-coronavirus-140803
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Coronavirus: Peru economy sinks 40% in April amid lockdown
6-16-2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53051157
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Coronavirus: Peru limits movement by gender to stem spread
4-3-2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52149742
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Highways of Peru Swell With Families Fleeing Virus
4-30-2020
Fear of the virus and job loss in cities are pushing many back to the countryside, reversing a decades-long trend of urban migration and raising alarm about a public health crisis in rural areas.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/world/americas/20virus-peru-migration.html
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Coronavirus: 17 police officers die of Covid-19 in Peru
April 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52432216
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Military roadblocks, curfews: Latin America tightens coronavirus controls
March 16, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latam-idUSKBN2133BY
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More than 900 women and girls missing and feared dead in Peru since coronavirus crisis started
July 2020
‘Peru has one of the highest rates of violence against women in Latin America, and the coronavirus pandemic has worsened what was already a dire situation,’ says campaigner
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-peru-deaths-women-girls-missing-lockdown-a9642021.html
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Covid-19 Is Forcing an Exodus From Peru’s Cities
May 2020
https://www.magnumfoundation.org/news/2020/5/parenting-during-a-pandemic-be9rg
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In Brazil, COVID-19 death rate for black community is higher than for other populations
29 June 2020
https://globalvoices.org/2020/06/29/in-brazil-covid-19-death-rate-for-black-community-is-higher-than-for-other-populations/
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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro says he has ‘mold’ in lungs following bout with COVID-19
July 31, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/07/31/brazillian-president-jair-bolsonaro-still-weak-after-coronavirus-recovery/
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The Coronavirus in Latin America
July 29, 2020
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/coronavirus-latin-america
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The United States is Losing Latin America to China
August 15, 2019
In Latin America, hard power is of limited utility; soft power through economic and diplomatic influence will carry the day in the region.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/united-states-losing-latin-america-china-73906
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Eight countries in danger of falling into China’s “debt trap”
March 7, 2018
https://qz.com/1223768/china-debt-trap-these-eight-countries-are-in-danger-of-debt-overloads-from-chinas-belt-and-road-plans/
Last year, with more than $1 billion in debt to China, Sri Lanka handed over a port to companies owned by the Chinese government. Now Djibouti, home to the US military’s main base in Africa, looks about to cede control of another key port to a Beijing-linked company, and the US is not happy about it.
Beijing “encourages dependency using opaque contracts, predatory loan practices, and corrupt deals that mire nations in debt and undercut their sovereignty, denying them their long-term, self-sustaining growth,” said US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 6. ”Chinese investment does have the potential to address Africa’s infrastructure gap, but its approach has led to mounting debt and few, if any, jobs in most countries,” he added.
Some call this “debt-trap diplomacy“: Offer the honey of cheap infrastructure loans, with the sting of default coming if smaller economies can’t generate enough free cash to pay their interest down. In Sri Lanka, acrimony remains around Hambantota and projects like “the world’s emptiest airport.”
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Americans flocking to New Zealand immigration website in hopes of avoiding coronavirus: report
July 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/world/americans-flocking-to-new-zealand-to-avoid-coronavirus-report
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Game of Loans: How China Bought Hambantota
April 2, 2018
The Issue
Unable to repay its debt, Sri Lanka gave China a controlling equity stake and a 99-year lease for Hambantota port, which it handed over in December 2017.
The economic rationale for Hambantota is weak, given existing capacity and expansion plans at Colombo port, fueling concerns that it could become a Chinese naval facility.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/game-loans-how-china-bought-hambantota
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Is China's CCP backstabbing the world? CCP Coward Attack on Indian Soldiers - Tahir Gora @TAGTV
Jun 19, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeTM6a7DyeM
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China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a collection of infrastructure projects that are under construction throughout Pakistan since 2013. Originally valued at $46 billion, the value of CPEC projects is worth $62 billion as of 2017. CPEC is intended to rapidly upgrade Pakistan's required infrastructure and strengthen its economy by the construction of modern transportation networks, numerous energy projects, and special economic zones. On 13 November 2016, CPEC became partly operational when Chinese cargo was transported overland to Gwadar Port for onward maritime shipment to Africa and West Asia, while some major power projects were commissioned by late 2017.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_Economic_Corridor
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CPEC is China-Pakistan corruption corridor. This challenges Indian security in new ways
8 June, 2020
India has always factored in a possible Chinese front in war with Pakistan. Now the second front will also have to be considered in the punishment strategy.
https://theprint.in/opinion/cpec-is-china-pakistan-corruption-corridor-this-challenges-indian-security-in-new-ways/437329/
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Pakistan owes China more money than it owes the IMF
3 Oct 2019
Pakistan has been borrowing from Beijing to tide over a financial crisis.
Pakistan needs to repay China more than double the amount it owes the International Monetary Fund in the next three years, as loans racked-up to boost foreign exchange reserves and bridge a financing gap become due.
The South Asian nation owes $6.7 billion in commercial loans to China over the three years through June 2022, according to the IMF, which this year approved a new program to bail out Pakistan from a crisis.
Islamabad needs to pay the multilateral lender $2.8 billion in the same period.
Pakistan, one of the biggest beneficiaries of China's Belt and Road Initiative, has been borrowing from Beijing to tide over a financial crisis. Still, the money was enough to only partly bridge a financing gap, pushing the South Asian nation to knock at the IMF's doors.
"The borrowing picked up after the Belt and Road started," said Hafiz Faizan Ahmed, head of research at Karachi-based Optimus Capital Management Pvt.
"A bulk of the Chinese lending happened about two years ago when d
https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/pakistan-owes-china-money-owes-imf-191003104027694.html
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CCP Inflated Belt and Road Pakistan Project Costs and running off at the mouth
July 2020
https://gnews.org/267082/
As reported by the Financial Times on 26 June 2020, Pakistan was trying to negotiate Belt and Road repayments after it alleged that Chinese companies have inflated power project costs by billions of dollars.
It is advised that Pakistan suspend all the corrupted cooperation contracts signed with corrupted Chinese Communist Party, CCP, government which is responsible for covering up coronavirus information, deterring international inspection and stealing wealth of the Chinese people through international loans and grants without transparency until CCP is replaced with a democracy state, for example, the New Federal State of China, the Declaration of which upholds principles of rule of law, justice and independent scrutiny.
Inflating charges is just one of the means of stealing money to make senior CCP officials wealthy and increase the balances of their bank accounts in Switzerland and the Wall Street. It is frequently to overcharge fees by inflating set-up cost and other engineering costs in China under the CCP’s rule. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct independent audit on project cost. The related party relationship should be investigated and scrutinized before any project advisory service or audit could commence.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations are being neglected by greed of those bankers in the Wall Street and Switzerland. The FATF is the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog. The inter-governmental body sets international standards that aim to prevent these illegal activities and the harm they cause to society. With more than 200 countries and jurisdictions committed to implementing them, the FATF has developed the FATFRecommendations, or FATF Standards, which ensure a coordinated global response to prevent organized crime, corruption and terrorism.
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As China colonises Pakistanis, Chinese Companies in Pakistan have banned Namaz during work hours
June 2020
We at TFI have always maintained that it is only a matter of time before Pakistan become a Chinese colony thanks to an incompetent Imran Khan government and the rapidly rising Chinese debt. In what can be read as one of the first manifestations of Chinese colonisation of Pakistan, Chinese companies in Pakistan have banned its Muslim employees from offering Namaz during office hours.
https://tfipost.com/2020/06/as-china-colonises-pakistanis-chinese-companies-in-pakistan-have-banned-namaz-during-work-hours/
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Pakistan’s new government is trying to walk back from alarming Chinese debt
September 10, 2018
https://qz.com/1384295/pakistan-is-trying-to-back-away-from-a-debt-trap-with-china/
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China, Pakistan sign deal to set up secret bio-warfare labs
July 24, 2020
https://defence.capital/2020/07/24/china-pakistan-sign-deal-to-set-up-secret-bio-warfare-labs/
New Delhi: Pakistan and China, two of India’s arch rivals, have reached a secret three-year deal to jointly expand potential biological warfare capabilities, including running several research projects related to the deadly agent Anthrax, people familiar with the development said.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology has signed the covert deal with Pakistan military’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DESTO) to collaborate on research in “emerging infectious diseases” and advance studies on the biological control of transmitted diseases, they said.
The programme is being entirely funded by China and is formally titled the “Collaboration for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Studies on Biological Control of Vector Transmitting Diseases”.
China is testing biological agents outside its borders, in Pakistan, in an apparent bid to minimise the “risk of drawing condemnation from the international community”, after its Wuhan leak and spread of the Coronavirus in 2019.
DESTO has been engaged in various dual-use research projects related to anthrax under a covert biological weapons programme, the people mentioned above said.
The covert China-Pakistan project has conducted “successful soil sampling tests” to isolate Bacillus Thuringiensis (BT), which has a “striking similarity” to Bacillus Anthracis – or Anthrax.
The Wuhan lab was providing “extensive training on manipulation of pathogens and bio-informatics” to Pakistani scientists “to help Pakistan develop its own virus collection database,” they said
The secret project was “detached from supervision of civilian universities or government health departments in Pakistan” and was structured so as to allow “unspecified” future operations.
China’s keen interest in the project is driven chiefly by its agenda to engage Pakistan against India and to conduct potentially dangerous experiments on foreign soil, without subjecting its own land and people to risk
The plan was part of a move by Beijing to designate Pakistan a destination for hazardous bio chemical research, while evading use of its own territory for such activities, as it stands the risk of drawing criticism and condemnation from the international community”
The China-Pakistan biological project had already undertaken experiments on the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV). CCHFV is a rapid-onset fever virus that causes death in about 25 per cent of the cases and is similar to the Ebola virus. CCHFV is categorised as a “class-4” microorganism – the highest possible risk category.
Pakistan is allegedly carrying out tests on CCHFV in laboratories, which are not equipped to handle Bio-Safety Level-4 diseases.
There were concerns the Kunming facility, which is controlled by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, was also handling class-4 diseases without proper protections.
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Pakistan puzzles health experts as virus cases drop
September 02, 2020
Pakistanis have proposed numerous hypotheses
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-puzzles-health-experts-as-virus-cases-drop-1.1599017967568
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Pakistan Is Using a Terrorism Surveillance System to Monitor the Pandemic
July 15, 2020
https://slate.com/technology/2020/07/pakistan-isi-terrorism-surveillance-coronavirus.html
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The Latest: Pakistan surpasses 100,000 coronavirus cases
6-8-2020
https://yourvalley.net/stories/the-latest-pakistan-surpasses-100000-coronavirus-cases,163777
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Pandemic Panic In Pakistan: 'People Are Just Literally Fighting For Beds"
June 19, 2020
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/19/878896370/pandemic-panic-in-pakistan-people-are-just-literally-fighting-for-beds
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Coronavirus in South Asia: Is low testing hiding scale of the outbreak?
7-28-2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53420537
India has the third largest number of coronavirus cases in the world after the US and Brazil with 1.4 million infections reported so far.
That's not surprising given its huge population, but what is the scale of the epidemic in neighbouring countries?
Is the outbreak growing in South Asia?
With cases doubling every 21 days, India's numbers are rising fast after it relaxed a strict lockdown, imposed in the last week of March.
India has been seeing record numbers of daily cases, as it continues to ramp up its testing, currently conducting over 500,000 tests each day.
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Pakistani Ministers Test Positive for Coronavirus as Cases Rise
July 6, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-06/pakistani-ministers-test-positive-for-coronavirus-as-cases-rise
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COVID-19 Fans Religious Discrimination in Pakistan
April 28, 2020
Referring to COVID-19 as “the Shia virus.” Denying aid to Christians and Hindus. These are only a few examples of faith-based discrimination in Pakistan.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/04/covid-19-fans-religious-discrimination-in-pakistan/
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Pakistan's blame game shifts to Iran as coronavirus cases surge
April 2020
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pakistan-coronavirus-cases-surge-blame-iran
All hell broke loose in a coronavirus quarantine site in the Pakistani city of Sukkur last week.
Those inside, including Shiite pilgrims who had just returned from Iran, brought the doors down in protest. The heated crowd included people who had tested positive for coronavirus mixed in with those who were healthy or waiting for their results. Police propelled the crowd back but many are said to have escaped, shouting that the virus was an American conspiracy.
The scene is symptomatic of Pakistan’s handling of COVID-19. The country now has the highest number of confirmed cases in South Asia.
In recent weeks, reports have rolled out that those locked into other isolation camps in remote parts of Pakistan – such as Baluchistan – have attempted to break free from cramped camps after returning from Iran, one of the world's epicenters of the spread. The first known case was a pilgrim coming back from the neighboring Islamic Republic, whose diagnosis was confirmed on Feb. 23.
"The virus has spread across the regions bordering with Iran, which was a failure on the part of our incumbent government, who didn't seal borders with them until the catastrophic outbreak struck Pakistan," Salman Ahmed, assistant commissioner in Central Punjab, which has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan, told Fox News.
"Despite this, we allowed thousands of Shiite pilgrims stranded in Iran to be transported back home. We have converted hostels and public schools to quarantine facilities, although we are running out of budget," he added.
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Iran Disinformation and Cover-up of the Coronavirus Crisis Proves That Sanctions Should Be Maintained
April 4, 2020
https://www.redstate.com/redstatestaff/2020/04/04/iran-disinformation-and-cover-up-of-the-coronavirus-crisis-proves-that-sanctions-should-be-maintained/
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Some in Iran die after drinking homemade alcohol to prevent coronavirus: Experts
08 March 2020
https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/08/Some-in-Iran-die-after-drinking-homemade-alcohol-to-prevent-coronavirus-Experts
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Iran Claims Herbal Medicine Will Treat Chinese Coronavirus
10 Mar 2020
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2020/03/10/iran-claims-herbal-medicine-will-treat-chinese-coronavirus/
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Alleged Dam Hacking Raises Fears of Cyber Threats to Infrastructure
3/30/16
https://www.newsweek.com/cyber-attack-rye-dam-iran-441940
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment last week that names seven Iranian nationals who are facing charges related to cyberattacks on 46 companies from 2011 to 2013. While many of the targets were major banks in the U.S., one of the hackers also allegedly tapped into the dam's control system.
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Iran Says China “Misleads” World With Inaccurate Coronavirus Reports
April 7, 2020
https://caspiannews.com/news-detail/iran-says-china-misleads-world-with-inaccurate-coronavirus-reports-2020-4-7-19/
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China–Iran relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Iran_relations
China–Iran relations refer to the economic, political, and social relations between the People's Republic of China and Iran from the 1979 Iranian Revolution to the present. The two civilizations have had a history of cultural, political, and economic exchanges along the Silk Road since at least 200 BC, and possibly earlier. To this day, China and Iran have developed a friendly economic and strategic partnership.
History
Sino-Persian relations (Chinese: 中国–波斯关系, Persian: [same as above]) refer to the historic diplomatic, cultural and economic relations between the cultures of China proper and Greater Iran, dating back to ancient times, since at least 200 B.C. The Parthians and Sassanid empires (occupying much of present Iran and Central Asia) had various contacts with the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.
New Silk Road
As of 2019, Iran has signed onto Xi Jinping's signature One Belt One Road plan, and Iran is considered to be a key part of China's geopolitical ambitions in central Asia and the Middle East, sometimes described in terms of a new Great Game.
Nuclear technology
Nuclear cooperation began in the 1980s when China helped build a research reactor and supply four other research reactors. Continued aid came in the form of helping Iran construct a uranium hexafluoride enrichment plant near Isfahan and the resumption of construction on a nuclear power plant at Bushehr that was left uncompleted by the French and Germans. In 1991, nuclear exports to Iran were discovered by the International Atomic Energy Association, which contained three types of uranium. A 1990 covert nuclear agreement was also discovered. This discovery was followed by an unprecedented nuclear cooperation agreement in 1992. The agreement was signed despite U.S. protests to have China limit its nuclear cooperation with Iran.
Direct nuclear cooperation has ended but there is speculation over whether there remains indirect nuclear cooperation. For example, in 2005 seven Chinese firms were suspected of selling nuclear weapons technology and all 7 had sanctions placed upon them. Those firms were banned from trading with the United States for two years. There also continues to be Chinese nuclear experts, scientists, and technicians present in Iran.
In 2015 China was part of the Iran nuclear deal framework. Now, China opposes Iran's possible production and possession of nuclear weapons but does not see the urgency to stop it.
UN sanctions
At first Iran did not originally support China's bid for United Nations membership but did not veto. It wasn't until 1969 that Iran displayed open support for China's membership. Now, Iran relies on China's membership and especially Chinese veto power on the Security Council to protect it from US-led sanctions.
China is known for its preference of diplomacy over sanctions. This tradition includes China's (along with Russia's) opposition to UN sanctions against Iran. In 1980, China refused to support the UN arms embargo against Iran and further abstained from voting on US sanctions against Iran.
Only in 2010 under US pressure, did China join Russia to support the UN sanctions on Iran.
In 2018 the US ordered Canada to arrest and detain Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, for 'illegally dealing with' and allegedly violating sanctions against Iran.
Intermarriage
See also: Category:Chinese people of Iranian descent and Iranians in China
Iran and China have a long history of intermarriages, since at least the Tang and mostly taking place in China (so names are in Chinese). Immigrant communities of Persian Muslims in China intermarried with local women, forming what is now the modern Hui people. At the same time, Persian women also intermarried with Chinese men: see Lin Nu, Liu Chang (Southern Han), Wang Zongyan (married Li Shunxian). Mixed descendants include Li Zhi (philosopher), Hu Dahai.
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Iran and China, the Totalitarian Twins
July 20, 2020
Their ‘partnership’ is less than meets the eye, but it does reveal commonalities between the two regimes.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-and-china-the-totalitarian-twins-11595266709
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Iran's Military Alliance with China Threatens Middle East Security
July 17, 2020
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16252/iran-china-military-alliance
Announcing Iran's intention to build a new military base in the Indian Ocean, Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the naval attachment of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that the base would be used to protect fishing and commercial vessels from piracy and "foreign ships", a reference to the US-led multinational naval task force that is currently protecting Gulf shipping from Iranian interference.
As part of the deal negotiated with Beijing, China is to be allowed access to a number of Iranian ports, including Chabahar, with the Chinese reported to be planning to build a new military base in the vicinity of the port.
The construction of such a base would enable the Chinese Navy to monitor the activities of the U.S. Navy in the area, in particular the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet in the Gulf, which is permanently deployed to protect shipping passing through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most important economic waterways.
Any expansion in Iranian and Chinese military activity in the region would also have an impact on the jointly-administered U.S.-UK base on the island of Diego Garcia, one of the Pentagon's most important military assets in the region.
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China and Iran: a relationship built on trade, weapons and oil
1-9-2020
Beijing supplied military hardware to Tehran in the Iran-Iraq war and has been among its top three arms suppliers in the past decade
China remains Iran’s top trade partner, but oil imports slumped after US sanctions
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3045253/china-and-iran-relationship-built-trade-weapons-and-oil
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China Inks Military Deal With Iran Under Secretive 25-Year Plan
Jul 06, 2020
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/China-Inks-Military-Deal-With-Iran-Under-Secretive-25-Year-Plan.html
Last August, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, paid a visit to his China counterpart, Wang Li, to present a roadmap on a comprehensive 25-year China-Iran strategic partnership that built upon a previous agreement signed in 2016. Many of the key specifics of the updated agreement were not released to the public at the time but were uncovered by OilPrice.com at the time. Last week, at a meeting in Gilan province, former Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alluded to some of the secret parts of this deal in public for the first time, stating that: “It is not valid to enter into a secret agreement with foreign parties without considering the will of the Iranian nation and against the interests of the country and the nation, and the Iranian nation will not recognize it.” According to the same senior sources closely connected to Iran’s Petroleum Ministry who originally outlined the secret element of the 25-year deal, not only is the secret element of that deal going ahead but China has also added in a new military element, with enormous global security implications.
One of the secret elements of the deal signed last year is that China will invest US$280 billion in developing Iran’s oil, gas, and petrochemicals sectors. This amount will be front-loaded into the first five-year period of the new 25-year deal, and the understanding is that further amounts will be available in each subsequent five year period, provided that both parties agree. There will be another US$120 billion of investment, which again can be front-loaded into the first five-year period, for upgrading Iran’s transport and manufacturing infrastructure, and again subject to increase in each subsequent period should both parties agree. In exchange for this, to begin with, Chinese companies will be given the first option to bid on any new – or stalled or uncompleted – oil, gas, and petrochemicals projects in Iran. China will also be able to buy any and all oil, gas, and petchems products at a minimum guaranteed discount of 12 per cent to the six-month rolling mean average price of comparable benchmark products, plus another 6 to 8 per cent of that metric for risk-adjusted compensation. Additionally, China will be granted the right to delay payment for up to two years and, significantly, it will be able to pay in soft currencies that it has accrued from doing business in Africa and the Former Soviet Union states. “Given the exchange rates involved in converting these soft currencies into hard currencies that Iran can obtain from its friendly Western banks, China is looking at another 8 to 12 per cent discount, which means a total discount of around 32 per cent for China on all oil gas, and petchems purchases,” one of the Iran sources underlined.
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Iran and China draft 25-year trade and military agreement: Report
13 July 2020
The draft proposal would see $400bn of Chinese investment in the Islamic Republic in exchange for heavily discounted oil
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-china-trade-military-agreement
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China's Giant $400 Billion Iran Investment Complicates U.S. Options
Sep 19, 2019
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2019/09/19/chinas-giant-400-billion-iran-investment-snubs-trump/#6881680584d1
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Iran-China pact turbocharges the New Silk Roads
July 11, 2020
China will invest $400 billion in Iran energy and infrastructure but nothing in strategic pact allows for a Chinese troop presence or island handover
http://thesaker.is/iran-china-pact-turbocharges-the-new-silk-roads/
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Lubricated With Oil: Iran-China Relations in a Changing World
https://mepc.org/lubricated-oil-iran-china-relations-changing-world
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What does Iran’s pivot to China mean for Israel?
July 24, 2020
https://www.jns.org/what-does-irans-pivot-to-china-mean-for-israel/
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Israel confronts reality of China-Iran alliance
July 22, 2020
https://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/israel-confronts-reality-of-china-iran-alliance,19500
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With a Potential Iran-China Deal, Time for Israel to Reassess Its Policy | Opinion
7/26/20
https://www.newsweek.com/potential-iran-china-deal-time-israel-reassess-its-policy-opinion-1520422
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China, Russia and Iran begin joint naval drills
27 Dec 2019
The four-day exercise in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman comes at a time of heightened tensions between US and Iran.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/china-russia-iran-joint-naval-drills-191227183505159.html
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Sputnik V: Why Russia's Vaccine Diplomacy Failed
Jan 6, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyJjs-zx_XE
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Senior intelligence official warns Russia, Iran, China targeting U.S. elections
07/24/20
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/508890-senior-intelligence-official-warns-russia-iran-china-targeting-us
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Iran, Russia, China, Turkey Celebrating ‘Collapse’ of the U.S.
3 Jun 2020
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2020/06/03/iran-russia-china-turkey-celebrating-collapse-of-the-u-s-report/
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U.S. indicts Iranians for hacking dozens of banks, New York dam
March 24, 2016
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-cyber-idUSKCN0WQ1JF
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Iran: COVID-19 Disinformation Fact Sheet
March 23, 2020
https://www.state.gov/iran-covid-19-disinformation-fact-sheet/
“I also want to call attention to the Iranian regime’s misinformation campaign surrounding the origination of the Wuhan virus. Instead of focusing on the needs of the Iranian people and accepting genuine offers of support, senior Iranians lied about the Wuhan virus outbreak for weeks.”
The Iranian leadership is trying to avoid responsibility for their grossly incompetent and deadly governance. Sadly, the Iranian people have been suffering these kinds of lies for 41 years. They know the truth: The Wuhan virus is a killer and the Iranian regime is an accomplice.”
-Secretary Pompeo, Remarks to the Press March 17, 2020
FACTS
Iran’s lack of transparency about its coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a catastrophic public health risk to the Iranian people, as well as to Iran’s neighbors.
Instead of halting flights to China when the risk of contagion was clear, the regime threatened and imprisoned dozens of Iranians who told the truth about the outbreak. The regime encouraged large public gatherings to try to bolster its legitimacy, with no regard for the health risk to Iranian citizens.
The regime is hiding a significant amount of information about the coronavirus outbreak. It is likely far worse that the regime is admitting. This lack of transparency poses a significant health risk to the Iranian people, as well as to Iran’s neighbors.
Reports that COVID-19 has spread to Iranian prisons are deeply troubling and demand nothing less than the full and immediate release of all American citizens. Their detention amid increasingly deteriorating conditions poses a serious health risk and undermines their basic human dignity.
The United States has and continues to offer humanitarian assistance to the Iranian people to help address the coronavirus outbreak. It is unfortunate for the Iranian people that their government has rejected this offer. Our priority has been to stand with the Iranian people – and this offer is still on the table.
U.S. sanctions are not preventing aid from getting to Iran. The United States maintains broad authorizations that allow for the sale of food, agricultural commodities, medicine, and medical devices by U.S persons or from the United States to Iran.
The media should know better than to believe and propagate Chinese and Russian propaganda that misleads the public into believing U.S. sanctions are to blame.
Now, regime officials make false claims that the U.S. engineered the virus – focusing their time and resources attempting to deflect blame instead of taking responsibility and providing for the health, prosperity, and rights of Iranians, who deserve far better.
For years, the Iranian regime has prioritized its proxies over the Iranian people and stolen the money the Iranian people deserve and expect to go for their healthcare. In July 2019, one billion euros intended for medical supplies “disappeared” and another $170 million dollars allocated for medical goods were instead spent on tobacco. Since 2012, the regime has spent over $16 billion on terror abroad – the Iranian people know that any sanctions relief would go to sponsor terrorist, not humanitarian activities.
If regime officials are looking for funds to combat the outbreak, they can start by returning money they stole from the Iranian people. Supreme Leader Khamenei runs a hedge fund worth tens of billions of dollars, much of which was “earned” by confiscating resources from the Iranian people.
DISINFORMATION AND MISMANAGEMENT
Instead of taking appropriate precautions against the spread of COVID-19, Iran’s terrorist airline, Mahan Air, operated at least 55 flights between Tehran and China in February, according to public reports.
On February 10, Deputy Health Minsiter Ali-Reza Raisi told reporters: “I declare that there are no cases of coronavirus in the country and our citizens should only follow news released by the Health Ministry on the coronavirus.” The same day, a 63-year-old Iranian woman died from the coronavirus.
The Iranian regime only admitted that coronavirus had entered Iran on February 19, nine days after the first reported death.
On March 5, the head of Iran’s cyber police announced the arrest of 121 Iranians for “spreading rumors” about the coronavirus. The regime also reportedly threatened medical staff against revealing accurate statistics of coronavirus cases and deaths.
In March, the head of the IRGC, Hossein Salami, claimed the spread of COVID-19 in Iran might be due to a U.S. biological attack, and an advisor to the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament claimed coronavirus was being used as biological warfare by the United States.
On March 12, Ayatollah Khamenei falsely claimed that there is evidence that COVID-19 might be a “biological attack.”
On March 17, Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif falsely claimed U.S. sanctions are killing Iranian “innocents” with its sanctions. He failed to note the Department of State has offered aid through Switzerland dating back to February.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has also falsely accused the United States of hampering Iran’s epidemic by not lifting sanctions. In fact, on February 28, the Department of State offered aid to specifically address the spread of COVID-19 in Iran, an offer that was conveyed to Iran through the government of Switzerland and rejected by the regime.
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Iran government spokesman tests positive for coronavirus
July 27, 2020
https://aroundworld24.com/2020/07/27/iran-government-spokesman-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/
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Trump joins Iran ‘No to Executions’ protests
July 16, 2020
US President Donald Trump has joined throngs of social media users posting the Persian hashtag meaning “No to Executions” to protest the planned execution of three men over their involvement in demonstrations in November 2019.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200716-trump-joins-iran-no-to-executions-protests/
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China doesn't want war, but Trump's strike against Iran could present an opportunity to Beijing
January 7, 2020
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/asia/iran-us-china-middle-east-intl-hnk/index.html
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Iran Seeks Deals with Russia and China To Build Coalition to Resist U.S.
7-2-2020
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-russia-deal-china-agreement-coalition-1519467
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Energy policy of Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_Russia
Russia's
energy policy which is set out in the government's Energy Strategy
document, first approved in 2000, which sets out the government's policy
to 2020. The Energy Strategy outlines several key priorities: an
increase in energy efficiency, reducing the impact on the environment,
sustainable development, energy development and technological
development, as well as improved effectiveness and competitiveness.
In
July 2008 Russia's president signed a law allowing the government to
allocate strategic oil and gas deposits on the continental shelf without
an auction procedure. On 17 February 2011, Russia signed a deal with
China, stating that in return for $25 billion in Chinese loans to
Russian oil companies, Russia will supply China with large quantities of
crude oil via new pipelines for the next 20 years.
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Russia's Transneft signed off on alleged supplier of tainted oil: documents
July 17, 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-oil-certificates-idUSKCN1UC1IP
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The Giant Soviet Pipeline System That's Full of Tainted Crude
April 26, 2019
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-26/the-giant-soviet-pipeline-system-that-s-full-of-tainted-crude
Russia’s Druzhba pipeline is vital to European refineries
Contamination impacted flows of 1.5 million barrels a day
Russia’s
giant Soviet-era oil pipeline is a vital piece of Europe’s energy
infrastructure, carrying crude to refineries across the region. This
week it’s been hit by probably the biggest crisis in its 55-year
history: both branches of the Druzhba pipeline have been closed due to
the presence of contaminated crude oil that can cause serious damage to
refineries.
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Putin says contaminated oil pipeline scandal has hurt Russia's image
May 01, 2019
Belarus
said earlier on Tuesday that months of work would be needed to restore
clean oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Europe.
https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/putin-says-contaminated-oil-pipeline-scandal-has-hurt-russias-image/69124483
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Druzhba pipeline
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druzhba_pipeline
The
Druzhba pipeline (Russian: нефтепровод «Дружба»; also has been referred
to as the Friendship Pipeline and the Comecon Pipeline) is the world's
longest oil pipeline and one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the
world. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) from the eastern
part of European Russia to points in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary,
Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany. The network also branches out
into numerous pipelines to deliver its product throughout Eastern
Europe and beyond.
2019 oil contamination scandal
The
delivery of oil was halted on 20 April 2019 due to high concentrations
of organic chloride found in the pipeline. These chemical compounds
contaminated the pipeline and equipment in Russia and Europe causing an
economic impact of billions of dollars. Investigation into the scandal
is ongoing with individuals being detained in Russia suspected of having
stolen oil and pouring in organochloride to the pipeline to cover up
the theft.
Disputes over payment for contaminated oil were ongoing a month later.
By
late May, a month after the contamination was discovered, Russia agreed
to take back some of the 8-9m tons of contaminated oil remaining in the
pipeline.
Estimates of overall contaminated stock, including
that still in the pipeline and other stock pumped to tankers or to
storage range from 20-40m tons as of end May. This stock will all
require dilution before it can be refined.
By the 9th of June
Belarus announced that it had cleaned up its sector of the pipeline,
returning 450,000 tons to Russia in the process, and that limited flow
across the Poland border had resumed at a rate of 65,000 tons a day, the
normal rate before the contamination was discovered was 145,000 tons a
day. Projections were that full capacity would be reached again by July
2019.
In mid September 2019, almost 5 months after the
contamination was noticed, the Polish pipeline operator confirmed their
section of the pipeline had been cleared of contamination and was
operating normally. 450,000 Tons of Contaminated Oil had been moved to
storage.
Also in September 2019 oil companies BP and Total were
trying to sell 2.3m Barrels (over 300,000 tons) of tainted oil that they
had received earlier from the pipeline.
Belarus–Russia relations
In
February 2020, Belarus threatened to take oil from the Druzhba pipeline
if Russia did not supply it with the required volumes of crude oil.
Russian oil supplies to Belarus have not been agreed for 2020 and
shipments have dwindled to 500,000 tonnes, down from a planned 2 million
tonnes.[26] Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Moscow
hinted at an energy supply deal in exchange for Belarus merging with
Russia, which caused talks to collapse.
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Belarus Seizes a Chance to Hit Russia Where It Hurts
May 1, 2019
Its president is happy to play hardball over contaminated oil in an important pipeline to Europe.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-01/contaminated-druzhba-pipeline-oil-allows-belarus-to-needle-russia
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2020 Belarusian protests
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Belarusian_protests
Allegations of foreign interference
According to Russia's press service statement issued on August 19th, 2020, "Russia pointed out that foreign attempts to interfere in the country’s domestic affairs were unacceptable and could further escalate tensions" As Georgy Saralidze, advisor to the director of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company on program policy, noted in an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza that western countries had been striving to isolate Belarus away from Russia for several years.
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Alleged Dam Hacking Raises Fears of Cyber Threats to Infrastructure
3/30/16
https://www.newsweek.com/cyber-attack-rye-dam-iran-441940
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment last week that names seven Iranian nationals who are facing charges related to cyberattacks on 46 companies from 2011 to 2013. While many of the targets were major banks in the U.S., one of the hackers also allegedly tapped into the dam's control system.
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Iran Increases Cyber Attacks on U.S. Gov’t, Infrastructure: Cyber Security Firms
June 24, 2019
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/06/24/530257.htm
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Mutual interests entail Iran, China to quickly finalize their strategic cooperation document
July 29, 2020
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/450664/Mutual-interests-entail-Iran-China-to-quickly-finalize-their
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How Much Money Does the World Owe China?
February 26, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/02/how-much-money-does-the-world-owe-china
In total, the Chinese state and its subsidiaries have lent about $1.5 trillion in direct loans and trade credits to more than 150 countries around the globe. This has turned China into the world’s largest official creditor — surpassing traditional, official lenders such as the World Bank, the IMF, or all OECD creditor governments combined.
On the borrower side, debt is accumulating fast: For the 50 main developing country recipients, we estimate that the average stock of debt owed to China has increased from less than 1% of debtor country GDP in 2005 to more than 15% in 2017. A dozen of these countries owe debt of at least 20% of their nominal GDP to China (Djibouti, Tonga, Maldives, the Republic of the Congo, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Niger, Laos, Zambia, Samoa, Vanuatu, and Mongolia).
Maybe more importantly, our analysis reveals that 50% of China’s loans to developing countries go unreported, meaning that these debt stocks do not appear in the “gold standard” data sources provided by the World Bank, the IMF, or credit-rating agencies. The unreported lending from China has grown to more than $200 billion USD as of 2016.
Hidden Debts and Hidden Risks
Failing to account for these “hidden debts” to China distorts the views of the official and private sectors in three material ways. First, official surveillance work is hampered when parts of a country’s debt are not known. Assessing repayment burdens and financial risks requires detailed knowledge on all outstanding debt instruments.
Second, the private sector will misprice debt contracts, such as sovereign bonds, if it fails to grasp the true scope of debts that a government owes. This problem is aggravated by the fact that many Chinese official loans have collateral clauses, so that China may be treated preferentially in case of repayment problems. As a result, private investors and other competing creditors may underestimate the risk of default on their claims.
And, third, forecasters of global economic activity who are unaware of surges and stops of Chinese lending miss an important swing factor influencing aggregate global demand. One could look to the lending surge of the 1970s, when resource-rich, low-income countries received large amounts of syndicated bank loans from the U.S., Europe, and Japan, for a relevant precedent. That lending cycle ended badly once commodity prices and economic growth slumped, and dozens of developing countries went into default during the bust that followed.
But developing country loans are just one element of China’s overseas lending activities. When adding portfolio debts (including the $1 trillion of U.S. Treasury debt purchased by China’s central bank) and trade credits (to buy goods and services), the Chinese government’s aggregate claims to the rest of the world exceed $5 trillion in total. In other words, countries worldwide owed more than 6% of world GDP in debt to China as of 2017.
Yet another important element to China’s presence in global finance is the growing network of swap lines by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC). Central bank swap lines can be understood as standing lines of credit, where central banks agree on exchanging their currencies to facilitate trade settlements and to address liquidity needs. As of 2018, the PBoC has signed swap agreements with more than 40 central banks (ranging from Argentina to Ukraine), providing the right to exchange more than U.S. $550 billion of their own currencies for Chinese currency (the renminbi or RMB). As a result, nations facing financial strains can turn to China before the international financial institutions, including the IMF. Since 2013, Argentina, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia and Turkey all have made use of their RMB swap lines in periods of market distress.
Why does this matter? IMF lending is transparent, and it is usually conditioned on a plan to improve national policies. This is not necessarily the case for Chinese lending, which gives rise to important questions of creditor seniority. For example, if a nation indebted to China turns to the IMF, officials should be aware that any funds the IMF disburses may be used to pay another official creditor, China, rather than be used to blunt market strains.
Looking ahead, we find that credit outflows from China have slowed markedly since 2015, in parallel to China’s ongoing domestic economic slowdown. We’ve also documented a recent surge in the number of credit events on Chinese loans, which have not appeared in the reports of international credit rating agencies. Since 2011, two dozen developing countries have restructured their debt to China. This recent increase in the incidence of sovereign debt restructurings of Chinese debt may have a benign interpretation, but given the slower growth and lower commodity prices of recent years, it may well be a sign of brewing liquidity and solvency problems in numerous developing countries. Against this backdrop, much more work is needed to analyze the characteristics and potential impact of China’s lending around the world. If China’s role in international finance continues in the shadows, global risk assessments and country surveillance work will remain dangerously incomplete.
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Can China’s COVID-19 Statistics Be Trusted?
March 26, 2020
From GDP figures to coronavirus counts, China’s government has a long history of manipulating data for political gain.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/can-chinas-covid-19-statistics-be-trusted/
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How China Built a Twitter Propaganda Machine Then Let It Loose on Coronavirus
March 2020
ProPublica analyzed thousands of fake and hijacked Twitter accounts to understand how covert Chinese propaganda spreads around the globe.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-china-built-a-twitter-propaganda-machine-then-let-it-loose-on-coronavirus
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Great Damage to World: US issues Alarming Warning as Tensions Threaten to erupt in South China Sea
Jul 30, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVRk7URDtLI
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Researcher: This new symptom could be a key indicator of COVID-19
Jul 30, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/researcher-this-new-symptom-could-be-a-key-indicator-of-covid-19/
DALLAS (NEXSTAR) — A Harvard researcher believes skin rashes could be a new symptom of COVID-19.
Andrew
Chan, a professor of immunology and infectious disease at the Harvard
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been tracking coronavirus
patients using the COVID Symptom Study app. He says the app is picking
up more cases of raised skin bumps and inflammation on fingers and toes.
The rashes were placed into three categories:
Hive-type rash (urticaria): Sudden appearance of raised bumps on the
skin that come and go quickly over hours and are usually very itchy. It
can involve any part of the body and often starts with intense itching
of the palms or soles and can cause swelling of the lips and eyelids.
These rashes can present quite early in the infection, but can also last
a long time afterward.
‘Prickly heat’ or chickenpox-type rash
(erythemato-papular or erythemato-vesicular rash): Areas of small,
itchy red bumps that can occur anywhere on the body, but particularly
the elbows and knees as well as the back of the hands and feet. The rash
can persist for days or weeks.
COVID fingers and toes
(chilblains): Reddish and purplish bumps on the fingers or toes, which
may be sore but not usually itchy. This type of rash, most specific to
COVID-19, is more common in younger people with the disease and tends to
present later.
Chan’s research focused on rashes involved roughly 336,000 app users in the United Kingdom.
Similarly,
an early study on COVID found 17 percent of the 11,546 people surveyed
had a rash as their first COVID-19 symptom. Of those who reported
suffering from a rash, 21 percent said it was their only symptom.
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COVID-19 survivor who had most of his fingers amputated: ‘This can happen to you’
Jul 24, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/covid-19-survivor-who-had-most-of-his-fingers-amputated-this-can-happen-to-you/
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Chief of Cardiology at Northwestern Medicine explains ‘broken heart syndrome’ & the connection to COVID-19
Jul 16, 2020
Chief
of Cardiology at Northwestern Medicine, Dr. Clyde Yancy, joins Roe Conn
to address how COVID-19 impacts cardiovascular health and answer
questions about heart health...
https://wgnradio.com/health/chief-of-cardiology-at-northwestern-medicine-explains-broken-heart-syndrome-the-connection-covid-19/
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Dr. Ali Shaibani explains why COVID-19 increases blood clotting in the body
Jul 16, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/health/dr-ali-shaibani-explains-why-covid-19-increases-blood-clotting-in-the-body/
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Can COVID-19 cause male infertility?
Jul 15, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/can-covid-19-cause-male-infertility/
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Young children spread COVID-19 much less than others, study finds
Jul 20, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/young-children-spread-covid-19-much-less-than-others-study-finds/
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Researchers find COVID-infected children are major carriers, further complicating the school-reopening debate
July 30, 2020
https://fortune.com/2020/07/30/children-covid-carriers-kids-coronavirus-schools-reopening-viral-load-study/
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CDC director seeing more suicides, drug overdoses than COVID deaths among high schoolers
Jul. 31, 2020
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6176862534001#sp=show-clips
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U.S. drug companies race to find coronavirus vaccine, Congress concerned about safety and price gouging
Jul 21, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/u-s-drug-companies-race-to-find-coronavirus-vaccine-congress-concerned-about-safety-and-price-gouging/
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U.S., Florida see decline in new COVID-19 cases, deaths
July 27, 2020
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/27/US-Florida-see-decline-in-new-COVID-19-cases-deaths/9171595860386/
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Why opioid deaths are rising amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 27, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/anna-davlantes/why-opioid-deaths-are-rising-amid-the-covid-19-pandemic/
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Dr. Michael Roizen: The sleeping position that can help your body fight coronavirus {Debated}
Jul 19, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/dean-richards-sunday-morning/dr-michael-roizen-the-sleeping-position-that-helps-rid-your-body-of-coronavirus/
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North Korea locks down border city over suspected virus case
Jul 25, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/health/nkorea-puts-kaesong-city-in-lockdown-over-suspected-outbreak/
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List: More than half of U.S. states have mask mandates
Jul 23, 2020
https://wgnradio.com/news/list-more-than-half-of-u-s-states-have-mask-mandates/
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Protesters say they were attacked in ‘planned ambush,’ blast police response
29 July 2020
Anti-government demonstrators say suspected far-right attackers launched organized assault against them with weapons, claim cops ignored pleas for help
https://www.timesofisrael.com/protesters-say-they-were-attacked-in-planned-ambush-blast-police-response/
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Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination and COVID-19
12 April 2020
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/bacille-calmette-gu%C3%A9rin-(bcg)-vaccination-and-covid-19
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Trump hosts roundtable on donating plasma; US works against China's influence on UN; Herman Cain dies
7-30-2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRv5fscD7wc
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Wuhan nurse mysteriously falls from high building and dies; 4207 lightnings hit Shanghai in 3 hours
7-30-2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROg48tjMzQo
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Virus drug video censored; Professor charged for China ties; Senators debate stimulus bill provision
7-29-2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBh__0gctc
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Facebook, Google/YouTube, Twitter Censor Viral Video of Doctors’ Capitol Hill Coronavirus Press Conference
July 28th, 2020
https://www.allsides.com/news/2020-07-28-1650/facebook-googleyoutube-twitter-censor-viral-video-doctors-capitol-hill
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Business owner on riots impact, U.S. renters owe $21b rent, China banks cool gold rush |NTD Business
7-30-2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8wSRhOFrCA
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Trump's Taxes Go to Grand Jury, Birth Tourism Targeted, Trump Boosts Hispanic Prosperity | Watch NTD
Jul 9, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVPVmVe8FAw
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong hospitals face 'collapse' as outbreak grows
29 July 2020
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53575875
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The US-China coronavirus blame game is undermining diplomacy
Mar 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/31/us-china-coronavirus-diplomacy
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Coronavirus News updates (WGNRadio.com)
https://wgnradio.com/news/coronavirus/
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Coronavirus updates (GetPocket.com)
https://getpocket.com/explore/coronavirus?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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COVID-19 news updates (www.japantimes.co.jp)
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/liveblogs/news/coronavirus-outbreak-updates/
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Fauci says US could have 'millions' of coronavirus cases and over 100,000 deaths
03/29/20
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/490048-fauci-says-us-could-have-millions-of-coronavirus-cases-and-over
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US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths amid surge in cases – as it happened
July 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jul/29/coronavirus-us-portland-protesters-trump-news-latest-updates
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Global coronavirus cases top 16 million amid debate over new stimulus plan
Jul 26, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOifYkiMeAk
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Live: Fauci, Redfield testify before House on coronavirus crisis
July 31, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r_C-QsWEak
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Trump enables Jared Kushner's coronavirus task force, revealing the dangers of nepotism
April 6, 2020
The Trump family has repeatedly used the White House to enrich themselves, but this is about way more than profits.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-enables-jared-kushner-s-coronavirus-task-force-revealing-dangers-ncna1176511
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Here’s why Jared Kushner’s plan for widespread COVID-19 testing ‘just went poof into thin air’
July 31, 2020
https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/heres-why-jared-kushners-plan-for-widespread-19-testing-just-went-poof-into-thin-air/
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COVID-19: Therapeutics and Their Toxicities
July 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7192319/
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus that emerged in 2019 and is causing the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no current standard of care. Clinicians need to be mindful of the toxicity of a wide variety of possibly unfamiliar substances being tested or repurposed to treat COVID-19. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided emergency authorization for the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine. These two medications may precipitate ventricular dysrhythmias, necessitating cardiac and electrolyte monitoring, and in severe cases, treatment with epinephrine and high-doses of diazepam. Recombinant protein therapeutics may cause serum sickness or immune complex deposition. Nucleic acid vaccines may introduce mutations into the human genome. ACE inhibitors and ibuprofen have been suggested to exacerbate the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Here, we review the use, mechanism of action, and toxicity of proposed COVID-19 therapeutics.
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Coronavirus disease 2019–associated urticaria with angioedema in a morbidly obese man successfully treated with glucocorticoids
July 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7375290/
The onset of severe urticaria has been linked to viral infections in both children and adults.1 Here, we describe a patient who is a morbidly obese man, smoker, with severe refractory urticaria, angioedema, and systemic symptoms requiring oral glucocorticoids, and who was subsequently diagnosed as having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and had a successful outcome. The patient was a 36-year-old obese man who presented with a complaint of acute urticaria (Fig 1). He woke up (day 0) with generalized erythema and pruritus with gradual onset of generalized urticaria (palms and soles included). He was seen in an emergency department (ED) and was prescribed methylprednisolone dose pack and an oral dose of diphenhydramine 50 mg twice daily. On day 6, he returned to the ED for a relapse of his symptoms and was continued on a dose of both oral prednisone 20 mg twice daily and oral diphenhydramine 50 mg twice daily; he was also started on a dose of oral cefdinir 500 mg 4 times daily. On day 9, he woke up with generalized erythema, pruritus, urticaria, and angioedema of his lips. When he arrived at the ED (within 20 minutes), he was experiencing dyspnea, cough, and wheezing. He was treated with nebulized albuterol, diphenhydramine, epinephrine, and famotidine, and was administered methylprednisolone intramuscularly and saline intravenously. He responded and was asymptomatic when discharged from the ED. He continued both oral prednisone 20 mg and oral diphenhydramine 50 mg, each twice daily, and stopped cefdinir.
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Acute urticaria with angioedema in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019
2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7199726/
This is the case of a 30-year-old female physician with no relevant past medical history except for pine seeds allergy, following a strict nut-free diet since she was diagnosed. Lipid transfer protein syndrome was ruled out at diagnosis. She did not have a family history of hereditary angioedema, and she was not on any medication. In March 2020, she presented with symptoms of odynophagia and dry cough, with rapid onset of fever. The day after the symptoms appeared, a PCR of upper-airway secretions (by nasopharyngeal swab) was performed, revealing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. With this positive result, she was instructed to remain in strict home isolation. She evolved satisfactorily, with 4 days of fever and dry cough, followed by 5 days of total anosmia and ageusia from which she completely recovered. On day +11 of disease evolution, after resolution of the previous symptoms, rapidly spreading wheals developed in various locations on her body: face, trunk, abdomen, and limbs. In a few hours, face wheals promptly converted to facial angioedema (Figure 1 ), with preferential involvement of periocular region and mild edema of the lips, without compromise of the tongue, uvula, vocal cords, or the airway. No other symptoms were noted. The appearance of the lesions was not related to food intake (she had not eaten nuts). She had not taken nonsteroidal inflammatory drugs or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors the previous 15 days. She had not exercised, had not drunk alcohol, nor was on menstrual period. As symptomatic treatment, only an antihistamine was taken (ebastine 10 mg ter in die). Twenty-four hours after the onset of the cutaneous symptoms, both the wheals and angioedema started to fade off, turning into erythematous macules until complete resolution. From there on, she remained asymptomatic. On day +15, upper-airway secretion PCR was performed again, persisting still positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and therefore proving the presence of this virus in the respiratory tract. After 7 more days of home isolation, repeated PCR on day +22 was finally negative.
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Angioedema in COVID-19
22 May 2020
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa452/5842069
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Experts Revise Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan for COVID-19
April 21, 2020
https://www.allergicliving.com/2020/04/21/experts-revise-anaphylaxis-emergency-plan-for-covid-19/
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Neo bolshevik cuck gets what he fucking deserves
Jul 25, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84NwwtrNVn4
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AntiFa / BLM rioter Garrett Foster final interview just before he's gunned down
Jul 26, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJVTB9pXxe8
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Austin, TX Mayor Says Take Guns Off the Streets after shooting during BLM protest
Jul 29, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U83V1yBq9S8
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Real Racism and "Bogus" Black Lives Matter (Pt. 1) | Larry Elder | POLITICS | Rubin Report
Jan 25, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqJnzBHURvs
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COVID-19 In Context: Subversion, Psychological Warfare, and New World Order {Opinion}
March 31, 2020
https://coronacircus.com/2020/03/31/covid-19-in-context-subversion-psychological-warfare-and-new-world-order/
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NASA satellite sees air pollution drop over northeastern US amid coronavirus outbreak
April 2020
Data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Aura satellite shows less air pollution over the Northeast United States in March 2020 compared to average values for the month of March between 2015 and 2019.
(Image: © NASA)
https://www.space.com/nasa-satellite-air-pollution-us-northeast-coronavirus.html
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Coronavirus shutdown leads to ‘alpine’ air in world’s most polluted cities
April 11, 2020
https://nypost.com/2020/04/11/coronavirus-shutdown-leads-to-alpine-air-in-polluted-cities/
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Coronavirus pandemic leading to huge drop in air pollution
Mar 2020
‘Largest scale experiment ever’ shows what is possible as satellite images reveal marked fall in global nitrogen dioxide levels
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/mar/23/coronavirus-pandemic-leading-to-huge-drop-in-air-pollution
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EPA Suspends Enforcement of Environmental Laws
Mar 28 2020
The Trump administration uses the coronavirus crisis as cover to help polluters
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/epa-suspends-enforcement-environmental-laws
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Trash companies overwhelmed by residential volume amid coronavirus pandemic
Apr 11, 2020
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-trash-collection-coronavirus-20200411-svcf5jdi7jc4vd6umzpcglulk4-story.html
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How coronavirus is disrupting US waste and recycling
April 9, 2020
https://www.wastedive.com/news/coronavirus-us-waste-recycling-disruption-tracker/574324/
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Trash Industry Braces for Potential Deluge of Coronavirus Waste
March 30, 2020
Medical-waste processors are handling more masks and gowns, while collectors worry about infected recycling and garbage
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trash-industry-braces-for-potential-deluge-of-coronavirus-waste-11585560600
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Coronavirus Update: Littering Concerns On The Rise As People Discard Used Gloves, Masks In The Streets
April 2, 2020
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/04/02/coronavirus-gloves-masks-littering/
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Miami Streets Are Littered With Gloves, Masks, and Wipes
April 3, 2020
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/coronavirus-miami-streets-littered-with-used-gloves-and-masks-11612934
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Pandemic Brings Out Litter Bugs Across City
Apr. 2020
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/04/01/pandemic-brings-out-litter-bugs-who-discard-gloves-and-masks-across-city
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Used gloves, masks litter store parking lots
Apr 9, 2020
https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus-new-mexico/used-gloves-masks-litter-store-parking-lots/
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State parks see spike in usage, increased littering during coronavirus pandemic
Apr 7, 2020
https://cumberlink.com/news/local/state-parks-see-spike-in-usage-increased-littering-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article_d0aa9257-6290-55d7-80c1-a1fca0cc7d95.html
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Local stores providing buckets for used gloves, masks disposal to stop littering
Apr 7, 2020
https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/local-stores-providing-buckets-for-used-gloves-masks-disposal-to-stop-littering/
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No shortage of masks, gloves littering area parking lots, roadsides
https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/no-shortage-of-masks-gloves-littering-area-parking-lots-roadsides/19050233/
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'It makes me sick’: Disposable glove litter angers readers
Apr 08, 2020
https://www.mcall.com/opinion/readers-react/mc-opi-let-disposable-gloves-littering-parking-lots-comments-20200408-vqu6k7psonel3gsik7kgv5yhze-story.html
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Coronavirus News: Rash of discarded PPE leads to $1K fine in Southampton
April 7, 2020
https://abc7ny.com/southampton-village-police-department.-coronavirus-long-island-nassau-county-suffolk/6083385/
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Drop your coronavirus personal protective wear in the parking lot? It could cost you $225
April 8, 2020
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/08/coronavirus-gloves-masks-littering-ticket-fine/2968869001/
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Man cleans up entire Raleigh park during coronavirus Stay-At-Home orders
April 8, 2020
https://abc11.com/coronavirus-park-litter-daniel-toben/6087441/
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Governor closing state parks, forests due to crowds, litter and vandalism
Apr 09, 2020
https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Governor-closing-state-parks-forests-due-to-crowds-litter-and-vandalism--569504311.html
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Central Jersey towns say don't flush wipes or litter disposable gloves and masks
4-6-2020
https://www.mycentraljersey.com/news/
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Unlike bacteria, diatoms are picky about microplastics
And that could affect how quickly different types of these tiny plastic particles are degraded
2-23-2020
https://massivesci.com/notes/bacteria-microplastic-diatom-algae-colonizing/
Good news for fans of microplastics in the ocean! The tiny fragments of discarded plastic waste that find their way into marine environments are providing a long-term habitat for aquatic microorganisms.
While working as a doctoral student at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute at Arizona State University, Kassandra Dudek studied the phenomenon of microplastics serving as artificial microbial reefs. Bacteria are known to form biofilms along these materials, building up stable, complex communities. Dudek’s newly published research intended to find out whether certain types of bacteria have preference for settling on certain types of plastic. This could for example influence the movement of pathogens through the environment. It is also relevant because only certain types of bacteria are thought to be able to deconstruct (metabolize) certain types of plastic.
The study showed that the five types of plastic tested, all deriving from common household waste items, did not show any detectable differences in the types of bacteria found colonizing their surfaces. This suggests that it is the physical surface of plastic that quickly attracts bacterial settlers, rather than any chemical features of the specific plastics tested.
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Solving Microplastic Pollution Means Reducing, Recycling—and Fundamental Rethinking
11-12-2018
New practices, and new chemistries, are needed to end the scourge
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solving-microplastic-pollution-means-reducing-recycling-mdash-and-fundamental-rethinking1/
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Researchers Have Found Microplastics in Human Waste for the First Time
10-23-2018
https://time.com/5431668/microplastics-human-waste-study/
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Microplastics Are Invisible, Scary, and Everywhere
July 25, 2018
“Where do they come from, how do they move around, where do they end up?”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/07/microplastics-are-invisible-scary-and-everywhere/
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Tiny magnetic coils could help break down microplastic pollution
July 31, 2019
In the lab, carbon nanotubes release chemicals that erode the durable trash
(TINY TRASH PATROL Carbon nanotubes that release plastic-eroding chemicals successfully decomposed waterborne microplastic particles of different sizes and shapes (shown in photomicrographs above).
(NANOSIZE SPRING The MVPs of the new water cleanup technique are tiny
carbon nanotubes (one shown in this scanning electron microscopy image),
which are twisted into spirals for increased sturdiness. When these
nitrogen-coated nanocoils are mixed with a compound called
peroxymonosulfate in water, they produce chemicals that break down
microplastics).
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tiny-magnetic-coils-could-help-break-down-microplastic-pollution
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What does Covid-19 tell us about Sustainable Development and the 2030 Agenda?
March 11, 2020
http://cepei.org/en/what-does-covid-19-tell-us-about-sustainable-development-and-the-2030-agenda/
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Despite health crisis, EU presses on with 2030 climate agenda
Apr 3, 2020
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/eu-presses-on-with-2030-climate-planning/
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Governments urged to attach green strings to long-term coronavirus recovery plans
23/03/2020
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/03/23/governments-urged-attach-green-strings-long-term-coronavirus-recovery-plans/
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Coronavirus & Water Pandemics: Doing the Math
March 22, 2020
http://www.ipsnews.net/2020/03/coronavirus-water-pandemics-math/
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Opinion: Sustainable development must account for pandemic risk
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/8/3888
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UN AGENDA 2030: ADULT VACCINATIONS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST FOR HEALTHY AGEING
2017
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6244389/
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Immunization Agenda 2030: A Global Strategy to Leave No One Behind
2 April 2020
https://www.who.int/immunization/immunization_agenda_2030/en/
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Scientism: The One World Religion You've Been Waiting For
2022
https://www.docdroid.net/KgC58z3/scientism-the-one-world-religion-youve-been-waiting-for-pdf#page=6
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The Great Delusion
How the World was Deceived into Taking the Mark of the Beast
https://www.docdroid.net/f1EonZM/the-great-end-times-delusion-pdf#page=4
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It's All about the Blood
https://www.docdroid.net/ftzgnT5/its-all-about-the-blood-pdf#page=3
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E-Conference: The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus
25 Mar, 2020
https://www.unsdsn.org/e-conference-the-epidemiology-and-economics-of-coronavirus
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How the World Health Organisation’s failure to challenge China over coronavirus cost us dearly
The international body blithely accepted Beijing’s assurances that there was little to worry about.
5 April 2020
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2020/04/how-world-health-organisation-s-failure-challenge-china-over-coronavirus-cost-us
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Trump says WHO funding will be halted amid coronavirus pandemic
Apr 14, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVHfS5LUoT4
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Public health professionals plead with Trump not to defund WHO
4/12/2020
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/12/trump-defund-world-health-organization-181166
White House aides and Trump are debating several far-reaching moves to target the World Health Organization.
A trio of public health and medical professionals making the rounds on
the Sunday morning news shows called for President Donald Trump not to
defund the World Health Organization as the administration weighs
punitive measures on the public health organization.
White House aides and Trump are debating several far-reaching moves to
target the WHO in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, POLITICO
reported Friday, including cutting off U.S. funding and trying to create
an alternative institution.
“I don't think this is a time to defund the WHO, given the fact that I
think this is going to become an epidemic in the Southern Hemisphere, in
parts of the world that don't have resources to deal with this kind of a
global issue,” Scott Gottlieb, Trump’s former Food and Drug
Administration commissioner, said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Gottlieb added, however, that Trump “raised a lot of valid concerns”
about Chinese transparency around the Covid-19 outbreak.
“China was not truthful with the world at the outset of this,” Gottlieb
said Sunday. “Had they been more truthful with the world, which would
have enabled them to be more truthful with themselves, they might have
actually been able to contain this entirely.”
Tom Inglesby, director of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health
Security, in a separate interview Sunday also called for the U.S. to
maintain its support for the WHO.
“The U.S. needs the World Health Organization to function properly,”
Inglesby said on “Fox News Sunday.” “It is the organization that helps
the world prepare and respond to this. We’re going to need the world to
recover from Covid if we’re going to get normalcy back.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Trump last week
exchanged public comments after the president first threatened, via
tweet, to remove U.S. backing from the organization.
“The W.H.O. really blew it. For some reason, funded largely by the
United States, yet very China centric. We will be giving that a good
look,” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning. “Fortunately I rejected their
advice on keeping our borders open to China early on,” he added. “Why
did they give us such a faulty recommendation?”
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World Health Organisation chief accused of failing to record three cholera epidemics in home country
Questions about Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have fuelled a bitter row over the global response to the coronavirus pandemic
11 April 2020
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/11/world-health-organisation-chief-accused-failing-record-three/
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What's Going Around: COVID, strep, stomach bug
February 2023
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/what-s-going-around-covid-strep-stomach-bug/ar-AA171xOi
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11 Foods and Drinks to Help Soothe COVID-19 Symptoms
January 5, 2022
https://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/foods-and-drinks-to-help-soothe-covid-19-symptoms/
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COVID mask exemption cards are not from the government
June 29, 2020
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/06/covid-mask-exemption-cards-are-not-government
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Evidence for Aerosol Transfer of SARS-CoV2-specific Humoral Immunity.
May 1, 2022
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.28.22274443v1.full.pdf
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Can ozone inactivate SARS-CoV-2? A review of mechanisms and performance on viruses
2021 Mar 13
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33752085/
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The Era of One-Shot, Multimillion-Dollar Genetic Cures Is Here
Dec 5, 2022
Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-era-of-one-shot-multi-million-dollar-genetic-cures-is-here/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
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How to Stop (And Even Reverse) Aging
May 26, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXh0DTP998w
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More life - Decoding the secret of aging | DW Documentary
May 28, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-5VLHcTDSQ
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Scientists Discover a Molecular Switch That Controls Life Expectancy
September 11, 2022
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-a-molecular-switch-that-controls-life-expectancy/
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Herbal Extract Shows Promise in Treating Diabetes
September 10, 2022
https://scitechdaily.com/herbal-extract-shows-promise-in-treating-diabetes/
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Reduce Your Risk of Death by Up to 31%: New Study Examines the Impact of Exercise
September 10, 2022
https://scitechdaily.com/reduce-your-risk-of-death-by-up-to-31-new-study-examines-the-impact-of-exercise/
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Cellular rejuvenation therapy safely reverses signs of aging in mice
March 7, 2022
Researchers treated mice with anti-aging regimen beginning in middle age and found no increase in cancer or other health problems later on
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220307113027.htm
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Rapamycin
Rapamycin is a potential anti-ageing drug
https://www.newscientist.com/definition/rapamycin/
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Rapamycin for longevity: opinion article
2019 Oct 4
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6814615/
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Could rapamycin be our next weapon in the fight for longevity?
September 7, 2022
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/could-rapamycin-be-our-next-weapon-in-the-fight-for-longevity
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Suppressing a cure for more than 40 years! BURZYNSKI: THE CANCER CURE COVER-UP - FULL DOCUMENTARY
Jan 1, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxUsAI29fw
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Torsion: The Key to the Theory of Everything
March 5, 2012
https://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/torsion-the-key-to-theory-of-everything/
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The 528 Hz Frequency
Oct 16, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nO48UIzLk8
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Researchers devise tunable conducting edge
September 5, 2022
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-tunable-edge.html
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5G: The Trouble With the New Phone Network
Sep 3, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOvAZPHDogs
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Infrared Radiation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/infrared-radiation
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Covid: Calcutta scientists offer clue to severe infections
09.08.21
The researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research have detected a biological phenomenon called 'quorum sensing' in macrophages
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/covid-calcutta-scientists-offer-clue-to-severe-infections/cid/1825796
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A fungus that shrinks in size to better infect the brain
September 13, 2022
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-fungus-size-infect-brain.html
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First Ever Organism That Actually Eats Viruses For Nutrition - Halteria
Jan 8, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq7DaAKIgWI
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Scientists Just Discovered Another Trick Bacteria Use to Avoid The Immune System
22 August 2020
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-discovered-another-trick-bacteria-use-to-avoid-the-immune-system
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Live antibiotics use bacteria to kill bacteria
June 13, 2017
Prescribing a predator could be the answer to multidrug resistance
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/live-antibiotics-use-bacteria-kill-bacteria
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Regular Use of Ivermectin as Prophylaxis for COVID-19 Led Up to a 92% Reduction in COVID-19 Mortality Rate in a Dose-Response Manner: Results of a Prospective Observational Study of a Strictly Controlled Population of 88,012 Subjects
August 31, 2022
https://www.cureus.com/articles/111851-regular-use-of-ivermectin-as-prophylaxis-for-covid-19-led-up-to-a-92-reduction-in-covid-19-mortality-rate-in-a-dose-response-manner-results-of-a-prospective-observational-study-of-a-strictly-controlled-population-of-88012-subjects
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Researchers find tree compound that has potential to kill drug-resistant bacteria
Sep 01, 2022
https://www.aninews.in/news/science/researchers-find-tree-compound-that-has-potential-to-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria20220901160545/
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Researchers find hydroquinine in trees has potential to kill drug-resistant bacteria
Sep 05, 2022
https://www.aninews.in/news/science/researchers-find-hydroquinine-in-trees-has-potential-to-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria20220905071420/
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Drugs with new lease of life as quorum sensing inhibitors: for combating MDR Acinetobacter baumannii infections
2020 Apr 23
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7180647/
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Multiple small RNAs act additively to integrate sensory information and control quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi
2007
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770904/
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Can the Natural Diversity of Quorum-Sensing Advance Synthetic Biology?
2015
https://keep.lib.asu.edu/items/128605
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How Do Quorum-Sensing Signals Mediate Algae–Bacteria Interactions?
27 June 2021
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/7/1391
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Can Coronaviruses quorum sense?
26th Mar, 2020
Looking at the various CoV genomes, there are peptides/small proteins, aside from ORF1/2 on the genome, of which functions are unknown. These could circulate and in theory, once in abundance, induce allosteric changes in membrane bound proteins to induce viral shedding alike to bacteriophage Q-sense.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_Coronaviruses_quorum_sense
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Difference Between Quorum Sensing and Quorum Quenching
July 16, 2019
https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-quorum-sensing-and-quorum-quenching/
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Mast cells tune in to quorum sensing
13 Aug 2019
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scisignal.aaz0499
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Quorum Quenching: A Potential Target for Antipseudomonal Therapy
2020
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32922047/
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Analyzing The Possibility of Quorum Sensing in SARS COV-II
2021
https://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2110399.pdf
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Engineering a light-responsive, quorum quenching biofilm to mitigate biofouling on water purification membranes
7 Dec 2018
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aau1459
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A Quorum Can Kill
5 Apr 2004
Engineered gene circuit could squelch uprisings among worker bacteria
https://www.science.org/content/article/quorum-can-kill
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A Quick Route to Multiple Highly Potent SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors
07 December 2020
https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cmdc.202000924
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Quorum quenching -an alternative antimicrobial therapeutics
September 2020
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344377346_Quorum_quenching_-an_alternative_antimicrobial_therapeutics
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Quorum Quenching Agents: Resources for Antivirulence Therapy
2014 May 30
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4071575/
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Exacerbation of antimicrobial resistance: another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic?
2021
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14787210.2021.1865802
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Quorum sensing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorum_sensing
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How Quorum Sensing Works
June 12, 2020
https://asm.org/Articles/2020/June/How-Quorum-Sensing-Works
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Quorum sensing in bacteria
2001
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11544353/
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Quorum Sensing
2021
Quorum sensing (QS) is one of the major signaling mechanisms which directly aids in biofilm formation and also helps in the production of synthesis of plant growth hormones.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/quorum-sensing
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Quorum sensing inhibitors: an overview
2012 Nov 9
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23142623/
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Quorum sensing in the immune system
2018
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30006523/
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Quorum Sensing in Fungal Species
2021 Aug 4
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34348030/
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Quorum sensing signal-response systems in Gram-negative bacteria
2016
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27510864/
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Exacerbation of antimicrobial resistance: another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic?
2020 Dec 23
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33322965/
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Evidence of link between quorum sensing and sugar metabolism in Escherichia coli revealed via cocrystal structures of LsrK and HPr
1 Jun 2018
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aar7063
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Structural basis for antiactivation in bacterial quorum sensing
October 16, 2007
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0704843104
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Quorum sensing affects virulence-associated proteins F1, LcrV, KatY and pH6 etc. of Yersinia pestis as revealed by protein microarray-based antibody profiling
2006 Jul 28
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110770/
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The Lab Report: UW researchers explore new ways to inhibit bacterial communication, quorum sensing
Apr 15, 2021
The Blackwell Lab examines food pathogen to solve critical, real-world bacterial issues
https://badgerherald.com/news/2021/04/15/the-lab-report-uw-researchers-explore-new-ways-to-inhibit-bacterial-communication-quorum-sensing/
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Deploying Biomolecules as Anti-COVID-19 Agents
2020 Jun 9
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7282542/
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Alzheimer’s Gene Linked to Higher Risk of Severe COVID-19
May 26, 2020
Two copies of the APOE4 variant, which confers a higher risk of
dementia, doubles the risk of severe symptoms as a result of infection
with SARS-CoV-2, according to a study.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/alzheimers-gene-linked-to-higher-risk-of-severe-covid-19-67570
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Association between high serum total cortisol concentrations and mortality from COVID-19
June 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7302794/
In March, 2020, WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. At the time of writing, the UK has the highest number of recorded fatalities in Europe, with London regarded as the epicentre of infection in the UK.
Physiological stress from critical illness and elective surgery increases serum cortisol concentrations and bioavailability by activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, decreased metabolism of cortisol, and a reduction in the amount of binding proteins (eg, cortisol-binding globulin).1, 2 The increase in cortisol is an essential part of the body's stress response, triggering adaptive changes in metabolism, cardiovascular function, and immune regulation.
The effects of COVID-19 on cortisol are currently unknown. It has been suggested that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), the predecessor of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), might trigger an immunogenic response to adrenocorticotropic hormone because of mimicry. Similar mechanisms might apply to SARS-CoV-2, theoretically amplifying morbidity and mortality by inducing a cortisol insufficiency related to critical illness.1, 3 To understand whether this process might be a contributor to the pathophysiology of COVID-19, we did a cohort study describing the acute cortisol concentrations observed in patients with COVID-19.
Univariable analysis of the group of patients with COVID-19 by Cox proportional hazards regression modelling showed that age 75 years and older had the highest risk of acute mortality, and age younger than 75 years was associated with a reduced relative risk of acute mortality (appendix p 5). The presence of diabetes, hypertension, current diagnosis of cancer, chronic kidney disease, or cardiovascular disease was significantly associated with acute mortality. Increased cortisol, CRP, neutrophil to leukocyte ratio, and creatinine were predictive of acute mortality (appendix p 5).
Multivariable analysis showed that a doubling of cortisol concentration was associated with a significant 42% increase in the hazard of mortality, after adjustment for age, the presence of comorbidities, and laboratory tests (appendix p 3). An optimal cutoff for cortisol was selected by use of maximally selected rank statistics. Patients with COVID-19 whose baseline cortisol concentration was equal to or less than 744 nmol/L (268 patients [67%]) had a median survival of 36 days [95% CI 24–not determined]; whereas, patients with COVID-19 whose cortisol value was more than 744 nmol/L (135 patients [33%]) had a median survival of 15 days [10–36] (log-rank test p<0·0001; figure ).
To our knowledge, our analyses show for the first time that patients with COVID-19 mount a marked and appropriate acute cortisol stress response and that this response is significantly higher in this patient cohort than in individuals without COVID-19. In other words, our cohort did not obviously exhibit an adrenal insufficiency with SARS-CoV-2 infection in the acute setting. However, it is possible that patients might exhibit a relative adrenal insufficiency later on in the course of their disease, as has been observed for SARS-CoV infection3 and in the context of an extended stay in intensive care.1 The cortisol stress responses observed in this cohort range up to 3241 nmol/L. Despite the non-linearity of the cortisol assay at this high range, these values indicate a marked cortisol stress response, perhaps higher than is observed in patients undergoing major surgery.2 Until now, data were not available to guide an evidence-based approach to tailor glucocorticoid stress regimens in patients with adrenal insufficiency and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Our data suggest that it is appropriate for patients with hypoadrenalism—a situation quite commonly encountered in the 3% of the population taking systemic glucocorticoid therapy5— to take or be given supplemental glucocorticoids at a high dose to prevent an acute adrenal crisis if they acquire a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Furthermore, we found that high cortisol concentrations were associated with increased mortality and a reduced median survival, probably because this is a marker of the severity of illness.6 In our cohort, cortisol seemed to be a better independent predictor than were other laboratory markers associated with COVID-19, such as CRP, D-dimer, and neutrophil to leukocyte ratio. Nonetheless, we note the following caveats. First, for simplicity's sake, this study confined itself to the analysis of a single baseline cortisol concentration measured within 48 h of hospital admission for COVID-19. Consequently, this analysis does not consider variations within and between individuals in the dynamics of cortisol response to stress, as we observed in our surgical series.2 Second, although we found that a cortisol concentration cutoff of more than 744 nmol/L was predictive of a reduced median survival, this finding is likely to differ with other cortisol assays. Third, any potential role for cortisol measurement at baseline and later during an inpatient stay with COVID-19 as a prognostic biomarker, either by itself or in combination with other biomarkers, will require validation in a prospective study.
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Use of glucocorticoids in patients with adrenal insufficiency and COVID-19 infection
April 2020
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340877260_Use_of_glucocorticoids_in_patients_with_adrenal_insufficiency_and_COVID-19_infection
... Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Glucocorticoids have both immune-stimulatory and -inhibitory effects. During the initial phase of viral infection, glucocorticoids prime the immune response to counteract foreign antigens. ...
... During the initial phase of viral infection, glucocorticoids prime the immune response to counteract foreign antigens. However, in the advanced phase of viral infection, blunting of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation may occur that may lead to glucocorticoid insufficiency in the critical illness setting. Given the widespread use of glucocorticoids and the possible risk to patients with adrenal insufficiency (AI), the Society for Downloaded by: Head, Collection Management. ...
... Those with AI who contract COVID-19 and require mechanical ventilation or are severely ill, should be dosed according to acute stress dosing guidelines (▶Table 2). Additionally, the use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis with heparin in patients receiving glucocorticoids is recommended, given the increased risk of thrombotic events in COVID-19. Furthermore, an increased risk to those with posterior pituitary deficits and electrolyte abnormalities has been logically speculated and the need to stock reasonable supplies emphasized. ...
... Despite social distancing and isolation measures, the number of affected patients is growing daily. Hyperinflammation and immunosuppression are prominently featured in COVID-19, resulting in a cytokine storm ultimately leading to development of micro-thrombosis and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). This cytokine storm is strongly associated with the development of interstitial pneumonia (IP); however, although lungs are the primarily targeted organs, the cardiovascular system is globally affected. ...
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COVID-19, hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis and clinical implications
April 28, 2020
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7186765/
2013
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627527/
Abstract
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Whites have a More Robust Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Response to a Psychological Stressor than Blacks
2007
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2253947/
Summary
Objective
Differences in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis response to stress may confer differences in susceptibility to a variety of diseases. We hypothesized that whites would differ from blacks in HPA axis response to a psychological stressor.
Design
Healthy subjects aged 18–30 were recruited from Baltimore, Maryland. At initial assessment, they completed psychometric tests measuring anxiety, mood, and personality. Subjects then participated in the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), which consisted of 10 min of public speaking and mental arithmetic exercises. Subjective anxiety was measured immediately pre- and post-TSST. Race effects on cortisol, adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH), and prolactin responses to the TSST were analyzed by GEE longitudinal analysis methods. The analysis controlled for gender, baseline hormone levels, socioeconomic factors, anxiety, mood, and dimensions of personality.
Results
Conclusions
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The Promise of Adult Stem Cells in Disease Management, Anti-Aging, and Life Extension
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/11/17/adult-stem-cells-therapy.aspx
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Adrenochrome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenochrome
Adrenochrome is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C9H9NO3 produced by the oxidation of adrenaline (epinephrine). The derivative carbazochrome is a hemostatic medication. Despite a similarity in chemical names, it is unrelated to chrome or chromium.
Legal status
Adrenochrome is unscheduled by the Controlled Substances Act in the United States. It is not an approved drug product by the Food and Drug Administration, and if produced as a dietary supplement it must comply with good manufacturing practice.
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Ellen Grills Sandra Bullock On ADREN0CHR0ME Usage - The NPC Show Clips
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHzVjkNdcc
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