Lockdown agendas

[Gerard Zwaan]

Is lockdown useless? There was no lockdown in Sweden and Japan and the situation there is even better in many other countries. At the same time, the successful example of China is questionable due to data falsification. Human science is failing after failure. [and from another] The Zetas have indicated that lockdowns can be highly effective in the short term under the right circumstances and were in China, to name one place. The how, when and how long of such lockdowns are important. However, extended lockdowns become not only debatable, but more detrimental than beneficial. The Zetas have said a lot about how the whole C-19 pandemic has become highly politicized, while we, the common people, are un/misinformed and manipulated by officials and the media. Read through all the Zeta comments on the pandemic, going back 8 months or so. [and from another] How Japan Beat Coronavirus Without Lockdowns July 7, 2020 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-japan-beat-coronavirus-without-loc... A focus on contact tracing and ‘cluster busting’ has allowed us to avoid harmful economic restrictions. [and from another] No Lockdowns, but Sweden Seems to have Controlled the Covid-19 Pandemic October 1, 2020 https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/panorama/no-lockdowns-but-swed... The Swedes admit to making some mistakes, particularly in nursing homes, where the death toll was staggering. Indeed, comparative analyses show that Sweden’s death rate at the height of the pandemic in the spring far surpassed the rates in neighboring countries and was more protracted. The question is whether the country’s current low caseload, compared with sharp increases elsewhere, shows that it has found a sustainable balance, something that all Western countries are seeking eight months into the pandemic. [and from another] Crematorium data indicates China was lying about Covid-19 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/coronavirus-crematorium-data-indic... [and from another] Lockdown Reversal Shows that when Science Conflicts with Politics, WHO Chooses Politics October 12, 2020 https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/12/lockdown-reversal-shows-that-w... After pushing lockdowns around the world for months, the World Health Organization has reversed course. WHO’s special envoy on COVID-19 said “We really do appeal to all world leaders: stop using lockdown as your primary control method.” Our guess is that growing public opposition to the lockdowns, and news of a return to normal in places like Sweden, made WHO’s support for the measures untenable. There’s never been good evidence that lockdowns work. Yet only now has WHO decided to admit this. [and from another] Dr. Marc Siegel: “I’m so Happy to See WHO Warning against Coronavirus Lockdowns October 12, 2020 https://www.foxnews.com/health/dr-siegel-who-coronavirus-lockdowns-... Dr. David Nabarro, the WHO director general’s special envoy, said last week that the global body "do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus. “The only time we believe a lockdown is justified is to buy you time to reorganize, regroup, rebalance your resources, protect your health workers who are exhausted, but by and large, we’d rather not do it".

Lockdowns were effective early in the Covid-19 pandemic because there were not enough ventilators in hospitals for those that needed them. In the early months, proven antivirals were not available, and any vaccine months away. Now all that has changed. The key in a viral infection such as the flu, of which Covid-19 is a variant, is herd immunity. This is why the annual flu disappears after a few months. Herd immunity has been delayed in most countries because of lockdowns.

Sweden is the model showing what would happen if the world had not used lockdowns. Antivirals and ample ventilators were not available to Sweden, nor had they deployed a vaccine. They compare favorably to the other European countries, showing that lockdowns are only delaying herd immunity, not changing the spread or lifespan of Covid-19. Limited lockdowns or quarantines to slow the infection rate so that hospitals are not overwhelmed have been effective in this regard, but also only slowed the arrival of herd immunity.

Now with numerous effective antivirals available and many vaccines already deployed, and with an abundant inventory of ventilators, why have lockdowns? As we explained last month, those countries that are going into draconian lockdowns at this time are not doing so to limit Covid-19 infections, they are doing so to impose Martial Law because they were warned that the Nibiru cover-up would soon fail.  The elite in Europe never prepared for this, caring only for their own safety while they lied about Nibiru.

In the US, lockdowns are occurring in Democrat states trying to make President Trump look bad. The Democrats and Satanists who have infected them with their Moloch practices control the media and the pollsters. That Biden is winning is one big lie, a whopper. WHO is finally admitting the truth about lockdowns, reversing their stance, because they learned that President Trump will win by a landslide, and because the lack of US dollars, the 500 million withdrawn from WHO by President Trump, is hurting their operation. Why else would they reverse their stance?

Source: ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for October 31, 2020

[M. Difato]

New York underreported COVID-19 nursing home deaths by as much as 50%, AG report says

ALBANY — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday (January 28, 2021) released a searing report that found the state Department of Health underreported nursing home deaths related to the coronavirus by as much as 50 percent.

The 76-page report released Thursday morning follows a months-long investigation by the attorney general's office's into allegations of patient neglect and other conduct that jeopardized the health and safety of residents and employees, including information that nursing homes failed to properly isolate residents who tested positive for COVID-19 and demanded sick employees continue to work or face retaliation or termination.

Disputed number of nursing home deaths

The Office of the Attorney General's investigation into COVID-19 related nursing home deaths in New York found there were approximately 50% more deaths than publicly reported by the state Department of Health. The AG's figures include deaths of nursing home residents who were sent to the hospital and presumed COVID-19 deaths.

Nursing home deaths reported by Department of Health

1,229

Nursing home deaths reported by the Attorney General

1,914

Chart: Cathleen F. Crowley / Times Union Source: New York State Office of the Attorney General

Beyond the health department's undercounting of deaths, the investigation also found nursing homes' lack of compliance with infection-control protocols put residents at risk, and facilities that had lower pre-pandemic staffing ratings had higher COVID-19 fatality rates. James' office continues to investigate the allegations, including a deeper examination of practices at more than 20 nursing homes where reported conduct "presented particular concern."

"As the pandemic and our investigations continue, it is imperative that we understand why the residents of nursing homes in New York unnecessarily suffered at such an alarming rate," James said in a news release unveiling the report. "While we cannot bring back the individuals we lost to this crisis, this report seeks to offer transparency that the public deserves and to spur increased action to protect our most vulnerable residents."

In early March 2020, the office began receiving complaints of COVID-related neglect and on April 23, the attorney general set up a hotline to take complaints of abuse and neglect. According to James' office, the hotline received 770 complaints through Aug. 3 and another 179 complaints through Nov. 16.

The deeper investigations into specific nursing homes are as a result of preliminary findings which include:

• Insufficient personal protective equipment for nursing home staff.
• Insufficient COVID-19 testing for residents and staff during the early stages of the pandemic, which put residents at increased risk of harm.
• The current state reimbursement model gives a financial incentive to owners of for-profit nursing homes to transfer funds to related parties instead of investing in higher levels of staffing and equipment, instead increasing their bottom lines. 
• Lack of nursing home compliance with executive order requiring communication with family members.

The report also found that New York's guidance from March requiring admission of COVID-19 patients into nursing homes may have increased the risk of others at the congregate facilities contracting the virus, a notion that a state-commissioned, internal report released in last year dismissed as a possibility.

Source: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-underreported-COVI...

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[Juan F Martinez]

Turkey quarantines 4,600 people arriving from UK amid fears ‘highly contagious’ Covid strain will spread

Turkey’s health minister has confirmed that the authorities have quarantined thousands of airline passengers who arrived from the UK on and after December 14 as a new Covid strain sees Britain increasingly isolated.

In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that 4,603 people had been identified as entering the country from the UK since December 14 and were being made to isolate.

“As of December 14, all passengers arriving from England have been identified. The information of 4,603 passengers was transferred to the system and they were isolated in their residences and hotels,” Koca wrote.

“PCR tests of these passengers are carried out under the coordination of our General Directorate of Public Health,” he added.

The move to isolate all people entering Turkey from the UK comes after the authorities decided to suspend all flights from Britain as of December 20.

Koca said that all 335 people who arrived in the country the night before the travel ban came into force had been tested for Covid-19. Even those who tested negative would be required to isolate and will be tested again after seven days.

https://www.rt.com/news/510432-turkey-britain-covid19-travel-holiday/

[Juan F Martinez]

New Coronavirus Strain: VUI-202012/01 — What is the new Covid strain – and will vaccines work against it?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/19/what-is-the-new-covid...

[Juan F Martinez]

They say, timing is everything — But then they say, there is never a perfect time for anything.  Hmmm.

[Juan F Martinez]

Coronavirus: French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown until at least the end of November. 

Mr Macron said that under the new measures, starting on Friday, people would only be allowed to leave home for essential work or medical reasons.  Non-essential businesses, such as restaurants and bars, will close, but schools and factories will remain open.

Covid daily deaths in France are at the highest level since April. On Tuesday, 33,000 new cases were confirmed. Mr Macron said the country risked being "overwhelmed by a second wave that no doubt will be harder than the first".  Meanwhile, Germany will impose an emergency lockdown that is less severe but includes the closure of restaurants, gyms and theatres, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54716993