Covid surge after 71% vaccinated in Iceland, Republicans' Investigation Report on Origins of COVID-19 translated

 Research, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA

Image : Icelandair, the national airline of Iceland, has resumed passenger flights after Iceland lifted anti-covid restrictions on 26 July 2021. Web Screenshot.

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Iceland experiences major covid spike despite having highly vaccinated population

Reporter : Cullen McCue, National File

Iceland is currently experiencing a massive spike in covid cases despite having one of the world’s most vaccinated populations. The country with a total population of just over 350,000 has recorded at least 100 new cases for five straight days, beginning on 3 August 2021. The current spike in cases has been ongoing since mid-July. Since then, the country has been registering anywhere from 50-150 cases daily. 

Before the current outbreak, Iceland was recording a very low number of covid cases. Prior to the current spike from mid-July onwards, the island nation was posting new cases in the single digits. Now they are dealing with their worst outbreak since late March, according to covid.is data.

 

Among Iceland’s current covid surge, there is a high number of fully vaccinated individuals testing positive for covi. 

 

On 5 August 2021, 77 of Iceland’s 106 new covid cases were recorded in fully vaccinated individuals. 33 of the day’s cases were recorded among unvaccinated individuals while two others had received one dose of a two-dose vaccine. 

On 4 August, Iceland reports 151 new cases. Of those 151 cases, fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 94 of them while 55 had not been vaccinated. Another two had again received just one dose. This trend of more positive cases among vaccinated versus unvaccinated Icelanders holds all the way to the start of the current surge.

 

Iceland is currently one of the most vaccinated countries on earth. Roughly 71% of the population has received at least one dose of a vaccine while 52% are fully vaccinated.

 

On 3 August 2021, the country’s Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason said that Iceland’s high vaccination rate has not led to herd immunity as experts had hoped.  Officials blamed the spike of cases on the “Delta variant”, saying it is more transmissible than previous strains.  

Iceland initially lifted domestic restrictions on 26 June 2021 only to have them reimposed in July 2021. Gatherings are limited to less than 200 people and masks are mandated in buildings where social distancing guidelines cannot be met.

Ref: https://nationalfile.com/iceland-experiences-major-covid-spike-despite-having-highly-vaccinated-population/ 

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Scientists warn a more dangerous "Doomsday" variant than Delta is ahead

Is there a "Doomsday" covi variant out there that can escape the vaccine, spread like wildfire and make more and more patients worse?

The virus SARS-CoV-2 (covi) has been underestimated. From the beginning of the pandemic, many thought that mutated versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus would not pose a big problem, until the more infectious Alpha variant/B.1.1.7 emerged, causing a spike in the number of cases last fall. Then, the Beta variant was born, making young people more seriously ill. The Gamma variant appeared, causing those who had recovered from covid to still be positive again.

Still, in March 2021, as the surge in the number of covid cases in the US declined, some epidemiologists were cautiously optimistic that a rapid vaccination campaign would soon contain the variants and slow the virus down in the spread of the pandemic.

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When the Delta variant/B.1.617.2 (Covi72) arrived, however, it destroyed that optimism. Covi72 has spread faster than any variant of SARS-CoV-2 as well as the original strain.  Covi72 led to a spike in cases in US states, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to once again recommend wearing masks in public, even after enough vaccination doses.

The spread of Covi72 may also skew previous predictions of the threshold for herd immunity.

Covi72, like most of the other variants, has made the covid pandemic worse and worse. When its spread begins to decrease, will the other variants silently attack and once again pull everyone back to the starting line? 

The World Health Organization (WHO) is still paying attention to a few variants, including Eta variant/B.1.525 (Covi25), which is currently appearing in some countries, Kappa variant/B.1.617.1 (Covi71, first identified in India), Iota variant/B.1.526 (Covi26, which first appeared in New York City) and in particular Lambda variant (Covi37) that is raging throughout Peru, spreading to Argentina, Chile, Ecuador as well as the US states of Texas and South Carolina.

There are indications that Covi37 has an unusual ability to infect people who have been fully vaccinated. 

It is too early to say whether Covi37 will cause a major event as bad for the rest of the world as what Covi72 is doing. However, now is the right time to ask: To what extent can these variations cause damage? Will future variants extend attacks from the lungs to the brain, heart and other organs? Does it have the ability to deceive sufferers into thinking they have recovered, but in fact the condition will later be worse? 

Is there a "Doomsday" variant out there that can escape the vaccine, spread like wildfire and make more and more patients worse than we have ever seen?

Although these risks are not very high, experts cannot rule them out. Covi72 has shown how it can make things much worse.

With its extremely high infectivity, Delta is spreading freely among unvaccinated people and has the characteristics to cause more and more problems.

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Swiss evolutionary biologist: Covi72 is "pandemic within a pandemic" 

Neither of us could have predicted the pandemic would unfold this way. At the beginning of the covid pandemic, most experts who studied the mutations of the virus that caused the disease downplayed the severity of the variants.

"They can't make a lot of difference. We probably just need to worry about it for about five years," said Richard Neher, an evolutionary biologist at Switzerland's University of Basel in August 2020.

Now, however, this expert has called Covi72 and others a "pandemic within a pandemic".

Unlike other variants, Delta has made scientists rethink how quickly viruses evolve into new forms of destruction.

Sharone Green, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, said, "All coronaviruses mutate, and we understand that well. However, we don't think these mutations can affect the ability to infect or invade the immune system to a surprising extent. like that." 

It seems that scientists themselves are baffled by the rapid emergence of such a much more dangerous variant. Jonathan Eisen, a biologist at the University of California, said that, unlike most other epidemics, SARS-CoV-2 itself has been a great mysterious virus since it appeared.

Even more importantly, the expert said that scientists have underestimated the scale of the pandemic because the more people infected, the more chance the virus has to develop dangerous mutations.

Compared to other epidemics, SARS-CoV-2 virus does not mutate too quickly. This virus does not have much genetic material with only about 15 genes, compared to E.coli bacteria with up to 3,000 genes or humans with about 20,000 genes. Moreover, it has a genetic testing mechanism that makes it "adept" at avoiding replication errors compared to most other viruses.

However, while the mutation rate of covi is low with about 1 mutation in 10 replications, lower than the mutation rate of the influenza virus and HIV virus, the covid epidemic is not. 

Take advantage of the number game. A person with Covid-19 can carry up to 10 billion copies of covi, enough to generate billions of mutations per day. What happens to all these mutations? The answer is almost always: Nothing. The genetic alteration is completely random with the result that nearly all mutations have no effect on the virus or make the virus less contagious or even make it completely ineffective. 

However, on one occasion, perhaps after a billion billion times, a random mutation gave the virus a dangerous trait. When a virus has a mutation that increases its ability to wreak havoc, that does not mean a dangerous new variant emerges. To become a significant variant, a mutated virus must become overwhelming in the proportion of the population it spreads. 

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Covid pandemic: Southeast Asia "divided" due to Covi72

Asian countries are struggling to cope with the worst Covid-19 outbreak ever due to the widespread spread of Covi72. While the vaccination campaigns have been slow with the exception in Singapore, the rate of infection has increased. Vaccination is still quite low.

What causes mutations to multiply and spread more strongly is determined by the environment. For example, in the case of the virus that causes the covid epidemic, its ability to travel further through the air and stick more firmly to cells in the nose will make the new variant become a widespread variant.

"The job of the virus is to continue to multiply. Any mutation that helps the virus survive and spread will make it a more perfect variant," Green said.

The spread of Covi72, along with a large number of infected people, have become "living laboratories for viral mutations", the conditions for creating more and more dangerous variants over the next months. 

"It will be very difficult to contain the virus with masks and safe distancing at this time. Vaccines are the key and reluctance to vaccinate is the obstacle," said Preeti Malani, an infectious disease researcher at the University Michigan reviews.

Eric Vail, director of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, commented, that the increase in people achieving natural immunity after contracting covid does not change the situation. He said, "Currently about a third of the US population has acquired natural immunity but that is probably overestimated. That's still not enough to guarantee that Delta will be the last major variant."

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Covi variants have possibilities to overcome vaccines

Although the Delta variant has caused breakthrough cases or reduced the effectiveness of the vaccine, scientists say that the Delta variant or even a new "perfect" variant will not easily defeat the immune shield, disease caused by vaccines, or even natural immune shields.

One reason, according to Vail, is that the virus is mostly spread in people who have not been vaccinated, have never been infected before, and that mutations avoid the immune system.

A variant that evades the immune system would have an advantage in this environment when it comes to infecting vaccinated people or recovered people, where the mutation is more competitive than unmutated viruses. However, there was not enough virus in these cases for such a rapid mutation to occur.

In addition, getting rid of the immune system is also a challenge with the virus that causes covid. The human immune system, once activated through vaccination or illness, becomes stronger and more effective against disease-causing viruses than studies have shown.

However, there is a particularly dangerous scenario where the covi variant makes people feel well for a long time and then makes their illness worse. Very few viruses, with the exception of HIV, have been able to do that, and so far, covid does not appear to be such a threat.

However, Eisen cautions that the prospect of delaying the onset of the disease cannot be ruled out. New variants have ways to make havoc worse while not stopping spreading. For example, a new variant may appear that attacks not only the lungs, but also the brain, heart and other organs slowly and subtly, leaving the victim healthy and out of the house, who appears normal until serious illness develops.

"We've seen different variants that have different abilities to invade a certain type of cell, and possibly affect the nervous system or lung function. That's very disturbing." this expert said.

Clearly, the threat of unpredictable covi variants is perhaps reminding humanity of the need to be more prepared for the worse scenarios ahead.

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The Origin of the Wuhan Virus, the U.S. House of Representatives Investigation Report Released (in Chinese)

Editor : Tang Ying / Source : Voice of America / NTDTV / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/08/a103185303.html

The Republicans of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives released a supplementary report on the final report on the origin of the covid pandemic on 2 August 2021.

The minority party investigation report of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee concluded based on open source information that “advantageous evidence” shows that the novel coronavirus “was accidentally released by the Wuhan Institute of Virology sometime before 12 September 2019. The virus may be natural, or it may be the result of genetic manipulation."

Republicans on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives published their interim report in June last year and the final report in September, accusing the Chinese Communist Party of concealing the epidemic. The latest investigation report is a supplement to that report, especially focusing on the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The lead of the investigation report and the chief Republican member of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael K. Congressman McCall accepted an exclusive interview with Voice of America on the occasion of the release of this supplementary report.

The spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the report was "based entirely on fabricated lies and distorted facts" and "expressed its firm opposition and strong condemnation."

The Voice of America asked Gregory the Democrat, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. Representative Meeks and Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Democrat Congressman Ami Bella for comments and had not received a reply as of press time.

The Voice of America also contacted the American scientists Peter. Dr. Daszak and Dr Ralph Baric for comments, but have not yet received a response.

U.S. President Biden ordered the U.S. intelligence community to "double its efforts" on 26 May and report to him on the origin of the novel coronavirus 90 days later, including determining "whether it originated from contact between humans and infected animals or from laboratory accidents".

Please click on the link to read the full Chinese translation of the survey report (PDF). The official text is subject to the original English text of the report.

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U.S. report clarifies evidence: the Chinese Communist Party concealed the epidemic

Reporters : Liang Dong, Ruili /  Publisher : News Weekly / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/07/a103185242.html / Image : Video Screenshot

The China Working Group of the US House of Representatives announced an updated version of the SARS-CoV-2 traceability report on Monday. The report pointed out that there was "a lot of evidence that the virus originated from the Wuhan Institute of Virology." Republican Congressman McCall pointed out that the CCP's cover-up of the epidemic is the largest cover-up in human history and called for a full investigation.

On 2 August 2021, the China Working Group of the U.S. House of Representatives announced an updated version of the epidemic traceability report. The content is a supplement and continuation of the survey report made by the same team in September 2020.

Image: https://gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Copy-of-Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text-18.pdf

Republican Final Report on the Origins of COVID-19: https://gop-foreignaffairs.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Final-Minority-Report-on-the-Origins-of-the-COVID-19-Global-Pandemic-Including-the-Roles-of-the-CCP-and-WHO-9.20.20-Coverpage.pdf

According to the new report, there is a lot of evidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) accidentally leaked the virus because the laboratory safety was not up to standard.

The report specifically stated that the virus leaked out as early as the end of August or early September 2019. After the incident, CCP officials and WIV began desperately to cover up.

One of the ways to cover up was that in the middle of the night of September 12, Wuhan virus suddenly offline the virus database and sample database on the grounds that the mailbox of Shi Zhengli's team was attacked.

Lin Xiaoxu, former virology researcher at the U.S. Army Research Institute: “The virus database contains samples and other gene sequencing sequences. This resource itself is of course very precious. It simply uses the data to be attacked as a reason. It’s offline, and it’s been more than a year and a half and it hasn’t recovered. That means this thing is not that simple."

The report also disclosed that in July 2019, WIV requested US$1.5 million to transform the waste treatment system that was launched less than two years ago, indicating that this system may be in a loophole and need to be repaired before the virus outbreak.

In addition, the report also stated that the Chinese biological and chemical weapons expert and female major general Chen Wei suddenly took over the WIV at the end of 2019, indicating that unusual things may have occurred in the Institute at that time.

The report quoted evidence to infer that the virus had spread widely in Wuhan before the World Military Games held in Wuhan in October 2019. After the military games, the virus spread to the world with the return of athletes from various countries.

Regarding the origin of the virus, the report believes that it is likely to occur naturally, but it may also be the result of genetic manipulation.

The report finally requires the United States and other countries to hold the CCP accountable to ensure that there will be no third pandemic in this century.

McCaul, the chief Republican of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who leads the group, said in a tweet that the CCP’s move was "the largest cover-up in human history."

After the report was published, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China criticized the report as untrue and "expressed its firm opposition and strong condemnation."

But on Twitter, McCall said based on his years of experience as a federal prosecutor, "If the defendant has evidence to prove that he is innocent, they will show it. Those defendants who will only hit witnesses are guilty."

He pointed out that the CCP’s cover-up behavior was the same as before, and asked the CCP authorities to disclose the file records as soon as possible.

On 5 August, CNN reported that US intelligence agencies obtained a large amount of genetic data from the Wuhan virus laboratory in the process of tracing the source of the Chinese Communist virus. Intelligence agencies are analyzing these data. If it can be deciphered, this treasure trove of genetic data is likely to be the key to uncovering the origin of the virus.

Several people familiar with the matter said that this huge information catalog contains genetic blueprints extracted from virus samples studied in Wuhan laboratories. Some officials believe that the Wuhan laboratory may be the source of the global covid epidemic.

The source said that it is still unclear when and how the US intelligence agencies obtained this information, but the machines involved in the creation and processing of such virus genetic data are usually connected to external cloud servers, which makes them likely to become the goal of hackers.

Intelligence agencies are using supercomputers at the National Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy to process these raw data, hoping to convert them into usable information.

Currently, the US intelligence community is also investigating the origin of the virus. President Biden asked intelligence agencies to submit a report to the White House within 90 days in May of this year, with a deadline of 24 August 2021.

Ref: https://staygate.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-updated-republican-report-on.html

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Civilian campaign links Myanmar's 8888 uprising with 2021 anti-regime movement on 8 August 2021

Myanmar's historic 8888 uprising anniversary marks its 33rd anniversary on 8 August 2021. On 8 August 1988, the Burmese's cry for democracy was heard worldwide. On 8 August 2021, it coincides with the six-month point since the start of Myanmar's Spring Revolution in February 2021 to overthrow the Myanmar military regime.

Myanmar people are launching a campaign to mark the 8888 uprising anniversary in connection with the ongoing anti-regime movement, in which more than 900 civilians have been killed since the February coup. The campaign slogan is “Blood feuds from ’88 must be settled by 2021.” 

The uprising in 1988 toppled General Ne Win’s one-party military dictatorship, but the democracy struggle failed as the country fell into the hands of another military dictatorship. The Sunday campaign slogan conveys the idea that the democracy that could not be achieved in 1988 must be achieved in 2021, as Myanmar is under military rule again.

The campaign has two parts—an eight-finger strike and a red campaign. The former asks the people to share photos of themselves showing eight fingers on social media, representing the revolutionary spirit of the 8888 Uprising. The latter asks the people to wear red clothes and throw red paint in the streets, representing the bravery and strong spirit of the 8888 movement.

In 1988, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country to oppose the Burma Socialist Programme Party led by military dictator Gen Ne Win, which destroyed the country’s economy over 26 years of repressive rule.

Some 3,000 people were killed in the movement as Ne Win’s henchman Sein Lwin, who was dubbed the “Butcher of Yangon”, ordered violent crackdowns on protesters. The fatal crackdowns continued after General Saw Maung seized power in September of that year. The military continued to rule the country until early 2011.

What is different from the 1988 uprising is that this time, peaceful protesters have taken up arms after the new military regime killed hundreds following its coup in February this year. Six months into military rule, anti-regime protests remain so strong around the country that coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has still not been able to impose his rule.

Anti-regime protests have taken different forms in Myanmar, including banging pots and pans, wearing the traditional Myanmar cosmetic Thanakha, the Milk Tea Alliance, wearing flowers for detainees and detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday, cursing Min Aung Hlaing on his birthday and street protests.

The eight-finger strike campaign is not just a protest against coup leader Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and his military council and caretaker government, but an act of opposition against the entire mechanism of the military regime that has persecuted the Myanmar people since 1962.

Ref: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/campaign-links-myanmars-8888-uprising-with-2021-anti-regime-movement.html

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Happy Singapore 56th National Day!

9 August 2021 marks Singapore's 56th National Day. 8 August is the eve of Singapore National Day. Since the covid epidemic started to enter Singapore from Wuhan on 23 March 2020, the number of Singaporean households displaying the national flag appears to have decreased. 

From 13 July to 8 August 2021, epidemic fatigue has set in despite the increasing number of vaccinations and the decreasing number of daily covid case reports from 5 August.

The pictures of News (9) are shot in Ang Mo Kio recently.

Images : The Singapore national flag is a must display at all community clubs.

The traditional national day ceremonial parade is held at The Float @ Marina Bay on 9 August 2021. Prior to the National Day on 5 August, there were talk of postponing the parade to 14 August 2021 if the number of confirmed covid cases continued to rise. The contingency plan can be found here.

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Singapore can take the lead in controlling the Covi72 epidemic

Editor : Meng Xiangjun / Publisher : China News Network / http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2021/08-08/9538919.shtml

According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao report on 8 August 2021, due to the slow progress of the covi vaccination work, Covi72 is spreading rapidly, and the epidemic in many Asian countries has rebounded and the lockdown measures have to be re-implemented.

According to reports, due to the low covid mortality rate, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand lag behind other countries in vaccination. Its vaccination rate is now the bottom 10 in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which has 38 member states. Singapore may become the first Southeast Asian country to control the epidemic and gradually transition to the "post-epidemic new normal" coexisting with covi.

 At the same time, many Asia-Pacific countries were attacked by the Delta variant/B.1.17.2 (Covi72) . Take South Korea, Japan, and Australia as examples. In the past month, the number of people infected with Covi72 has increased by multiples. Among them, South Korea has increased by about three times, Japan has increased by four times, and Australia has increased by more than 600%.

In Australia, the epidemic situation in Sydney and Melbourne, which are populous cities, continues to worsen. New cases have reached the highest record since the outbreak of a new round of epidemics, and they have to be repeatedly unblocked and blocked.

As for Japan, where the Olympics are being held, although covi has not spread among most of the vaccinated athletes, cases of Delta infection have surged in the local population outside the Olympic Village.

Only about 14% of the population in South Korea have completed the full dose vaccination. Like other countries such as Australia, South Korea has imposed blockade measures and banned gatherings of people, severely hitting economic activities.

The report pointed out that the continued deterioration of the epidemic situation in the Asia-Pacific region has affected economic growth prospects. Especially in Southeast Asia, the weekly mortality rate has repeatedly climbed, surpassing Latin America.

On 29 July 2021, due to the surge in the number of covid patients, the Indonesian government plans to open an "oxygen room" equipped with medical facilities to provide treatment for patients with moderate symptoms. The facility is scheduled to be put into use in early August. 

In Indonesia, the cumulative number of deaths as of this week has exceeded 100,000. However, the country has not implemented a comprehensive blockade, so as not to affect the livelihood of the people and further hit the prospects of the largest economy in Southeast Asia.

Other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand and Vietnam, are also arguing about whether to blockade their borders completely because strict blockade measures will severely hit the trade activities that the countries' economies are highly dependent on. The Federation of Thai Industry also recently warned that measures such as isolation and movement restrictions have caused labour shortages and forced companies to reduce production.

At present, the Southeast Asian country that is most likely to take the lead in controlling the epidemic and gradually transition to the "post-epidemic new normal" coexisting with covi is Singapore. Herrero, chief economist for the Asia-Pacific region of Natixis, believes, "Based on the current vaccine level, vaccine supply and coverage rate, we estimate that Singapore will be the first to reach the threshold of 80% (the population is vaccinated)."

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Show vaccination status with TraceTogether token in Singapore

Reporter : An Shiyi / https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20210808-1179329 / Image : Web Screenshot

In addition to using TraceTogether app in restaurants or gyms, visitors can also prove that they have completed the vaccination by showing the TraceTogether token.

Starting from 10  August  2021, restaurants can allow no more than five people who have completed the vaccination to dine in, and gymnasiums and fitness centres can also receive more visitors. How to check the vaccination status is one of the concerns of the catering and other industries.

The government has just released a user guide on the SafeEntry website, instructing companies on how to set up procedures so that employees can use the joint efforts of visitors to track mobile apps or work with TT tokens to check their vaccination status.

Merchants can log in and make settings on the SafeEntry website. After completing the settings, visitors only need to touch the Heli tracking mobile application on the sensor or work with the epidemic prevention device to prove their vaccination status.

This check-in process can also be completed by scanning the QR code of the hand-held epidemic prevention device.

For more details about the SafeEntry User Guide, please go to https://safeentry.gov.sg/.

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TraceTogether app  "Possible Contact" function cancelled

The TraceTogether Tracking mobile app no longer displays whether the user has visited the same place at the same time as a confirmed covid patient in Singapore. The public at risk of contracting the disease will receive a text message or phone call from the Ministry of Health.

The website wereyouthere.safeentry.gov.sg also canceled this feature to check whether it is possible the user may have come into contact with local covid patients.

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CCTV commented that the epidemic can be contagious within 14 seconds

The National Health Commission (NHC) of the CCP on 7 August 2021 that in 31 provincial administrative units where the epidemic has been detected, 107 new cases were confirmed on 6 August. Among them, there are 75 local cases, 53 cases in Jiangsu Province, 9 cases each in Hunan Province and Hubei Province, and 4 cases in Henan Province. In addition, a local suspected case was added in Yantai, Shandong Province.

On 8 August, NHC reports 96 new cases were confirmed on 7 August, among which there are 81 local cases, of which 38 cases are in Jiangsu, 24 cases in Henan, 7 cases in Yunnan, 6 cases in Hubei, 6 cases in Hunan. There are 15 inbound cases (6 cases in Shanghai, 4 cases in Yunnan, 3 cases in Guangdong, 2 cases in Sichuan). There are 3 suspected inbound covid cases in Shanghai.

On the same day, 33 new cases were cured and discharged, and 2,150 close contacts were released from medical observation. There are 5 more severe cases than the previous day.

Judging from the transmission chain of this wave of epidemics, almost all of them are Delta variant (Covi72). CCTV said in 7 August's comments that this strain of the virus spreads very quickly and can be infected even without contact for 14 seconds.

The comment also stated that the spread of the epidemic this time is wider, and Guangdong has been infected with 5th and 6th generation cases in 10 days. In addition, Covi72 is more toxic, and the proportion of patients who become severe and critical after the onset of disease is higher than before, and the time is earlier. The most troublesome thing is that the symptoms after infection are atypical and difficult to distinguish.

Many netizens were panicked after reading CCTV's comments, "It is possible to be infected without contact for 14 seconds? This is scary." "Every time there are so many people queuing for nucleic acid testing, if anyone carries the virus, wouldn’t it be all over in a few seconds?", " I hope our district will hold on."

Some netizens also said, "This virus can't cut its roots, it keeps mutating and mutating", "I just want to say (this day) when is it heading to?"

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Indian child prodigy predicted accurately

This wave of epidemics is spreading rapidly in China, and the coming is quite ferocious. In fact, as early as June this year, Anand, known as the "Indian prodigy", had prophesied. When he talked about the epidemic, he mentioned that China is not "absolutely safe."

Anand stated in a YouTube video that China (the CCP) had never revealed people and things to the outside world, so it is impossible to be completely sure what happened in China. He does not believe that China is now "absolutely safe."

He predicted at the time that a new round of epidemics would break out in many countries before 21 September 2021. Related countries also include the United Kingdom, India, the United States and Japan. Facts have proved that the countries he mentioned at the time have now spread new epidemics one after another.

In addition, Anand also mentioned Taiwan in July but this is not bad news. He said, "I suggest that all viewers in Taiwan and other Southeast Asian countries, please follow your traditional methods to fight the epidemic, and you will surely see remarkable results. Because this is a method followed by mankind for thousands of years and it is absolutely useful."

Anand did not specify what the "traditional practices" are but people in Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries should be clear about it. It is everyone's hope that Taiwan and Southeast Asian countries can quickly get rid of the epidemic and get through this catastrophe.

Speaking of Taiwan, two things in passing. One is a 32-year-old basketball star Jeremy Lin posted on Weibo today (7th) that he was tested positive with mild symptoms and is undergoing treatment at a Shanghai hospital. The doctor said that he might get better soon.

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Yangzhou is "so nervous", the monitoring methods are upgraded

On 7 August, the Jiangsu Health Commission notified that since the outbreak of the epidemic on 20 July, as of the 6th, a total of 516 local cases have been confirmed in the province. Among them, there are 272 cases in Yangzhou, 229 cases in Nanjing, 12 cases in Huai'an and 3 cases in Suqian.

Judging from the reported figures, Nanjing has had single-digit new cases for the fifth consecutive day, and there was only one case for two consecutive days. In Yangzhou, however, 52 cases were confirmed on 6 August, and the number of new cases exceeded 50 in two consecutive days.

On 7 August, Yangzhou has added 5 new medium-risk areas, including 2 in Hanjiang District and 2 in Jiangdu District, and 1 in Guangling District. Up to now, Yangzhou has 1 high-risk area and 70 medium-risk areas.

According to the Yangzhou Health Commission, the third round of nucleic acid testing in the main urban area has not yet been completed, and the fourth round of large-scale nucleic acid testing has already begun.

At 9 o'clock this morning local time, all personnel from Hanjiang District, Guangling District, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Eco-Tech New City Heshu Gang, the Slender West Lake Scenic Area, including non-local personnel, were conducting the fourth round of nucleic acid testing at the same time.

Some netizens said, “People in Yangzhou say that there are so many new additions every day. It’s really panic. Give Yangzhou a hot search.” “I don’t know what to say. I will do the fourth nucleic acid test immediately. I hope the turning point will come soon.”

The governor of Jiangsu stated at the Yangzhou dispatch meeting on 6 August that the prevention and control of the epidemic in Yangzhou is at the most critical and critical moment, and that it is the ultimate main battlefield of the epidemic in Jiangsu. Cheng Wenhu, a volunteer from Hanjiang District, told The Paper that "I have never seen Yangzhou so nervous."

Speaking of Yangzhou being "so nervous", a new device from the CCP has been installed to monitor the people. On 7 August, a netizen broke the news that after Yangzhou was locked down, in a blockade community, residents had something quietly installed on their doors. Netizens said that this is a new monitoring method by the authorities.

The photo shows that this thing attached to the residents' door has a QR code affixed to it. But after people scan the code, only a string of numbers is displayed, nothing else. Some friends in the WeChat group believe that this is an electromagnetic monitoring device. As soon as the door is opened, the monitoring station will receive a signal.

Judging from the reactions of netizens, they are rather disgusted with the CCP's monitoring. But there are also different situations. Today, another netizen broke the news that a mainland friend of hers was quarantined at home and a seal was put on the door. A netizen said in the chat, "Oh my god, it's too inhuman and wicked", while her friend said, "I didn't think so."

A netizen said in the email that this simple reply from a friend revealed that many Chinese people have been "accustomed to" the CCP's inhuman and ethical practices. But this kind of "habit" is really terrible. In a nation that is comfortable with cruelty and tyranny, is there any hope?

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Yangzhou epidemic spreads to Shandong, Jiangsu 6 party officials removed

The epidemic situation in Yangzhou is tense. In addition to the high number of cases in the city, the spread of the virus to other provinces is also increasing. Lanling County, Shandong Province reported on 6 August that it had received a letter of assistance from Guangling District, Yangzhou. There was a confirmed case attending a college entrance banquet in Lanling County.

The report stated that Sun XX, a 16-year-old diagnosed patient in Yangzhou, arrived in Xiaoxinzhuang Village, Changcheng Town, Lanling County on 23 July and attended a school promotion banquet for relatives in the village on the 24th. After returning to Yangzhou, he was diagnosed with Covi72 on 5 August.

Judging from the report from Lanling County, the situation in Shandong is not optimistic, which also means that this wave of the outbreak in Nanjing may enter Shandong. If a case is also found in Shandong, it will become the 32nd provincial-level unit to find the epidemic.

On 7 August, Jiangsu Province announced its handling of six officials in Nanjing. This is the decision made by the Jiangsu Provincial authorities after Nanjing handled 9 relevant officials on 6 August.

The notification stated that Wang Chao, deputy general manager and office director of Eastern Airport, and Yin Yunwen, director of the emergency rescue department, have been investigated and taken lien measures. "Lien" is a more flexible term, and to put it bluntly is detention. He was accused of "dereliction of duty" and ineffective in preventing and controlling the epidemic, causing heavy losses and adverse effects.

Xu Yongjie, Director of the Ground Service Department of Eastern Airport, was also filed for review, but no lien measures were taken. The accusation against him is that he did not perform his duties effectively in preventing and controlling the epidemic.

Nanjing’s deputy mayor, Hu Wanjin, was remembered by government affairs, and the mayor of Nanjing’s Jiangning District, Yan Yingjun, was seriously warned by the party and was demoted to a second-level investigator. Fang Zhongyou, secretary of the party committee and director of the Nanjing Health Commission, severely warned the party and was removed from his post. All three were accused of ineffective management and supervision.

This is the first batch of officials to be dealt with by Jiangsu Province after the outbreak of the epidemic at Nanjing Lukou Airport and its rapid spread to many provinces and cities across the country. It is estimated that some small "scapegoats" may be thrown out in the future, and they need to commit crimes for higher-level officials. Because there is such a sentence at the end of the notice, "Other responsible personnel are still under investigation."

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Zhengzhou launches "Xiaotangshan" Nucleic acid tests for all employees in 8 cities in Henan

In this wave of epidemics in mainland China, the epidemic in Henan seems to be an independent transmission chain. According to reports from the authorities, the outbreak point in Henan was the Zhengzhou Sixth Hospital, a designated hospital for foreign immigrants. Among the 18 new cases added on 6 August, many of them were patients and escorts from the Sixth Hospital.

Among the new cases on 6 August, one was a 39-year-old female doctor from the Sixth Hospital. Starting from 31 July, the doctor was centralized and closed for management, and was transported to a medical isolation point again on 6 August. This doctor has performed 8 nucleic acid tests. The first 7 tests were all negative. Until 6 August Cai tested positive and was diagnosed at 8.30 am of 7 August.

As the number of cases increased, a new designated hospital was added in Zhengzhou. Zhengzhou official media reported that the airport complex of Zhengzhou First Hospital, far away from the downtown area, was urgently rebuilt. On the basis of the old one, it was transformed into a Henan version of the "Xiaotangshan" hospital.

The report quoted the person in charge of the First Hospital confirming that the airport complex "has been put into use." The authorities dispatched medical teams from Zhengzhou City and many other hospitals in Henan Province to support this "Xiaotangshan" in Henan.

Adding the Henan version of "Xiaotangshan", what does this action mean? The Henan Provincial Health Commission reported that from 31 July to the present, 25 local cases have been confirmed in the province, and 106 local cases have been asymptomatic.

Zhengzhou is the capital city of Henan Province. It stands to reason that with 130 cases, the existing hospitals in Zhengzhou City should be able to handle it. However, the authorities added a Henan version of "Xiaotangshan". Does this mean that the actual number of infections in Zhengzhou far exceeds the number reported by the authorities? This may also be a secret in Zhengzhou, just like the death toll in the flood.

According to a CCTV report, from 10 pm of 6 August to 5 am of 7 August, more than 1,390 vehicles and more than 3,250 people were dispatched by Zhengzhou. More than fifty roads were completely blocked.

At the same time, many cities in Henan have started full-staff nucleic acid testing. Kaifeng on 6 August suspended passenger shuttle buses, urban and rural buses, and tourist passenger chartered buses. Qiancao Village, Weishi County, where the epidemic occurred, was sealed up and all staff tested. However, some netizens revealed that Kaifeng had started nucleic acid testing for all employees on 6 August.

In addition, Shangqiu, Sanmenxia, ​​Xuchang, Jiyuan, Zhumadian, and Luohe have already notified all personnel for nucleic acid testing. In total, 8 cities in Henan are carrying out nucleic acid tests for all employees.

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Li Yongda went to Britain without warning

Next, let's talk about a Hong Kong matter. On 7 August, Democratic Party Chairman Luo Jianxi responded to media inquiries, saying that he has known that Li Yongda is not in Hong Kong at present, but he has not received his resignation as vice chairman.

Radio Free Asia quoted news reports that on 6 August, Li Yongda was accompanied by his wife Chen Shuying to the airport, and then Li Yongda flew to London, England. But Chen Shuying did not travel with him and remained in Hong Kong.

Li Yongda, 65, is the vice chairman of the Democratic Party. He co-founded the Democratic Party many years ago and served as the chairman in 2004. In the Occupy Central incident in 2014, he was accused of "inciting others to obstruct the public" and was sentenced to 8 months in prison with 2 years of probation.

After the news of his departure from Hong Kong came out, Chen Shuying sent a message to the Democratic Party members that he was still in Hong Kong and thanked everyone for their concern. However, she did not respond positively to whether Li Yongda has left Hong Kong, only saying that "Li Yongda will respond on his own if necessary." She said, "Even if I am a relative, I will not endorse."

Some members of the Democratic Party expressed that they were "surprised" at Li Yongda's departure from Hong Kong, and there was no warning beforehand. According to the source, Li Yongda bought a two-way ticket, but it is unknown whether he will return to Hong Kong. Radio Free Asia believes that Li Yongda "does not expect to return to Hong Kong in the short term."

If Li Yongda had indeed left Hong Kong, he would be another democrat who was forced to leave by the CCP and Hong Kong. Under the ever-increasing rule of the Chinese Communist Party over Hong Kong, Hong Kong has no freedom for a long time. This makes Hong Kong people who have enjoyed freedom, especially the democrats, feel extremely depressed, and the political ecological environment is almost suffocating.

The Chinese-American writer Qian Pu has such a poem in his collection of poems: I am sure that my pain does not come from the body. Written in the poem:

No/I have had surgery/surgery/But I can't find the source of the pain/I am sure that my pain is not from the body/not from my feet/It has been sick/But I can still walk/I have no problem with my hands/ The hair is missing/the teeth are missing some/but it is not the cause of the pain/it is my heart/it is too heavy/it accumulates the weight of the entire Hong Kong. 

Ref: http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2021/08-08/9538911.shtml

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There are 38 newly confirmed local cases in Jiangsu, including 2 in Nanjing and 36 in Yangzhou

Editor : Tian Boqun / Publisher : China News Network / http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2021/08-08/9538917.shtml

 According to the official Weibo news of the Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission, between 0-24 o'clock on 7 August, there are 38 new local confirmed covid cases in Jiangsu (2 cases reported in Nanjing; 36 cases reported in Yangzhou). 7 cases were light type, 30 cases were ordinary type, and 1 case was heavy type. The above cases were treated in isolation in designated hospitals. 2 new cases were discharged from hospital (both local confirmed cases). 1 case of asymptomatic infection imported from abroad was released from medical observation.

Details of new cases will be released by relevant districts and cities.

Since 20 July, a total of 554 local confirmed cases have been reported in the province (231 in Nanjing, 12 in Huai'an, 308 in Yangzhou, and 3 in Suqian). A total of 20 local confirmed cases have been discharged from hospital.

Currently, there are 553 confirmed cases treated in isolation in designated hospitals, of which 534 are locally confirmed cases (136 cases of light type, 373 cases of normal type, 19 cases of severe type, and 6 cases of critical type). There were 11 cases of asymptomatic infection under medical observation, including 1 case of indigenous asymptomatic infection.

From 22 January 2020 to 12 am of 8 August 2021, Jiangsu Province has a total of 1,319 confirmed reported covid cases (including 133 cases from abroad).

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Many places in Nanjing, Jiangsu are adjusted from medium-risk areas to low-risk areas

Reporters : Tang Tao, Xu Dawei, Wu Rui, Huang Cheng,  Xu Jingwei,Huang Hefei and Wu Junda / Editor : Tian Boqun / http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2021/08-08/9538956.shtml

According to the national and provincial requirements for precise prevention and control of the covid epidemic, and after the assessment of the epidemic prevention and control expert group, from 8 August 2021, the epidemic risk level in some areas of Nanjing has been adjusted, and Xiaolingwei Street, Xuanwu District, has succeeded. Village No. 100, No. 26, Suo Street, Nanyuan Street, Jianye District, Xiangzhang Garden and Hongli Garden, Vanke City, Yongyang Street, Lishui District, and Lakeside New Residences in Zhetang Street are adjusted from medium-risk areas to low-risk areas, and other areas have risk levels constant.

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China's gene bank research shocks academics, US magazine editorial board resigns

Editor : Lin Qing / Source : Voice of America / NTDTV / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/07/a103185132.html

Image : The CCP authorities collected genetic data of Xinjiang Uyghurs in the name of a national medical examination and established a database many years ago. The picture shows the entrance of a bazaar in Hotan, Xinjiang. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)

The ongoing genetic research in China has caused increasing controversy and concerns in the international academic community. An authoritative American scientific journal "Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine" caused a split in its editorial department due to the publication of several research papers by Chinese experts. Eight editors recently resigned collectively in protest.

According to a report issued by the US news site The Intercept on Wednesday (4 August 2021), this type of genetic research on Tibetans, Uighurs and other ethnic minorities involves DNA documentation, facial recognition, and organ transplantation. In many other fields, it has caused a lot of controversy in many academic journals around the world, but it is the first time that such a strong response has appeared in the editorial office of the American academic journal "Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine."

This publication is published by Wiley, a world publishing company headquartered in New Jersey. The editorial board of the publication has 25 members, and the collective resignation of nearly one-third of the editorial board has caused quite a stir in the publishing industry.

"Block" is a website engaged in investigative reporting. Its report said that Yves Moreau, a bioinformatician at the University of Leuven in Belgium, has been following such research for a long time, especially the genetic research of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

The large-scale persecution of Uyghurs by the Xinjiang authorities has attracted worldwide attention in the past two years. As many as one million Uighurs have been detained by Xinjiang authorities in detention camps officially called vocational training centers by China and forced to engage in forced labor. Moreau is very worried about the Xinjiang authorities' method of collecting DNA samples from Uighurs. The report said that earlier this year, Moreau found 18 papers in this area in the journals of molecular genetics and genomics.

Moreau believes that if such research is not stopped, science and artificial intelligence technology will be used to strengthen the status of authoritarian government.

Moreau believes that those in power around the world will use new technologies (such as off-the-shelf DNA tests) for political gain.

According to the "Intercept" report, some of the papers that Moro found studied were genetic differences between ethnic groups. The police can use this type of research to compare the huge population gene bank to find suspects. Some papers use genetic samples obtained without the consent of the parties. The Chinese government has been collecting the DNA of men of all ethnic groups in China in order to build a national genetic information database of 700 million men. The Chinese police have also forcibly collected the DNA of certain groups, such as seasonal workers and political dissidents.

Since March 2021, Moreau has repeatedly reported relevant issues to the editor-in-chief of this scientific journal, Susan Hart. But Hart did not respond positively to this. In June of this year, Moreau wrote a long email explaining how the Chinese police used genetics to deal with ethnic minorities and dissidents. He sent this email to all the editorial board members and aroused their response. Hart's negative attitude in dealing with this issue aroused the outrage of the editors, and eight of them resigned in anger.

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Shock the CCP! U.S. and allies Indo-Pacific military exercise,  sell to Taiwan self-propelled artillery

Reporters : Huang Yanhua and Wu Huizhen / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/07/a103185258.html

The CCP has not only threatened Taiwan for a long time, but also threatened neighbouring countries of the Taiwan Strait. In order to maintain the security of the Indo-Pacific, the United States and its allies are launching various large-scale military exercises in recent days. In addition, the State Department announced on the 5th that the Biden administration of the United States had approved the arms sales of the M109A6 self-propelled gun to Taiwan for the first time. A spokesperson for the presidential palace expressed gratitude for helping Taiwan strengthen its self-defense capabilities.

The U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force conducted joint airborne training at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on July 30. This was also part of the U.S. "Pacific Forager 21 exercise" (Pacific Forager 21).

US 2-325 Airborne Assault Commander Major Joe Fritze (2021.7.30): "The 82nd Airborne Division is a US emergency response team that can reach anywhere in the world from North Carolina within 18 hours."

The US military newspaper "Stars and Stripes" reported that General Flynn, the commander of the US Pacific Army, stated on August 1 that the main purpose of this US-Japan joint military exercise was to make opponents unable to predict the methods and strengths of operations. If the CCP invaded Taiwan, the US military It can be deployed quickly and on a large scale.

Recently, German warships that have been in violation of 20 years passed through the sea off eastern Taiwan. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated that the purpose of this trip is to participate in a joint military exercise of allies in the Indo-Pacific region. The Indo-Pacific region will determine the future of the international order.

Earlier, the Queen of England also entered the South China Sea, and at one time formed a confrontation with the "Shandong" aircraft carrier of the Chinese Communist Navy. The two aircraft carriers were only 580 nautical miles apart.

Earlier, British Secretary of Defense Wallace stated that it is no secret that the CCP monitors and challenges ships on legal routes, and reiterated that Britain will sail anywhere permitted by international law.

The USS Queen is also here to participate in the Indo-Pacific region to hold the "2021 Large-scale Global Exercise" (LSGE21), which will take place from 2 to 27 August.

The Indo-Pacific Command’s statement stated, “The United States is committed to working with our unrivaled network of allies and partners to ensure regional stability, strengthen order based on the rule of law, ensure the security of communication channels, and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Let all countries benefit."

Admiral Gildi, Minister of Naval Order (2021.8.3): "The large-scale exercise in 2021 will also train our Navy and Marine Corps to solve the same combat problems in real time, so they can unify concepts, combat capabilities, planning and Synchronize maritime operations to support joint forces."

Western warships that have participated in activities in the South China Sea in recent years include at least the US, Australia, France, and the USS Queen's aircraft carrier strike group and its Dutch warships, plus Germany; Asian warships come from neighboring coastal countries, as well as Japan and India.

In addition to the military exercises, at a hearing held by the US Senate Intelligence Committee on August 4, former senior intelligence officials pointed out that the CCP is the greatest threat to the United States.

Marco Rubio, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee: "The subject of this hearing is "China's Long Arm." The Chinese (Communist) Long Arm is not a threat to the future. It has already happened here."

Bill Evanina, former director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center of the United States: "The overall and comprehensive threat that the Chinese Communist Party poses to the United States is a real reality. An aggressive and strategic threat./We must respond to this threat as we have done against terrorism in the past 20 years."

In addition, Taiwan also needs to help strengthen its self-defense capabilities; in 2020 alone, Communist military aircraft continued to harass Taiwan’s southwest airspace for more than 380 sorties. This year, the CCP has continued to escalate, sending military planes and warships into the waters of Taiwan on many occasions.

On 5 August, the State Department announced that the Biden administration of the United States had approved arms sales to Taiwan for the first time and approved the arms sales of Taiwan’s M109A6 self-propelled guns.

The spokesperson of the Presidential Office thanked the US government for assisting Taiwan in strengthening its self-defense capabilities.

Voice source: Ou Jiangan, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China: "In the face of China's continuous military expansion and provocations, the Chinese government will unswervingly improve national defense security."

The M109A6 self-propelled artillery vehicle has an automatic firing control system that can fire one shell within 60 seconds. The military described it as "a vehicle can produce an artillery company." According to analysis by defense experts, it can effectively increase the firepower of Taiwan’s artillery.

News (23) to (28) / Editor : Yun Tao / Publisher : The Epoch Times via NTDTV / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/07/a103185194.html

Image : Singers collapsed while singing  Red songs to mark CCP's 100th Anniversary. Signs are aplenty, suggesting the inevitable doom of the Chinese Communist regime in the future.

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The CCP issued a series of long articles to criticize the United States

Sino-US relations have further deteriorated. Recently, the Chinese Communist Party media has successively issued 4D long articles, attacking the United States for interfering in its internal affairs on Hong Kong-related issues, engaging in so-called political manipulation in the epidemic, and organizing the so-called seven sins of the US alliance system. Some experts analyzed that the United States and its allies joined forces to defend the values ​​of freedom and democracy and the international order, especially the traceability investigation of the epidemic, so that the CCP had a foreboding that a catastrophe was imminent, so it upgraded its propaganda and information warfare.

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Party media issued three long articles to attack the U.S.

On 4 August 2021, the CCP CCTV continuously broadcast news attacks on the United States on the News Network, claiming that the United States was engaged in so-called "political manipulation" in the covid outbreak of the CCP virus to intimidate American politicians. In the face of so-called "facts, science and justice, political manipulation is doomed to be unpopular."

On the same day, the Xinhua News Agency of the CCP also published a long article of 12,000 words, citing that since the new US government took office, the United States has severely criticized the Chinese Communist Party on Hong Kong-related issues. The article also attacked the slogans of the U.S. politicians for safeguarding human rights and freedom in Hong Kong as "sounding" and secretly "moving a knife."

The day before, Xinhua News Agency even published an article of more than 20,000 words, arranging the so-called "seven deadly sins" of the American alliance system including violence, plunder, infringement, sabotage, lying, shelter, infighting, etc. The CCP’s "wolf war" diplomats and the CCP’s media team have also issued long texts about the so-called "crimes" in the United States.

The Chinese Communist Party's fierce criticism of the United States has shocked international public opinion.

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Feng Chongyi: If the source of the epidemic is investigated, the CCP will face extinction

On 5 August, the US media CNN reported that US intelligence agencies are mining a genetic database. This huge database contains genetic data extracted from virus samples researched by the Wuhan Institute of Virology, China. Some officials believe that the laboratory may be the source of the global epidemic.

US President Biden also ordered intelligence agencies to determine the origin of the virus, and limited 90 days to produce relevant reports.

"According to Biden's instructions, on the 24th, he asked several intelligence agencies to get this report out." Feng Chongyi, an expert on China at the University of Technology, Sydney, analyzed the Epoch Times. The virus leak was involved, and the blow to the CCP was very, very big.

He believes that this is the main reason why the CCP has continuously and intensively published these important articles, further escalating its propaganda and information warfare, "the reason is that it feels dangerous."

"Because the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party knows what they have done, so once this secret, this information is controlled by the United States and exposed, it will cause public outrage around the world and be held accountable. For them, it may be wiped out. disaster."

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Experts refute CCP's accusation of US poisoning

Feng Chongyi analyzed that in addition to letting the United States know about these long articles, the CCP’s media’s more important purpose is to kidnap and mobilize Chinese society, "especially for mobilization and grouping within the party. They emphasized that the danger is here. If you want to check on us, you may have further accountability in the future, and now you need to unite to deal with the United States."

Behind the manipulation of public opinion, the CCP still wants to use this method to prove that it is a conspiracy by the United States. "This virus is more direct at home. It is said that the virus was poisoned by an enemy country, and that the virus was transmitted by the United States. Then they planted and framed China, with the purpose to arouse emotions and unite to respond to the enemy."

Recently, at a press conference, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China, Zhao Lijian, once again asked the United States to release the case data of American soldiers participating in the Wuhan Military Games, and invited WHO experts to investigate the US Army’s Fort Detrick and other biological laboratories.

The Global Times claimed that a joint signing activity initiated by Chinese netizens requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to investigate the US Army laboratory, saying that it had collected more than 20 million signatures in China.

Feng Chongyi said that we need to look at the remarks of the Chinese Communist Party media and official media in reverse, and understand in turn, "The totalitarian regime of the Communist Party of China uses a new set of language, which is contrary to our logic and our normal language."

"It has always been ridiculous. If the U.S. military brought the virus over, this is an act of war. If there is any evidence, you must declare war on the U.S. immediately. If you are a soldier, go to another country to poison the U.S. This is an item of war against the U.S. There are good reasons. If there is such a thing, how can it be done by a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with two complaints?"

"Poisoning is an act of war" Feng Chongyi emphasized, "This cannot be said. If the evidence proves that someone else poisoned, war can be declared immediately, and the whole world will stand on its side." However, it just talked about it. It means that it urgently needs to build momentum in the country.

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Analysis: The CCP's expectations of the Biden administration have failed

The Xinhua News Agency of the Communist Party of China also quoted Xi Jinping in a long article saying that the Chinese people will never allow any external forces to bully, oppress or enslave them. Whoever does this will surely face a bloodshed in front of more than 1.4 billion Chinese people.

Feng Chongyi said that this was Xi Jinping's speech on the Centennial Party Celebration of the Communist Party of China, which was copied by the party media. "The Chinese share the blood of the Chinese people to seize the country." "It describes itself as the choice of the people and the choice of history. But who chose it? No one chooses it."

Feng Chongyi said that the fierce attacks by the CCP media show that the CCP originally had expectations for the Biden administration and has been extending its olive branch, thinking that when the government changes, Biden will change its position and will not be the same as Trump but it is waiting and waiting. Biden has not changed the direction set by Trump. Recently, it has been more clear to provide Hong Kong people with work visas and protection visas.

"On the issue of Hong Kong, Biden has gone further." Feng Chongyi said that Hong Kong's "one country, two systems" has been thoroughly torn and trampled by the CCP, arousing dissatisfaction in Western countries. Internal affairs, undermining its "one country, two systems", this is very absurd! The international community did not buy it, and regarded it as a joke.

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Feng Chongyi: Worry is imminent, the CCP launches its propaganda machine

The Chinese Communist Party media also criticized in a long article, saying that since the new US government came to power, it has renewed its control over the alliance system, and under the banner of multilateralism, it is essentially a small circle and an attempt to form gangs.

"But in fact, it is precisely because the CCP and dictatorships such as North Korea and Iran form a gang, which is doing things around the world, disrupting the international order, and wanting to fight for hegemony, which poses a threat to world peace." "All the bad things the CCP does, it takes all Coming out to be detained on the head of a democratic country is actually a thief shouting to catch a thief."

Finally, Feng Chongyi concluded that the most important thing is that the CCP feels that a catastrophe is imminent. The United States is advancing the virus traceability investigation. The next step may be to pursue accountability. The status and reputation of the CCP leader has been severely damaged. The CCP  feels the crisis and its catastrophe is imminent. CCP supporters do this kind of propaganda even if it is a propaganda that reverses black and white.

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Trump congratulates supporters as Wisconsin deletes more than 205,000 false voter registrations

The U.S. 45th President Donald Trump congratulated his supporters on 7 August 2021 (Saturday) after the Wisconsin Election Commission removed more than 205,000 falsely-registered voters from the voter rolls after the 2020 election. 

A Wisconsin audit report has identified seven different categories of illegal ballots in the Badger State ahead of a full forensic audit into the election. The information in a report prepared for the audit is historic. View the report at this link: https://nationalfile.com/president-trump-congratulates-supporters-as-wisconsin-deletes-more-than-200000-false-voter-registrations/.

In the days after the 2020 General Election, many concerned citizens and public figures, including President Trump, raised several questions about the integrity of the election. Given the close margins across many states, Matt Braynard and a team of researchers commenced the Voter Integrity Project to run several experimental analyses. The team designed these analyses in such a way so as to determine illegal ballots were cast and, if so, whether that number significantly impacted the outcome of the election.

The initial project ran as many as seven different procedures across six different states at a total cost of $591,436.

Analyzing Wisconsin cost approximately one-sixth of that budget or $98,573. This covered

the cost of raw data, data processing, and various vendors and call centers that helped with the analysis.  The extremely compressed timeline to produce results for use in litigation and legislative hearings, and for statewide officials responsible for administering elections and investigating voter fraud, increased the difficulty of the challenge. 

Initial results never received a fair hearing in a court of law nor did any elected official thoroughly examine our work, however, despite providing results under extraordinarily difficult and unique circumstances. 

The Voter Integrity Project, now under the aegis of Look Ahead America, took a deeper dive into the initial findings. Under the leadership of Braynard and LAA’s Research Director Ian Camacho, a team of forty highly-trained volunteers (LAA’s Research Group) conducted a supplemental investigation into the VIP’s data. This report provides the results of the initial and subsequent investigations:

Voter Integrity Project: Seven tranches of illegal ballots in Wisconsin

Source : Look Ahead America The Wisconsin Report, Page 5 of 24

We have identified seven tranches of illegal ballots.

 

Tranche 1: Early and Absentee Ballots Cast In the Names of Voters (EABCINV) registered illegally.

Tranche 2: Voters Illegally Claiming Indefinite Confinement (IC) Status as a Reason to Vote
Absentee. Wisconsin did not allow the COVID-19 quarantine as a reason to claim
indefinitely confined status.

Tranche 3: EABCINV matched to permanent, out-of-state moves in the National Change of
Address Database (NCOA). At the time we processed this match in mid-November, the database
contained records as far back as four years prior to as recent as October 1, 2020.

Tranche 4: EABCINV matched to Out of State Subsequent Registrations (OOSSR) using our
national voter database (NVD). In these cases, the voter had registered in Wisconsin and
matched to voters subsequently registered in another state.

Tranche 5: Election Day Ballots Cast In the Namesof Voters(EDBCINV) registered illegally.

Tranche 6: EDBCINV matched to the NCOA and OOSSR.

Tranche 7: Unmatchable Invalid Residencies Among EABCINV and EDBCINV

 

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EABCINV registered illegally

 

In the state of Wisconsin and nearly all other American states, it is illegal for a voter to register with a residential address where they do not live. The VIP matched the EABCINV against the known lists of postal box facilities (USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc.) and similar addresses where individuals could not live.

 

It is found that many registrants have disguised box numbers as ‘Apt’ numbers, ‘Suites’, and ‘Units.’ In some cases, these facilities exist at the same addresses of legitimate apartment buildings, however we scrubbed our list of any potential false positives by calling the management companies as well as investigating property records. In other cases, these individuals claimed to reside at businesses that our systems flagged due to their location beside a USPS/UPS/FedEx drop off box. While these were not technically postal box registrations, the individuals registered at these addresses neither resided, owned, nor even worked at these businesses, which was why these registrations are marked as illegal.

Due to time and resource constraints, we did not run this analysis using EDBCINV. However, we did match a small number of EDBCINV that had the exact same addresses that were matched using EABCINV.

 

In total, 65 EABCINV/EBDCINV registered illegally in Wisconsin are identified.

 

The complete list of EABCINV data is shared in Appendix B.

 

NOTE: Several dozen inactive registrations that were excluded in our count are found as they did not count either way towards the final election numbers, as well as active voters who did not vote in November 2020. Nevertheless, they should be purged in future reviews of the Wisconsin state vote rolls in order to sanitize and safeguard the elections.

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Evidence of lab-based transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in China

Reporter : Natalie Winters, The National Pulse

Email exchanges between virologists in February 2020 reveal lab-based transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes covid, in a Beijing-based facility under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.

Obtained by the U.S. Right To Know Foundation under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the email exchange is the latest piece of evidence to affirm the lab origins of COVID-19.

A February 14th, 2020 email exchange reveals Ohio State virologist Shan-Lu Liu admits the former director of a lab he previously worked at – The National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (NIVDC) – “has now been infected with SARS-CoV-2.”

Subsequent emails show Liu reiterating “Yes, he was infected in the lab!” when asked by another researcher if “your former colleague was infected with sars2 in the lab?”

 

The lab referenced by Liu is based in Beijing and operates under the control of the Chinese Communist Party’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention. It openly boasts about receiving awards from the Central Commission of China Communist Youth League and funding from the Chinese government.

 

Another researcher on the email thread, University of Massachusetts Professor Shan Lu, added he was “very concerned” about “lab people” getting infected with SARS-CoV-2:

“I actually am very concerned for the possibility of SARS-2 infection by lab people. It is much more contagious than SARS-1. Now every lab is interested in get[ting] a vial of virus to do drug discovery. This can potentially [be] a big issue.”

“The context of the email exchange was in the preparation of a commentary to refute the hypothesis that the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 came from a lab, which Shan Lu had solicited as editor-in-chief of Emerging Microbes & Infections (EMI), a China-linked journal,” the USRTK explains.

Ref: https://thenationalpulse.com/news/foia-emails-reveal-sars-lab-transmission/

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MOH: Coincidental strokes and heart attacks after vaccination will occur

 

A 64-year-old Singaporean woman died on 25 July 2021, the day she was vaccinated with her first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine/Comirnaty, according to a report published by Singapore media Today on 8 August 2021.

 

The woman’s daughter Charlene Yong posted on Facebook, revealing that her mother collapsed eight hours after taking the first dose of Comirnaty. She was mopping the floor before she collapsed.

 

Yong said that her mother led an active lifestyle although she had hypertension and mild diabetes. She questioned whether the vaccine had taken away her mother’s life.

 

Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) was alerted by Ng Teng Fong Hospital on the woman’s death on 25 July. MOH said the woman was assessed to be suitable for covi vaccination prior to vaccination and observed on-site for 30 minutes after vaccination.

The death was reported to the coroner in compliance with the Coroners Act.

The coroner authorised and conducted an autopsy to determine the cause of death in an independent and objective manner.

“Based on the autopsy findings, the certified cause of death is hypertensive heart disease and coronary artery disease. This is consistent with the patient’s history of heart disease, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia and hypertension,” it added.

MOH noted that heart attacks are caused by coronary artery disease.

Overseas and local data showed that there has not been any increase in the number of heart attacks after vaccination.

MOH said, “We see about 1,000 strokes and heart attacks every month, handled by our public hospitals, and as we vaccinate in large numbers, coincidental strokes and heart attacks after vaccination will occur,” said MOH.

Ref: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/death-64-year-old-woman-after-covid-19-jab-due-hypertensive-heart-disease-coronary-artery

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Trump: 100 million people might have died without Operation Ward Speed

Reporter : Sam Raskin, The New York Post / Image : AP

Former President Donald Trump said that if not for his COVID-19 vaccine effort, Operation Warp Speed, 100 million people might have died from the disease. He said he is “very proud” of his efforts to get Americans vaccinated.

“I think if we didn’t come up during the Trump administration with the vaccine, you could have 100 million people dead, just like you had in 1917,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News that aired on Saturday night (7 August 2021).  

“You take the Spanish Flu, 100 million people, up to 100 million people, died. I think we’d be in that territory.”

More than 616,000 United States residents have died from COVID-19, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker. The country’s population is 332,601,658, according to the Census Bureau.

Trump’s administration purchased 200 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine and 200 million doses of the Moderna vaccine.

“The vaccines turn out to be a tremendous thing,” he said in the interview with Dan Bongino. “It’s something I’m very proud of.”

However, Trump also said he does not favour mandatory covi jabs.

The 45th President said, “I really believe in somebody’s choice, somebody’s freedom. I’m a big fan of our freedoms, and people have to make that choice for themselves.”

Ref: https://nypost.com/2021/08/08/donald-trump-says-operation-warp-speed-saved-lives/

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WHO: If the Greek alphabets are not enough, the new variant strains of SARS-CoV-2 may be named after star constellations

Reporter : Nan Boyi / Publisher : The Paper via ScienceNet / http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2021/8/462827.shtm / Image : National File

On 8 August 2021, World Health Organization (WHO) officials state that once the Greek alphabets are used up, new variants of SARS-CoV-2 (covi) may be named after star constellations.

According to a report from the British Sky News on 8 August, the head of the WHO's COVID-19 epidemic technical department Maria Van Kelhoff said that the WHO is looking for a new way to name the covi mutant strain in case 24 Greek alphabets are exhausted. Van Kelhof said that at present, the organization is considering naming constellations.

The World Health Organization announced on 31 May 2021 that, starting from that day, the names of the covi variants first discovered in the United Kingdom, India and other countries will be named in Greek alphabets, mainly to avoid stigmatization of relevant countries. According to the new naming method, the B.1.1.7 mutant virus first discovered in the United Kingdom was renamed the Alpha variant; the B.1.351 first discovered in South Africa was renamed the Beta variant; the first P.1 discovered in Brazil was renamed the Gamma variant; In India, two branches of the covi variant were first discovered, the mutant virus B.1.617.2 was renamed the Delta variant while the mutant virus B.1.617.1 to be observed was renamed the Kappa variant.

[For easy remembrance, StayGate has simplified the Greek names of the covi variants to Covi17 (for B.1.1.7), Covi51 (for B.1.351), Covi72 and Covi71.]

Up to now, WHO has named 11 SARS-CoV-2  mutant strains using Greek alphabets.

"We may run out of Greek alphabets but we are already studying the naming of the next series." Van Kellhof said, "We are actually thinking about constellations."

Van Kelhof said that the WHO is studying the proposal to ensure that no one is dissatisfied with the new naming.

Van Kelhof also warned that there may be new variant strains where the vaccine will not work.

Ref: https://nationalfile.com/space-covid-who-says-theyll-name-variants-after-star-constellations-when-they-exhaust-greek-alphabet/

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Highly concealed cases in China, the patient only tested positive for the eighth time

A highly concealed confirmed covid case occurred in Zhengzhou. The patient only showed positive results after the eighth nucleic acid test.

Li Huifang, deputy secretary-general of the Zhengzhou Municipal Government, said that the patient was a doctor in a local hospital and had been under centralized and closed management in the unit since 31 July. He was transported to a medical isolation point on 6 August, and a total of eight nucleic acid tests were performed. The results of the first seven were all negative.

Ref: https://www.8world.com/greater-china/covid-19-china-delta-1552181#mdcrecs_s

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The elephants have reached home! Asian elephants moving northward from Yunnan return to their habitats safely

Reporters: Hu Lu, Zhao Peiran / Publisher : Xinhua News Agency via ScienceNet / http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2021/8/462835.shtm

The reporters learned from the Steering Group of the National Forestry and Grass Administration's Northward Movement of Elephants on 8 August 2021 that at 8 pm on 8 August, 14 elephants from the Asian elephant herd of Yunnan moved northward across the Yuanjiang River and returned to their habitats safely.

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Tokyo Olympics end with closing ceremony, as US TV ratings see decline

Reporter : Jack Philipps / Publisher : The Epoch Times PREMIUM / Images : Video Screenshots (8world)

 

The International Olympics Committee declared the Tokyo Olympics officially closed, with officials claiming the Games were a success despite the pandemic.

 

The Olympics and its closing ceremony with the theme “Worlds We Share” were held in the middle of a resurgent COVID-19 pandemic and have been rejected by many Japanese citizens.

 

At these Games, spectators were kept at bay. A patchwork of rules kept athletes masked and apart for many of the medal ceremonies, yet saw them compete closely enough they would be swapping bodily fluids in some venues. Risks that could be mitigated were, but at the same time events had to go on.

 

Meanwhile, U.S. television ratings for the Games saw a considerable decline over the 2016 contests.

 

NBC’s primetime coverage on 26 July averaged 14.7 million viewers, which is a nearly 50 percent drop compared to the same night during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics—and it’s 53 percent less than the 2012 Olympics in London. The overall TV audience for the Tokyo Games, according to Nielsen ratings, was down about 45 percent from the Rio Games.

 

Some have speculated that the pandemic, as well as certain Team USA athletes’ embracing of “woke” viewpoints, with some not standing for the national anthem, alienated certain viewers, which contributed to the decline in ratings.

 

“When you look at the numbers, it’s hard to be pleased with them,” Andy Billings, director of the sports communications program at the University of Alabama, told The Associated Press. “It’s probably NBC’s worst-case scenario, but it’s probably a worst-case scenario that they would have been able to predict months ago.”

 

Team USA, which faltered during the early portion of the Games, finished with the most gold medals during the Olympics, beating out China, which came in second place.

Team USA’s 39 gold medals are the 11th-most golds it has won during an Olympics, although it surpassed the totals it amassed during five of the previous eight Summer Games contents. At the same time, Team USA took home 113 medals overall, with 41 silver and 33 bronze.

 

Japan, the host of the Games, won 27 gold medals, good enough for third place. Great Britain was fourth with 22 gold medals. China came in second to Team USA with 38 gold medals.

 

Women’s medals made up nearly 60 percent of Team USA’s total. Team USA’s men won about 41 medals in the Olympic events—the fewest in U.S. history of the modern Games, which started in 1896.

 

“What an awesome testament to the hard work of these incredible athletes and to those strong women who paved the way before them,” said Sarah Hirshland, chief executive of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee, according to The Wall Street Journal. “We are so proud.”

 

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Extreme American reactions to NBC broadcasts of Tokyo Olympics

 

Netizens responded on why they have chosen to ignore or support the live telecasts of the Tokyo Olympics in the U.S. The reactions are extreme.

 

2garth posted on The Epoch Times, “Watch NBC .?. Nothing But Communism! I think not! Patriotic Americans are DONE with the “woke BLM(Burn Loot Murder), Antifa, Socialist, Anti-American” tripe! We are focused on returning America its place as “the shining city upon the hill.”
Xiden and his Communist Democrats stole this country. They are the insurrectionists. We will get to the truth and right this injustice. Trump won!”

 

Another netizen by the name of bernbern said, “Whatever, nothing will change except for the fact it will only get much worse.”

 

Netizen beth.cmra retorted 2garth, “If you are not proud of the United States and what we stand for to show honor and respect I have no use for you. Join some other country’s team.”

 

Netizen rambob best summed up the spirit of watching the Olympics live with the aim of supporting the U.S. athletes, “So sorry for the patriotic olympians that represented our country with honor. They deserve all of the recognition!” 

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The Tokyo Olympics ended perfectly, the closing ceremony is empty

After more than two weeks of competition, the Tokyo Olympics ended on 8 August 2021. This grand event, which was postponed for one year due to the coronavirus and held during the epidemic, successfully wrote a new chapter in the history of human sports. Tonight’s closing ceremony continued to take epidemic prevention as the primary consideration. In addition to being held in an empty venue, the performance was streamlined and even the host city handover ceremony was simply completed.

Tonight’s closing ceremony took a simple and easy route. About 4,600 contestants from various countries who are still in Japan took turns entering the arena, as if they were participating in a picnic. As the lights dimmed, the Olympic rings psychedelic debut.

There are not many performances in the audience, and the content is simple to win.

The International Olympic Committee then handed over the Olympic flag to Paris, the host city of the next Olympic Games in 2024. The usual handover performances are replaced by video and French online performances.

The Olympic torch slowly extinguished, symbolizing the official end of the Tokyo Olympics. 

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The closing moments of the Tokyo Olympics

Images : Video Screenshots (8world)