Tag: PCR testing

Creating Pandemic Panic: A Simple Meat-and-Potatoes

Commentary While many things elevated the COVID-19 pandemic from mere disease into a world-altering narrative—statistics, media hype, the visuals of masking, lock-downs, etc.—the saga essentially rested on two basic metrics: Determining the scale of the outbreak measured predominantly by PCR tests and “COVID deaths” driving understanding of the disease’s severity as captured through death certificates….


Creating Pandemic Panic: A Simple Meat-and-Potatoes Recipe

Commentary While many things elevated the COVID-19 pandemic from mere disease into a world-altering narrative—statistics, media hype, the visuals of masking, lock-downs, etc.—the saga essentially rested on two basic metrics: Determining the scale of the outbreak measured predominantly by PCR tests and “COVID deaths” driving understanding of the disease’s severity as captured through death certificates….


More Than 140 Chinese Arrivals in Taiwan Test Positive for COVID-19

More than 140 Chinese passengers arriving in Taiwan on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). A total of 524 Chinese travelers arrived at Taoyuan International Airport on Jan. 1, according to the CECC. Of those, 146 passengers tested positive for COVID-19, representing a 27.8 percent positive rate, Focus…


PCR Tests No Longer a ‘Surveillance Tool’: Labor Government Hopes to Move Australia Away From ‘COVID Exceptionalism’

Access to PCR testing will be tightened as part of the Australian Labor government’s moves to transition the country away from “COVID exceptionalism.” On Dec. 12, the federal government launched its $2.8 billion National COVID-19 Health Management Plan for 2023 developed based on advice from the country’s Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly. The plan outlines how…


Contradictory COVID-19 Control Policies Cause Chaos Across China as Cases Surge

Reported cases of COVID-19 in China have hit record highs in recent days amid growing public discontent over the regime’s strict control measures. Meanwhile, the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to issue contradictory messages about when to loosen the restrictions, which analysts believe has caused chaos in the control of COVID-19 in various regions….


China’s COVID-19 Quarantine Facilities Like ‘Concentration Camps:’ Resident

A businessman in Tibet has blasted China’s communist party authorities for messing up in the region with its “zero-COVID” policies, describing China’s quarantine facilities as “concentration camps.” China’s ruling communist party (CCP) have imposed stringent COVID-19 lockdown measures in Tibet since early August. Xiao Wang (pseudonym) who has been doing business in Lhasa, the capital…