Image : On 3 May 2021, the infected patients in the emergency room of the covid hospital in Delhi are taking oxygen. (Rebecca Conway/Getty Images)
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India's epidemic worsens, patient finds terrible mucormycosis infection
Reporter : Zhang Ting / Editor : Lin Yan / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/5/11/n12940261.htm / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, covi, novel coronavirus) is raging wildly in India and has claimed countless lives. When the epidemic is rushing and the health system is overwhelmed, Indian health authorities have issued a warning that some covid patients have been infected with mucormycosis, which can cause facial deformation and even death.
According to a Bloomberg report, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) stated in a health consultation issued on Sunday (9 May) that this infection is called "mucormycosis", also known as "black fungus". Mucormycosis can damage the sinuses or lungs. ICMR stated that patients who have been taking medication for a period of time or spent too long in an intensive care unit (ICU) are particularly susceptible to infection. This rare but fatal infection can cause a patient to lose their life or become disabled.
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Indian health officials warn of mucormycosis symptoms from COVID-19
Mucormycosis is very rare. This infection can also cause facial pain, numbness or swelling, fever, chest pain, loose teeth or other problems. Severe cases require surgery, including removal of the eye, depending on where the infected tissue occurs. Antifungal drugs used for treatment can be administered intravenously or orally.
According to local media reports, some covid patients who suffered from mucormycosis have lost their upper jaw bones or eyes.
In the past 19 days, India has reported more than 300,000 new covid cases in a single day. At the same time, emergency room doctors are seeing the emergence of such fungal infections, which are accidental results of severe medical interventions (sometimes including nasal insertion of oxygen tubes).
Indian health officials warned medical staff to be alert to mucormycosis in covid patients, especially those with diabetes.
ICMR said the warning signs of this fungal infection include pain, redness, shortness of breath, vomiting blood, blurred vision and even blindness and changes in mental status around the eyes and nose. Doctors are advised to monitor patients' blood glucose levels and use clean sterile water in humidifiers used for oxygen therapy. ICMR warns against overuse of steroids and points out that steroids may worsen the infection.
Reuters reported that David Denning, a professor at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and an expert at the Global Fungal Infection Action Fund (GAFFI) charity, said, "There are also reports of (mucormycosis) cases in several other countries including Britain, the United States, France, Austria, Brazil and Mexico but India has a much larger number."
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In order to save their lives, the patients even had their eyes removed
The BBC reported that on Saturday (8 May) morning, Akshay Nair, an ophthalmologist in Mumbai, was waiting for surgery on a 25-year-old diabetic woman who had suffered from covid three weeks ago.
In the operating room, an ear, nose and throat specialist is already treating this patient. He inserted a tube in her nose and was removing tissue infected with mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection. This invasive infection can affect the nose, eyes, and sometimes the brain.
After his colleague is finished, Dr. Nair will perform another three-hour operation on the patient to remove her eyes.
"I will cut off her eyes to save her life." Dr. Nair told the BBC India correspondent.
Dr. Nair works in three hospitals in Mumbai, one of the cities most affected by the second wave of the epidemic in India. He said he had been in contact with about forty patients with fungal infections in April. Many of them are diabetics and they have recovered from covid at home. Eleven of them had to undergo surgery to remove one eye.
In the southern city of Bengaluru, an ophthalmologist Raghuraj Hegde described a similar situation. In the past two weeks, he has seen 19 cases of mucormycosis, most of whom are young patients. "Some people are so sick that we can't even perform operations on them."
The doctors said that most of their patients came to the clinic too late. They had lost their eyesight when they saw the doctor. The doctors had to surgically remove their eyes to prevent the infection from entering the brain.
Doctors in India say that in some cases, patients have lost vision in both eyes. In rare cases, doctors have to surgically remove the mandible to prevent the spread of the disease.
Mucormycosis is the latest complication discovered in India's fight against the CCP virus. As the number of cases continues to rise, the country is still facing shortages of hospital beds, oxygen, CCP virus drugs and vaccines. Experts warn that the scale of the epidemic in India is too large, and new virus mutations and virus sequelae will inevitably be produced.
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India's double mutant virus is more transmissible or it can hide from vaccine antibodies
Reporter : Ye Enjie / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/05/10/a103115325.html / Direct translation
India is suffering from a severe epidemic and the number of confirmed cases remains high. The government has recruited 400 retired military doctors to support a medical system that is on the brink of collapse. British scientists warned that India’s new variant virus is more contagious, and the WHO chief scientist also said that the variant virus may have the ability to fight vaccines or antibodies produced in the survivors. Experts from Taiwan also pointed out that the Indian variant virus may leave the existing vaccine with only 10% to 25% protection, leading the world to enter the third wave of epidemics.
New Delhi TV anchor: "In the past 24 hours alone, 366,161 new cases have been diagnosed. In the past 24 hours, 3754 people have died."
The number of newly confirmed cases and deaths in a single day in India remains high. On the 9th, the Indian Ministry of Defense announced the hiring of hundreds of retired military medical staff to support the overburdened medical system. It is estimated that about 400 retired medical officers will be involved, and the contract period will be up to 11 months.
The situation in India has deteriorated rapidly and is related to the mutant virus B.1.617.2, which has been listed by the Public Health Agency of England (PHE) as a "variant of concern". Jeff Barrett, Director of Genomics at Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom, said that the infectivity of B.1.617.2 may be comparable to that of B.117 Kent (B.117 Kent), which caused the second wave of the British epidemic. Mutated viruses are comparable.
Barrett, Director of the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom, said on 27 April 2021, "Every time the B.117 Kent variant virus goes to a new place in the UK, it will spread rapidly and comprehensively. We have seen the same thing in other countries." The B.1.617.2 original mutant virus B.1.617 was found for the first time in October last year. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on the 8th that from the current situation in India, B.1.617 is a virus with a strong spread.
WHO Chief Scientist Swaminathan on 8 May said, "In fact, the number of B.1.617 reported by India is increasing. If you look at the ratio of 617, it is growing, surpassing other variants of the virus in India." Although WHO B.1.617 has not been officially included in the list of "suspecting variants", but the variant virus is also considered to be quite dangerous.
Swaminatan added, "We are waiting for data, from laboratory and clinical and epidemiological research data, to confirm whether it (B.1.617) is more likely to spread and cause clinical serious illness. , Or more antagonistic to antibodies. It seems that (B.1.617) does meet some criteria, but we have not officially called it a "suspecting variant." The epidemic in India has also had an impact on the economy. The surge in oxygen demand for confirmed patients has forced the industry to transfer oxygen from factories to hospitals. For this reason, the Indian steel leader JSW has cut production by nearly 10%. Group director Sajjan Jindal said that saving lives is more important than steel production and the company will continue to increase the supply of liquid medical oxygen.
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At least 19 states in India have an epidemic rate higher than 20%
According to the analysis conducted by the Ministry of Health of India for the week from May 5 to 11, at least 19 states in India had a covid positive rate of more than 20%, of which 6 states had a positive rate of more than 30% .
Goa is still the state with the highest positive rate, recording 49.6%. This means that almost one in two people will test positive for the virus. The positive rates of Bodhgaya, West Bengal, Haryana, Karnataka and Rajasthan are all higher than 30%.
"In 26 states, we have noticed that infections are spreading more widely... Only 4 states have a positive rate of less than 5%." Senior Health Officer Lav Agrawal (Lav Agrawal) on Tuesday (May 11) Said at the press conference.
A total of 533 regions in India have a positive rate of more than 10%.
"We need to take drastic action in these 533 areas... On 27 April, we found that the positive rate was 19%, but if we look at the data for the past 24 hours, it was 18%. So, 14 days later, we found the positive rate The overall downward trend.” Agrawal added.
India recorded 329,942 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 22.9 million. Since 22 April, India has seen more than 300,000 new cases every day.
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Florida discovers new mutation in Brazil variant strain
Florida health officials say a new mutation has appeared in the highly contagious Brazil covi variant.
According to the South Florida Sun, the latest variant is called P2 or P.1.1, and its sequence is slightly different from the Brazilian P1 strain. The Brazil P1 strain was found to be more likely to infect people already infected with the virus.
According to data from the Florida Department of Health, this new mutation was found in a 74-year-old man in Broward County and a 51-year-old woman in Duval County.
Scientists are monitoring this new variant to determine how easily it spreads and whether its behavior is similar to the P1 strain.
Marco Salemi of the Institute of Emerging Pathogens at the University of Florida told the paper: "There are only two additional mutations in Florida so far, and that remains to be seen." "If from now on In the first month, we will increase from two to 500 cases, which will be worrying."
These mutations may make the new variant virus more dangerous.
Salimi said, "We don't know whether the new mutation will more or less make the current variant more aggressive, which is why people all over the world are actively monitoring it."
Florida has led to a large number of infections due to the spread of the mutant virus, leading the United States in number.
The Florida Department of Health said that on Wednesday, more than 11,800 cases of "worrying variant" have been recorded, more than double the number two weeks ago.
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What is the relationship between Wuhan Institute of Viology and the origin of the virus?
At the U.S. Senate’s hearing on the CCP virus pandemic on Tuesday (11 May), Senator Rand Paul questioned Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), regarding the role of the Wuhan laboratory in the origin of the virus.
NIAID, which Fauci is responsible for, is a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Congressman Paul alleged that NIH had been providing funds to the Wuhan laboratory to genetically modify the bat coronavirus.
Fauci said that Paul’s statement was incorrect. “NIH has never and has not funded the Wuhan Institute’s ‘gain of function’ research.”
The “Daily Telecom News Foundation” (DCNF) previously reported that experts said that NIH grants are used to fund scientists’ “gene function acquisition” research, which is a risky research area that makes SARS-like viruses become more contagious.
Paul accused Fauci of cooperating with the CCP government and supporting laboratories that bioengineer a deadly virus.
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Brazil reported 72,715 new cases on Tuesday, 2,311 deaths
The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that it had recorded 72,715 confirmed cases and 2,311 deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
Since the pandemic, Brazil has registered nearly 15.3 million cases, and the official death toll has risen to 425,540.
Children and adolescents account for nearly a quarter of new cases in the U.S.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reported on Tuesday that children and adolescents in the United States accounted for nearly a quarter of newly confirmed cases of the virus.
The American Academy of Pediatrics, which represents pediatricians, reported 72,067 new infections in children in the week ending May 6.
AAP said in a statement: "Children account for 24% of new cases each week and 14% of the total number of COVID-19 cases."
"Since the pandemic, as of May 6, more than 3.85 million children have tested positive for COVID-19. After seeing a decrease in newly reported cases at the end of April, the newly reported cases this week are similar to last week-approximately 72,000 new child cases."
Since the beginning of the pandemic, AAP has been tracking Covid cases among children. It obtains data from 49 states and several regions, but the sub-items defined by each state are different, and not all states provide complete data.
But overall, the data confirms that children are far less likely to be seriously ill with Covid-19 than adults, and the proportion of deaths among children is less than 1% of those infected with Covid-19.
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A pregnant woman dies after vaccination, Brazil suspends all pregnant women's AZ vaccination
Reuters reported that after a pregnant woman in Rio de Janeiro died after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca, Brazilian states stopped vaccinating pregnant women. Brazilian health surveillance agency Anvisa warned against using AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine for pregnant women.
According to state health minister Alexandre Chieppe, a pregnant woman in Rio de Janeiro died after receiving an AstraZeneca vaccination.
The State of São Paulo has suspended the Covid-19 vaccination for pregnant women with risk factors, and the State of Rio has suspended the vaccination of all pregnant women. Both states cited Anvisa's advice as the reason for this decision.
When asked about the suspension of the vaccine in Brazil, AstraZeneca said in a statement that pregnant women and breast-fed babies were excluded from clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine. The statement added that animal studies have not produced direct or indirect evidence of impaired pregnancy or fetal development.
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CDC: 72% of U.S. genetic sequencing is a British variant
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in an interview released on Tuesday that more than 72% of the CCP virus gene sequence in the United States was the first B.1.1.7 variant discovered in the United Kingdom.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a CNBC interview recorded on Friday: "We know that there are many variants here in the United States." "B.1.1.7, also known as the British variant, is now spread here in the United States. Major virus."
She said, "More than 72% of the sequencing is related to this variant."
In the testimony of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday, Varensky said that nationwide genome sequencing has increased from 3,000 samples per week to 35,000 samples per week.
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There are 2,474 new cases in the UK on Tuesday, 20 deaths
British government data showed that another 2,474 people tested positive on Tuesday and 20 people died.
Today’s number of infected cases and deaths is significantly higher than the 1,946 cases and 4 deaths a week ago.
As of now, the total number of infections officially recorded in the UK is 4,439,691, and the total number of deaths is 127,629.
However, as of 30 April, 151,765 people have recorded Covid-19 in their death certificates.
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More deaths in nursing homes in England and Wales in second wave
According to official data, compared with the first wave of pandemic, nursing homes in England and Wales have more people died of covid in the second wave.
According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (National Statistics), in the first wave of epidemics from March to September 2020, the increase in the number of deaths from the coronavirus (CCV) among nursing home residents in England and Wales was relatively more pronounced. However, in the second wave of epidemics from September to April 2021, the number and proportion of deaths from the CCP virus were even higher.
However, the National Bureau of Statistics pointed out that the reason for this discrepancy may be that later testing was strengthened and humans had a better understanding of the epidemic. In the first wave, there may be some similar deaths that were not correctly diagnosed.
In the first wave from mid-March to mid-September 2020, 20,664 nursing home deaths (23.1%) from covid were mentioned in the death certificates. In contrast, from then to early April, there were 21,677 deaths (25.7%).
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Polls: Americans go out more often and wear masks less
According to the latest Axios-Ipsos poll results released on Tuesday (May 11), Americans are going out more and reducing the number of times they wear masks.
Last week, the number of Americans dining out reached the highest point since the pandemic, at 54%, an increase of 6 percentage points since the last poll. This is the first time that the number of similar figures has exceeded 50%.
According to a poll conducted from 7 to 10 May, 59% of people said they visited friends and family last week. The survey is based on a nationally representative sample of 1,078 American adults.
These numbers are similar among vaccinated and unvaccinated people, and most of the two groups said they did these things.
The behavior surrounding mitigation measures is also changing. More than half of the respondents-56% are still maintaining social distancing, a decrease of 8 points from the beginning of last month and a decrease of 14 points from two months ago. 58% of people wear masks when they leave their homes, which is lower than the 63% in the last poll and the lowest point since June.
The poll also found that Americans’ emotional health and mental health are improving. 18% said their emotional health improved last week, up 6 points since the last poll, the highest level in history during the pandemic; 16% said their mental health has improved, while 12% said that their mental health conditions deteriorated last week.
This is since the question was first raised, more people have indicated that their mental health has improved and the percentage of young Americans whose mental health has improved last week is larger. 25.7%).
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Vaccine diplomacy failure, China-Czech relations frustrated
The recurrence of the covid epidemic in various places has caused the demand for vaccines to increase unabated, and the world has once again focused on the "vaccine diplomacy" of the CCP to use exported vaccines for political purposes. In the Czech Republic, the hardest hit area in Europe, the Senate passed a resolution in support of Taiwan's participation in the WHO at the end of April. While the Czech Republic’s move has hit the CCP’s pain points, it seems to indicate that the "vaccine diplomacy" actively promoted by Xi Jinping has failed to work.
The Senate of the Czech Parliament passed a high vote on 28 April, supporting Taiwan's participation in all meetings, mechanisms and activities of the World Health Assembly (WHA). The Chinese Embassy in the Czech Republic immediately issued a statement condemning it, saying that the Czech Republic had interfered in China's internal affairs. The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) will be held from 24 May to 1 June by video.
This is after various incidents in the Czech Republic that mainland Chinese media called repeatedly hit the bottom line of the CCP, the Czech Parliament once again "annoyed" the CCP. Not long before the Senate took part in the WHA, the Czech Republic, with its severe epidemic and lack of vaccines, had just experienced a test of the CCP's "vaccine diplomacy".
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Not invited by WHA for five consecutive years, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested
The 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) will be held on 24 May. The World Health Organization has issued a notice to member states and observers that the deadline for online registration this year is 10 May. Until 5 pm local time on the 10th, Taiwan did not receive an invitation from the World Health Assembly. Since 2017, this is the fifth consecutive year that Taiwan has not been invited to participate in the World Health Assembly.
Earlier, the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven Industrial Countries (G7) and U.S. Secretary of State Blinken all supported Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly.
Last week, after the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries, a joint statement was issued to support Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Organization Forum and the World Health Assembly. The statement said, "The international community should be able to benefit from the experience of all partners, including Taiwan's successful contribution in response to the new crown epidemic."
On 7 May, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken issued the "Statement on Restoring Taiwan’s Proper Status in the World Health Assembly", calling on the Director-General of the World Health Organization to invite Taiwan to participate in the World Health Assembly as an observer. He said that there is no valid reason to continue to exclude Taiwan from the world. Outside the WHO Forum. The statement said, "Taiwan is a reliable partner, a thriving democracy, and a good force in the world. It continues to be excluded from the World Health Assembly and is important to us in preventing and controlling the epidemic and preventing the future. Excluding Taiwan from WHA makes the collective efforts of the worldwide health crisis extremely unfavorable."
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First case of B.1.617 detected in the Philippines
Image : On 4 May 2021, Manila, Philippines: Makati, Metro Manila, a temporary vaccine center set up in a stadium, and medical staff are preparing to vaccinate the people. (Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)
The Philippine Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that the Philippines had discovered the first two cases of Covid variant B.1.617 in India. The two cases are asymptomatic and have no record of travel to India. They are workers returning from Oman and the UAE.
The Ministry of Health said that the two tested positive for the CCP virus in April. They are in isolation and are monitoring other passengers on the same flight. Passengers who shared a row of seats with them on the flight tested negative.
The Ministry of Health also stated that it will test 9 samples of 11 Filipino seafarers who traveled to India on May 7 and contracted the Chinese Communist virus. They were then tested and treated in Manila.
In the past 14 days, the Philippines has been banning people with travel history to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from entering the country. The ban will be implemented until 14 May.
As of now, the Philippines has confirmed 1,108,826 cases of infection and 18,562 deaths.
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US FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12-15
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday (10 May) approved Pfizer and BioNTech's application to allow their CCP virus vaccine to be vaccinated in an emergency Children from 12 to 15 years old, and states are allowed to vaccinate middle school students before the fall.
According to the National Broadcasting Corporation Financial Channel (CNBC), US public health officials and experts from the Infectious Diseases Health Organization said that the United States allows the use of this vaccine in adolescents, and will also strengthen the country's efforts to reduce viral infections.
This two-dose vaccine has been approved for use in people 16 years and older. The Vaccine Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is scheduled to meet on Wednesday (May 12) to review vaccination issues for children. If, as expected, the vaccine is approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it will be distributed to teenagers as early as this week.
Dr. Janet Woodcock, Acting Director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said that this decision brings "we get closer to returning to normal and ending this epidemic." She assured the parents that the agency "conducted a rigorous and thorough review of all available data" before applying the vaccine to adolescents.
Two companies, Pfizer and BioNTech, said at the end of March that in clinical trials conducted on more than 2,000 teenagers, the vaccine was found to be 100% effective. They also said that the vaccine triggered a "strong" antibody response in children, surpassing earlier trials of adolescents and young adults. They added that the side effects on teenagers are basically the same as those on adults.
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White House: U.S. recovery from the epidemic is at a "critical turning point"
In an interview with CNN on Sunday (9 May), the White House COVID-19 Coordinator, Jeffrey Zients, said that the United States is fighting against the CCP virus. The battle is at a critical turning point and is "turning danger into peace."
The host, Jake Tapper, asked Zienz to assess the dynamics of the US epidemic. The United States has recently made progress in vaccination. In the past month, the number of new infections per day has dropped sharply by 40%.
Zienz replied, "What I want to say is that we are at a critical turning point. Now, as of this morning, 58% of American adults have been vaccinated at least once, and more than 110 million Americans have been fully vaccinated. "
Despite the Biden administration’s efforts to increase vaccination rates, Americans’ demand for covi vaccines is declining. This has caused states from South Carolina to Washington to refuse to receive the full quota of vaccines from the federal government.
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Dutch scientists are training bees to sniff out the CCP virus
Image : Dutch scientists are training bees to sniff out the CCP virus. The picture shows a bee collecting nectar, which has nothing to do with this article. (Pixabay)
Dutch scientists are training bees to sniff out the CCP virus, hoping to develop a fast and cost-saving screening method. They said that bees, like puppies, can be trained to smell, and trained bees can detect the CCP virus in a few seconds.
According to a research report published by Wageningen University in the Netherlands, researchers from the university selected more than 150 bees for training in the laboratory. They use different training conditions to achieve the best training results.
Researchers use sugar water as a reward to motivate bees. They exposed the bees to the smell of the infected sample and fed the bees to drink sugar water. The bees would stick out their tongues to absorb the sugar water. The bees are then exposed to the smell of uninfected samples, but the bees will not be rewarded with sugar water. After repeating the above actions many times, the bee will link the sugar water with the smell of the infected sample, and stick out the tongue when it smells the infected sample, even if there is no sugar water as a reward.
Researchers say that a well-trained bee can identify an infected sample within a few seconds. In this study, a few bees have good training performance and low error rate. They said that the next stage is to expand the scale of this detection method. Since bees are found all over the world, people only need a machine that can train bees, and a prototype of this machine has been developed.
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Menstrual abnormalities after covi vaccination
Image : Hundreds of people have recently swarmed on social media to share their menstrual cycle changes after being vaccinated. (Shutterstock)
When you are administered a covi vaccine dose and prepare to go home, the nursing staff may warn you that your arm will be sore or you may even have fever. However, many people had shared that they experienced irregular menstruation after being vaccinated.
According to GlobalNews, hundreds of people have recently flocked to social media to share their menstrual cycle changes after being vaccinated. The most common problems are prolonged menstrual cycle, heavy flow, spots, and even bleeding during menopause.
In early April, an associate professor at the University of Illinois in the United States tweeted her experience after vaccination. After receiving replies from hundreds of users who also reported similar menstrual changes, she started a survey and got 22,000 replies.
As of 9 May, the U.S. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has reported 323 menstrual events related to the covi vaccine.
Dr. Jerilynn Prior, scientific director of the Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research Center (CemCOR) at the University of British Columbia, recently wrote an article about these changes.
"This shows that this is a real phenomenon, we need to understand physiologically what happened." Player said.
However, just because these people's experiences are real, it does not mean that it was directly caused by the covi vaccine. In order to prove whether these menstrual changes are directly caused by the vaccine, menstrual blood flow should be monitored during vaccine clinical trials but this will not happen in any vaccine clinical trials.
Tali Bogler, director of family medicine obstetrics at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, said, "We don't have the answer because there is no research yet."
“I think it’s really frustrating when I can’t teach my patients (menstrual women) about the potential side effects that might affect them after the vaccination. If patients have menstrual abnormalities, I hope they won’t be surprised.”
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Experts explain possible causes of menstrual abnormalities
According to Pryor, one possibility is that menstrual changes occur in people who think they are ovulating regularly but are not actually ovulating. This is called silent ovulation disorder.
In a typical menstrual cycle, one egg enters the uterus from the ovary every month. As the body prepares for fertility, the endometrium begins to thicken.
If the egg is not fertilized, the endometrium will fall off, causing menstrual bleeding.
However, those who experience silent ovulation disorder do not release an egg into the uterus every month. This means that their inner lining is more fragile and may be prone to irregular spots or bleeding, as experienced after vaccination.
There is another possibility.
Bogler said that the endometrium is part of the immune system, which means that these side effects may be inflammation caused by a woman's immune response to the vaccine.
Experts believe that these events are short-lived, will not affect fertility, and will not threaten life but menstrual abnormalities should be reported to a doctor.
However, even though these changes may not put vaccinators in immediate danger, they are still frustrated and experiencing terrifying torture because there is no scientific basis to make them feel at ease about their experiences.
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The epidemic in India and Nepal is tragic
The new round of the epidemic in India is still very serious. Although the official daily number of newly diagnosed cases has dropped to less than 400,000, but because of the inconvenience of transportation in many places in India, government statistics are inaccurate, so this data may not be accurate yet.
Ashish K. Jha, the Dean of the School of Public Health of Brown University in the United States, pointed out that although Indian officials claim that the daily death toll exceeds 4,000, according to his calculations, the actual situation in India is likely to be an increase of 250 per day. Ten thousand people were diagnosed and nearly 25,000 people died.
But to make matters worse, the epidemic in India continues to spread to neighboring countries, and Nepal is currently the hottest new hardest-hit area. Not only did the number of confirmed cases in Nepal exceed 10,000 in a single day, but the hospitals and crematoriums were also overwhelmed. At present, only temporary cremation platforms can be built by the river to cremate the remains of patients.
The epidemic in Nepal has also affected the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. Local climbers have also seen a large number of confirmed cases. The CCP is worried that the epidemic in Nepal may be introduced into the country and claimed to set up a quarantine line on Mount Everest. When India and Nepal are "trapped by the epidemic", what about the epidemic situation in China?
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The CCP also hints at the new epidemic
On 5 May 2021, the Chinese Communist Party media reported that during the May 1st holiday, a total of 267 million people traveled abroad, an average of more than 53.47 million people per day, a 122% increase over the same period last year.
Look at the huge crowds on the Great Wall. They are so crowded that there is no such thing as social distancing, and many people don't even wear masks anymore. Does such a scene mean that the epidemic in China has really been fully controlled and stabilized? I'm afraid not necessarily.
On 9 May 2021, the party media published Li Keqiang's speech at the State Council's Integrity Work Conference. Please note that this speech was made on 26 April, which is before the "May Day Holiday." At that time, Li Keqiang mentioned the epidemic. He said that it is necessary to "seeking truth from facts, releasing information in an open and transparent manner, curbing the epidemic in key areas, and improving a normalized prevention and control mechanism."
This passage is very important, because Li Keqiang said exactly the same thing at the meeting of the Central Epidemic Working Group on 23 March a month ago. He also emphasized that the epidemic should be "open and transparent", "it means that one case is found and one case is reported. It’s what it is, and no underreporting or underreporting is allowed.”
He also said at the time that most areas of the country have zero growth of the epidemic, "of course this is what the people expect", but "the statistical data of the epidemic must be timely, true and accurate, and there must be no concealment or underreporting in pursuit of zero reporting." In fact, behind this speech, there are overtones.
From the perspective of the CCP’s official culture, Li Keqiang’s remarks actually hinted at local officials saying: I know that you are concealing the epidemic. Everyone is pursuing "zero reports." . But a month later, in April, Li Keqiang repeated the same words. what does that
mean?
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There are still epidemics in various parts of China
The first point is that this means that there are still epidemics in China, and the scale may not be small. So Li Keqiang has to repeatedly emphasize at the meeting that the epidemic situation in various places should be "open and transparent" and "one case is reported."
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Officials in various places cover up the epidemic
The second point is that officials in various places are still covering up the epidemic and are afraid to report to the top, so as to avoid offending Xi Jinping's propaganda theme of eulogizing before the 100th anniversary of the party. However, what is the number of underreporting and underreporting by local officials? In the end, how far is the internal data reported to the top level of the CCP from the actual data at the local level? We are not clear about this.
In other words, the CCP’s internal epidemic data may also have the problem of "being concealed from below", but this kind of "concealing from above" is also due to the fact that the central government does not want to face the truth of the people, but only wants to sing praises and listen well. Therefore, if there is any error in the data held by the CCP’s senior officials, the fundamental source of responsibility lies with their own grandiose mentality.
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Li Keqiang seeks self-protection and is unwilling to defend himself against cover up
Third, Li Keqiang repeatedly emphasized that the epidemic should be open and transparent, revealing that he did not want to be responsible for the authorities that cover up the epidemic. After all, he is the leader of the Central Epidemic Working Group and is responsible for the entire epidemic report; and Li Keqiang next year is about to step down as prime minister. If one day in the future, the truth of the epidemic is exposed and punctured, will the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party put all the blame on him? Let him be a scapegoat?
Li Keqiang is well aware of the CCP’s official fighting methods, so he hurriedly emphasized that the epidemic should be open and transparent before leaving office, implying information about “official epidemic cover up” and “underreporting” in order to protect himself in the future and avoid being pushed. Go to the guillotine and act as a substitute for the dead ghost. And "people will retreat, and their words are true."
Therefore, Li Keqiang's remarks actually revealed that there has been an epidemic in China. In addition, please note that the CCP media's report and theories have also changed significantly after the "May 1st" holiday.
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CCP media reports also change the tone
First of all, Li Keqiang’s warning of the epidemic on 26 April was postponed by the party media until 9 May, which is the end of the May 1st holiday. Why did the prime minister’s warning about the epidemic be postponed so long before it was published? Is it because of factional struggles within the CCP? Or is it because the public cannot be informed that there is a risk of the epidemic, lest they dare not go out to consume and fight for the economy?
In addition, after the holiday, on 8 May, the China CDC recommended that people returning from travel should observe themselves for 14 days. That is to say, the 267 million people who traveled out of the country should beware of the epidemic; and on the same day, the CCP’s health The Committee also said, “The current situation of epidemic prevention and control is still severe and complicated, and the risk of imported epidemics has increased, and the risk of mutated strains entering our country cannot be ignored.”
In other words, the two major health departments of the CCP in charge of the epidemic simultaneously released the epidemic warning after the holiday, and the Prime Minister repeatedly hinted at "the epidemic is not transparent" and "underreporting", do these signals mean that the epidemic in China is possible? Will there be a new round of rise after the holidays? If the epidemic situation really rises, will the government take the opportunity to pass the blame on foreign countries, presuming that it is "overseas import"? It is very possible.
In a word, from Li Keqiang, the National Health Commission to the Chinese Communist Party media, it seems that they are all making predictions for a new round of the epidemic. Is this a coincidence? I'm afraid not. It should be the official assessment that the epidemic may not be covered up, so they prepared public opinion in advance and prepared to shift the blame to foreign countries, including India and Nepal. Li Keqiang himself is also throwing the black pot of fraud back on Xi Jinping and various local governments.
In fact, learning from special authoritative channels that the three northeastern provinces where the epidemic recurred a while ago, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning, still have epidemics but the authorities are covering up. Moreover, in China, there are still people dying every day because of the epidemics. Therefore, friends from all over China, please do not take the epidemics lightly.
News (28) to (30) / Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
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Possibility of upgrading Taiwan's epidemic prevention alert to level 3
Chen Shizhong, the command center commander, attended the Legislative Yuan this morning and repeatedly reiterated that the Taiwan covid epidemic is very severe. The epidemic prevention alert may be upgraded to level 3 in the near future to increase public alertness. He has ordered the hospital to empty 3,000 beds for preparation, and emphasized that the amount of domestic masks is absolutely sufficient.
In the morning, the Social Welfare and Sanitation and Environment Committee of the Legislative Yuan invited the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and the Ministry of Transportation to report on "Novotel Hotel Group Infection Incident Caused Management Power and Responsibility Mutual Kickball Review and National Anti-epidemic Accommodation and Management Implementation Status", and prepared for questions.
Chen Shizhong said in an inquiry to the Legislative Yuan today that the isolation and response hospital has been asked to empty the relevant wards this week, and it is estimated that 3,000 beds will be available; the domestic stock of masks reaches 830 million pieces, with a daily production capacity of 15 million pieces, and another 2.5 million pieces of PPE.
More than 13 million isolation wards are facing a severe epidemic. 11 new covid cases were diagnosed in Taiwan on 11 May, of which 6 were local cases, the source of infection needs to be clarified.
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Taiwan epidemic continues to expand
The Central Epidemic Command Center just announced on 11 May 2021 that the epidemic has expanded. From 12 May to 8 June, it will suspend operations for more than 500 people outdoors and more than 100 people indoors. As for the rally, Chen Shizhong proposed again today that the epidemic prevention alert will be raised in the near future, and he will ask the Legislative Yuan for leave, leaving the venue at 10.30 am in advance.
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Taiwan importing more covi vaccines by June 2021
In response to the covid Yilan County amusement field cluster incident (case 1202, case 1208 to case 1211) and case 1203 with a history of activities in New Taipei City yesterday, he succeeded Chen Shizhong, the deputy director of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. In response, Xue Ruiyuan said that the source of the infection in the two cases is still to be investigated, and the virus genome will be sequenced as soon as possible to clarify the connection with the clusters of China Airlines Novotel Taoyuan Airport Hotel.
The Taiwanese's willingness to vaccinate the covi vaccine has increased. People’s Party legislator Lai Xiangling asked about the current situation of vaccine imports. Xue Ruiyuan replied that due to the international situation, the vaccine can only be announced once they are uploaded on the plane. It is expected that a batch of vaccines will arrive in Taiwan at the end of May and before the end of June. More covi vaccines will come but there is no guarantee that the schedule will not change. (Central News Agency)
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