7/9/21: "CDC reports 'unprecedented' summer spike in respiratory virus"
7/26/21: "PHE has raised [] alarm after its surveillance programme, from samples taken by GPs & hospitals, found the positivity rate for #RSV had risen from 1.2%-8.9% in [] 5 weeks."
Sept 9, 2020, Nature: "One potential hurdle for antibody-based #vaccines & #therapeutics is the risk of exacerbating #COVID19 severity via #ADE. ADE can increase the severity of multiple viral infections, including other respiratory viruses such as #RSV & measles." 👇
July 26, 2021: "Potential resurgence of respiratory syncytial virus in Canada"
"This may involve administering #RSV monoclonal antibody therapy in high-risk children off season, which is a major departure from standard practice."
Listen to censored Mt. Vernon school board testimony by Dan Stock, MD. [You will be "told" that it is "partly false" information by "independent" fact checkers. I will instead trust Martin Kulldorff who highlighted & shared the testimony.] 👇
"In Canada, 339 627 tests for #RSV were reported...Of these tests, 239 were positive between Aug 29 2020, & May 8, 2021.
In comparison, 412 861 tests for RSV were reported over a similar period in the previous year (Aug 25 2019, & May 2 2020), of which 18 860 were positive."
"Although we have been unable to find published data on changes in public health responses to the off-season surge in #RSV & #influenza cases, we are aware that some jurisdictions in #Australia started monoclonal therapy early & decided to extend #RSV immunoprophylaxis..."
"Third, #pediatric ICUs should anticipate an increase in severe #RSV cases, as reported in #Australia."
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"And as it rolls out its #Climate efforts globally, enabling millions of businesses to bring more funding to emerging #carbon removal technologies, the company will receive guidance from one of the world’s leading experts in sustainable finance."
"Stripe users can help counteract climate change by directing a fraction of their revenue toward initiatives that permanently remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—in just a few clicks & without writing a line of code."
July 2021: "Results indicate that achieving #netzero emissions in #Canada will likely require significant use of #CCS [] w/ Canada’s CCS industry growing to be 30-100 x its current size by 2050.
Why do I get the sinking feeling that this is the next phase of war on virus. #RSV headlines eerily reminiscent of early #COVID headlines. A new #mRNA that will target healthy children under 12 yrs. The leveraging of #fear in parents. #Children as experimental subjects 4 profit.
"Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common agents of upper & lower respiratory illnesses in infants & children worldwide. Those infected may present w/ mild, coldlike symptoms that are clinically indistinguishable from those of other viral resp. infections."
"Routine laboratory #testing for #RSV is not recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics because treatment is supportive only, and diagnosis does not change the management of disease for most patients..."
Makary: "Now, you can report the number [of cases] going from 4-7 as a 70% increase - or you can say its gone from 4 to 7."
(Speaking to how case numbers can be framed - presented in a straightforward non-alarming fashion - or framed to incite fear, panic, sensationalism)
"I think the #demonization of these people [unvaxxed], blaming them, even though they pose really no risk to those who have immunity [&] are vaccinated...
btw, the type of person that's not vaccinated is also the type of person that more likely had the infection."
Measuring social license required for financialization of #nature.
Economist Intell. Unit : "Through a global network of more than 650 analysts & contributors, the EIU continuously assesses & forecasts political, economic & business conditions in more than 200 countries."
“This research shows how much people value the natural world, their willingness to make changes [] & their increasing calls for leaders to take meaningful action." [p. 5]
"New Power" - "The ability to harness the connected crowd to get what you want" - Heimans, Purpose/Avaaz
May 2021 report by the #WEF, "How to Build #Trust in #Vaccines seeks to understand how these online conversations can influence our #beliefs around vaccines. [] in partnership w/ the Vaccine Confidence Project, researchers used #AI tools to analyse online discussions." #Biotech
"The report finds that above all, we need to encourage #language that breeds #trust. The researchers say, “trust in the individuals, #institutions & overall #system that together discover, develop & deliver vaccines is fundamental to vaccine confidence.