Tag: Omicron

Fourth COVID Booster Shot Now Recommended for Vulnerable Groups: Federal Panel

A panel advising the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on vaccines has recommended another COVID booster shot for certain vulnerable groups starting this month. “Evidence suggests that a fourth dose of an original monovalent COVID-19 vaccine provides an increase in vaccine effectiveness (VE) against infection,” wrote the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) in…


Prominent Virologist Criticizes CCP’s Coverup of COVID Data, Says Virus Could Have Mutated in China

Experts from outside China have been demanding the CCP provide more information regarding the pandemic in China amid the ongoing flare-up. China’s CDC announced a total of 72,596 deaths as of Jan. 19, since the recent wave of the pandemic last December. However, China’s overwhelmed hospitals and crematories across the country indicate a much higher…


Is XBB.1.5 the Worst Variant Yet?

Omicron XBB.1.5, also called the “Kraken” variant, is currently responsible for nearly 50 percent of new cases this month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned that XBB.1.5 could start a worldwide escalation in COVID-19 infections. However, it also noted that growth advantage estimates are only…


Moderna and Regulatory Agencies Caught Leaving out Bivalent Vaccine Data, Physicians Skeptical of Timing

Moderna and regulatory agencies did not present clinical data on bivalent shots at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) committee meetings in June and September 2022, respectively. Presentations to the FDA and CDC advisory committee excluded data from Moderna’s own clinical study that showed bivalent boosters may…


Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5 Could Be More Likely to Infect Vaccinated: NYC Health Officials

The Omicron XBB.1.5 variant of COVID-19 is more likely to infect individuals who have been vaccinated, according to New York City health officials. “Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for 73 percent of all sequenced COVID-19 cases in NYC. XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible form of COVID-19 that we know of to date and may be more…


Medical System in China’s Hebei Province Is Collapsing: Doctor

China’s northeastern province of Hebei, where Beijing and Tianjin are located, is overwhelmed by an explosive increase of COVID infections. A physician surnamed Chen told The Epoch Times on Dec. 31 that the medical system was inundated with COVID patients and was on the brink of collapse. ‘Worse Than Wuhan’ Chen said that the situation…


NTD Good Morning (Dec. 27): Southwest Airlines Cancellation Chaos; ‘White Lungs’ Reappear in China Covid Cases

Southwest Airlines canceled close to 3,000 flights on Dec. 26. Find out what travelers have to say about it as they try to navigate the cancellation chaos. Reports from Chinese hospitals are raising an unexpected concern. Is omicron to blame for the virus surge? Or is there a sub-variant spreading throughout the country. Katie Hobbs and…


Senior Academicians from Chinese Academy of Sciences and Engineering Die Amid COVID Wave

Reports of the death of prominent members of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) took a jump in December when the COVID wave swept through the country. CAS and CAE are the highest-ranked science and engineering organizations under the Chinese regime. Based on publicly available obituaries, nine academicians…


LIVE NOW: Leaked China Docs Estimate 250 Million COVID Cases in 20 Days; Country Overwhelmed as ‘China Model’ on Virus Fails

China is seeing a wave of COVID-19 outbreaks across the country, and high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are among the estimated 5,000 people dying each day. There are various speculations going around on why the death rates in China appear to be higher than other countries, particularly from the Omicron variant which was shown…


Leaked China Docs Estimate 250 Million COVID Cases in 20 Days; Country Overwhelmed as ‘China Model’ on Virus Fails

China is seeing a wave of COVID-19 outbreaks across the country, and high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are among the estimated 5,000 people dying each day. There are various speculations going around on why the death rates in China appear to be higher than other countries, particularly from the Omicron variant which was shown…