International COVID-19 Updates & Discussion 3

[Paulsie]

People DO live there. Granted, a fraction of those living along the coastal areas, obviously. I just think people sometimes forget just how insanely big Australia actually is (only 1.3 times smaller than the US). So not really accurate to dismiss it as an "island".

Based on the number of people living on this continent, it is really just a big village.

Easy to close off village.

 

[Cage Rattler]

Oxford University risk calculator... https://qcovid.org/Calculation

 

[surface]

India vaccinated 7.5 million in a day. Need about 9 million every day to finish vaccination by 2021.

Covid-19: India's vaccinations hit record with free shots | News24

India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that killed hundreds of thousands.

www.news24.com

 

[Gordon_R]

India vaccinated 7.5 million in a day. Need about 9 million every day to finish vaccination by 2021.

Covid-19: India's vaccinations hit record with free shots | News24

India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that killed hundreds of thousands.

www.news24.com

Politics, manipulation, misinformation:

India Covid: What are the claims around the 'free vaccine' policy?

India has given out a record eight million vaccine doses in a single day - we've put that into context.

www.bbc.com

Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, tweeted that the eight million jabs was the highest number of doses administered in a single day globally.

But that's not correct as China holds the record for administering the highest number of doses in a single day, going by figures compiled by Our World in Data.

It gave out 20.8 million doses on 21 June, and has also been ramping up its vaccination programme.

But it is worth noting that vaccine doses administered in some states had dropped noticeably in the days leading up to 21 June.

In Madhya Pradesh, the numbers dropped significantly by 82% from 13-16 June and 17-20 June.

In Haryana, vaccine administration dropped by 22% between 15-17 June and 18-20 June before it achieved the highest single-day record.

 

[bwana]

Politics, manipulation, misinformation:

India Covid: What are the claims around the 'free vaccine' policy?

India has given out a record eight million vaccine doses in a single day - we've put that into context.

www.bbc.com

Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, tweeted that the eight million jabs was the highest number of doses administered in a single day globally.

Where does the Indian Health Minister's tweet say globally? Seems to me it's nothing more than a record for India?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1406979870026985480

 

[Gordon_R]

Where does the Indian Health Minister's tweet say globally?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1406979870026985480

I didn't say that, but India and China have roughly the same population, so that puts their relative efforts into perspective.

 

[bwana]

I didn't say that, but India and China have roughly the same population, so that puts their relative efforts into perspective.

What you said was Politics, manipulation, misinformation - who was that directed towards?

As far as I'm concerned 8 million doses in a single day is still quite an achievement.

 

[surface]

I didn't say that, but India and China have roughly the same population, so that puts their relative efforts into perspective.

BBC article got it wrong though. I didn't see 'globally' reference yet. Claim is made in context of India afaik.

 

[Charlesjjm]

Where does the Indian Health Minister's tweet say globally? Seems to me it's nothing more than a record for India?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1406979870026985480

You quoted a tweet from the prime minister.

This is what the health minister said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1407195910048686080

 

[bwana]

You quoted a tweet from the prime minister.

This is what the health minister said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1407195910048686080

Thanks. I didn’t see that tweet on the bbc article.

EDIT: Why didn't the bbc reference that tweet in the article?

 

[Mortymoose]

Read an eyewitness report from a person I know very well who reckons to the group that it's chaos up in Windhoek, people dying in hospital carparks whilst others run around the city looking oxygen.,....

Namibia has seen a massive spike and the idiot president was quoted yesterday as saying "We did'nt expect this!"

Same guy that has yet to be vaccinated whilst telling the rest of the nation to get vaccinated ,

Small country, Small pop, we all know each other and everyone knows someone who has died.

It's only gonna get worse for a few weeks...

 

[andydinsmore]

You quoted a tweet from the prime minister.

This is what the health minister said:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1407195910048686080

Gladdening (is that a word?) or appalling if the link below is to be taken seriously. Dr. Peter McCullough is to my mind a respected source and he apparently claims (I have not yet had time to watch the whole embedded clip) that CDC and CMS whistle-blowers have told him that some 50,000 deaths have already occurred as a result of the vaccination program in the US. I am astonished if this is true. I will give it my full attention this evening.

Behind the vaccine veil: Doctor cites ‘whistleblowers’ inside CDC who claim injections have already killed 50,000 Americans

The most highly cited physician on the early treatment of COVID-19 has come out with an explosive new video that blows the lid off the medical establishment’s complicity in the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. (Article by Leo Hohmann republished from LeoHohmann.com) Dr...

www.pandemic.news

 

[Dave]

Dr. Peter McCullough is to my mind a respected source and he apparently claims

Says more about the state of your mind than much else.

US cardiologist makes false claims about Covid-19 vaccination

Video of a cardiologist claiming that there is no reason for healthy people under the age of 50 or those who have recovered from Covid-19 to be vaccinated against the virus has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on social media. But medical experts say younger people should be inoculated...

factcheck.afp.com

 

[Geoff.D]

Talk about "gooi n klip in die bos"

Now, this is fighting talk alright!

 

[Charlesjjm]

Thanks. I didn’t see that tweet on the bbc article.

EDIT: Why didn't the bbc reference that tweet in the article?

Maybe that 86 lakh confused them? ...

 

[Gordon_R]

Maybe that 86 lakh confused them? ...

Very few people outside the Indian sub-continent are familiar with their lakh 10^5 and crore 10^7 numbering system (different from our million 10^6).

 

[Cage Rattler]

Highly vaxxed Israel .. things going a bit pear-shaped of late...

 

[Geoff.D]

Highly vaxxed Israel .. things going a bit pear-shaped of late...

Data?

 

[Gordon_R]

What you said was Politics, manipulation, misinformation - who was that directed towards?

As far as I'm concerned 8 million doses in a single day is still quite an achievement.

Half of the doses being given to Indians were previously sold and paid for by other countries. The Indian PM unilaterally blocked exports of vaccines, so those other countries (including SA) have been left in the lurch. A few weeks earlier the health minister had announced that India had 'conquered' the virus. This revocation was probably justified given their 2nd wave, but undermines this so-called achievement.

24 March:

Coronavirus: India temporarily halts Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine exports

The doses are needed for the country's own rollout amid a rise in cases, officials tell the BBC.

www.bbc.com

19 Apr:

Covid-19: How India failed to prevent a deadly second wave

India's government and parts of the media ignored warnings about a rising wave of cases, experts say.

www.bbc.com

 

[Brawler]

Highly vaxxed Israel .. things going a bit pear-shaped of late...

Israel COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer

Israel Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline.

www.worldometers.info

I don't see it?