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covid-19_pandemic:national_case_studies [2022/01/04 15:50]
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covid-19_pandemic:national_case_studies [2022/01/12 17:05] (current)
robert [Europe]
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 While the **COVID-19 pandemic national case studies** were begun at the [[:Rounding the Earth]] [[:substack]], users are encouraged to continue to compile and summarize. While the **COVID-19 pandemic national case studies** were begun at the [[:Rounding the Earth]] [[:substack]], users are encouraged to continue to compile and summarize.
  
 +This is a quick 2-minute march through the pre- and post-vaccine rollout deaths in forty countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.  
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 +{{ :covid-19_pandemic:post-vax_death_stats.mp4 |}}
 ===== Africa ===== ===== Africa =====
  
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 ===Uganda=== ===Uganda===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/ugandas-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/ugandas-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Uganda's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
 ====Southern Africa==== ====Southern Africa====
  
 ===South Africa=== ===South Africa===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/south-africas-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/south-africas-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|South Africa's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
 December 22, 2021: In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j2LSjtxkm4 | Unherd interview]], Brian Pottinger, former publisher and editor of the South Africa Sunday Times, discusses the large-scale vaccine hesitancy in South Africa. They are at around 40% vaccinated, and the programme has come to "a screeching halt", leaving the government with warehouses full of does about to expire. The fragility of South Africa and the relatively recent apartheid history makes the prospect of vaccine passports, or mandatory vaccinations, a very fraught decision. December 22, 2021: In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j2LSjtxkm4 | Unherd interview]], Brian Pottinger, former publisher and editor of the South Africa Sunday Times, discusses the large-scale vaccine hesitancy in South Africa. They are at around 40% vaccinated, and the programme has come to "a screeching halt", leaving the government with warehouses full of does about to expire. The fragility of South Africa and the relatively recent apartheid history makes the prospect of vaccine passports, or mandatory vaccinations, a very fraught decision.
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 +December 23, 2021: Guidance is issued by the South African Department of Heath that essentially brings to an end all contact tracing, all quarantine measures, and isolation for the asymptomatic (even if they test positive).((https://sacoronavirus.co.za/2021/12/24/circular-revision-to-contact-tracing-quarantine-and-isolation-protocols-23-12-2021/))
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 +December 30, 2021: The above is reversed, following an outcry, and (possibly) international pressure. Well, that didn't last long!((https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/south-africa-reinstates-covid-contact-tracing-quarantine-requirements-2678875))
  
 =====Asia===== =====Asia=====
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 ===Bahrain=== ===Bahrain===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/bahrains-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/bahrains-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Bahrain's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
 ===Turkey=== ===Turkey===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/turkeys-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/turkeys-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Turkey's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
 ====Southeast Asia==== ====Southeast Asia====
  
 ===Singapore=== ===Singapore===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/singapores-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/singapores-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Singapore's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
 ===Vietnam=== ===Vietnam===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/vietnams-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/vietnams-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Vietnam's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
 =====Europe===== =====Europe=====
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 +**Mixed messages as the narrative starts to shift (collapse?).**
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 +{{:covid-19_pandemic:eu_boosters_after_three_months.jpg?400|}}
 +{{ :covid-19_pandemic:eu_-_boosters_weaken_people.jpg?400|}}
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 ====Western Europe==== ====Western Europe====
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 Here is a recommended [[https://orf.at/corona/daten/oesterreich | Covid dashboard]] for Austria. Here is a recommended [[https://orf.at/corona/daten/oesterreich | Covid dashboard]] for Austria.
  
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 +===Israel===
 +Professor Ehud Qimron, head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tel Aviv University and one of the leading Israeli immunologists, has written an open letter sharply criticizing the Israeli – and indeed global – management of the coronavirus pandemic. “Ministry of Health, it’s time to admit failure”((https://swprs.org/professor-ehud-qimron-ministry-of-health-its-time-to-admit-failure/))
 ====Eastern Europe==== ====Eastern Europe====
  
 ===Bulgaria=== ===Bulgaria===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/bulgarias-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/bulgarias-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Bulgaria's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
  
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 ===Costa Rica=== ===Costa Rica===
-https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/costa-ricas-tale-of-covid-19-medicine+[[https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/costa-ricas-tale-of-covid-19-medicine|Costa Rica's Tale of COVID-19 Medicine]]
  
  
-====Antarctica====+=====Antarctica=====
  
 On December 30, 2021, the Calgary Herald carried [[https://calgaryherald.com/news/world/covid-outbreak-at-remote-antarctic-station-among-fully-vaccinated-researchers-like-horror-movie-plot | a story]] regarding a major Covid-19 outbreak in a research station in Antarctica. All 25 researchers were fully vaccinated and one had a booster shot. Before leaving for the station, they had PCR tests in Belgium two hours before flying to South Africa. In Cape Town they quarantined for 10 days and took another PCR test. A further test was needed when leaving for Antarctica and a final one five days after that. Despite all these measures, two thirds later tested positive for the virus. How??? On December 30, 2021, the Calgary Herald carried [[https://calgaryherald.com/news/world/covid-outbreak-at-remote-antarctic-station-among-fully-vaccinated-researchers-like-horror-movie-plot | a story]] regarding a major Covid-19 outbreak in a research station in Antarctica. All 25 researchers were fully vaccinated and one had a booster shot. Before leaving for the station, they had PCR tests in Belgium two hours before flying to South Africa. In Cape Town they quarantined for 10 days and took another PCR test. A further test was needed when leaving for Antarctica and a final one five days after that. Despite all these measures, two thirds later tested positive for the virus. How???
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