2020 Corona Virus

[Mother]

I know people are tired of being locked down and TOLD what to do.  And there's something about spring coming that makes people want to get out and DO things.  I can understand that totally.  There are a lot of reasons I can think of for the PTB to be backing off on 'mandates'.  I just hope people are also responsible enough to realize it's still out there and some of us are more at risk than others and could still use their help at avoiding it.  

 

On a side note, in looking up the numbers from the 1918 pandemic it appears (according to the CDC) it's numbers were still much worse than this one.  It was estimated that over 500 million world wide became infected with the number of deaths estimated at 50 million worldwide. About 675 thousand of those deaths occurred in the US.  Compare that with 115,420,464 cases worldwide as of today and 2,562,917 deaths world wide with approximately 530,000 of those deaths occurring in the US.  Interesting. 

[Ambergris]

He's opening the state, dropping the mask rules, and announcing that the Covid rates are fixing to explode because of federal immigration policies--when Mexico has never had anywhere near the infection rate Texas has.

[Midnightmom]

3 hours ago, Ambergris said:

He's opening the state, dropping the mask rules, and announcing that the Covid rates are fixing to explode because of federal immigration policies--when Mexico has never had anywhere near the infection rate Texas has.

 

Lets be fair here. The "immigrants" are NOT Mexicans. And the ones that are coming to our borders are only passing through Mexico on their way here.

[Ambergris]

The trek is over 1100 miles through Mexico alone, meaning well over two weeks of walking for a healthy person.  In a recent testing binge for a caravan, less than I think thirty out of over 2000 or 3000 were found to test positive for Covid.  Remember hearing how "the cowards never started, and the weak died on the way?"  Well, the sick don't get far.

[Homesteader]

According to the CDC report released today, almost 80% of those who were hospitlized, on ventilators, or died from covid were either overweight or obese. The obese number was over 50%. News came through

CNBC.com.  There are a lot more reasons to stay healthy that we only discovering. 

[Ambergris]

Per the Business Insider, the tests are still showing available vaccines, this one focusing on Moderna, are significantly less effective against the South African variant.  Details here: https://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-variant-vaccines-pfizer-moderna-covid-vaccine-study-mutation-2021-3 

Only 21 countries are at the peak of their infection cycle. These include Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Ivory Coast, Botswana, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Finland, Hungary, and Mongolia. 

I'll get to the charts later today.

[Mother]

12 hours ago, Homesteader said:

According to the CDC report released today, almost 80% of those who were hospitlized, on ventilators, or died from covid were either overweight or obese. The obese number was over 50%.

I might be in trouble.   More reason to stick closer to my eating plan.... 

[Ambergris]

Countries reporting the most deaths each day, averaging 7 days' reports
USA 1,597  

BRAZIL 1,525 

MEXICO 682

RUSSIA 416 

ITALY 308

US deaths last week: 11,800 down 18.0% from the prior week

deaths in the last week in order of number of deaths

For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021

	DEATHS TO DATE		ONE-WEEK TOTAL
State	Total deaths	Per 100K	New deaths	Per 100K	1-wk chg.
California	54,225	137	2,010	5.1	–30.1%
Texas	45,527	157	1,496	5.2	–8.5%
Virginia	9,596	112	1,044	12.2	–14.5%
Florida	32,266	150	860	4.0	–11.5%
New York State	48,051	247	716	3.7	–10.5%
Georgia	17,906	169	611	5.8	+10.9%
Arizona	16,328	224	348	4.8	–26.7%
Pennsylvania	24,394	191	338	2.6	–18.8%
New Jersey	23,574	265	322	3.6	–18.3%
Massachusetts	16,417	238	299	4.3	+2.4%
North Carolina	11,502	110	290	2.8	+1.4%
Illinois	23,014	182	279	2.2	+3.7%
Missouri	8,471	138	243	4.0	+6.1%
South Carolina	8,754	170	224	4.4	+8.7%
Alabama	10,148	207	219	4.5	–35.0%
Ohio	17,502	150	205	1.8	–57.4%
Kentucky	4,819	108	182	4.1	–4.2%
Indiana	12,737	189	164	2.4	–18.4%
Michigan	16,658	167	150	1.5	–9.6%
Louisiana	9,748	210	140	3.0	–1.4%
Tennessee	11,547	169	136	2.0	–51.1%
Mississippi	6,808	229	127	4.3	–0.8%
Oklahoma	4,534	115	106	2.7	–57.1%
New Mexico	3,808	182	92	4.4	+0%
Wisconsin	7,106	122	92	1.6	–35.7%
Oregon	2,296	54	88	2.1	+66.0%
Iowa	5,558	176	87	2.8	–35.6%
Maryland	7,955	132	86	1.4	–44.2%
Washington	5,041	66	85	1.1	–36.6%
Connecticut	7,704	216	82	2.3	–17.2%
Nevada	5,037	164	80	2.6	–5.9%
Kansas	4,812	165	77	2.6	–36.4%
Arkansas	5,319	176	76	2.5	–166.7%
Minnesota	6,550	116	67	1.2	+31.4%
Delaware	1,473	151	51	5.2	–7.3%
Utah	1,976	62	41	1.3	–50.6%
Rhode Island	2,541	240	39	3.7	–69.0%
Colorado	5,989	104	38	0.7	–35.6%
Nebraska	2,113	109	31	1.6	–11.4%
Puerto Rico	2,062	65	26	0.8	–54.4%
West Virginia	2,325	130	25	1.4	–35.9%
Montana	1,381	129	24	2.2	+60.0%
Idaho	1,879	105	19	1.1	–44.1%
Alaska	305	42	15	2.1	+1400.0%
New Hampshire	1,184	87	14	1.0	–12.5%
Washington, D.C.	1,030	146	13	1.8	–40.9%
South Dakota	1,900	215	12	1.4	–52.0%
Wyoming	682	118	11	1.9	+22.2%
Hawaii	445	31	6	0.4	–33.3%
Vermont	208	33	4	0.6	–42.9%
North Dakota	1,449	190	4	0.5	–42.9%
Maine	706	53	3	0.2	–93.3%

 

deaths in the last week ordered by how hard they hit their state

For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021

	DEATHS TO DATE		ONE-WEEK TOTAL
State	Total deaths	Per 100K	New deaths	Per 100K	1-wk chg.
Virginia	9,596	112	1,044	12.2	–14.5%
Georgia	17,906	169	611	5.8	+10.9%
Texas	45,527	157	1,496	5.2	–8.5%
Delaware	1,473	151	51	5.2	–7.3%
California	54,225	137	2,010	5.1	–30.1%
Arizona	16,328	224	348	4.8	–26.7%
Alabama	10,148	207	219	4.5	–35.0%
South Carolina	8,754	170	224	4.4	+8.7%
New Mexico	3,808	182	92	4.4	+0%
Massachusetts	16,417	238	299	4.3	+2.4%
Mississippi	6,808	229	127	4.3	–0.8%
Kentucky	4,819	108	182	4.1	–4.2%
Florida	32,266	150	860	4.0	–11.5%
Missouri	8,471	138	243	4.0	+6.1%
New York State	48,051	247	716	3.7	–10.5%
Rhode Island	2,541	240	39	3.7	–69.0%
New Jersey	23,574	265	322	3.6	–18.3%
Louisiana	9,748	210	140	3.0	–1.4%
North Carolina	11,502	110	290	2.8	+1.4%
Iowa	5,558	176	87	2.8	–35.6%
Oklahoma	4,534	115	106	2.7	–57.1%
Pennsylvania	24,394	191	338	2.6	–18.8%
Nevada	5,037	164	80	2.6	–5.9%
Kansas	4,812	165	77	2.6	–36.4%
Arkansas	5,319	176	76	2.5	–166.7%
Indiana	12,737	189	164	2.4	–18.4%
Connecticut	7,704	216	82	2.3	–17.2%
Illinois	23,014	182	279	2.2	+3.7%
Montana	1,381	129	24	2.2	+60.0%
Oregon	2,296	54	88	2.1	+66.0%
Alaska	305	42	15	2.1	+1400.0%
Tennessee	11,547	169	136	2.0	–51.1%
Wyoming	682	118	11	1.9	+22.2%
Ohio	17,502	150	205	1.8	–57.4%
Washington, D.C.	1,030	146	13	1.8	–40.9%
Wisconsin	7,106	122	92	1.6	–35.7%
Nebraska	2,113	109	31	1.6	–11.4%
Michigan	16,658	167	150	1.5	–9.6%
Maryland	7,955	132	86	1.4	–44.2%
West Virginia	2,325	130	25	1.4	–35.9%
South Dakota	1,900	215	12	1.4	–52.0%
Utah	1,976	62	41	1.3	–50.6%
Minnesota	6,550	116	67	1.2	+31.4%
Washington	5,041	66	85	1.1	–36.6%
Idaho	1,879	105	19	1.1	–44.1%
New Hampshire	1,184	87	14	1.0	–12.5%
Puerto Rico	2,062	65	26	0.8	–54.4%
Colorado	5,989	104	38	0.7	–35.6%
Vermont	208	33	4	0.6	–42.9%
North Dakota	1,449	190	4	0.5	–42.9%
Hawaii	445	31	6	0.4	–33.3%
Maine	706	53	3	0.2	–93.3%

 

I'm not going to repeat the chart to show the order of the 14 states that showed a positive instead of a negative change.  In each case, the change was a minimal number of cases: fifteen or less, usually.  That's tragedy, not catastrophe.

number of people in hospitals (short version: it went down everywhere but Michigan and Wyoming, and stayed even in Wyoming) 

For the week ending Sunday, March 7, 2021

	CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED
State	Avg. this week	Per 100K	1-wk chg.
United States	43,675	13	–15.7%
Texas	5,248	18	–19.1%
New York State	5,136	26	–9.4%
California	4,901	12	–23.9%
Florida	3,512	16	–11.2%
Georgia	2,195	21	–14.2%
New Jersey	1,877	21	–5.8%
Pennsylvania	1,621	13	–14.4%
Virginia	1,269	15	–14.5%
North Carolina	1,261	12	–15.5%
Illinois	1,214	10	–14.8%
Arizona	1,093	15	–22.4%
Ohio	1,009	9	–20.8%
Missouri	1,008	16	–15.4%
Michigan	873	9	+5.1%
Maryland	859	14	–8.6%
Tennessee	837	12	–12.7%
Massachusetts	732	11	–12.3%
Indiana	714	11	–10.3%
South Carolina	683	13	–25.6%
Kentucky	640	14	–22.8%
Louisiana	573	12	–15.7%
Alabama	562	12	–22.8%
Mississippi	442	15	–16.8%
Connecticut	433	12	–12.3%
Washington	424	6	–5.6%
Nevada	420	14	–21.0%
Oklahoma	420	11	–26.8%
Arkansas	386	13	–25.6%
Colorado	368	6	–12.1%
Wisconsin	267	5	–20.7%
Utah	240	8	–6.9%
Minnesota	233	4	–11.8%
Kansas	206	7	–11.6%
West Virginia	200	11	–26.6%
Iowa	181	6	–13.0%
New Mexico	180	9	–23.8%
Washington, D.C.	165	23	–14.5%
Puerto Rico	152	5	–22.7%
Rhode Island	148	14	–14.1%
Nebraska	147	8	–9.4%
Oregon	138	3	–20.4%
Idaho	136	8	–4.0%
Delaware	130	13	–21.8%
New Hampshire	87	6	–12.8%
South Dakota	84	10	–10.9%
Montana	69	7	–11.5%
Maine	69	5	–14.7%
Alaska	29	4	–32.3%
Hawaii	28	2	–20.0%
Vermont	25	4	–14.9%
Wyoming	23	4	+0%
North Dakota	22	3	–17.5%

 

 

[Ambergris]

This is a chart of daily reports of new cases in the US, last updated March 3, with the red line being a running seven-day average:

[Ambergris]

The view of the forest, not just the tree of the week, is important because even though we have had an up here and there, the overall trend  is still down.   I don't think the ninety three, ninety four thousand people a month we had dying in December and January is coming back unless we have a massive mutation or civil unrest.  March's numbers are only a little worse than the end of February's when they are bad, and are better when they are good.

[Ambergris]

 

 

 

The Lockdown Across Europe
Ross McGuinness
Mon, March 15, 2021, 10:00 AM

ITALY
Italy's lockdown comes as a number of countries suspend the rollouts of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine over fears the jab is linked to blood clots.  Infections in Italy increased by 10% last week, leading the country back into lockdown from Monday. Schools and shops are closed in more than half of the country, including Rome and Milan, while there will be a national shutdown over Easter from 3 to 5 April. Prime minister Mario Draghi announced on Friday that Italy would return to lockdown, meaning people must stay at home except for work, health or essential reasons.  Coronavirus cases have been rising for the past six weeks, reaching more than 25,000 a day.  Seven of the country’s 20 regions have been moved to its most severe tier of restrictions – red – including Lombardy and Lazio comprising Milan and Rome.

Three-quarters of Italians entered a strict lockdown as the government put in place restrictive measures to fight the rise of COVID-19 infections.  Italy went back into lockdown on Monday as Europe battles a third wave of coronavirus infections. It is one of the European countries that has been worst hit by coronavirus, with more than 100,000 deaths, a figure second only to the UK. 

GERMANY

At the start of this month, Angela Merkel announced plans to extend lockdown until 28 March at the earliest while, crucially, easing some restrictions at the same time.  As a result, some schools as well as businesses such as florists and hairdressers have been allowed to reopen. It was also announced that regions with low infection rates could unlock more quickly.  However, since then, infections have climbed with the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases now warning that the number of daily reported cases could exceed 30,000 in the 14th week of the year starting April 12.  The death toll from the virus in Germany stands at 73,301, with a reported 2,558,455 infections. Frustration about the ongoing lockdown and the slow pace of vaccinations has also been denting support for Chancellor Angela Merkel. Leaders are due to meet again on March 22 to discuss whether any further relaxation of the rules is possible.

PORTUGAL

At the other end of the scale, Portugal has slowly emerged from a two-month lockdown that saw it, at one point, have the highest death rate on the continent. From today, nurseries, pre-schools and primary schools will reopen, as well as hair salons and book shops. Restaurants will only be allowed to open their doors in May. The measures to ease the lockdown will be revaluated every 15 days,

CZECH REPUBLIC

According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been more than 1.4 million coronavirus cases and more than 23,300 deaths in the Czech Republic.  Last month, prime minister Andrej Babis warned of "hellish days ahead".  At the beginning of this month, its government announced a three-week lockdown until 21 March.  Residents have been told to remain at home except for essential travel and are banned from moving between districts, apart from for work.  The only shops that can open are supermarkets, pharmacies, opticians and florists.  The restrictions follow a state of emergency that has been declared for 30 days between 27 February and 28 March.

FRANCE

At the beginning of this month, French president Emmanuel Macron said a current nationwide curfew would remain in place for another four to six weeks.  Under the restriction, people in France must stay at home from 6pm to 6am. An 8pm curfew was brought in across the country on 15 December but was brought forward to 6pm a month later. An end date for the measure has not yet been set.   On Sunday, France reported more than 26,000 new daily cases of coronavirus, while the country has had more than 90,000 deaths. Prime minister Jean Castex said on Sunday the country must do everything it can to avoid another nationwide lockdown.

GREECE

On Friday, the government announced that all schools would close nationwide. It also placed three more regions in Greece in its top red tier for COVID-19 restrictions.

Greece has a current average of about 2,100 new daily cases of coronavirus. A lockdown in Athens has been extended until 22 March. Non-essential shops are also closed and curfews have been in force in Athens and other red zones since February. Greece has had more than 221,000 cases of coronavirus and more than 7,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.  However, it has already started inviting Britons to book their summer holidays there.

SPAIN

A six-month state of alarm is currently in place and is set to run until 9 May.  It allows Spain’s regional governments to introduce their own restrictions, including curfews.

However, Spain’s health minister Carolina Darias said last Friday that the state of alarm could be extended. The state of alarm imposed a nationwide curfew between 11pm and 6am, although regions can alter these times by one hour.  Last week, Spain announced strict measures on travelling between regions over the Easter period from 26 March to 9 April.

 

 

+++++++++++++++++

 

Did anyone blink and wonder if these paragraphs were taken out of a 2020 article?  But no, this is 2021.  

This is bad news, because the health information in Europe is generally better than the health information in the US.  That said, the information has to be considered in the understanding that health care is a political tool there, a tool to obtain power (and thereby indirectly obtain profit) where here it is a tool to obtain profit very directly.  So.  You have to keep the masses of the patients alive to wring money out of them either way.  They don't like this vaccine, and would rather shut down their countries than use it.  The US would rather use it than shut down.  Take from that what you will.

[Jeepers]

Thanks for the report. I've been too busy with other things to notice what is going on in other parts of the world. It seems like we, as a whole, haven't progressed very much in a year. One step forward and two steps back. Nice to see we aren't the only ones leery of the vax.

 

I am wondering why florist shops and book shops are considered necessary to be open.

[Mother]

Ambergris, thank you so much for your continued updates.  I'm not sure how you always manage to pull all this information together for us but I am grateful that you can.  Being able to look at this from a world wide view will give us all a chance to see the bigger picture and perhaps make better informed decisions for ourselves and our families.  

 

Jeepers, I'm wondering if perhaps the florist shops are opened because they are lumped together with nurseries and greenhouses and the governments believe people are going to need to garden because of the worsening economy.  And the book shops and libraries could serve the same purpose as education.  And truthfully, flowers and books are known soothers and could be considered part of the emotional and mental health treatments? 

 

This article (and many other similar ones I've read and seen) has me reassessing our preps and our actions once again. 

[Homesteader]

2 hours ago, Mother said:

I'm wondering if perhaps the florist shops are opened because they are lumped together with nurseries and greenhouses and the governments believe people are going to need to garden because of the worsening economy. 

 

People also need the florist shops for funerals. I know it's dreadful, but when we can't have funerals, at least the family can receive flowers in time for the church services. 

[Jeepers]

Good an answer as any ladies.

 

I watch funerals online from my hometown funeral home.    I have noticed a few flowers or potted plants but they are usually purchased through the funeral home in the 'gift' shop area. And there has always been a spray. That funeral home always held funerals. They really space people out, except on the front row, and everyone wears a mask except the ones talking at the podium. Could be they are lumped florists with nurseries. 

 

I don't know about book stores. Libraries closed so maybe that is why. Libraries are free though. I really really miss Borders.

 

 

One other little tidbit I noticed is nearly all of the hymns played are by Alan Jackson. 

 

Edited March 17, 2021 by Jeepers
Added An FYI

[Ambergris]

Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, and West Virginia are reporting at least a 10% average increase in infection rates over the past month.  Of those, Delaware, Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon and West Virginia report an increase of at least 25% over seven days.

Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming report about the same level of infection.

The other roughly one-third of states report falling infection rates.

 

New York City now has its own variant.  B.1.526 began showing up in samples collected in New York City in November (!) and is now also found in California.

[Mother]

2/3 the same or higher, 1/3 falling infections.  So what are those states doing or not doing that has them with lower rates?  Perhaps we need to find out.  

 

Illinois is starting to open a little at a time with some schools beginning to open. Masks are still required in public places and at gatherings.  I follow the county infection rate and some are a lot lower than others.  Iowa just opened almost totally and parents are given choices about school.  Masks are not mandated but individual cities or localities, stores, and businesses can still require them. 

[Ambergris]

 

 

Paris just changed course, will be in Lockdown as of Friday Midnight

article by Benoit Van Overstraeten and Richard Lough
Thu, March 18, 2021, 1:12 PM

PARIS (Reuters) - France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President Emmanuel Macron to shift course.

Since late January, when he defied the calls of scientists and some in his government to lock the country down, Macron has said he would do whatever it took to keep the euro zone's second largest economy as open as possible.  However, this week he ran out of options just as France and other European countries briefly suspended use of the AstraZenca vaccine.

His prime minister, Jean Castex, said France was in the grip of a third wave, with the virulent variant first detected in Britain now accounting for some 75% of cases. Intensive care wards are under severe strain, notably in Paris where the incidence rate surpasses 400 infections in every 100,000 inhabitants.  "The epidemic is getting worse. Our responsibility now is to not let it escape our control," Castex told a news conference.

France reported 35,000 new cases on Thursday and there were more COVID patients in intensive care in Paris than at the peak of the second wave,

Now was the time to tighten restrictions, Castex said.  "Four weeks, the time required for the measures to generate a sufficient impact. (It is) the time we need to reach a threshold in the vaccination of the most vulnerable."

The lockdowns will kick in from Friday at midnight in France' 16 hardest-hit departments that, with the exception of one on the Mediterranean, form a corridor from the northern Channel port city of Calais to the capital.

Barbers, clothing stores and furniture shops will have to close, though bookstores and others selling essential goods can stay open. Schools will stay open and people will be allowed to exercise outdoors within a 10 km (6.2 miles) radius of their homes. Travel out of the worst-hit areas will not permitted without a compelling reason.

"Go outdoors, but not to party with friends," the prime minister said.

TOO LATE?

Castex said France would resume inoculations with the AstraZeneca vaccine now that the European Medicines Agency had confirmed it was safe.  (Emphasis by Ambergris... this is a 180 degree change in the course of a couple of days--and is one reason we write things down.) 

Seeking to shore up public confidence in the Anglo-Swedish vaccine, critical if France is to hit its targets, Castex said he would get the shot on Friday.  "I am confident public trust in the vaccine will be restored," he said, though he acknowledged it might take time.

Although Macron stopped short of ordering a nationwide lockdown, the lockdowns may be extended to other regions if needed and may yet slow the country's economic recovery.  The Paris region is home to nearly one fifth of the population and accounts for 30% of economic activity.  A nationwide nightly curfew in place since mid-December remains in place, though it will start an hour later, at 7 p.m.  The government had no regrets about not locking down earlier, Castex said.

"It was the right decision in January. We would have had an unbearable three-month lockdown. We did well not to do so."

Not everyone agrees. In the intensive care unit of a private hospital on the edge of Paris, doctors expressed resignation at having once again to deal with overloaded wards. "We're back here again," said ward chief Abdid Widad.  Health Minister Olivier Veran said some hospitals would start using monoclonal antibodies which are synthetically manufactured copies of infection-fighting proteins, on certain patients at high risk of progressing to severe illness.

[Mt_Rider]

Am I understanding correctly?  Some countries are going into lock-down BECAUSE of poor turnout of vaxx?

 

 

 

Is this a "Vaxx or we'll torture you with lockdown?"

 

MtRider     

[Annarchy]

 

 

7 hours ago, Mt_Rider said:

Is this a "Vaxx or we'll torture you with lockdown

I don’t recall where exactly I heard this.... ‘...they will be issuing passports, ID’s, etc. for people who get the vaccine, in order to travel and meet together...’. 
 

MIL’s CoC are going to resume their, in-person meetings, with only vaccinated members.  I overheard her asking if she would not be allowed to go, because she can not take it.  IDK how they responded.  She said the members who have received it, have gotten really sick, and still haven’t completely recovered.

[Homesteader]

.... or if you want surgeries in the future, you have to be vaxxed?     This will never end in a civil manner. 

[Ambergris]

The US, Britain, Israel, and I think one or two other countries I would need to look up are down by more than 80% on reported infections (note I am using the phrase reported, because that means these are soft statistics) from the mid-January peak.  While these countries continue to do well, overall, the rest of the world has hit what they call the fourth wave.  India is reporting more than twice the cases it reported in mid-February, when the overall worldwide downturn ended --so far.  Italy is reporting almost twice the cases this week that it reported in mid-February (which is still less than mid-January).

Edited March 19, 2021 by Ambergris

[Ambergris]

13 hours ago, Mt_Rider said:

Am I understanding correctly?  Some countries are going into lock-down BECAUSE of poor turnout of vaxx?

 

 

 

Is this a "Vaxx or we'll torture you with lockdown?"

 

MtRider     

That's what it sounds like.

[Mt_Rider]

Quoting  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Israeli lawmakers have passed legislation that could see the government make it mandatory for all citizens entering the country to wear a tracking device.

The law says that Israelis returning to the country who have not had a vaccine can isolate at home so long as they accept a ‘freedom bracelet’, a GPS device that will track their every movement to ensure they do not break quarantine rules.

Anyone who hasn’t had a shot, or already had coronavirus and subsequently twice tested negative, and does not accept the tracking bracelet will be forced to undergo quarantine in a military manned facility.

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https://summit.news/2021/03/18/israel-passes-law-to-mandate-freedom-tracking-bracelets/

 

 

So....what are opinions on this?  Just during COVID quarantine upon reentering Israel......??

 

MtRider    

[Midnightmom]

On 3/18/2021 at 2:48 PM, Ambergris said:

Health Minister Olivier Veran said some hospitals would start using monoclonal antibodies which are synthetically manufactured copies of infection-fighting proteins, on certain patients at high risk of progressing to severe illness.

Why isn't anybody using the antibodies found in the blood of those who have had this disease - and recovered from it - to create a vaccine??? That is one that I could probably trust enough to take.