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Ready to go! Taiwan-Palau Tourism Bubble restarts its maiden flight. Passengers are mostly going abroad for vaccines
Editor : Lu Xinzhi
Recently, the Taiwan epidemic has cooled down. The Taiwan-Palau Tourism Bubbles restarted today (14 August 2021). They set off after a lapse of 4 months. The response was very enthusiastic. Many people rushed to sign up for the local vaccinations.
Passengers have already gathered at Taoyuan Airport one after another at 4 am to undergo PCR testing. They will depart when the results are released. No further testing is required when entering Palau. Passengers must undergo PCR inspection before departure.
The Taiwan-Palau Bubble 2.0 first group takes off at 10.30 am on 14 August and is expected to arrive at 3.30 pm local time in Palau. According to the Taiwan-Palau Tourism Bubble passed by the command centre a few days ago, in the anti-epidemic plan, participating passengers must undergo PCR testing at their own expense before departure and on the 5th day of returning to Taiwan, and undergo PCR testing at the airport after returning to Taiwan. A total of 3 tests are required.
Many people revealed that the goal of the trip was to administer vaccines. (Photo/TVBS) Ms. Zhou, a self-guided traveller, mentioned that she has been to Palau 20 times and the local epidemic situation is stable. She can still apply for vaccinations during this trip, which makes her look forward to it. She also said that the individual had been vaccinated with the AZ vaccine, and her husband had been vaccinated with Moderna, but the two chose to administer Moderna for the second dose in Palau, because they believed in the vaccine and would not worry about side effects.
The Palau Tourism Bureau recently pointed out that most travelers have applied for vaccinations. Currently Palau provides 2,000 doses of vaccines. Lei, director of the Palau Tourism Bureau’s Taiwan Office, said that it is estimated that all travelers who depart before the end of September can apply. When it comes to vaccines, as to whether there will be additional increases in the future, they will request vaccines from relevant units based on the actual situation.
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90-day deadline is coming, U.S. intelligence community drafts confidential epidemic report
Reporters : Feng Hua and Shang Jing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/12/a103189125.html / Image : Web Screenshot (Aerial view of P4 laboratory of the Wuhan Institute of Viology by Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
In May 2021, Biden told US intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts to investigate the origin of SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, Wuhan virus, novel coronavirus, covi), including the possibility of laboratory leaks. Biden set a 90-day deadline for this investigation, which ends in late August. According to sources, the current investigation is about to end, and intelligence officials have drafted a draft confidential report, which is undergoing preliminary review.
According to a mission memorandum obtained by CNN and sent to relevant agencies, the 90-day investigation, in addition to exploring the source of the virus, it also included another major goal, that is, how the CCP hinders the World Health Organization (WHO) or other sources in investigating the origin of the virus.
Last week, CNN reported that intelligence agencies have acquired a large amount of genetic data extracted from virus samples from the Wuhan Institute of Viology. Some officials believe this may be the source of the outbreak. It is unclear whether officials have completed the analysis of these data.
The CCP has always refused to share information about the early stages of the outbreak, and its lack of transparency has been a major obstacle to investigations.
In the rest of the investigation process, the draft report may undergo major revisions. Biden also instructed the intelligence community to declassify the report as much as possible so that the government can share something with the public. Currently, the decryption process is going on at the same time as the preliminary review.
Three sources said that the report was written without Chinese participation and is now being reviewed by the intelligence community and external experts in order to get feedback before it is finalized later this month.
So far, there seems to be no objection to the CCP's concealment of the epidemic.
News (3) to (7) / Reporters : Luo Ya, Yi Ru / Editor : Wang Ziqi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/13/a103189769.html / Image : Video Screenshot
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Psychological war against the CCP? CNN blasts the United States obtains data from the WIV
Psychological war against the CCP? After the U.S. Congress released the SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, novel coronavirus, covi) traceability report, CNN also exclusively broke the news that the U.S. intelligence agency obtained a large amount of viral genetic data from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Once deciphered , It will be possible to uncover the origin of the virus. All this happened when the Biden administration ordered the 90-day deadline to investigate the origin of COVID-19 (covid, the disease caused by covi).
On 5 August, CNN quoted a number of people familiar with the matter as reporting that the huge information catalog obtained by US intelligence agencies contained genetic blueprints extracted from virus samples studied by the WIV. Some officials believe that the WIV may be the source of the covid outbreak.
Multiple sources told that the officials responsible for the 90-day investigation hope that this information will help answer the question of how the virus spreads from animals to humans. Solving this mystery is crucial to whether covi leaked from the laboratory or passed from animals to humans.
Investigators inside and outside the U.S. government have been searching for the genetic data of 22,000 virus samples studied by the WIV. In September 2019, the CCP deleted these data from the Internet, and later refused to hand it over to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States.
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WIV's genetic data that are unknown to the scientists
Two scientists working on covi said they suspected that the 22,000 samples or other databases of the WIV contained genetic data that the scientists did not know.
Analysis believes that this is information that the Biden administration intends to disclose to the outside world through the media.
Lin Xiaoxu, former virology researcher at the U.S. Army Research Institute: "One is in the U.S.-China confrontation. It will serve as a psychological warfare. Before the official report comes out, the U.S. will first tell you that I already have these heavy evidence. It depends on how the CCP will react. Another point is that the report may be delayed or only part of the report will come out, so it is tantamount to laying a foreshadowing."
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Critical moment to hold CCP accountable for COVID-19
Observation believes that now is a critical moment for the United States to hold CCP accountable for the epidemic, so it is putting heavy pressure on the CCP.
Dr. Huai Haiying, Vice President of American Biotech, said, "Biden said in May that he would release this report in 90 days. There are more than 20 days left. At this time, he will get it out. You noticed that his army has withdrawn from Afghanistan. He has returned from the Middle East and concentrated on the Asia-Pacific. He is ready for all aspects of diplomacy and military affairs, and he will start playing cards at this time."
Former US intelligence director John Ratcliffe told CNN that in fact, many months ago, intelligence agencies had enough data on the origin of the virus.
On 8 August 2021, he told Fox News that the CCP virus was leaked from the WIV. Western governments should let the CCP compensate.
Although CNN has revealed important content, it also hides some leeway. It is said that due to the huge amount of data, the US intelligence service needs to rely on the supercomputer of the National Laboratory of the Department of Energy to process it. In addition, scientists who can speak Chinese and have appropriate security clearances are needed to decipher complex gene sequencing data.
In addition, multiple sources said that if there are no windfalls, officials do not expect to find "conclusive evidence."
Some public opinion believes that this is what the United States deliberately told the CCP.
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There may be second investigation after 90 days
Earlier, US officials had stated that Biden might order a second investigation at the end of the 90 days.
Huai Haiying said, "(The United States) has mastered a lot of things. If you want to destroy things before they are finished, I have them all. But I hope you will be scared in 90 days."
On the part of the CCP, apart from biting the United States as the source of the epidemic, it also said that the United States should invite WHO experts to investigate the United States' overseas biological laboratories and launch an investigation report against the United States.
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CCP's rejection and denial: Fear of virus source traceability
Analysis believes that the CCP is just another round of rejection and denial. Because the CCP is more afraid of tracing the source of the virus than it is to pursue accountability.
Huai Haiying said, "This is a terrible thing, so the CCP is unwilling to retreat. It is a cliff where it retreats."
Lin Xiaoxu said, "The CCP’s accusation is unfounded. It is clear from the comparison between the original viral gene sequence in Wuhan and the early sequence of the global virus. In terms of sequence analysis, this virus, of course, came from Wuhan, China. So although the CCP threw the pot for a long time, basically no one responded, no other country or organization said that we are investigating the United States."
Not only that, the Xinhua News Agency broke out a long article a few days ago and counted the "seven deadly sins" of the U.S. alliance system with a tough attitude.
Later, when talking about the issues of Hong Kong and Xinjiang at the ASEAN Conference, Wang Yi, suddenly mad at Blinken, said, "You die with your heart!"
Lin Xiaoxu said that for most of the past six months, the CCP has seen no effect on the United States by doing both soft and hard. Therefore, it completely tore the communist face.
News (8) to (11) / Reporter : Jing Zhongming / Editor : Xu Gengwen / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/13/a103189917.html
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Where does Wilson Edwards come from? Netizens dig into the source of fake news
A few days ago, the Chinese Communist Party media invented a "Swiss biologist" to throw off the epidemic, which was exposed by the Swiss Embassy in China. After digging, netizens accused that the news source cited by the party media was a suspected foreign propaganda media in a South Pacific island country. Netizens also found a "biologist" with the same name on the mainland Zhihu website, often an official platform.
Recently, the major party media of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chinese and multilingual versions, collectively reported a so-called "Swiss biologist Wilson Edwards" Facebook post, accusing the World Health Organization of the second virus traceability plan is "the result of American pressure."
On 10 August, the Swiss Embassy in China publicly refuted rumours on the mainland Weibo, stating that "there is no such person". Chinese netizens at home and abroad continue to pay attention to this and continue to explore the source of fake news from the party media.
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A South Pacific island country’ media report predates the CCP’s official media
After the announcement of the Swiss Embassy's anti-rumour statement, the Chinese and English party media of the Chinese Communist Party deleted relevant reports one after another. However, the Voice of America reported on 12 August that the party media referenced a Chinese report on the news network on 31 July 2021 and did not delete it.
Unlike other party media who directly quoted "Wilison Edwards"'s Facebook post, the reference message network claimed that the news came from a report by the Voice of the South Pacific radio network in the"United States. Radio Free Asia reported that the party media kept this report, suspecting that it was deliberately implied that they were "misled by foreign media."
Image : Party media Xinhuanet reprinted a report on "Reference News Network" on July 31. (webpage Screenshot)
However, netizens found out that the so-called Voice of South Pacific radio station network is not from the United States, but a news app created by a Chinese group in Fiji, an island nation in the South Pacific. The app was reported by the party media China News Agency when it was launched in 2020.
Image : In June 2020, China News Service reported on the launch of the "Voice of the South Pacific" in the island country of Fiji. (Web Screenshot)
The app issued an English report as early as July 26, citing a Facebook post by the so-called "Swiss biologist Wilison Edwards", accusing the United States of "politicizing" the origin of the virus.
Image : On 26 July, the "Voice of the South Pacific" news app reported on the Facebook post of "Swiss biologist Wilison Edwards". (webpage Screenshot)
Netizens ridiculed that the "foreign media report" that the Chinese Communist Party media called was originally a product of "going abroad for domestic sales" through large-scale foreign propaganda.
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Zhihu website found traces of "biologist Wilison Edwards"
In response to this so-called "Swiss biologist Wilison Edwards" who opened an account on Facebook, netizens also launched a "meat search" operation and found traces of "it" on the mainland Zhihu website, which seems to partially confirm the "Swiss" "biologist" came from "Made in China" speculation.
On Facebook, the account of the so-called "Swiss biologist Wilison Edwards" was only opened on 24 July. There is no profile picture and only three friends. Moreover, the account published the post alleging the traceability of the WHO virus on the day it was opened, and did not post any more after that.
Netizens discovered that Zhihu had an account registered under the name "Wilison Edwards" a long time ago, and he also called himself a "biologist". This account often uses simplified Chinese on Zhihu to post remarks consistent with the CCP’s propaganda.
Image : Know the account of the so-called "biologist Willison Edwards" on the website. (webpage Screenshot)
Image : Know the remarks of the so-called "biologist Wilison Edwards" on the Internet. (webpage Screenshot)
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The head of "Wilson Edwards" earlier found on Chinese fertilizer packaging and other Chinese products
Someone tried to determine the identity of "him" through the account's avatar. It was found that the avatar had appeared on the packaging of the domestic fertilizer "JINKELA" in the early years, and the identity was the so-called "Earl William, President of the San Diego International Agriculture Group."
Image : The packaging of the stigmatized mainland-made fertilizer "JINKELA". (Web image)
"JINKELA" claims to be produced by the so-called "American San Diego International Agricultural Group". Its advertisement was launched in 2007, and its content is often exaggerated and false, including Africans, Americans, and Japanese vying for "JINKELA". Earl William has the same prestige as the President of the United States" and so on, once became the target of spoof and teasing by Chinese netizens. Before "JINKELA" did not lag behind, the head of the so-called "Earl William" has been widely used in the packaging or advertising of various Chinese goods.
Image : Web Screenshots (Composite image).
News (12) to (15) / Reporters : Luo Ya, Yi Ru and Zhang Yujie / Editor : Zhou Yiqian / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/8/13/n13161004.htm
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U.S. investigating the source of the virus, CCP dumping the pot is ineffective
Reporters : Luo Ya, Yi Ru and Zhang Yujie
The 90-day deadline for the US intelligence agencies to investigate the origin of SARS-CoV-2 (CCP virus, novel coronavirus, covi) is approaching. At this time, the Chinese Communist Party is frequently targeting the United States on the origin of the virus. Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, a former virology researcher at the U.S. Army Research Institute, and Huai Haiying, vice president of the U.S. Biotechnology Corporation, analyzed to the Epoch Times reporter that the CCP’s dumping of the pot would not be effective, and its purpose was to use the virus traceability issue to confuse the audience and divert what they feared most and conceal the focus of CCP's accountability for the epidemic.
On 26 May, US President Biden asked the US intelligence services to spend 90 days investigating the origin of the CCP virus and make relevant reports. Currently, the 90-day deadline is approaching.
Prior to the release of the investigation report of the US intelligence services, on 2 August, the Chief Republican Member of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul took the lead to release a report, citing multiple evidences that the virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Subsequently, on 5 and 12 August, CNN quoted sources from insiders that the US intelligence agency had a huge genetic database, including the genetic data of virus samples from the Wuhan Institute of Virology; intelligence officials’ investigation is about to end, and a confidential report has been drafted but there are still differences in the intelligence community. Some believe that the virus comes from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and some believe that animals have directly infected people.
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Does the CCP have other intentions?
While the United States has been investigating the origin of the virus, the CCP has also taken frequent actions.
The Chinese Communist Party's official media such as People's Daily Online and World Wide Web have continuously issued articles claiming that the Fort Detrick Biolaboratory in the United States was the source of the virus. Prior to 2020, the CCP had claimed that the virus originated from the US military.
On 12 August, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged China (the CCP) to share the original data of the epidemic, but the CCP rejected it on the 13th, publicly claiming that the request of the WHO was "politically motivated."
In this regard, Dr. Lin Xiaoxu, a former virology researcher at the U.S. Army Research Institute, analyzed in an interview with Epoch Times reporters on 12 August, “The CCP’s approach is of course a way of disturbing the muddy water. It is actually a problem (the origin of the virus) is not the most deadly point of the CCP."
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Expert: What the CCP fears most is to conceal the epidemic and pursue responsibility
Dr. Lin Xiaoxu further stated, “The CCP knows that the issue of traceability can be found to be a very complicated scientific issue. It can be politically dumped to the United States. There are many ways to make this matter more complicated. The focus will be on this traceability issue, and in fact (the deadliest) is actually the CCP’s concealment of the epidemic."
He commented, "The CCP is actually the most afraid of this (concealing the blame for the epidemic). Of course, it now hopes that the international community will focus on this traceability. It is a trade-off between the two evils, which means that the CCP is still further making the international community feel like It is caught in this kind of dispute, it is such a purpose."
McCaul, the chief Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, who published the updated report on 2 August, published his first report on 21 September 2020, citing a number of evidence that the CCP has concealed the epidemic. In the report on 2 August, he cited that the CCP had been repairing the P4 laboratory that had been in operation for just two years in 2019; in September 2019, the "Bat and Rodent Virus Pathogen Database" was suddenly offline; and during the World Military Games in Wuhan in October 2019, athletes are required to take their body temperature and so on.
According to public information, in December 2019, Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang and many others issued a warning about the epidemic on social media but were "reprimanded" by the Chinese police, and Wuhan implemented a lockdown from 1 to 23 January 2020. During this period, at least 22 countries have confirmed cases, and the initial patients in these countries are all from Wuhan or China.
Dr. Lin Xiaoxu believes that even if the United States does not have a clear conclusion on the source of the virus, it can now hold the CCP accountable and hold the CCP accountable for concealing the epidemic.
He said, "The CCP concealed the epidemic, did not tell the international community that the virus can spread from person to person, or that the epidemic broke out earlier, and did not tell the international community in time, that accountability in this respect can actually be carried out."
In recent days, the CCP has frequently thrown off the virus on the source of the virus.
Image : Scholars have analyzed that the CCP is confusing its eyes and avoiding the most feared accusations of concealing the epidemic. (Minghui Net)
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Analysis: The CCP’s tossing is only for domestic people, and ineffective for the international community
Dr Lin Xiaoxu said, "If we only look at the origin of the virus, the CCP’s repeated actions to shake the pot have very limited effects. The international community does not care about the CCP, because everyone knows that the CCP’s rejection of the pot is not established."
He said, "The genetic sequence of these viruses in Wuhan is very clear in comparison with the sequences of the global viruses in the early days. This virus, of course, comes from Wuhan, China in terms of sequence analysis, so the international community is actually very clear in this regard. Therefore, although the CCP has been throwing the pot for a long time, basically no one responded. The CCP's throwing the pot is just to stir the muddy water for mainlanders. No one in the international community pays attention to this statement."
Regarding the two CNN reports, Dr. Lin Xiaoxu believes that America is playing a role in psychological warfare against the CCP, indicating that the United States has already obtained heavy evidence, depending on the CCP’s reaction; at the same time, it may also be the next foreshadowing-the intelligence department’s report may postpone or just release part of the report.
Huai Haiying, the vice president of American Biotechnology Corporation, also analyzed to Epoch Times reporters on 12 August that CNN’s report really meant to be heard by the CCP, letting the CCP know that the U.S. is powerful. If the CCP does not admit defeat or cooperate, There are other plans in the United States.
He said, "This investigation does not mean that it will end in 90 days. After 90 days, if this stage is not completed, it can be added. Other countries, including the United States, are still working very hard. Some materials cannot be digested for three months. It can’t be digested, and it’s useful if you can digest it in three years. When you get to the bottom of it, someone will have to pay the blame. Some things are worth trillions of dollars once you lose money. This is not a trivial matter, and the CCP doesn’t seem to want to take responsibility. I don't want to lose it either."
Huai Haiying said that the current situation has changed, and the attitudes of some people have changed, such as WHO Director-General Tedros (recently stated that the initial investigation of the Wuhan Institute of Viology was not deep enough); and the CDC Anthony Fauci, the chief infectious disease expert of the United States with whom the director Gao Fu has contacts, has not remarked on this recently; Peter Daszak, a member of the WHO's SARS-CoV-2 traceability team, who has cooperated with the WIV, withdrew from the "Lancet" Novel Coronavirus Committee.
News (16) to (19) / Reporter : Yi Ru / Editor : Wang Ziqi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/08/13/a103189765.html / Image : Video Screenshot
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Severe epidemic in Yangzhou goes on despite Sun Chunlan intervening
The CCP virus epidemic in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province is still severe. The number of confirmed confirmed cases only officially announced in the past 10 days has exceeded 400 cases. Sun Chunlan, Vice Premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, went to Yangzhou in person and asked for more restrictions, but the number of confirmed cases continued to increase at a double-digit rate every day. In the case of a confirmed case in Changping, Beijing, there were as many as 1,751 close contacts, but the authorities did not give details of the community infection that this “super source of infection” might cause.
Of the 27 high-risk areas on the mainland announced by the CCP on 13 August, Yangzhou, Jiangsu accounted for nine.
Under the CCP’s “clearing” epidemic prevention model, many areas have been severely controlled, and cities have been closed down.
Previously, the Internet kept breaking out of the plight and misery of the people after the city was closed in Yangzhou: lack of food and water, children could only use salt for rice every day, and the people were miserable.
On the 11th, Sun Chunlan, Vice Premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China, went to Yangzhou to supervise the battle, demanding to strengthen isolation and control, "Strictly closed management for high-risk communities, and confirm that community members do not leave their homes."
In order to speed up the screening, some places require residents to do a nucleic acid test every two days.
A resident of Hanjiang District, Yangzhou, said, “We are here once every two days and once every two days (nucleic acid test). Anyway, there are 20 or 30 new ones every day.”
Mr. Wen, a resident of Hanshang Street, Hanjiang District, said: "Now it is all high-risk, that is, the national nucleic acid test. It has not been completed. There are still several rounds. (Now) the seventh round is the seventh round."
Mr. Song, a resident of Hanjiang District, Yangzhou, told reporters on the 13th that due to the closure of the city, local sources of goods could not be brought in, and the price of vegetables had doubled or three times the usual. At present, I can go out to buy once in three days in my own district, but some districts will not give it to go.
Jin Jiang (pseudonym), a resident of Sijiyuan Community in a high-risk area, revealed to the Epoch Times reporter that management and control will be upgraded starting on the 10th. If there is a confirmed or suspected case in any corridor, the entire building must be taken away for isolation, and the surrounding five buildings must also be sealed off.
A staff member of a hotel in the Hanjiang Development Zone said that most hotels in Yangzhou have been used for isolation purposes, and they are overcrowded. Because he was a close contact, he was also isolated.
A staff member of a hotel in the Hanjiang Development Zone of Yangzhou said, "There are many people who have moved out and quarantined the entire building (people) in the community. They are housed one by one (isolated). Now they have all been taken to Yancheng and Renaissance. 8 Yangzhou has no place to live, and all are taken to other places for isolation. If there is one (confirmed) of this building in this community, it will be quarantined."
On the 11th, the Yangzhou police issued a so-called anti-rumor report, claiming that "Jiangsu Armed Police will take over Yangzhou in an all-round way" is "false remarks" and has dealt with the relevant personnel.
However, due to the CCP's long-term opacity of information and the arrival of Sun Chunlan, the outside world is even more worried about whether the armed police is really likely to take over Yangzhou in an all-round way.
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More than 700 people quarantined in Ningbo
In addition, Mr. Li, a resident of Baifeng Street, Beilun District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, broke the news that more than 700 people have been quarantined due to a diagnosis of Jiang Ao in Baifeng Village.
Mr. Li, a resident of Baifeng Street, Beilun District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, said, “More than 700 people have been quarantined! All close contacts have been taken away! It means that those who have done nucleic acid will be isolated at home if there is no problem.”
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It is impossible to clear the virus "to zero", CCP's anti-epidemic measures cannot be sustained
The commentary believes that the CCP’s extreme anti-epidemic model of "clearing to zero" will be suppressed once it is diagnosed. This will not only seriously affect the normal lives of the people on the mainland, but will also cause the world to gradually isolate China, and China’s economy is getting worse and worse. . Currently, no country claims to be able to wipe out the virus, so the CCP’s anti-epidemic model cannot be sustained.
Current affairs commentator Li Linyi said, "The CCP’s method of fighting the epidemic is actually an administrative order, and it is a top-down imperial and totalitarian approach. Above, an official from the central government asked 20,000 people All quarantine! There are laws in other countries, how is it possible? Only the CCP can do this kind of thing. The CCP’s system determines the CCP’s anti-epidemic model."
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Beijing's "super source of infection" lacks details
In addition, in Beijing, the authorities disclosed on the 11th that a confirmed case in Changping failed to report to the community in time after returning from Zhangjiajie from a trip. This resulted in 1751 close contacts and the authorities blocked 14 relevant sites. However, the official did not disclose the specific time when the case returned to Beijing, nor did it give details of the possible infection in the community, including the specific location of the ban.
This news made netizens exclaimed, "Scared!" "All the media do not talk about the time of returning to Beijing. I don't know for what effect?"
Some netizens said that before, Beijing's epidemic prevention and control in Changping District had been operating in a black box.
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Thai health official fell to the ground and died of nostril bleeding after receiving two doses of CoronaVac and one dose of Comirnaty
Image : Recently, a health official died after receiving two doses of Kexing vaccine and one dose of Pfizer vaccine in Thailand. (Flip photo สมาคมกู้ภัยชาละวันพิจิตร Phothale Team Facebook)
Covid is raging, and vaccination has become one of the key to epidemic prevention. Recently, a health official in Thailand died after receiving 2 doses of Sinovac CoronaVac and 1 dose of Comirnaty (Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine). The case is reported to have a history of asthma. He was found to have bleeding from his nostrils on 11 August 2021 and died lying down in the hospital. His body has been sent for examination. The actual cause of death has yet to be clarified.
According to comprehensive media reports, the incident occurred in Pho Thale District, Phichit Prefecture. The person involved, Rachot Pansri, was a 44-year-old and experienced public health official and frontline worker.
Thailand has previously administered a large number of CoronaVac but more than 600 medical staff are still infected. Therefore, Thailand announced in July that all medical staff vaccinated with CoronaVac (Kexing vaccine) will receive a third dose of other brand vaccines, and only two doses of CoronVac will be given. Pansri also received Comirnaty as the third dose on 10 August in accordance with regulations.
Unexpectedly, on 11 August, Pansri was found lying down in the serving hospital with his face down, his nostrils bleeding heavily, and his death was strange. It is reported that Pansri has a history of asthma, and the body has been sent to an autopsy to clarify the actual cause of death.
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South Korea's major vaccination misses, 10 people each finished 1 bottle of Pfizer
A major failure in the covi vaccine delivery occurred in South Korea. In a medical institution in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, 10 vaccinators were injected with a full bottle of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine/Comirnaty), which is 5 times as much as the general dose.
According to a report by "YTN", Comirnaty used in South Korea usually can be divided into 5 to 6 doses per bottle. What is the expectation that this medical institution has allowed 10 people to finish 1 bottle each, and the competent authority is currently tracking it. For the follow-up condition of the vaccinators, fortunately, only mild symptoms such as fever and headache appeared temporarily.
In fact, this is not the first time that similar negligence has occurred in South Korea. At the beginning of June in Buan County, Jeollabuk-do, a medical institution administered five times the dose of Janssen vaccine to five people. At that time, the vaccinated people had no serious abnormal symptoms.
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CDC panel recommends third covi vaccine dose for immunocompromised
Reporter : Jack Philipps and Zachary Stieber, The Epoch Times PREMIUM
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Friday voted 11–0 for additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for individuals who are immunocompromised.
The decision applies to only those who have received two doses of the mRNA vaccines made by Moderna or Pfizer, not the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Immunocompromised people—including individuals who are solid organ transplant recipients, those with advanced HIV infections, those with certain chronic medical conditions like asplenia and chronic renal disease, certain cancer patients, and others—will not need a doctor’s note, prescription, or proof of their condition to receive the third shot, according to a presentation from the CDC (pdf).
“We are not recommending that either prescriptions or a physician sign off, or be necessary for individuals to receive an additional dose of mRNA if they’re immunocompromised,” Dr. Kathleen Dooling, a member of the CDC advisory panel, said during the meeting.
The immunocompromised are estimated to make up about 2.7 percent of all U.S. adults, according to the CDC presentation.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices meeting comes hours after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided authorization late Thursday for third shots of the mRNA vaccines for organ transplant recipients and others with compromised immune systems.
In remarks made to the committee following the vote, Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot, an associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University and committee member, noted that the CDC didn’t refer to the third shot for immunocompromised people as a “booster shot.”
In remarks made to the committee following the vote, Dr. Helen Keipp Talbot, an associate professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University and committee member, noted that the CDC didn’t refer to the third shot for immunocompromised people as a “booster shot.”
“We’re looking at a very specific population in the U.S. that was not able to mount a normal immune response to the two doses,” Talbot stated. “This is a very specific population, and it’s not meant for the entire U.S. population.”
Early studies, according to a CDC presentation from Dooling, indicate that of the people who had no detectable antibody response to the two mRNA shots, between 33 percent and 50 percent developed an antibody response to a third dose.
“No patients developed critical side effects which required hospitalization,” the presentation reads. “Symptoms reported were consistent with previous doses and the intensity of the symptoms was mostly mild or moderate.”
Experts are recommending that booster shots not be administered until at least 28 days after the second shot of the initial series, according to another CDC presentation (pdf). They are also recommending that individuals who received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine get the same brand of shot.
The CDC, meanwhile, said that the current vaccine supply in the United States is sufficient to make additional doses available.
The decision appears to be at odds with a plea from the World Health Organization, which last week called for a moratorium on COVID-19 booster doses to provide vaccines for poorer nations. Despite WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros’s calls, White House press secretary Jen Psaki described the WHO chief’s argument as a “false choice” and said both third doses in the United States and donations of vaccines abroad can be provided.
France, Israel, the United Kingdom, and Germany have already or are planning to provide third doses for certain populations.
Responding to the FDA’s decision, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla wrote on Twitter Friday that emergency use authorization for third doses “will help increase protection for this population.”
The Epoch Times has reached out to Moderna and Pfizer for comment.
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Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna poise to make billions on covi vaccine boosters
Reporter : Tom Ozimek, The Epoch Times PREMIUM
Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance could reap billions from covi vaccine booster shots in the coming years, in what analysts and investors say could be a market comparable to the $6 billion in annual sales for flu vaccines.
Pfizer, its German partner BioNTech, and Moderna have together locked in over $60 billion in sales of their respective COVID-19 vaccines through 2022, with the agreements covering initial doses and booster shots, according to Reuters.
Analysts cited by the outlet predict revenues of over $6.6 billion for the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance and $7.6 billion for Moderna, chiefly from booster shots. Over a longer-term horizon, they predict the market will eventually settle at around $5 billion or more in annual revenues as rival drugmakers enter the space.
Moderna did not immediately respond to a request for comment on booster shot sales projections, while a Pfizer spokesperson said the only forecasts the company is providing are 2021 projections for $33.5 billion in covi vaccine revenues.
Moderna President Stephen Hoge said in an interview last week that it is unclear what the market forces driving covi vaccine sales will be going forward, adding that, “at some point, this will become a more traditional market—we’ll look at what are the populations at risk, what value are we creating, and what are the number of products that serve that value. That will ultimately impact price.”
Pfizer executives said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call that they believe a third dose will be necessary 6 to 8 months after vaccination, and at regular intervals thereafter.
The vaccine makers have said evidence of waning antibody levels in fully vaccinated people after six months, along with an increasing rate of breakthrough infections in regions affected by the Delta variant, support the need for boosters.
It comes as U.S. regulators on Thursday authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s covi vaccine booster shots for certain vulnerable and immunocompromised people. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval came in the form of an update to the existing emergency use authorizations for the two mRNA vaccines. Several other countries, including Israel and France, have similar recommendations on booster shots.
The FDA’s move was followed by a Friday decision by a key medical advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which unanimously voted to recommend the boosters to immunocompromised Americans. The approval of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices clears the way for a final nod by CDC, expected later Friday, which would allow for near-immediate rollout of the boosters.
White House COVID-19 advisor Anthony Fauci said in an interview Thursday that he believes it is “likely” and “inevitable” that everybody will need a covi vaccine booster shot.
“It’s likely that that will happen at some time in the future,” Fauci told CBS News when questioned on the topic.
In a separate interview with NBC News on Thursday, Fauci said that “inevitably, there will be a time when we’ll have to give boosts to the general population.”
It comes amid a surge of the Delta variant of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, which currently accounts for at least 80 percent of newly sequenced cases in the United States.
Biden administration officials first signaled last month that certain groups would need CCP virus booster shots.
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Can the U.S. and PRC cooperate while competing? Experts analyse
While the United States and People's Republic of China (PRC, the CCP) have conflicts on Hong Kong, Taiwan, and human rights issues, they have also signalled to the outside world that they do not rule out the climate Cooperation on such issues. Whether the two countries can truly cooperate has aroused the attention of all parties. Professor Pei Minxin, an American political scientist and China expert, believes that the United States and China currently have no trust and any cooperation will be difficult.
Since taking office in January, Biden has basically maintained his predecessor Trump’s China policy on many major issues, continued to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese imports, and imposed new measures on Chinese companies. Sanctions condemned Beijing’s repression of Hong Kong democrats and the persecution of human rights in Xinjiang.
Pei Minxin, a professor at Clemmont McKenna College (CMC) in the United States, published an article in the Nikkei Asian Review on August 12, stating that there is a major difference between Biden and Trump. Trump believes that addressing climate change is a “scam” by the CCP, and there is no room for cooperation on this issue; while Biden seeks to reach consensus with Xi Jinping on climate change and other global issues.
The CCP has repeatedly emphasized that the United States and China can cooperate. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in March this year that the competition between China and the United States is not surprising, but the more important aspect of the relationship between the two countries should be cooperation. He listed the CCP virus (coronavirus) pandemic, economic recovery and climate change as areas where the two countries can cooperate.
Nonetheless, neither side has shown that the two countries can find a delicate balance between competition and cooperation. Since Biden took power, the two countries have continued to clash over issues such as human rights, technology, Taiwan, the South China Sea, and Hong Kong.
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Pei Minxin: From two perspectives, US-PRC cooperation will be difficult
Pei Minxin said that although it may be too early to completely deny cooperation between the United States and China on important issues such as climate, the experience of the past six months has shown that the United States and China are unlikely to succeed in finding a way to stabilize their relations.
Pei Minxin also said that it is certain that any form of cooperation between these two geopolitical opponents will be difficult. Cooperation between the United States and China in any matter requires a minimum of trust. Sadly, this trust does not yet exist. Beijing believes that the United States is preventing its rise, while Washington believes that Beijing is trying to replace the United States' global leadership and seek world domination. When each party looks at the other party with a "zero-sum perspective," there is no trust between the two parties.
However, Pei Minxin believes that if the areas of competition are less than the areas of possible cooperation, then cooperation between the two rivals is still possible. In other words, the overall measurement of competition and cooperation tends to cooperate. But this is not the case in US-China relations today.
U.S.-China competition covers almost all areas of national interest, such as technological superiority, security, trade, and global influence. The competition issues between them are too numerous to list, but neither Washington nor Beijing can come up with more than three or four issues that they think can have room for cooperation. Given this imbalance, it is no wonder that cooperation is classified as a secondary issue.
In addition, in the United States, when it comes to safeguarding Taiwan’s security, sanctions against CCP officials accused of violating human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, and restricting the transfer of technology to the CCP, there are strong supporters, demanding that the government quickly resolve these issues. Decide. At the same time, the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party regard Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang as non-negotiable sovereignty issues. This confrontation will make cooperation between the two countries in other areas almost impossible.
Pei Minxin said that it may be difficult to strike a viable balance between competition and cooperation, but it seems that there is no choice but to "cooperate and compete." It is obviously impossible to restore contact between the United States and China, but a new and comprehensive cold war will be catastrophic. The challenge for Biden and Xi Jinping is how to save the cooperation and competition between the two countries after an ominous start.
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Australian expert: cooperation with the CCP is not feasible
Salvatore Babones, a well-known Australian sociologist and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, also said in an interview with Epoch Times after Biden took office in January that although Biden’s current China policy is still unknown, he will find out that he will have a relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. Cooperation is not feasible.
"Biden will soon discover that cooperation with the Chinese Communist regime is impossible." Barbos said, "The Chinese Communist regime went through a period of liberalization from the 1980s to around 2010. We (now) see It is not a good regime, not a liberalized regime", "under the leadership of Xi Jinping, what we are seeing is more and more repression."
Barbos also stated that the United States' contacts with China (the CCP) in the past few decades have obviously not led to a change in China (the CCP). "Each contact simply means that more military hardware or more technology is used to help China (the CCP) implement oppression of its own people and aggression against neighboring countries."
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China 8/7 published in Lithuania "Taiwan is a part of China" and Taiwan fought back strongly
The Lithuanian government decided to set up a representative office in Taiwan, which caused CCP's dissatisfaction. In addition to recalling the ambassador to Lithuania, even the ambassador to China was also asked to leave the country. The Republic of China's representative office in Latvia stated on the 13th that China on 7 August published articles on Lithuanian newspapers falsely claiming that "Taiwan is part of China."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that in order to expand China's substantial relations with Central and Eastern Europe, especially the Baltic countries, and strengthen cooperation and exchanges in various fields, after consultation and agreement between the two governments, my country will soon establish a "Taiwan Representative Office in Lithuania" in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. (The Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania), various preparatory operations are in progress.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China expressed strong dissatisfaction with this. It criticized the Lithuanian government for sabotaging relations with China in recent days, and also recalled the ambassador to Lithuania as a protest; the incident has just arrived in Beijing and is currently under quarantine, Lithuanian ambassador to China Mikevichene All said that she was told that she must return to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, as soon as possible, and that she would leave once the quarantine was over.
Since Taiwan has not set up an embassy in Lithuania, its representative office in Latvia pointed out on Twitter yesterday that the Chinese Embassy in Lithuania actually issued a misleading statement in a Lithuanian newspaper on 7 August, falsely claiming that "Taiwan is part of China". The Latvia office of Taiwan sternly denied this and clarified that Taiwan / the Republic of China is a sovereign and independent country, "never under the jurisdiction of China."
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Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' secrets hacked
Raidforums, a decryption database trading platform, recently peddled important confidential documents claimed to be the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including documents on the bilateral relations between Lithuania, Belarus and China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania recently confirmed that it was under cyberattacks internally, and that the targets of the attacks were from an "unfriendly country" but did not disclose the name of the country.
A netizen suspected of a hacker sold on Raidforums on the 8th, claiming to be an important confidential document of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, containing about 1.677 million e-mails, involving important international issues such as the "Beixi No. 2" natural gas pipeline, details of negotiations, and preparations, waging war against Belarus, and the United States directed Lithuania’s anti-China plan. The netizen also specifically mentioned that Lithuania recently announced that it would set up a representative office under the name "Taiwan", which caused strong dissatisfaction with the People's Republic of China, which was related to the instructions of the United States.
Based on Lithuanian media reports, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 11th that cyber attacks did occur internally, but did not elaborate; the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the 12th that the attacks related to the theft of documents came from "unfriendly countries."
Asta Skaisgirytė, the chief foreign policy adviser to the President of Lithuania, said on the 12th that important documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were stolen. The consequences of the attack were evaluated, and there were signs that the leaked information was classified information, which could cause huge damage to the allies.
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas stated that the database of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was hacked in November last year. Last year and the most recent cyber attacks may have been related to Russian special security units, but he also reminded that the so-called leaked information may be fake or not at all.
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Strongly support contact with Taiwan! US Deputy Secretary of State talks with Lithuanian Foreign Minister: Strengthening cooperation
The People's Republic of China is dissatisfied with Lithuania's permission to set up a representative office in Taiwan, and announced on the 10th that it has recalled its ambassador to Lithuania as a protest. The incident has aroused international concern. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman had a telephone conversation with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on the 13th. The content talked about Lithuania’s recent determination to develop relations with Taiwan, which was coerced by China.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price issued a press release on 13 August, stating that Sherman and Lance Burgess had a telephone conversation on 13 August. The two emphasized the development of the United States and Lithuania based on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Bilateral relations include strengthening US-Europe cooperation, cooperation in China, and striving to promote peace, prosperity, security, democracy, and human rights in the transatlantic region and around the world.
Price quoted Sherman as saying that the United States firmly supports Lithuania, including Lithuania’s recent decision to develop a reciprocal relationship with Taiwan. However, it was coerced by China and the United States stood with them.
Price said that Sherman and Lance Burgess discussed the political situation in Belarus. The two countries reaffirmed their support for the democratic movement in Belarus and called on the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's regime to immediately stop planning the influx of illegal immigrants into Lithuania.
Prior to this, Sherman met with Qin Gang, the new Chinese ambassador to the United States, at the State Council on the 12th. The two specifically talked about Taiwan during the meeting. Qin Gang called Taiwan "the most important and sensitive issue in Sino-US relations."
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