Why hasn’t the bird flu pandemic started? | Science | AAAS
Lessons: Masking, Lockdowns & The Next Pandemic
The Inevitable Next Pandemic
Stricter Covid mask rules could’ve saved hundreds of thousands of lives, new study finds
Stricter Covid mask rules could’ve saved hundreds of thousands of lives, new study finds - Restrictions in Northeastern states likely ‘saved many lives’ say researchers
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Personal protective effect of wearing surgical face masks in public spaces on self-reported respiratory symptoms in adults: pragmatic randomised superiority trial
Objective To evaluate the personal protective effects of wearing versus not wearing surgical face masks in public spaces on self-reported respiratory symptoms over a 14 day period. Design Pragmatic randomised superiority trial. Setting Norway. Participants 4647 adults aged ≥18 years: 2371 were assigned to the intervention arm and 2276 to the control arm. Interventions Participants in the intervention arm were assigned to wear a surgical face mask in public spaces (eg, shopping centres, streets, public transport) over a 14 day period (mask wearing at home or work was not mentioned). Participants in the control arm were assigned to not wear a surgical face mask in public places. Main outcome measures The primary outcome was self-reported respiratory symptoms consistent with a respiratory infection. Secondary outcomes included self-reported and registered covid-19 infection. Results Between 10 February 2023 and 27 April 2023, 4647 participants were randomised of whom 4575 (2788 women (60.9%); mean age 51.0 (standard deviation 15.0) years) were included in the intention-to-treat analysis: 2313 (50.6%) in the intervention arm and 2262 (49.4%) in the control arm. 163 events (8.9%) of self-reported symptoms consistent with respiratory infection were reported in the intervention arm and 239 (12.2%) in the control arm. The marginal odds ratio was 0.71 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.58 to 0.87; P=0.001) favouring the face mask intervention. The absolute risk difference was −3.2% (95% CI −5.2% to −1.3%; P
Hubris and planning for wrong type of pandemic: five takeaways from Covid inquiry verdict
The pandemic caused ‘grief, untold misery and economic turmoil’ which could have been cut if the UK had been better prepared, report states
Student Vaccine Mandates Are the Next Political Crisis
Leaders wrestle over whether requiring student Covid-19 shots will politicize other pediatric vaccines and embolden vaccine opponents.
Lockdowns & MandatesEfforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond to next emergency
A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic.
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A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic.
What the Data Says About Pandemic School Closures, Four Years Later - The New York Times
The more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind. And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.
Private lab finds carcinogen in common acne treatments
See, this is why you can trust vaccines - because independent labs are constantly doing the background work. It's not a grand conspiracy independent labs *worldwide, not random internet quacks, are constantly doing research and revalidating. It's what they do.
Federal government admits there were ‘unacceptable gaps’ in ArriveCan app management following auditor general report - NOW Toronto
This is a perfect example (and there are many) of post pandemic research and reviews - governments, researchers and studies willingly will admit faults *because they are made of people. People review, science reviews - nothing is hidden in some conspiratorial way. Because people are human and there is no grand conspiracy - if there was, someone with legitimate credibility would blow the whistle. Instead - all we see are quacks with little to no credibility. If they had any, legitimate professionals would take notice.
InherentlyMagenta's comment on "A Dubious Judgment on the Emergencies Act"
One of the best most concise explanations of the ruling I've seen.
Judge rules federal use of Emergencies Act to stop freedom convoy protests violated Charter Rights, but understands why it was ‘necessary’ - NOW Toronto
The federal government’s February 14, 2022 invoking of the Emergencies Act to clear so-called “Freedom Convoy” protests was unreasonable, Canada’s Federal Court has ruled.
(63) Canadian Federal Court finds Emergencies Act for trucker convoy violated Charter of Rights and Freedoms : news
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What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis? | Scientific American
The Cochrane Library, a trusted source of health information, misled the public by prioritizing rigor over reality
Public health experts excoriate Canada Covid response and call for inquiry
Country failed to collect and share data, masking issues and inequalities, according to editorial in British Medical Journal