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Ah here.

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The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) did not have the legal authority to impose a mask mandate for airline, bus and train passengers, and that the government broke the law by doing it without first seeking public comment, a federal judge has ruled

Last night/this morning.

Via The Guardian:

A federal judge in Florida has struck down Joe Biden’s national mask mandate covering airplanes, airports and other public transportation, prompting the White House to announce the rule would not be enforced while federal agencies decide how to respond to the judge’s order.

The ruling appeared to free operators to make their own decisions about mask requirements, with several airlines announcing they would drop mandates, but other transport networks including the New York City subway planning to keep them in place.

The mandate was overturned on Monday by the US district judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, who judged the rule as exceeding the authority of US health officials in the coronavirus pandemic.

She added that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had failed to justify its decision and did not follow proper rule-making procedures.

US judge strikes down Biden mask mandate for planes and trains (The Guardian)

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In fairness.

NBC

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Good grief.

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Last night/this morning.

Shanghai, China.

Via Al Jazeera:

Shanghai has eased a punishing citywide lockdown that it imposed to break a surge in cases that is the biggest test of China’s two-year strategy to stamp out the disease wherever it appears.

Authorities in Shanghai introduced the three-tier disease control system, allowing residents in areas where no cases have been reported for 14 days to leave their homes so long as they follow health protocols and remain in their sub-district.

Those living in areas where no cases have been confirmed for seven days are allowed to collect food deliveries or take a walk at a designated time and location.

Shanghai tweaks lockdown rules amid COVID-19 surge (Al Jazeera)

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Gulp.

Yesterday.

‘The Footy Show‘ on Australia’s Channel 9.

The first mainstream discussion on a possible link between the covid vaccine and the spate of cardiac issues among elite athletes.

KN writes:

Well, it’s start…(@1:06:18 )…

Fight!

Brownlow medallist speaks after Footy Show stars’ shock medical claim (News.com.aus)

Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine in Trinity College Dublin

Yesterday.

Via Extra Live:

The European Centre for Disease Control and the European Medicines Agency’s Covid-19 task force has concluded that it is too early to consider using a fourth dose of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines in the general population.

However, both agencies have agreed that a fourth dose (or second booster) can be given to adults 80 years of age and above, after reviewing data on the higher risk of severe Covid-19 in this age group and the protection provided by a fourth dose.

Whole population ‘likely’ to get booster in autumn (Extra Live)

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‘At the moment we’re focusing all our efforts on vaccination. And NIAC’s advice so far has been sound. So I think it’s not unreasonable to look at giving a fourth dose to people who are at higher risk of getting severe COVID if they do get [the virus].

‘I suppose what we do have is that vaccines are really very safe. So if you’re thinking of an intervention like a fourth dose, the worst case scenario is that you give someone a vaccine that they didn’t 100% need — that’s not a particularly high-risk thing to do.

‘We can [also] see on the ground that immunity to coronaviruses like SARS-CoV2 wanes very rapidly. So I think, realistically, we are looking at the possibility of a fourth dose in the Autumn.’

Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine in Trinity College Dublin

Hmm.

Protection against infection offered by fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose wanes quickly, Israeli study finds (CNN)

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Ah here.

This morning.

Via Paul Cullen in The Irish Times:

Patients with Covid-19 face an increased risk of serious blood clots up to six months after being infected, according to new research.

There is an increased risk of pulmonary embolism – a blood clot in the lung – up to six months after infection, the study by Swedish researchers indicates.

For deep vein thrombosis – a blood clot in the leg – there is an increased risk for up to three months and for bleeding events up to two months, they found.

From the records of more than one million people with Covid-19 and four million who were not infected, the researchers identified 401 patients who had the disease and suffered a deep vein thrombosis, and 267 cases in the control group…

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The study is observational, so the researchers cannot establish cause. They also note limitations such as possible underdiagnosis of clotting, limited testing for Covid and the non-availability of information on vaccination.

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Risk of blood clots rises in Covid-19 patients, Swedish study finds (Paul Cullen, Irish Times)

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New research may help shed light on a rare but serious blood-clotting problem associated with the COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson….

Rare vaccine-related blood clots tied to gene (EuroNews)

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Gulp.

This morning.

What are those men doing?

Pause.

RUN!

New Omicron hybrid found to be even more infectious – so what do we know so far about it? (Eilish O’Regan, Independent.ie)

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Channel 4 News in Shanghai, China.

Hardcore.

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ITV News.

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GB News.

Via Mark Steyn @8.26:

‘It was just another government racket for 37 billion pounds of UK and COVID relief money was filched by fraudsters. For purposes of comparison, that’s a third of the NHS total budget, a third of the NHS total annual budget fetched by COVID fraudsters.

“Hundreds of footballers and other athletes have died of heart attacks after getting a COVID shot, hundreds of guys dropping dead often on the bench in the peak of condition. There were figures suggesting as many as 20,000 residents of the United Kingdom may have died from the vaccine. Suddenly, there’s a lot of unexplained excess mortality around among the young and middle aged including minor trends of 52 year old celebrities dropping dead in Australia.

“This is a public policy scandal.”

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Jack Rear

December.

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Saturday.

Five times.

Why have I caught Covid five times? (Jack Rear. The Telegraph)

Update:

This afternoon.

Probably, yes.

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Jack Rear?

HSE CEO Paul Reid

This morning.

Let it go, Paul.

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This morning.

…via RTÉ News:

The Taoiseach has said he did not believe that making it mandatory to wear a mask indoors would change the current Covid-19 situation.

Organisations representing doctors and nurses have called on the Government to reintroduce some measures to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish Association for Emergency Medicine have called on ministers to revisit measures such as wearing masks indoors and in congregated settings and working from home.

Speaking on RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne, Micheál Martin said the Government is guided by public health advice in relation to Covid-19 and he has been in touch with the Chief Medical Officer

…Mr Martin said the country is in a new phase of Covid-19 and the guidance remains to wear a mask.

However he added that the return of restrictions is not justified.

Return of Covid restrictions not justified, Taoiseach says (RTE)

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