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America First or America Alone? The Trump Administration's decision to pull out of the World Health Organization might seem on brand—but is it? Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, senior leader at WHO, joins Meidas Health host Dr. Vin Gupta to discuss the very real ways a full-scale withdrawal impacts every American, both visibly and behind the scenes. It's a can't-miss, honest discussion on why the WHO matters to all of us—and how it is reforming in response to the scrutiny it has received in the wake of COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The World Health Organization (WHO) says holiday gatherings and the spread of a new COVID-19 variant led to increased hospitalizations and deaths last month. 世界卫生组织 (WHO) 表示，假日聚会和新的 COVID-19 变种的传播导致上个月住院和死亡人数增加。WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December. He added that hospitalizations during the month jumped 42 percent in nearly 50 countries. 世卫组织总干事谭德塞周三表示，12 月份报告有近 1 万人死亡。他补充说，本月近 50 个国家的住院人数猛增了 42%。 Tedros said, “Although 10,000 deaths a month is far less than the peak of the pandemic, this level of preventable deaths is not acceptable." 谭德塞表示，“虽然每月1万人的死亡人数远低于疫情高峰期，但这种可预防的死亡人数是不可接受的。” Tedros said it was “certain” that cases of COVID-19 were increasing in other places that have not been reporting case numbers. 谭德塞表示，“可以肯定”，在其他尚未报告病例数的地方，COVID-19 病例正在增加。 Tedros said the JN.1 variant is now the most common in the world. Since it is an Omicron variant, current vaccines should still provide some protection. Health officials in the U.S. say there is no evidence that JN.1 causes more severe disease than recent variants. 谭德塞表示，JN.1 变种目前是世界上最常见的变种。由于它是 Omicron 变种，目前的疫苗仍应提供一些保护。美国卫生官员表示，没有证据表明 JN.1 会导致比最近的变种更严重的疾病。 In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there have been at least 110,000 hospitalizations and 6,500 deaths from the flu since October. 在美国，疾病控制与预防中心 (CDC) 报告称，自 10 月份以来，已有至少 11 万人因流感住院治疗，6,500 人死亡。 The agency added that COVID-19 illnesses were not increasing as quickly flu illnesses. Still, COVID-19 is putting more people in the hospital than the flu. 该机构补充说，COVID-19 疾病的增长速度没有流感疾病那么快。尽管如此，新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 导致住院的人数仍多于流感。 Maria Van Kerkhove is the technical lead at WHO for COVID-19. She said there is an increase in respiratory diseases around the world due to COVID-19, flu and pneumonia. Maria Van Kerkhove 是世界卫生组织 COVID-19 技术负责人。她说，由于 COVID-19、流感和肺炎，世界各地的呼吸道疾病有所增加。 “We expect those trends to continue into January through the winter months in the northern hemisphere,” Van Kerkhove said. She added there have also been increases in COVID-19 in the southern hemisphere, where it is now summer. 范科霍夫说：“我们预计这些趋势将持续到北半球的一月到冬季。” 她补充说，现在正值夏季的南半球，COVID-19 病例也有所增加。 WHO officials suggest that people get vaccinated, wear face coverings, and make sure air can move in and out of indoor areas. 世卫组织官员建议人们接种疫苗、戴口罩并确保空气可以进出室内区域。 Michael Ryan is the head of emergencies at the WHO. He said, “The vaccines may not stop you from being infected, but the vaccines are certainly reducing significantly your chance of being hospitalized or dying.” 迈克尔·瑞安（Michael Ryan）是世界卫生组织紧急情况负责人。他说：“疫苗可能无法阻止你被感染，但疫苗肯定会大大降低你住院或死亡的机会。”

Guest: Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for the COVID-19 response at the World Health Organization It's been four years since the first human COVID-19 case emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, the disease has gone on to kill an estimated 15 million people, infect more than 750 million and upend the lives of countless more. A scientific consensus has emerged among many of the world's top virologists about how it most likely spread to humans — from wildlife sold at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan — but to date a culprit animal has not been found. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for the COVID-19 response at the World Health Organization, talks about what we do and do not know about the virus' origins and why finding the source is so important for how we respond to future pandemics. This podcast was produced by Kenyon Wallace, Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Paolo Marques. Audio Sources: NBC What you would like to hear on Toronto Star podcasts? Let us know in this survey and you can enter to win a $100 gift card.

International health officials are closely following a new version of COVID-19 as it spreads to more countries. The version, or variant, is called BA.2.86. Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) say it has already been identified in several countries, including the United States, Switzerland, South Africa, Israel, Denmark and Britain. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently spoke to reporters about the latest COVID-19 developments. He said the new COVID-19 variants show that the virus remains a health threat around the world.随着新版 COVID-19 传播到更多国家，国际卫生官员正在密切关注它。 该版本或变体称为 BA.2.86。世界卫生组织（WHO）官员表示，美国、瑞士、南非、以色列、丹麦和英国等多个国家已发现该病毒。 世卫组织总干事谭德塞最近向记者介绍了 COVID-19 的最新进展。他说，新的 COVID-19 变种表明该病毒仍然对世界各地的健康构成威胁。Tedros noted the latest data show that COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are decreasing. But he added that the agency had seen “increasing reports of hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths in some countries.” ICU is a short form for the term intensive care unit, part of a hospital that cares for very sick patients. Maria Van Kerkhove is with the WHO's Health Emergencies Program. She said that, as of last week, only about 10 cases of the BA.2.86 variant had been found worldwide. But Van Kerkhove added that health officials are worried because the variant appears to have more than 30 genetic mutations. She said the WHO is currently trying to closely follow the movements of the latest virus variants. The efforts include taking wastewater samples from different cities to follow where COVID-19 is spreading. In addition, such methods can help officials learn how fast current variants are spreading and how severe they are. “Governments cannot drop the ball,” Van Kerkhove said.谭德塞指出，最新数据显示，COVID-19 感染和住院人数正在减少。但他补充说，该机构看到“一些国家的住院、重症监护室入院和死亡的报告不断增加”。 ICU 是重症监护病房的缩写，是医院的一部分，专门照顾重症患者。玛丽亚·范·克霍夫 (Maria Van Kerkhove) 参与世界卫生组织卫生紧急项目。她说，截至上周，全球仅发现约10例BA.2.86变种病例。但 Van Kerkhove 补充说，卫生官员对此感到担忧，因为该变种似乎有 30 多种基因突变。她说，世界卫生组织目前正在努力密切跟踪最新病毒变种的动向。这些工作包括从不同城市采集废水样本，以追踪 COVID-19 的传播地点。此外，此类方法可以帮助官员了解当前变种的传播速度和严重程度。 “政府不能丢球，”范科霍夫说。Health officials say BA.2.86 broke off from the Omicron variant, which has been spreading in the U.S. at least since last year. It was first discovered in Denmark on July 24. Some international scientists have said that while it is important to keep following BA.2.86, the variant was unlikely to cause a new, harmful wave of infections. This is because much of the population has built up defenses against COVID-19 because of vaccinations or previous infection.卫生官员表示，BA.2.86 与 Omicron 变种分离，该变种至少从去年开始就在美国传播。它于 7 月 24 日在丹麦首次发现。一些国际科学家表示，虽然继续遵循 BA.2.86 很重要，但该变种不太可能引起新的有害感染浪潮。这是因为许多人因接种疫苗或之前感染过而建立了针对 COVID-19 的防御能力。Scientists are currently testing how effective newly created COVID-19 vaccines will work against BA.2.86. Van Kerkhove noted that in the past, vaccines have been better at preventing severe sickness and death than blocking re-infections. U.S. health officials said earlier this month the latest COVID-19 vaccines are set to be released sometime in September. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed a risk report on the new variant last week. The report said BA.2.86 may be capable of causing infection in vaccinated people and those who had COVID-19 before. But officials noted there is so far no evidence that the new variant is causing more severe sickness than earlier ones.科学家目前正在测试新研制的 COVID-19 疫苗对抗 BA.2.86 的效果如何。范科霍夫指出，过去，疫苗在预防严重疾病和死亡方面比阻止再次感染更有效。美国卫生官员本月早些时候表示，最新的 COVID-19 疫苗将于 9 月某个时候发布。美国疾病控制与预防中心 (CDC) 上周完成了有关新变种的风险报告。该报告称 BA.2.86 可能会导致接种疫苗的人和以前感染过 COVID-19 的人感染。但官员们指出，到目前为止，没有证据表明新变种比以前的变种引起更严重的疾病。The WHO said COVID-19 testing has dropped by 90 percent worldwide from the highest point of the pandemic. Testing rates have also fallen sharply in the U.S., and genetic sequencing is down by around 90 percent, said Dr. Ashish Jha. He served as the White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator until June 2023. Jha said data from hospital stays, emergency room visits, deaths, wastewater testing and sequencing efforts had given health officials improved information about current virus spread.世界卫生组织表示，全球范围内的 COVID-19 检测数量较疫情最高点下降了 90%。 Ashish Jha 博士表示，美国的检测率也大幅下降，基因测序下降了约 90%。他担任白宫 COVID-19 应对协调员直至 2023 年 6 月。贾说，来自住院、急诊室就诊、死亡、废水检测和测序工作的数据让卫生官员更好地了解了当前病毒传播的信息。

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Why are we seeing rising number of COVID-19 cases in some parts of the world? How is the SARS CoV 2 virus evolving? What do Governments and the public need to do to live with COVID-19 safely? Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains in Science in 5. 

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WHO's technical lead on COVID-19 talks to us about the status of the scientific work needed to find the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove provides an update, explains why it is important to understand the origins of pandemics, what WHO's role is in achieving this and how WHO works to prevent future pandemics.

A top World Health Organization public health official is adding nuance to the agency's call for more transparency from China, which is coping with a crippling COVID-19 outbreak since it ended its zero-COVID policy last month. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19 Response, tells “Conversations on Health Care” that “We really need better understanding on the burden and the hospitalizations and we need more information on the sequences…they have detected known sub-variances…but we need those sequences to be shared publicly. We want China to work with us to really determine within those sublineages…is there anything else within those sequences that's different. And we need a global community to look at that. And work directly with us to do a full risk assessment. “Right now they're going through a massive wave of Omicron. This virus, as transmissible as it is, is passing through the population. They are sharing information. It's just not enough. It's just not as detailed as we'd like.” Van Kerkhove joins hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter to share her insights. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

A top World Health Organization public health official is adding nuance to the agency's call for more transparency from China, which is coping with a crippling COVID-19 outbreak since it ended its zero-COVID policy last month.Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19 Response, tells “Conversations on Health Care” that “We really need better understanding on the burden and the hospitalizations and we need more information on the sequences…they have detected known sub-variances…but we need those sequences to be shared publicly. We want China to work with us to really determine within those sublineages…is there anything else within those sequences that's different. And we need a global community to look at that. And work directly with us to do a full risk assessment.“Right now they're going through a massive wave of Omicron. This virus, as transmissible as it is, is passing through the population. They are sharing information. It's just not enough. It's just not as detailed as we'd like.”Van Kerkhove joins hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter to share her insights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A top World Health Organization public health official is adding nuance to the agency's call for more transparency from China, which is coping with a crippling COVID-19 outbreak since it ended its zero-COVID policy last month. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19 Response, tells “Conversations on Health Care” that “We really need better understanding on the burden and the hospitalizations and we need more information on the sequences…they have detected known sub-variances…but we need those sequences to be shared publicly. We want China to work with us to really determine within those sublineages…is there anything else within those sequences that's different. And we need a global community to look at that. And work directly with us to do a full risk assessment. “Right now they're going through a massive wave of Omicron. This virus, as transmissible as it is, is passing through the population. They are sharing information. It's just not enough. It's just not as detailed as we'd like.” Van Kerkhove joins hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter to share her insights.

A top World Health Organization public health official is adding nuance to the agency's call for more transparency from China, which is coping with a crippling COVID-19 outbreak since it ended its zero-COVID policy last month. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., WHO Technical Lead for COVID-19 Response, tells “Conversations on Health Care” that “We really need better understanding on the burden and the hospitalizations and we need more information on the sequences…they have detected known sub-variances…but we need those sequences to... Read More Read More The post WHO: What China Must Do Now to Help Fight COVID appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

Ça n'est jamais vraiment fini… Le nouveau sous variant du covid XBB 1.5, qui combine plusieurs souches Omicron, envahit les Etats-Unis depuis octobre 2022. Et selon l'Agence sanitaire de l'Union européenne, il pourrait devenir la souche dominante du covid d'ici mars 2023 en Europe. Si l'on ajoute à cela la vague épidémique chinoise qui a fait 60 000 morts en Chine en décembre 2022, la France pourrait bien se retrouver encerclée. Il est certainement bien plus contagieux que le variant Omicron classique. Selon la responsable technique de l'OMS, Maria Van Kerkhove, il s'agit du sous variant le plus transmissible à ce jour. L'immunologue de l'Université de Pékin Yunlong Cao explique sur son compte twitter : “qu'actuellement, la lignée XBB 1.5 a une plus grande croissance que les lignées précédemment en circulation en Amérique du Nord (109%) et en Europe (113%)”. Ce phénomène s'explique par la mutation de sa protéine Spike, servant à s'accrocher aux cellules humaines. Elle lui permet de résister beaucoup plus facilement aux personnes vaccinées ou immunisées. Ce variant est-il plus dangereux que les autres ? Où circule-t-il ? Est-ce à cause de ce variant que nous pouvons être reconfinés en France ? Écoutez la suite de cet épisode de "Maintenant vous savez". Un podcast Bababam Originals, écrit et réalisé par Samuel Lumbroso. À écouter aussi : Comment le covid-19 a-t-il déstabilisé le régime chinois ? Qu'est ce que la génération covid ? Qu'est-ce que la fachosphère, l'empire de l'extrême droite sur internet ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we enter the 4th year of the Pandemic, what do we know about Omicron so far? Are there settings where you are more at risk? What does it mean to live with COVID-19 ? Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains in Science in 5. 

Six and a half million dead. More than a hundred times that infected. The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the globe. But in the final months of the third year of this health crisis, some now claim it's all over. Scientists with key roles in the global response join Claudia Hammond to consider the evidence behind the declarations that the pandemic has finished and they set out how, officially, this global health crisis will be brought to an end. They reject claims that the pandemic is over, but say the emergency phase of this global health crisis is coming to a close. But only if countries remain vigilant and maintain pandemic preparedness. If vaccines reach arms, if treatments are shared equally and if nations re-introduce public health measures like mask wearing and social distancing when the inevitable new waves (and potential new variants) emerge, the appalling loss of life we saw at the beginning of the pandemic, they tell Claudia, won't be repeated. There are stark warnings too that the dramatic global drop in the sequencing of virus samples (which enables us to see how the virus is evolving) is posing a serious risk. We can't react to a new threat, Claudia's panel say, if you can't see it. Sequencing, as well as testing, has fallen by 90% since January this year, from 100,000 weekly sequences ten months ago to less than 10,000 now. This severely limits the ability to track the known variants (currently 200 sub-lineages of the Omicron variant). Produced in collaboration with Wellcome and recorded in front of a live audience in Wellcome's Reading Room in London, Claudia's expert panel includes Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organisation's Technical Lead for Covid-19, Professor Salim Abdool Karim, co-chair of the south African Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19 and a member of the Africa Task Force which oversees the African continent's response to the virus and Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, the Director of Wellcome and a former adviser to the UK government on its Covid response. Presenter: Claudia Hammond Produced by: Fiona Hill and Maria Simons Studio Engineers: Giles Aspen and Emma Harth

Dr.Maria Van Kerkhove, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and the WHO technical lead on Covid.

- Hôm qua 26/8, trưởng nhóm kỹ thuật về COVID-19 của Tổ chức Y tế thế giới (WHO), bà Maria Van Kerkhove cho rằng đã đến lúc cần đánh giá thực tế tình hình dịch COVID -19 sau khi thế giới ghi nhận 1 triệu ca tử vong do căn bệnh này từ đầu năm đến nay. Cảnh báo của bà Kerkhove diễn ra trong bối cảnh mùa Đông đang đến gần có thể gây ra đợt bùng phát làn sóng COVID-19 mới khi mà thế giới đang dần chủ quan với đại dịch này. Tác giả : Anh Tuấn/VOV1 Chủ đề : thế giới, bóng ma, covid --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vov1tintuc/support

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K410: What is the BA.5 variant and why does it seem to be reinfecting so many people with COVID-19?   BA.5, part of the Omicron family, is the latest coronavirus variant to cause widespread waves of infection globally. BA.5是最新的冠狀病毒變種，屬Omicron的一支，可在全球廣泛引起一波波感染。 According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) most recent report, it was behind 52 percent of cases sequenced in late June, up from 37 percent in one week. In the US, it is estimated to be causing around 65 percent of infections. 根據世界衛生組織的最新報告，在六月下旬所定序的病例，有百分之五十二為BA.5，高於一週前的百分之三十七。據估計，美國百分之六十五的病例皆是感染BA.5。 RISING CASE NUMBERS 病例數上升 BA.5 is not new. First identified in January, it has been tracked by the WHO since April. It is a sister variant of the Omicron strain that has been dominant worldwide since the end of 2021, and has already caused spikes in case rates — even with reduced testing — in countries including South Africa, where it was first found, as well as the UK, parts of Europe, and Australia. Coronavirus cases worldwide have now been rising for four weeks in a row, WHO data showed. BA.5並非新病毒。它最早在一月被發現，自四月起世衛組織便開始追蹤它。它是Omicron病毒株的姊妹變種，Omicron自二○二一年底以來在各國都是主要病毒，且在南非（首次發現Omicron病例的國家）、英國、歐洲部分地區及澳洲等國家造成染疫人數飆升──即便篩檢人數有所減少。世衛組織的數據顯示，全球冠狀病毒病例數現已連續上升四週。 WHY IT IS SPREADING 病毒為何傳播 Like its closely related sibling, BA.4, BA.5 is particularly good at evading the immune protection afforded either by vaccination or prior infection. BA.5與相近的手足BA.4一樣，免疫逃脫能力特別強，無論是藉由疫苗接種或之前感染所得到的免疫力。 For this reason, “BA.5 has a growth advantage over the other sublineages of Omicron that are circulating,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, told a news briefing on Tuesday last week. 由於此原因，「BA.5比正在流行的Omicron的其他亞型變種病毒更具傳播優勢」，世衛組織COVID-19技術主管瑪麗亞‧范科霍芙在上週二的記者會中表示。 For many people, this means that they are getting re-infected, often even a short time after having COVID-19. Van Kerkhove said the WHO is assessing reports of re-infections. 對許多人而言，這表示他們會再度染疫，甚至常是在感染COVID-19後很短的時間內。范科霍芙說，世衛正在評估有關重複染疫的報告。 “We have ample evidence that people who've been infected with Omicron are getting infected with BA.5. No question about it,” said Gregory Poland, a virologist and vaccine researcher with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. If that seems particularly common now, it could be simply because so many people got Omicron, researchers have suggested. 「我們有充分證據顯示，感染過Omicron的人正被BA.5感染。這毫無疑問」，美國明尼蘇達州羅徹斯特市梅奧診所病毒學家及疫苗研究員古格里‧波蘭表示。 研究人員表示，如果現在這看來特別稀鬆平常，那可能只是因為有很多人感染了Omicron。 NO MORE SEVERE 不再是重症 While rising cases have caused more hospitalizations in some countries, deaths have not gone up dramatically. 雖然染疫人數增加在某些國家造成住院人數的增加，但死亡人數並未大幅上升。 This is largely because vaccines continue to protect against severe illness and death, if not infection, and manufacturers and regulators are also looking at tweaked vaccines that directly target the newer Omicron variants. 這主要是因為疫苗若無法避免感染，仍能繼續防止重症及死亡，製造商與監管機構也在研究直接針對Omicron新變種的調整疫苗。 There is also no evidence that BA.5 is more dangerous than any of the other Omicron variants, the WHO's Van Kerkhove stressed, although spikes in cases can put health services under pressure and risk more people getting long COVID. 世衛組織的范科霍芙強調，也沒有證據顯示BA.5比任何其他Omicron變異株更危險，雖然病例激增可能會給醫療系統帶來壓力，並使更多人面臨新冠後遺症的風險。 The WHO and other experts have also said that the ongoing pandemic — prolonged by vaccine inequity and the desire in many countries to “move beyond” COVID-19 — would only lead to more new and unpredictable variants. 世界衛生組織及其他專家還表示，疫情的持續不斷──由於疫苗分配不均及許多國家想要「擺脫」COVID-19而拖很久──只會導致更多新的、無法預測的變種。 Scientists are already drawing attention to BA.2.75, first identified in India, which has a large number of mutations and is spreading fast. 科學家已開始關注BA.2.75，它首次發現是在印度，有大量的突變，且正迅速傳播。 The WHO said on Tuesday last week that the pandemic remained a global health emergency, and countries should consider public health measures like masking and social distancing when cases surge, alongside vaccinations. 世衛組織上週二表示，疫情仍是全球衛生緊急事件，各國應在病例激增時考慮採取公共衛生措施，例如戴口罩和保持社交距離，以及接種疫苗。 “What people fundamentally don't understand is that when there is this high level of community transmission, this will mutate,” Poland said. “Who knows what's going to come next. We are playing with fire.” 「大家根本不知道，當社區感染程度如此之高，病毒會產生變異」，波蘭表示。「誰知道接下來會發生什麼。我們在玩火自焚」。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2022/07/19/2003781976

Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. More than 100 cases of the virus - which causes a rash and a fever - have been confirmed in Europe, the Americas and Australia. That number is expected to rise still, but experts say the overall risk to the broader population is very low. The virus is most common in remote parts of Central and West Africa. "This is a containable situation," the WHO's emerging disease lead Maria Van Kerkhove said at a news conference on Monday. "We want to stop human-to-human transmission. We can do this in the non-endemic countries," she added - referring to recent cases in Europe and North America. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aziz-mustaphi/message

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.vankerkhove) is an infectious disease epidemiologist who serves as the technical lead for the COVID-19 response at the World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/en/), where she develops guidance, training programs, and information products for the continuously evolving state of the pandemic, as well serving as the Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit Head. Dr. Van Kerkhove began her journey in global health given her interest in viruses and how they infect and impact both humans and animals. She received her undergraduate degree in biological sciences from Cornell University, her master's degree in epidemiology from Stanford University, and a PhD in infectious disease epidemiology from the London School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine where she authored her PhD on pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in Cambodia. Following her PhD, Dr. Van Kerkhove was a postdoctoral researcher with the WHO and acted as a liaison for the Imperial College London's Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis. Dr. Van Kerkhove continued working with the WHO and prior to COVID-19, was serving as the MERS-CoV Technical Lead in addition to being the Unit Head for the Emerging Disease and Zoonoses Unit. Her focus in these areas includes developing prevention and control programs around high threat respiratory pathogens.

Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Covid-19 Technical Lead, Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme

英语新闻|社会成本最低的抗疫策略China is completely capable of implementing its dynamic zero-COVID policy, as it is formulated in accordance with the country's own conditions, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday after World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus commented on the policy.5月11日，外交部发言人赵立坚回应世界卫生组织总干事谭德赛对中国动态清零防疫政策表态。赵立坚表示，中国政府从自身国情出发制定并实施“动态清零”政策。我国完全有基础、有条件、有能力实现“动态清零”。"China's dynamic zero-COVID policy is not aimed at realizing zero infection, but rather at bringing the epidemic situation under control with the minimum social cost and in the shortest time possible," Zhao said at a regular news briefing in Beijing.赵立坚在外交部例行记者会上表示：“中国的‘动态清零'总方针不是追求零感染，而是要以最低的社会成本，在最短的时间内控制住疫情。”He said the one and only purpose of the policy is to effectively protect the health of more than 1.4 billion Chinese to the maximum while securing sustainable and stable socioeconomic development.他强调，该政策的宗旨只有一个，就是最大限度保障人民生命健康，同时以良好的防控成效保障经济社会持续健康稳定发展。"Now the overwhelming majority of the Chinese population in most parts of the country are enjoying normal lives and production. And China's national infection rate and mortality rate for COVID-19 remain at the lowest level in the world," he said.赵立坚表示：“现在我国绝大多数地区、绝大多数民众生产生活正常，我国全国感染率和死亡率保持全球最低水平。”In March, a systematic analysis of COVID-related mortality published in The Lancet estimated that the global all-age rate of mortality due to the COVID pandemic was 120.3 deaths per 100,000 of population.《柳叶刀》杂志3月发表的一篇论文，对疫情相关死亡率进行分析估计，全球因新冠导致的超额死亡率为每10万人120人。While the mortality rate due to COVID-19 was 179.3 per 100,000 in the United States, the figure was only 0.6 per 100,000 in China, according to the analysis.据分析，美国的超额死亡率为每10万人179人，而在中国，这一数据仅为每10万人0.6人。"It is thanks to the dynamic zero-COVID policy that China has withstood the most challenging COVID-19 control test since the anti-epidemic battle of Wuhan in early 2020," Zhao said. "China is one of the countries with the most successful COVID response in the world. This is a reality witnessed by the international community."赵立坚表示：“今年3月以来，中国疫情防控经受住武汉保卫战以来最为严峻的防控考验并取得了阶段性成效。我国政府的防控方针是经得起历史检验的，我们的防控措施是科学有效的。我国是世界上疫情防控最成功的国家之一。这是国际社会有目共睹的事实。”The spokesman mentioned a new study saying that China faces an Omicron "tsunami" that could overwhelm hospitals and kill more than 1.5 million people if it abandons its dynamic zero-COVID strategy.赵立坚还提到了一项最新报道称，如果中国放弃严格的“动态清零”政策，将可能导致150多万人死于新冠疫情。China's huge population also means that relaxing prevention and control measures would inevitably lead to the death of a large number of elderly people, he said.他强调，我国作为人口大国，若放松疫情防控必将导致大量老年人死亡。"China's dynamic zero-COVID policy has offered effective protection to the elderly and vulnerable groups with underlying health conditions. It is distinctly different from the 'herd immunity' and 'natural immunity' approaches followed by some countries not long ago," Zhao said.他表示：“我国‘动态清零'总方针有效保护了老年人和有基础疾病的弱势人群。中国的防控政策同一些国家奉行的所谓‘群体免疫'‘自然免疫'的‘躺平'政策有着明显区别。”A Beijing-based epidemiologist who requested anonymity said that in February, senior WHO experts like Mike Ryan and Maria Van Kerkhove had said at a news briefing that every country should chart its own path out of the pandemic.北京的一位流行病学家指出，今年二月，包括世界卫生组织卫生紧急项目负责人迈克尔·瑞安和世界卫生组织卫生紧急项目技术主管玛丽亚·范·科霍夫等在内的世卫组织高级官员在新闻发布会上表示，各国在取消防疫限制措施方面，应该根据本国情况，按照自己的节奏来规划自己的路径。"This is exactly what China has been doing. We want to find an alternative to the coexistence strategy that many other countries are adopting, because China cannot live with COVID with its current conditions without paying enormous social and economic costs," he added.该学者指出：“这正是中国一直在做的事情。我们希望找到一种方案来替代其他许多国家正在采取的共存战略，因为我国一旦选择与新冠共存，就要付出巨大的社会和经济的代价。”mortality英[mɔːˈtæləti]；美[mɔːrˈtæləti]n.死亡数，死亡率；必死性，必死的命运herd immunity英[hə:d ɪˈmju:nɪti:]；美[hɚd ɪˈmjunɪti]群体免疫coexistence英[ˌkəʊɪgˈzɪstəns]；美[ˌkoʊɪgˈzɪstəns]n.共处；共存

This week saw the UN launch an ambitious bid to stop the spread of common, mosquito-borne diseases – known as “arboviruses” - which threaten more than half the world's population. The main target of the initiative is four of the most common arboviruses: Dengue, Yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika. Here's the World Health Organization's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove now, telling UN News's Daniel Johnson all about how the Global Arbovirus Initiative plans to share expertise on bug-busting across continents.

This week saw the UN launch an ambitious bid to stop the spread of common, mosquito-borne diseases – known as “arboviruses” - which threaten more than half the world's population. The main target of the initiative is four of the most common arboviruses: Dengue, Yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika. Here's the World Health Organization's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove now, telling UN News's Daniel Johnson all about how the Global Arbovirus Initiative plans to share expertise on bug-busting across continents.

This week saw the UN launch an ambitious bid to stop the spread of common, mosquito-borne diseases – known as “arboviruses” - which threaten more than half the world's population. The main target of the initiative is four of the most common arboviruses: Dengue, Yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika. Here's the World Health Organization's Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove now, telling UN News's Daniel Johnson all about how the Global Arbovirus Initiative plans to share expertise on bug-busting across continents.

This is Gabriel Rench with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, June 10th, 2020. Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare,' WHO says https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html On Monday June 8th Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said this at a news briefing from the United Nations agency's Geneva headquarters: “From the data we have, it still seems to be rare that an asymptomatic person actually transmits onward to a secondary individual,” “It's very rare.” But then on Tuesday June 9th she dialed it back and said: “during the live Q&A, she clarified "this is a major unknown." She goes onto say: “"The majority of transmission that we know about is that people who have symptoms transmit the virus to other people through infectious droplets -- but there are a subset of people who don't develop symptoms, and to truly understand how many people don't have symptoms, we don't actually have that answered yet," Van Kerkhove said. "We do know that some people who are asymptomatic, or some people who don't have symptoms, can transmit the virus on," she said. "So what we need to better understand is how many of the people in the population don't have symptoms and separately how many of those individuals go on to transmit to others." Who do we believe? And what day do we believe what they said? This is just getting embarrassing.  Black Business Owners' Ranks Collapse by 41% in U.S. Lockdowns https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/black-business-owners-ranks-collapse-by-41-in-us-lockdowns/ar-BB15cF7B According to MSN:  “The Covid-19 economic shutdown has hurt African American businesses the most among racial and ethnic groups in U.S., with a 41% decline of black owners from February to April, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research shows. While the pandemic has hit entrepreneurs across the board, closing some 3.3 million small businesses at least temporarily, the sidelining of 440,000 African Americans was especially severe. Black owners may have fared worse because fewer of them operated in industries deemed “essential” during the pandemic, among other factors, according to the NBER paper. Immigrant business owners also fared poorly, with a 36% drop during the period. “The negative early-stage impacts on minority- and immigrant-owned businesses, if prolonged, may be problematic for broader racial inequality because of the importance of minority businesses for local job creation, economic advancement, and longer-term wealth inequality,” said the report's author, Robert Fairlie of the University of California at Santa Cruz. The findings add to other data showing that the pandemic has broadly hit African Americans harder than other groups, with blacks suffering higher rates of mortality from the coronavirus and greater joblessness. While unemployment among white Americans fell to 12.4% last month, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the jobless rate for African Americans rose slightly to 16.8%.” For those of us who have been saying the cure is worse than the COVID, we don't even fully know the extent of how bad this cure has been for our lives. Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Nashville October 1-3 Before we getting into this news brief, I want to invite you to sign up for our first annual Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Nashville October 1st through 3rd. Rowdy Christian media meets the conference world – not for the faint of heart. We will kick the whole thing off with beer and psalm singing the first night, followed by a slate of speakers committed to driving the nails of the gospel into your every day life including Douglas Wilson, George Grant, Rod Martin, Glenn Sunshine, Pastor Toby, and more. The conference will conclude with a massive Fight Laugh Feast Network mashup, with representatives from all your favorite shows all on one show, fighting, laughing, and feasting. And then we really will feast together, with food trucks bringing in dinner to close out the conference. So please join us this October 1st through the 3rd as we build a rowdy Christian culture for God's glory and our good. Go to Fightlaughfeast dot com and register today. The ‘Institutional Racism' Canard https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/the-institutional-racism-canard/ “About twice as many white people as black people are killed by police. In fact, in about 75 percent of police shootings, the decedent is not black. Of course, that is not what you would grasp from consuming media... Powerline's Paul Mirengoff fills in that blank: “Blacks commit around 70 percent of black-white interracial homicides.” For this, he draws on FBI crime statistics for 2016. They show that, of 776 black–white homicides, blacks committed 533 and whites 243. Neither of these numbers, by the way, nor their combined total, comes anywhere close to the number of blacks killed by blacks: a staggering 2,570 — the overwhelming majority male.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/police-shootings-2018/ Last years, in 2019, cops killed 17 unarmed blacks, and even that data needs explanation (meaning even though they did not have a gun, one had a knife, some were physical altercations, etc…) Compare this to the reported 22 white men who where killed by the cops while unarmed.  This of course is not to justify police brutality, but if we are going to talk about police brutality, racism, etc… then we need to look at all the data. First, the message you are hearing is that Officer Chauvin is a racist and that is why he killed George Floyed. But where is the evidence for that? What does biblical justice require of the accuser? Proof! You need proof that this police negligence was driven by racism. That would include providing evidence that the other ethnic cops present were also racist. Secondly, the corruption in the police force has been horrific in democratically run cities. Think Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, LA, Minneapolis, and so forth, which have been dominated by democratic politics for decades. Police corruption, while not neglecting individual responsibility, has been propped up by powerful unions, immunity, and unjust application of laws (basically one law for cops and another law for the citizens).  So, if we are really going to have an honest discussion about police brutality and racism, we need to get all the cards on the table, and bring the light of God's word to bear on those facts. Statically, you are exponentially more likely to be killed by another black person that you would be by a cop. The obvious connecting here is the black community has been devastated by fatherlessness. And Police unions, they shield, protect, and even threaten in order to keep their cops on the streets. They are incentivized away from equitable justice and so laws and systems have been created by the pressure of police unions to protect cops over their citizens. Lastly, politicians who are joining the bandwagon calling to defund the police are feckless. For decades they over saw the expansion of the militarization of the police, and loved every minute of it. And in addition to this, to call for the defunding of the police while they themselves have private security or some sort of government security (like the congressional police, Secret Service, etc…), it is the same play that they want to run on your 2nd amendment rights. You can't have guns, but we can. Our politicians are just like the militarization of the police force. They want one standard for you, while they themselves will not place themselves under that same standard. This is the same thing that happened under the COVIDpanic. You need to stay home in shutdown mode, while politicians were at dining, golfing, traveling, and screwing their mistresses, all in the name of your safety. Jesus has harsh words for this kind of leadership in Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”    Our political leaders have failed us miserably and this COVIDpanic and FLOYDpanic have been given to us by God, and to be a thinking Christian means we need to see what God is showing us here. Just think about this for a moment. Our mayor on March 25th signed a resolution shutting down non-essential business here in Moscow. These companies, if they continued operating, would be operating illegally and would be fined with the possibility of imprisonment. Think about that. A lawful business could get fined for operating, for making money for their families, their employees, their livelihoods, all the while our mayor was collecting his taxpayer paycheck and going golfing and drinking beer with his buddies at Elks Lodge just north of town. He signed a resolution that did not apply to his paycheck, and he would not place himself under the same conditions he required others to follow under his resolution. Of course the issue here, is we as a people need to repent. When we are oppressed, when the black community cries tears of oppression, when operating a business becomes illegal and you can know longer legally provide for your family, our call is to God. Don't cry out to the state to save you, they have been doing a crappy job for centuries. Cry out to God, humbler yourself before God, and He will act, He will lift His people up.  This is Gabriel Rench with Crosspolitic News. Support Rowdy Christian media and join our club at fightlaughfeast.com. With your partnership, you will get a Fight Laugh Feast t-shirt, discount to our annual conference, and access to our Club portal. Our club portal includes episodes on Pastors in Politics, East Coast Tour content, God and Government, and backstage interviews with people like Voddie Baucham, Douglas Wilson, James White, Tom Ascol, Erick Erickson, and David French. You can find all our shows on our app, which you can download at your favorite app store, just search “Fight Laugh Feast”. Lastly, we hope to meet you at our first annual Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Nashville, TN October 1st through the 3rd. Go to fightlaughfeast.com to register now. Have a great day. Lord bless 

Spegillinn 24.janúar 2022 Umsjón: Kristján Sigurjónsson Tæknimaður: Magnús Þorsteinn Magnússon Bandarísk stjórnvöld bræða með sér að senda allt að fimm þúsund manna herlið til Evrópu til að styrkja varnir Austur-Evrópuríkja sem eiga aðild að Atlantshafsbandalaginu láti Rússar verða af því að ráðast á Úkraínu. Formaður SÁÁ hefur sagt af sér. Hann svaraði vændisauglýsingu á netinu fyrir nokkrum árum, og segir að sú hegðun sé ófyrirgefanleg. Ástandið á gjörgæslu Landspítalans er betra en áætlanir gerðu ráð fyrir. Áfram verður þó áskorun að halda starfsemi spítalans gangandi á meðan smit eru eins mörg og raun ber vitni að mati yfirlæknis gjörgæslulækninga á Landspítalans. Þórólfur Guðnason sóttvarnalæknir ætlar ekki að leggja til að slakað verði á sóttvarnaaðgerðum fyrr en fyrsta lagi eftir mánaðamót. Hann vill heldur aflétta í hægum skrefum og vinnur nú að afléttingaáætlun út febrúar ásamt heilbrigðisráðherra. Ísland tapaði gegn Króötum í sveiflukenndum leik í Búdapest í dag. Þrátt fyrir tapið er sæti í undanúrslitum enn innan seilingar. Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur sýknaði í dag ríkið af kröfu fyrrverandi lögreglumanns um 140 milljóna króna bætur vegna þess að hann fékk ekki skipun sína í embætti framlengda. Bæjarstjórn Akureyrar hefur ákveðið að veita fyrirtækinu atNorth ehf. vilyrði fyrir lóð undir gagnaver í bænum. Þá eru hugmyndir uppi um að nýta varman frá verinu í gróðurhús. Lengri umfjöllun: Svo virðist sem bjartsýnustu spár um þróun faraldursins hér á landi séu að koma fram. Færri hafa lagst inn á gjörgæsludeild en áætlanir gerðu ráð fyrir og þrátt fyrir smit í hundraðavís allt frá því í desember hefur heilbrigðiskerfið staðist áhlaupið nokkuð vel. Ríkari krafa hefur verið um afléttingar seinustu daga og svo virðist sem þær séu nú þegar komnar á teikniborð heilbrigðisyfirvalda. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, einn helsti sérfræðingur Alþjóðaheilbrigðismálastofnunarinnar í vörnum gegn COVID-19 sagði í viðtali í gær að þrátt fyrir að omíkron-afbrigðið sé ekki eins skaðlegt og forverinn, delta, sé veiran hættuleg.Þó svo að omíkron-afbrigðið sé veikara en delta valdi það álagi á heilbrigðiskerfi landa, sem oft og tíðum sé sligað af álagi í heimsfaraldri sem staðið hefur á þriðja ár. Bjarni Rúnarsson talar við Martin Inga Sigurðsson, prófessor við Háskóla Íslands og yfirlækni svæfinga og gjörgæslulækninga á Landspítalanum. Undanfarnar þrennar kosningar hafa orðið miklar mannabreytingar í sveitarstjórnum og útlit er fyrir að svo verði enn í vor þegar kosið verður um miðjan maí; að sex af hverjum tíu sveitarst

Spegillinn 24.janúar 2022 Umsjón: Kristján Sigurjónsson Tæknimaður: Magnús Þorsteinn Magnússon Bandarísk stjórnvöld bræða með sér að senda allt að fimm þúsund manna herlið til Evrópu til að styrkja varnir Austur-Evrópuríkja sem eiga aðild að Atlantshafsbandalaginu láti Rússar verða af því að ráðast á Úkraínu. Formaður SÁÁ hefur sagt af sér. Hann svaraði vændisauglýsingu á netinu fyrir nokkrum árum, og segir að sú hegðun sé ófyrirgefanleg. Ástandið á gjörgæslu Landspítalans er betra en áætlanir gerðu ráð fyrir. Áfram verður þó áskorun að halda starfsemi spítalans gangandi á meðan smit eru eins mörg og raun ber vitni að mati yfirlæknis gjörgæslulækninga á Landspítalans. Þórólfur Guðnason sóttvarnalæknir ætlar ekki að leggja til að slakað verði á sóttvarnaaðgerðum fyrr en fyrsta lagi eftir mánaðamót. Hann vill heldur aflétta í hægum skrefum og vinnur nú að afléttingaáætlun út febrúar ásamt heilbrigðisráðherra. Ísland tapaði gegn Króötum í sveiflukenndum leik í Búdapest í dag. Þrátt fyrir tapið er sæti í undanúrslitum enn innan seilingar. Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur sýknaði í dag ríkið af kröfu fyrrverandi lögreglumanns um 140 milljóna króna bætur vegna þess að hann fékk ekki skipun sína í embætti framlengda. Bæjarstjórn Akureyrar hefur ákveðið að veita fyrirtækinu atNorth ehf. vilyrði fyrir lóð undir gagnaver í bænum. Þá eru hugmyndir uppi um að nýta varman frá verinu í gróðurhús. Lengri umfjöllun: Svo virðist sem bjartsýnustu spár um þróun faraldursins hér á landi séu að koma fram. Færri hafa lagst inn á gjörgæsludeild en áætlanir gerðu ráð fyrir og þrátt fyrir smit í hundraðavís allt frá því í desember hefur heilbrigðiskerfið staðist áhlaupið nokkuð vel. Ríkari krafa hefur verið um afléttingar seinustu daga og svo virðist sem þær séu nú þegar komnar á teikniborð heilbrigðisyfirvalda. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, einn helsti sérfræðingur Alþjóðaheilbrigðismálastofnunarinnar í vörnum gegn COVID-19 sagði í viðtali í gær að þrátt fyrir að omíkron-afbrigðið sé ekki eins skaðlegt og forverinn, delta, sé veiran hættuleg.Þó svo að omíkron-afbrigðið sé veikara en delta valdi það álagi á heilbrigðiskerfi landa, sem oft og tíðum sé sligað af álagi í heimsfaraldri sem staðið hefur á þriðja ár. Bjarni Rúnarsson talar við Martin Inga Sigurðsson, prófessor við Háskóla Íslands og yfirlækni svæfinga og gjörgæslulækninga á Landspítalanum. Undanfarnar þrennar kosningar hafa orðið miklar mannabreytingar í sveitarstjórnum og útlit er fyrir að svo verði enn í vor þegar kosið verður um miðjan maí; að sex af hverjum tíu sveitarst

小額贊助支持本節目： https://pay.firstory.me/user/linshibi 本集錄音於1月14日。綜合一些WHO相關專家的發言來解讀一下。 WHO警告 還不能將COVID-19視為地方性流行病 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202201110426.aspx 世界衛生組織１月１１日表示，將有超過一半的歐洲人感染變異株Omicron，但還不應該將COVID-19視為類似流感的地方性流行病。 世衛歐洲區辦事處主任克魯格（Hans Kluge）在新聞簡報中表示，歐洲2022年首週就新增逾700萬起確診病例，新增確診人數在兩週期間增加了一倍以上。 克魯格說：「依照這個速度，健康計量評估研究中心（IHME）預測，在未來6至8週內，歐洲地區50%以上人口將感染Omicron變異株。」健康計量評估研究中心附屬於美國華盛頓大學（University of Washington）。 克魯格表示，歐洲和中亞53國中有50國確診病例已經有Omicron的蹤跡。 西班牙總理桑傑士（Pedro Sanchez）昨天表示，現在可能是將追蹤COVID-19演化的方法，改成追蹤流感演化方法的時候了，因為COVID-19致命性降低了。這意指將COVID-19視為地方性流行病，而非大流行疾病，如此一來就不用記錄每一起病例，也不用篩檢所有出現症狀者。 但世衛歐洲區COVID事件負責人史摩伍德（Catherine Smallwood）在記者會中表示，這還「差得遠了」，因為地方性流行病的傳播必須是穩定且可預測。史摩伍德說：「不確定性仍非常大，這種病毒演化相當快，構成了新挑戰。我們肯定還沒有到可以將它稱之為地方性流行病的地步。」世衛今天也表示，需要更多研究來確定現有的COVID-19疫苗是否能提供足夠防護力，來對抗感染力強的Omicron。許多藥廠已在研發下一代疫苗。 WHO body says COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated for Omicron https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/who-says-more-research-needed-vaccine-efficacy-against-omicron-2022-01-11/ LIVE Q&A on COVID-19 and Omicron with Dr Mike Ryan and Dr Maria Van Kerkhove https://youtu.be/XqZxLUPDHDA Omicron變種病毒懶人包 傳染力 重症 疫苗有效性 要打加強針嗎？ https://linshibi.com/?p=39815 第三劑追加劑疫苗應該打莫德納 BNT 高端還是AZ？對Omicron有效嗎？ https://linshibi.com/?p=39936 歡迎追蹤前台大感染科醫師。04b的發聲管道！ 我的電子名片 https://lit.link/linshibi 希望大家當我的種子教師，推廣正確的新冠衛教。科學防疫，不要只以恐懼防疫！ 歡迎贊助林氏璧孔醫師喝咖啡，讓我可以在這個紛亂的時代，繼續分享知識努力做正確新冠相關衛教。 https://pay.firstory.me/user/linshibi Powered by Firstory Hosting

The whole world's covid numbers, and the devastating policies instituted "to fight covid", are based on the use of PCR. But what if PCR tests don't REALLY tell you whether or not you've "got covid", are even infected OR contagious AT ALL? Find out in today's episode, and make up your own mind about whether we have been led astray. Find us everywhere at Linktree EPISODE CITATIONS: Definition of PCR Kary Mullis clip Brownstone Institute article on PCR Manufacturers say not to use PCR as the only evidence for diagnosis CDC "RNA may not indicate infectious virus" quote Vincent Racaniello "detects nucleic acids, not infectious virus" quote The Lancet "RNA detection cannot be used to infer infectiousness" quote Oxford Clinical Infectious Diseases "PCR detects RNA, not infectious virus" quote World Health Organization COVID-19 technical lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove "doesn't tell you you're contagious" quote (at 35:18) Dr. Fauci "PCR over 35 is useless" quote Dr. Jared Bullard "PCR over 25 produce no viable cultures" quote Counting covid within up to 60 days of a positive test Director of Public Health of Illinois Dr. Ezike saying covid counted even if it's clearly not the cause of death

The fast-spreading Omicron variant should not be treated like influenza, because it can pose severe risks to unvaccinated people and its long-term effects on recovered patients still remain unclear, health experts said.公共卫生专家表示，我们不应该把快速传播的奥密克戎变异株当作流感一样对待。因为它可能会对未接种疫苗的人造成严重威胁，而对于感染后痊愈的患者，奥密克戎带来的后遗症仍不得而知。As the new strain has swept the world and caused several outbreaks in China, Chinese experts have called for accelerated efforts to expand vaccination and resolutely adhere to the country's science-based virus control strategy.随着这一新毒株席卷全球并几次在中国爆发，国内专家呼吁要加快扩大疫苗接种范围，并坚持中国建立在科学基础上的疫情防控政策。"Omicron is not a 'big flu', and it can bite, especially for people without strong immunity," Zhang Wenhong, leader of the COVID-19 treatment expert team of Shanghai and head of Fudan University Huashan Hospital's infectious disease department, said at a science forum in Shanghai last week.上周，在上海举行的光华科技公益论坛上，上海市新冠肺炎临床救治专家组组长、复旦大学附属华山医院感染科主任张文宏表示：“如果你没有强大的免疫能力，奥密克戎不是‘大号流感'，它是会咬人的。” Image▲ Zhang Wenhong, head of the Center for Infectious Diseases with the Shanghai-based Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, takes an interview on July 30, 2020. Photo/Xinhua2020年7月30日，复旦大学附属华山医院感染科主任张文宏接受采访。（图源：新华社）He said that successfully fending off the threat of Omicron requires building robust herd immunity and preparing sufficient medical resources.张文宏表示，一个国家和地区需要强大的免疫屏障和医疗资源，才能成功抵御奥密克戎的威胁。Some Western countries, despite a significant increase in daily new infections, have managed to lower their COVID-19 death rates because of high vaccination coverage, according to Zhang.他认为，尽管一些西方国家每天都有大量的新增感染病例，但由于疫苗覆盖范围广，他们还是成功降低了新冠病毒的致死率。"We should further expand initial immunization and the rolling out of booster shots," he said at the forum. "Meanwhile, it is important to ensure adequate provision of healthcare resources in different regions so that immunocompromised people infected with the novel coronavirus can be treated effectively."张文宏在论坛上表示：“除了不断提高疫苗两针及以上的接种率，确保医疗资源的充分供给也十分重要，这样才能对免疫力低下的感染者进行充分救治。”Initial studies from global researchers have suggested that the Omicron variant more readily infects the upper respiratory tract and may not attack the lungs as much as other strains.全球初步研究表明，奥密克戎似乎更容易感染上呼吸道，而不会像先前毒株那样轻易感染肺部。However, the new strain remains a serious global health risk due to its high transmissibility and potential to evade vaccine-induced immunity.但由于较强的传染性和逃避疫苗诱导免疫的能力，奥密克戎仍对全球健康构成严重的威胁。The World Health Organization said in a news briefing released on Tuesday that it recorded 15 million new COVID-19 cases worldwide last week, the highest number of cases reported in a single week. The Omicron variant is rapidly displacing the Delta variant in all countries, it added.世界卫生组织在本周二的新闻发布会上表示，上周世界各地报告的新增新冠肺炎确诊病例超过1500万例，单周新增确诊病例数创新高。在所有的国家，奥密克戎正在迅速取代德尔塔。Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, said recently on social media, "While some reports show a reduced risk of hospitalization of Omicron compared to Delta, there are still far too many people infected, in hospital sick & dying from Omicron (& Delta)".世卫组织紧急项目技术主管玛丽亚·范·科霍夫近日在社交媒体上称，“虽然一些报告显示，奥密克戎导致的住院率略低于德尔塔，但仍有太多人感染，生病住院，或死于奥密克戎（和德尔塔）。”In another post on social media, she said:"Omicron is not mild. Omicron is not flu or the common cold. SARS-CoV-2 is not endemic yet. Now is not the time to give up," she said.另一则贴文中，她说：“奥密克戎并不温和，它不是流感或普通感冒。新冠病毒还不是地区性流行病。现在还不是懈怠的时候。”In China, the Omicron variant has triggered a domestic outbreak concentrated in Tianjin municipality and Henan province. A number of regions have also detected imported infections with the new strain.中国天津市和河南省出现了奥密克戎本土病例，一些地区还出现了境外输入病例。Zhang Boli, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a top traditional Chinese medicine expert, said the Omicron variant appears to be more elusive and to spread more easily.中国工程院院士、顶级中医药专家张伯礼表示，奥密克戎变种似乎更加难以琢磨，也更容易传播。"Although most local patients only have mild symptoms, it is not appropriate to treat it as a 'big common cold'," he said. "Data from overseas have shown that a large number of Omicron patients have exhibited lingering effects after recovery, and the proportion is higher than that for influenza."张伯礼说：“虽然大多数本地患者症状比较轻，但说奥密克戎是‘大号流感'是不恰当的。在国外，有相当一批病人，出现了‘持续症状'，或者后遗症，出现的还是比较多的，而一般的流感不会这么多。”As a result, it would be irresponsible to loosen virus control restrictions, Zhang said, adding that China's "zero-COVID-19" policy should be capable of tackling the new strain's local spread.因此，他觉得放松疫情防控的做法是不负责任的。张伯礼补充道，中国“动态清零”的政策可以应对奥密克戎在国内的传播。"Mass vaccination should be ramped up further, as vaccines' effect in preventing serious cases and deaths remains strong," he said.他说：“由于疫苗可以有效预防重症和死亡病例的出现，我们应进一步加强大规模的疫苗接种战略。”According to the National Health Commission, China had administered more than 2.9 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Tuesday.国家卫健委11日通报，全国新冠疫苗接种剂次超29亿。

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Following resolutions on climate and COVID vaccine equity, this week's show highlights why the UN's top rights forum is more relevant than ever, according to outgoing President Nazhat Shameem Khan from Fiji, who has been overseeing the work of the Human Rights Council in Geneva for a year. And, an appeal to “fight like hell” for vaccine equity, from the World Health Organization's Maria Van Kerkhove.  This and other top stories from the week, with closing comments from regular guest, Solange Behoteguy-Cortes. 

We will get out of this pandemic, says Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO). The question is how fast -- and if we'll take what we've learned from the past two years and apply it to the next emerging pathogen. In conversation with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Van Kerkhove provides insights on the Omicron variant, details a pandemic preparedness protocol under development at WHO and shares what we all can do to bring the pandemic to a speedy end. "Remain vigilant," Van Kerkhove says. "Everything you do ... will either get us closer to ending this pandemic -- or it will prolong it." (This conversation was recorded on December 3, 2021.)

We will get out of this pandemic, says Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO). The question is how fast -- and if we'll take what we've learned from the past two years and apply it to the next emerging pathogen. In conversation with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Van Kerkhove provides insights on the Omicron variant, details a pandemic preparedness protocol under development at WHO and shares what we all can do to bring the pandemic to a speedy end. "Remain vigilant," Van Kerkhove says. "Everything you do ... will either get us closer to ending this pandemic -- or it will prolong it." (This conversation was recorded on December 3, 2021.)

We will get out of this pandemic, says Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO). The question is how fast -- and if we'll take what we've learned from the past two years and apply it to the next emerging pathogen. In conversation with TED current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Van Kerkhove provides insights on the Omicron variant, details a pandemic preparedness protocol under development at WHO and shares what we all can do to bring the pandemic to a speedy end. "Remain vigilant," Van Kerkhove says. "Everything you do ... will either get us closer to ending this pandemic -- or it will prolong it." (This conversation was recorded on December 3, 2021.)

On this week's "Face the Nation" with moderator Margaret Brennan; five states have reported cases of the new Covid-19 Omicron Variant. Is it too early to sat if it has less severity as other variants? We'll hear from former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. Just how widespread is the Omicron variant around the world, and how can surveillance and sequencing tell us? We get insight on the virus and its mutations with illumina Why is the new variant of concern for the global community? How can international partners better sequence further cases and strains? We get the latest with the WHO's COVID lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove. Is Connecticut, one of the states to report a case of the Omicron variant, prepared for potential winter surges of COVID-19 in the Northeast? How can the state work to keep schools open? We'll hear from Governor Ned Lamont. (D-CT) Plus, new travel rules -- what you need to know.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nuovi lockdown e vaccinazioni obbligatorie: l'Unione europea cerca di fermare il contagio, mentre l'arrivo della variante Omicron fa temere sulla tenuta dei vaccini I residenti in Grecia che hanno più di 60 anni e non hanno ancora effettuato il vaccino contro il Covid–19 saranno multati fino a 100 euro al mese: è il primo passo verso un obbligo vaccinale generale, annunciato di fronte al numero sempre crescente di casi. A novembre, nonostante il buon tasso vaccinale, in Grecia sono morte di Covid 2.219 persone, e soltanto martedì sono stati registrati 7.486 nuovi casi. Anche la Germania, finora restia a a qualsiasi tipo di vaccinazione obbligatoria, sembra ormai orientata in questa direzione: il futuro cancelliere Olaf Scholz ha dichiarato che il paese potrebbe introdurre l'obbligo a partire da febbraio o marzo, specificando che qualsiasi decisione dovrà passare dal parlamento. Il numero di casi ha smesso di crescere in modo drastico negli ultimi giorni, ma il numero di morti continua ad aumentare: l'altroieri sono stati contati 446 decessi. Grecia e Germania si trovano nella situazione complessa di dover parlare di vaccinazioni obbligatorie mentre sui media continua il dibattito sull'efficacia dei vaccini attuali contro la variante Omicron. Martedì l'ad di Moderna Stéphane Bancel ha detto al Financial Times che “tutti gli scienziati con cui ho parlato dicono che le cose non andranno bene.” Bancel ha specificato che per avere dati più sicuri bisognerà aspettare, ma ha anche sottolineato che serviranno mesi per lo sviluppo e la produzione di vaccini aggiornati. È stato più confortante invece il co–fondatore di BioNTech Ugur Sahin, secondo cui, anche se sicuramente più persone vaccinate si ammaleranno a causa della variante, molto probabilmente saranno comunque protetti dai sintomi più gravi. “Il nostro messaggio è: non spaventatevi, il piano resta lo stesso — bisogna accelerare con la somministrazione delle terze dosi,” ha detto Sahin, rivolgendosi ai paesi più ricchi del mondo. Le dichiarazioni di Bancel avevano avuto un impatto negativo sui mercati. I dati che arrivano dal Sudafrica sembrano attestare l'alta contagiosità della variante Omicron: mercoledì i casi registrati sono raddoppiati rispetto al giorno precedente — passando da 4.373 a 8.561. La settimana scorsa i casi si aggiravano attorno al migliaio al giorno — la settimana precedente 300. Stanno aumentando anche le ospedalizzazioni, anche se fortunatamente non alla stessa velocità. Maria Van Kerkhove, una dirigente dell'OMS, ha confermato che ci sono molti casi con sintomi moderati, ma anche casi gravi. Michelle Groome, dell'Istituto nazionale sudafricano per le malattie trasmissibili, ha dichiarato che il paese sta osservando “un aumento esponenziale” dei casi. Ieri sono stati confermati i primi casi di Omicron anche negli Stati Uniti, negli Emirati Arabi Uniti, e in Corea del Sud. La diffusione preoccupa particolarmente le autorità sudcoreane, che stanno già affrontando l'ondata più grande dall'inizio della pandemia. In Europa, von Der Leyen ha aperto la porta alle vaccinazioni obbligatorie dicendo che di fronte alla variante Omicron il blocco deve “prepararsi per il peggio, e sperare che vada tutto bene.” Il direttore generale dell'OMS Tedros ha aperto il briefing media sul Covid–19 ricordando in modo pragmatico ai leader del mondo che la quasi totalità dei casi registrati a livello globale dipendono ancora dalla variante Delta. Il direttore generale ha però denunciato la “combinazione tossica” di “bassa copertura vaccinale e testing ancora minore,” che insieme costituiscono “una ricetta per allevare e amplificare le varianti.” Show notesSouth Africa's new COVID cases double in 1 day amid omicron | AP NewsCovid: WHO says South Africa hospitalizations rising, omicron severity unclearOmicron variant fuelling ‘exponential' rise in Covid cases, say South Africa officials | Coronavirus | Th

South Africa said on Friday a British ban on flights from six southern African countries over a new Covid-19 variant seemed rushed, as EU authorities prepared similar moves and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting. Scientists have so far only detected the B.1.1.529 variant in relatively small numbers, mainly in South Africa but also in Botswana and Hong Kong, but say they are concerned by its high number of mutations which could possibly make it vaccine-resistant and more transmissible. Britain said the variant was the most significant one found yet after banning flights from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe and Namibia from midday on Friday. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the EU also aimed to halt air travel from the region, describing the variant in a tweet as "of concern". A WHO working group on virus evolution is due to meet on Friday to discuss whether to officially give it that label, a designation only given to four variants so far. WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said in a video posted on Twitter that it could take a few weeks to understand the impact of the variant's mutations. The rand slumped over 2% against the dollar early on Friday, as the variant unnerved investors. South African hospitality stocks also plummeted. South Africa will speak to British authorities to try to get them to reconsider their ban, the foreign ministry in Pretoria said. "Our immediate concern is the damage that this decision will cause to both the tourism industries and businesses of both countries," Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said in a statement. As Asian countries also moved to tighten curbs, two Welsh rugby clubs in South Africa for a tournament scrambled to leave as soon as possible, and British and Irish golfers withdrew from the Johannesburg Open. South Africa - the worst affected in Africa in terms of total reported Covid cases and deaths - had been experiencing a lull after a severe third wave of infections, until last week when new infections started to pick up. On Thursday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 2 465 new cases, almost double the previous day's number. Although the NICD did not link the resurgence to the B.1.1.529 variant, leading local scientists suspect it is the cause. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention strongly discouraged travel bans on countries that had reported the variant. "Imposing bans on travellers from countries where a new variant is reported has not yielded a meaningful outcome," it said.

Covid cases top 50,000 in the UK The number of new coronavirus cases recorded in the UK reached 52,009 today, going over 50,000 for the first time since July. Former health secretary and chair of the Health and Social Committee Jeremy Hunt tells Laura, Chris and Fergus that we can expect a difficult winter unless the Government encouarges more people to get jabs and boosters. Also the WHO's technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove says that countries need to think about the rest of the world before they roll out boosters for their own. Today's Newscast was made by Rick Kelsey, with Danny Wittenberg and Maz Ebtehaj. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.

Power & Politics for Monday, October 18th with University of British Columbia Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society Executive Director Cindy Blackstock, WHO COVID-19 Technical Lead Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, and the Power Panel.

L'OMS ha annunciato la formazione di un gruppo di esperti per indagare le origini del Covid-19 e prepararci alla prossima pandemia. Si cerca di superare l'approccio politico alla crisi sanitaria, ma la battaglia sembra persa in partenzaQuesta settimana l'OMS ha annunciato la formazione di un nuovo gruppo di esperti — il SAGO, per Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens — che avrà lo scopo di guidare gli studi sulle origini di tutti i patogeni nuovi o ri-emergenti, compreso il SARS-CoV-2. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ha spiegato la decisione ricordando che “l'emergere di nuovi virus con il potenziale di scatenare epidemie e pandemie è un fatto naturale, e mentre il SARS-CoV-2 è il più recente di questo tipo di virus, non sarà l'ultimo.”Il direttore generale ha sottolineato la varietà di ambiti da cui provengono gli esperti e dicendo che riflettono “le diversità geografiche e di genere.” In ogni caso, prima della prima riunione del gruppo bisognerà aspettare le due settimane di consultazioni pubbliche previste dalle norme dell'OMS. Il gruppo, tra le altre funzioni, assisterà l'OMS nel valutare una serie di nuovi studi sulle origini del Covid–19.L'annuncio è arrivato insieme a un editoriale, firmato da Maria Van Kerkhove, responsabile tecnica per la risposta alla pandemia, Michael Ryan, direttore esecutivo del programma dell'OMS per le emergenze sanitarie, e dallo stesso Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, pubblicato su Science. Nell'articolo, titolato “Prepararsi per la Malattia X,” i tre autori spiegano la decisione di lanciare il SAGO: “Non è la prima volta che vengono lanciati studi internazionali sulle origini di un nuovo virus. Eppure, ogni volta, i ricercatori si trovano di fronte a una serie di sfide — non solo scientifiche, ma anche logistiche e politiche. […] Nel maggio 2020, gli stati membri dell'OMS hanno approvato una risoluzione all'unanimità per dare all'OMS un mandato per riunire un gruppo di esperti per realizzare studi scientifici e collaborativi sulle origini del virus. Ma è chiaro che i processi scientifici sono stati danneggiati dalla politicizzazione, ed è per questo che la comunità scientifica globale deve rinforzare il proprio impegno per portare avanti il processo scientifico.”Evitare la politicizzazione delle indagini sarà difficilissimo: nel corso del 2021 la teoria delle origini in laboratorio del virus — che, ricordiamo, non ha nessuna prova a favore, ma è stata istituzionalizzata quando è diventata bipartisan negli Stati Uniti — è diventata sempre più forte, raccogliendo il sostegno anche di diverse testate che hanno una reputazione di affidabilità. È il caso ad esempio del New York Times, che da tempo ormai abbraccia tacitamente la teoria, e che ieri ha pubblicato un pezzo in cui spiega che il nuovo gruppo incontrerà forti resistenze dalla Cina.Prepararsi alla Malattia X vuol dire anche superare le tante difficoltà che ancora rendono inutilmente difficile la pandemia in tante parti del mondo: mentre i paesi più ricchi del mondo si preoccupano del regime dei richiami — una cosa sacrosanta per la politica nazionale, ma miope su scala globale — i paesi più sfruttati devono affrontare sfide più complesse: in Africa il numero di tamponi è troppo basso, e un nuovo studio dell'OMS valuta che siano stati individuati solo il 14,2% dei casi — uno su tre. In tantissimi altri paesi come Indonesia e Brasile, dove la campagna vaccinale è stata condotta soprattutto con vaccini cinesi, la questione delle terze dosi è particolarmente urgente, perché questi vaccini garantiscono un periodo di protezione più breve. Così, mentre continuiamo a non produrre abbastanza vaccini per proteggere tutto il mondo, alcuni paesi che avrebbero bisogno urgente di terze dosi non hanno nemmeno quelle.Show notes Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) WHO Announces Proposed Members of its Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) Preparing for

The divide between the Covid vaccine haves and have-nots has been described as “criminal”, with only 20% of people in low and middle income countries having had one dose, compared with 80% in higher income countries. Countries with high vaccination rates have been called on to give up their place in the vaccine queue. The dual-track global vaccination programme has led to real anger, made worse by announcements of booster programmes in richer countries (despite the World Health Organisation calling for such plans to be put on hold). Claudia Hammond and her panel of global experts discuss the scale of vaccine inequity and consider whether evidence of waning vaccine immunity justifies the rollout of booster jabs, or if the soundest scientific case dictates everybody in the world should be vaccinated first. Claudia's guests include Dr Yodi Alakija, co-chair of the African Union's Delivery Alliance for Covid-19 in Abuja, Nigeria, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organisation's Technical Lead for Covid in Geneva, Switzerland and two world leading immunologists, Dr Peter Openshaw, Professor of Experimental Medicine at Imperial College, London, UK and Dr Akiko Iwasaki, Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University in the US. Produced by: Fiona Hill, Paula McGrath and Maria Simons Studio Engineers: Jackie Marjoram

What steps should a school take to keep students and staff safe from COVID-19? What about vaccination? How can families and communities keep themselves safe as schools reopen? Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains in Science in 5 this week.  

Whitty, JVT and Maria Van Kerkhove from the WHO Adam and James chat to Professor Neil Ferguson, who's been working with Maria Van Kerkhove from the World Health Organisation, and Jonathan Van-Tam, England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, for 20 years. And they also speak to Professor David Mabey, who gave a young Chris Whitty one of his first roles in medicine. Today's Newscast was made by Maz Ebtehaj with Natalie Ktena. The Studio Directors were Emma Crowe and Mike Regaard. Sam Bonham is the Assistant Editor.

Today's episode shares the scientific truth behind the supposed "asymptomatic spread". This is the second part in an important series bringing to light the many layers of deceit in a narrative that has traumatised people the world over. The citations mentioned in today's episode: Dr. Fauci - asymptomatic never the driver of outbreaks Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove - asymptomatic spread very rare Nature, November 2020 - 10 million people, zero asymptomatic spread JAMA, December 2020 - 54 studies, 77k people, zero asymptomatic spread

In New York they are shooting off fireworks to celebrate reopening. But in other parts of the world the coronavirus is continuing to spread, with lethal results. Public health workers are angry and frustrated. A senior official of the World Health Organization, Maria Van Kerkhove, says the world needs to pull together to use all available tools to curb the virus. “Right now the narrative is vaccines, vaccines, vaccines,” she said, “and while vaccines, vaccinations are an incredibly powerful tool, we've completely forgotten about everything else that works. And I feel that frustration.”  In this episode, Public health experts in Botswana and Chile describe the continuing rampage of Covid-19 in their countries and Dr. David Nabarro, special Covid-19 Envoy of the WHO, criticizes leaders of the world's most developed countries, the G7, for offering vaccines but not much else to the rest of the world at their just concluded summit. “It was a pretty bad outcome,” Dr.Nabarro said. “It was a lot of banging chests -- “we're good” -- but not enough responsibility.”  Co-host Edie Lush noted that a very similar criticism of the G7 could be made around their tepid response to climate change. Co-host Claudia Romo Edelman says she understands the desire to get back to living, but that this must happen in a globally conscious way. Fact and Actions in this episode are presented by Regina Larko, founder and co-hot of the podcast, Hashtag Impact.

Varieante, inicialmente detectada na Índia, “está a disseminar-se rapidamente”, alerta a líder técnica de resposta à covid-19 na OMS, Maria Van Kerkhove.

Hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO. They discuss the world’s lack of readiness and supply chain infrastructure to confront the pandemic. She says the lessons learned from this collective ‘trauma’ is sparking new efforts to build more robust surveillance and response systems for emerging pathogens, the concerning new variant out of India, and the need to accelerate global vaccinations to stop the continued spread of the pandemic. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play HealthcareNOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

What are the variants circulating at this time? How are variants classified as variants of interest or concern? What does this mean for the public? Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains in Science in 5 this week.  

Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - Kirsten Baesler, superintendent of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, is John Harris’s guest this week on the Prairie Pulse television show. In an excerpt from that show, we hear about the challenges the department faced during the pandemic, and the need for kids to catch up on their coursework. ~~~ Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove is the COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO. In this excerpt from the Conversations on Healthcare Podcast, she discusses The World Health Organization’s efforts to strengthen the worldwide response to pandemic threats. ~~~ Among the 2021 Bush Foundation Fellows from North Dakota is Kimimila Locke, a passionate educator who opened a school on the Standing Rock reservation that embraces Lakota culture. She wants to expand to other indigenous communities. She visits with Ashley Thornberg.

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO. They discuss the world's lack of readiness and supply chain infrastructure to confront the pandemic. She says the lessons learned from this collective ‘trauma' is sparking new efforts to build more robust surveillance and response systems for emerging pathogens, the concerning new variant out of India, and the need to accelerate global vaccinations to stop the continued spread of the pandemic.

This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO. They discuss the world’s lack of readiness and supply chain infrastructure to confront the pandemic. She says the lessons learned from this collective ‘trauma’ is sparking new efforts to build more robust surveillance and response systems for emerging pathogens, the concerning new variant out of India, and the need to accelerate global vaccinations to stop the continued spread of the... Read More Read More The post World Health Organization’s Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove Speaks About the Global Pandemic appeared first on Healthy Communities Online.

The World Health Organization says a Covid-19 variant spreading in India, which is facing an explosive outbreak, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being of concern.The UN health agency says the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19 first found in India last October seemed to be transmitting more easily.The WHO’s lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove also pointed to early studies suggesting that there is some reduced neutralization meaning that antibodies appeared to have less impact on the variant in small-sample lab studies.The WHO insisted though that it was far too early to interpret this to mean that the variant might have more resistance to vaccine protections.

This week on the #Peston Podcast we're discussing:❶ Is there any chance we can be COVID safe in the UK with the pandemic still raging across the rest of the world?❷ What prospects are there for us to have summer holidays abroad this year? All this and more as we join ITV's Political Editor Robert Peston. as he sits down with Chief Executive of EasyJet Johan Lundgren, Covid-19 Technical Lead for the World Health Organisation Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Davey MP, former Downing Street Chief of Staff Lord Barwell and former Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson.


The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France.The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger than Chicago (2.7 million) and equivalent to Philadelphia and Dallas combined.And the true number is believed to be significantly higher because of possible government concealment and the many cases overlooked in the early stages of the outbreak that began in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019.When the world back in January passed the bleak threshold of 2 million deaths, immunization drives had just started in Europe and the United States. Today, they are underway in more than 190 countries, though progress in bringing the virus under control varies widely.While the campaigns in the U.S. and Britain have hit their stride and people and businesses there are beginning to contemplate life after the pandemic, other places, mostly poorer countries but some rich ones as well, are lagging behind in putting shots in arms and have imposed new lockdowns and other restrictions as virus cases soar.Worldwide, deaths are on the rise again, running at around 12,000 per day on average, and new cases are climbing too, eclipsing 700,000 a day."This is not the situation we want to be in 16 months into a pandemic, where we have proven control measures," said Maria Van Kerkhove, one of the World Health Organization's leaders on COVID-19.In Brazil, where deaths are running at about 3,000 per day, accounting for one-quarter of the lives lost worldwide in recent weeks, the crisis has been likened to a "raging inferno" by one WHO official. A more contagious variant of the virus has been rampaging across the country.As cases surge, hospitals are running out of critical sedatives. As a result, there have been reports of some doctors diluting what supplies remain and even tying patients to their beds while breathing tubes are pushed down their throats.The slow vaccine rollout has crushed Brazilians' pride in their own history of carrying out huge immunization campaigns that were the envy of the developing world.Taking cues from President Jair Bolsonaro, who has likened the virus to little more than a flu, his Health Ministry for months bet big on a single vaccine, ignoring other producers. When bottlenecks emerged, it was too late to get large quantities in time.Watching so many patients suffer and die alone at her Rio de Janeiro hospital impelled nurse Lidiane Melo to take desperate measures.In the early days of the pandemic, as sufferers were calling out for comfort that she was too busy to provide, Melo filled two rubber gloves with warm water, knotted them shut, and sandwiched them around a patient's hand to simulate a loving touch.Some have christened the practice the "hand of God," and it is now the searing image of a nation roiled by a medical emergency with no end in sight."Patients can't receive visitors. Sadly, there's no way. So it's a way to provide psychological support, to be there together with the patient holding their hand," Melo said. She added: "And this year it's worse, the seriousness of patients is 1,000 times greater."This situation is similarly dire in India, where cases spiked in February after weeks of steady decline, taking authorities by surprise. In a surge driven by variants of the virus, India saw over 180,000 new infections in one 24-hour span during the past week, bringing the total number of cases to over 13.9 million.Problems that India had overcome last year are coming back to haunt health officials. Only 178 ventilators were free Wednesday afternoon in New Delhi, a city of 29 million, where 13,000 new infections were reported the previous day.The challenges facing India reverberate beyond its borders s...

The head of the World Health Organization says Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 mean the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing that they want to see societies and economies reopening, and travel and trade resuming however intensive care units in many countries are overflowing and people are dying.He says the COVID-19 pandemic is a long way from over but there are many reasons to be optimistic. The WHO team leader on COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove, told the news briefing the pandemic was growing exponentially, with a nine per cent increase in cases last week, the seventh consecutive week of increases

We all know that it can be difficult to deal with new challenges, but what do you do when the problem impacts the health of people around the world? In this episode, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove shares incredible insights from responses to global health emergencies such as SARS, MERS and COVID-19. Maria is a specialist in infectious disease epidemiology and the technical lead for COVID-19 at the World Health Organization (WHO). Maria shares lessons that go well beyond healthcare and offers huge hope for responding to a range of major events in the future. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the latest information on the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants? How is WHO tracking these virus mutations globally and how do we know which ones are important? Answering these questions in this episode of Science in 5 is WHO's expert Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove. 

With the new scare by Gates, another power play, I'll be adding all my older podcasts here with notes, graphics, and artifacts. All cites are below as well. We must get educated now and expose everything we find, or they will cause us great pain. Who are they? I need you to dig a little. I was taught to teach people to fish and not give the fish. But I will provide enough, and the truth shall set everyone free.All things happen for good.Godspeed my freinds.Recorded January 22, 2021Current Episodes at https://walkinverse.buzzsprout.com/I am moving all podcast here slowly. I will keep buzzsprout for all public reports and here for member only content.Episode #34, "WHO Comes Clean, Pandemic Over." In this episode, we expose the lies from the WHO and how they and congress used the crisis as a political weapon to unseat a duly elected president and push an earth shattering agenda. Experimental genome therapy injection on an unsuspecting public. Grab a pen and notebook and enjoy the report.If you have followed for me any length of time, I reported back in July how the PCR test produces fraudulent results. The sole purpose behind the test, to instill fear for the people's compliance. It began with, “wear your mask,” which we know does not work. Then, “Social distance.” Right, for a virus which does not spread asymptotically [1]. A recent study of ten million individuals found only three hundred cases spread via asymptotic transmission. But, here's the kicker, none of those individual tested positive for COVID-19. So then, what did they test positive for? We will never know as the PCR Ct values as set produce false positives.If we would only listen to the expert and turn off the propaganda machines of CNN and Fox, we the people would have learned months ago from experts at the WHO. As stated by “even if asymptotic spread existed, it's rare.” As stated by Maria Van Kerkhove, “transmission of the coronavirus by people who aren't showing symptoms is very rare. [2]”Our elected officials, all-inclusive, destroyed our businesses and lives for political gain. The entire pandemic, staged. A lie from the devil himself, Mr. Fauci. The primary goal behind the live exercise, guarantee the peoples fear remains high at all times. [3]And boy did it ever.They locked themselves down, let their loved one's die alone while Fauci and crew mocked and did whatever they saw fit. And now, the new narrative, “get vaccinated to protect grandma.” More propaganda for our demise.These experimental genome therapy “vaccines”, which will either kill or cause injury, have two purposes. One, perpetual revenue streams for Big Pharma, and two, depopulation in lock step with Gates and the Rockefeller's. Don't believe it, look it up. I have two previous reports which walk through their agenda in lock-step detail. If you don't wish to check those out, browse the current headlines. Stories fill the pages of mRNA death and injury. And supplemented with features of nurses pushing back on injection.The saddest part, it's all unnecessary as the World Health Organization knew from day one. They decide to come clean the day Biden steals the WH from the people. Talk about impeccable timing.But before I touch on that point, we must remember what the CDC stated in December. Their report shows at least ninety-six percents of death attributed to the Chinese virus as mis-classified. The people died from other ailments. [4]My friends, they played us well. All along the officials knew the PCR test generated 100% false positives [5]. Labs across the nations set Ct thresholds above 30 which blow false positives like mana from a Marxist heaven. Even our father, Fuhrer Fauci, hallowed be his name, stated on mainstream media values over 35 produce worthless results. [6]And even after hearing these facts, people still wear their face diapers, social distance, and lock themselves away from a virus with a 99.9% survival rate which does not transmit asymptomatically as the media claims.I close in the nicest way I can. Grow a spine and take off the damn mask. Everyone has a choice, and the government will not give back the freedoms they stole with their manufactured pandemic. You can die on your knees with a case of a vaseline nearby, or stand up and resits tyranny at all costs.The hour draws near. Make your decision, because what they have planned is nothing short of genocide.References* Michael Haynes. 2020. “Asymptomatic Transmission of COVID-19 Didn't Occur at All, Study of 10 Million Finds.” LifeSiteNews. December 23, 2020.* Maria Van Kerkhove. 2020. Flashback: COVID Asymptomatic Spread Is Rare.* Washington Post. 2020. WATCH: Trump and White House Coronavirus Task Force Hold News Conference - 3/20 (FULL LIVE STREAM).* OAN. 2021. FACTS: CDC Classified COVID Deaths Wrong, Woops....* WHO. 2021. “WHO Information Notice for IVD Users 2020/05.” Corporation. WHO. January 20, 2021.* Fauci. 2021. Fauci and PCR CT Values. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit walkinverse.substack.com/subscribe

The World Health Organization said that there is no sign that a coronavirus variant identified in South Africa can resist vaccines.WHO's technical chief, Maria Van Kerkhove, said those infected with different variants presented same symptoms of the disease and there was no severity.She however said the variant had increased transmission with regards to how many people one can infect.

How long does your immunity last after you recover from COVID-19? Can you get reinfected? Why do you need to continue with preventative measures? WHO expert Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains on Science in 5.

A CNN (https://cutt.ly/HhVFi40) noticiou que a nova variante da covid-19, originária no sudeste da Inglaterra, foi identificada também na Dinamarca, Holanda e Austrália. A declaração foi feita pela líder técnica da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), Maria Van Kerkhove, neste domingo (20). O Globo (https://cutt.ly/YhVFiRu) também reportou um novo caso registrado na Itália. A variante do vírus teria uma capacidade de contágio 70% maior do que as cepas anteriores.

A growing list of European Union nations moved to ban flights from the U.K. on Sunday and others were considering similar action, in a bid to block a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England from spreading to the continent.France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria all announced restrictions on U.K. travel, hours after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Christmas shopping and gatherings in southern England must be cancelled because of rapidly spreading infections blamed on the new coronavirus variant.Johnson immediately put those regions into a strict new Tier 4 restriction level, upending Christmas plans for millions.France banned all travel from the U.K. for 48 hours from midnight Sunday, the prime minister's office announced. The French statement said that would buy authorities time to find a "common doctrine" on how to deal with the threat. It specified that "flows of people or transport to the U.K. are not affected."Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said he was issuing a flight ban for 24 hours starting at midnight "out of precaution." Belgium also halted train links to Britain, including the Eurostar."There are a great many questions about this new mutation," he said, adding he hoped to have more clarity by Tuesday.The German government said all flights coming from Britain, except cargo flights, were no longer allowed to land starting midnight Sunday. It didn't immediately say how long the flight ban would last, but news agency dpa reported it would be in place at least until Dec. 31.Germany, which holds the rotating EU presidency, also called a special crisis meeting on Monday to coordinate the response to the virus news among the bloc's 27 member states.The Netherlands banned flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year. Ireland issued a 48-hour flight ban. Austria and Italy said they would halt flights from the U.K. but did not say exactly when that would take place.Italy's health minister, Roberto Speranza, said an order signed Sunday blocks flights from Britain and prohibits entry into Italy by anyone who has been in the U.K. in the last 14 days. The order bans plane travel until Jan. 6.The Czech Republic imposed stricter quarantine measures from people arriving from Britain.High-speed train operator Eurostar canceled its trains between London, Brussels and Amsterdam beginning Monday, but kept trains operating on the London-to-Paris route.Johnson said Saturday that a fast-moving new variant of the virus that is 70% more transmissible than existing strains appeared to be driving the rapid spread of new infections in London and southern England in recent weeks. But he stressed "there's no evidence to suggest it is more lethal or causes more severe illness," or that vaccines will be less effective against it.Beyond Europe, Israel also said it was banning flights from Britain, Denmark and South Africa because those were the countries where the mutation is found.The World Health Organization tweeted late Saturday that it was "in close contact with U.K. officials on the new #COVID19 virus variant" and promised to update governments and the public as more is learned.The new strain was identified in southeastern England in September and has been spreading in the area ever since, a WHO official told the BBC on Sunday."What we understand is that it does have increased transmissibility, in terms of its ability to spread," said Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead on COVID-19.Studies are under way to better understand how fast it spreads and and whether "it's related to the variant itself, or a combination of factors with behavior," she added.She said the strain had also been identified in Denmark, the Netherlands and Australia, where there was one case that didn't spread further."The longer this virus spreads, the more opportunities it has to change," she said. "So we really need to do everything we can righ...

Millions of people must cancel their Christmas get-togethers and most shops have to close in London and much of southern England, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday as he imposed a new, stricter level of coronavirus restrictions on the region to curb rapidly spreading infections.Johnson said Saturday that the capital and large areas in southern England already placed under the highest level of the U.K. government's three-tiered coronavirus alert system will move into a new Tier 4 that requires all non-essential shops, hairdressers and indoor leisure venues to close after the end of business hours Saturday.With just days to go until Christmas, Johnson also announced that a planned easing of socializing rules that would have allowed up to three households to meet in "Christmas bubbles" from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27 will be canceled for Tier 4 areas and sharply curtailed in the rest of England."It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you we cannot proceed with Christmas as planned," Johnson said.He said he concluded there was "no alternative open to me" and people must sacrifice this Christmas to have a better chance of protecting the lives of loved ones.No mixing of households will be allowed in Tier 4 except under very limited conditions outside in public places. Travel in and out of Tier 4 areas won't be allowed unless essential. In the rest of England, people will be allowed to meet in Christmas bubbles for just one day instead of five, as the government originally planned.The changes upend the plans of millions of people who were looking forward to gathering with family and friends next week and force scores to revise their travel plans at the last minute. Before Saturday, government officials maintained they would allow small, private gatherings to go ahead.While restaurants, pubs, bars and theaters in much of England are already closed and prepared for a bleak Christmas, all shops in Tier 4 areas that don't sell food or medicine received only hours' notice that they must shutter after Saturday until officials review the situation on Dec. 30.The British Retail Consortium said it was "hugely regrettable news," especially coming just two weeks after a month-long lockdown in England ended and at the height of the year's peak retail period."Retailers have invested hundreds of millions of pounds making stores COVID--secure for customers and staff," said Helen Dickinson, the trade body's chief executive. "For businesses, the government's stop-start approach is deeply unhelpful."In announcing the more restrictive category, Johnson said that a fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus that is more than 70% more transmissible than existing strains appears to be driving the rapid spread in London and southern England.While London fared relatively well in controlling the virus throughout the fall, the city now has the highest infection rates in England. Officials said the new mutation accounted for some 60% of the capital's cases."There's no evidence to suggest it is more lethal or causes more severe illness," the prime minister stressed, or that vaccines will be less effective against it.England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, said the U.K. has alerted the World Health Organization that the new variant identified this week appears to be accelerating the spread of COVID-19. The government's scientific advisers came to that conclusion based on preliminary modelling figures, and they are continuing to analyze the available data, he said.Viruses mutate regularly, and scientists have found thousands different of mutations among samples of the virus causing COVID-19. But many of these changes have no effect on how easily the virus spreads or how severe symptoms are.Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, told reporters after receiving notification from England this week that the U.N. health agency had "no evidence this variant behaves differently" and that it was similar to a va...

More than 1 million people have died from the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, with a total of 33 million confirmed cases. How do we make sense of such staggering numbers, and what can we do to change this tragic trajectory? Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove of the World Health Organization joins William Brangham to discuss the magnitude of this global catastrophe -- and how we can minimize more harm. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

How should schools assess their risk before reopening? What do we know about children and COVID-19? Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains in this episode of Science in 5, WHO's conversations in science.

Science in 5 is WHO's conversations in science - WHO experts explain science related to COVID-19. In this episode, published on 4 September 2020, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove explains how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects the body and how our body's immune system reacts.

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There is a new case of COVID-19 on Vancouver Island. The provincial health officer is not announcing exactly where the infected person lives.Currently, there are two active cases on the virus in the Island Health Region. The second case is related to the health centre on the Tsartlip reserve near Victoria.The City of Nanaimo has changed its mind about recording meetings of the Mayor's Task Force on Recovery and Resilience. Provincial emergency orders issued in March, allow municipalities to hold public meetings without the public being present due to COVID-19.The World Health Organization has started looking at how different countries are faring as they lift their lockdown measures. Doctor Maria Van Kerkhove says the information will be shared.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco, News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: news@chly.caFind us on social mediaTwitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded by Sustaining Donors and the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada's Local Journalism Initiative. Sustain CHLY's News Department for many years to come by signing up for a monthly Sustaining Donation.

Hello gut check project fans and KBMD health family We are here for what we think is going to be the last installment of the COVID files Episode 7.0. I'm here with your host, Dr. Kenneth Brown. And I honestly we, we got to a point where maybe we've just kind of COVID'd out. So we're going to book in this with some very important information simply because it's stuff that just came up. So what do you say Dr. Brown?Absolutely. I mean, I think a lot of people with everything that's gone on recently, it is just absolute overload. Part of the overload also is the amount of literature that's coming out regarding this whole COVID situation. We hear one thing we...you know, something else happens we know that all of a sudden, there's articles being retracted now and we're going to talk about that and then there's articles where this and that now it early on, if you look at our original COVID files, I really felt like we were doing a great job of staying of informing our audience and we stayed way ahead of the mainstream media. We were saying things quite honestly a couple months before stuff started getting out. And now we're finding out that okay, everybody's now starting to get or everybody you can get a preprint done, which now you can look up and you can do this and that's what we're going to talk about. I do have a kind of cool preprint whether it's true or not, but now it's almost like you have to put an Asterix next to scientific studies that are being put out there. And that's what we want to talk about today. Because as of this week, the who unfortunately got put under fire a little bit for saying some things and we want to talk about that. We want to then hopefully move on, get back to gut check project, get back to talking about food, nutrition, health, lifestyle, biohacking, all kinds of stuff that's a little bit more in our wheelhouse, but we I think we did a really good job of addressing the COVID attack that came on but I think it's, we just have to wait and see how it plays out now and then re circle back when everything's open.I'm in no, no joke. So let's let's just get straight to it. So and I'll preface only by saying this COVID file 7.0. And then we've had the half sessions where fortunately, Dr. Stewart Akerman has joined Dr. Brown to bring pertinent information for tests and interpretation. We've we've really kind of slowed down on trying to dive in much more on COVID because there's just been so much information just like what you said. And then what occurred earlier this week with some probably more misstated information than misinformation. Misstated is the way to say it, yeah, yeah, for sure. It's the World Health Organization which, by which full admission from my end you sometimes you kind of have to wonder what all of their motivations are. However, I feel that in this particular situation where Maria Van Kerkhove or Kerkhove I could be mispronouncing her name completely. I don't want to butcher it.Yeah, well, I've got yeah, I wanted to talk about that because her and I are actually pretty good friends. Yeah, I mean, like the press refers to her is Dr. Van Kerkhove, but I know as Maria Rosanna de Joseph Van Kerkhove and that's how I address her because we're close like that.That's cool, she sounded like she was from Nebraska. There's no doubtMaria Rosanne de Joseph Van Kerkhove. There's some Latin influence we've got some Italian we've got some I think de Joseph is what is de Joseph if you have a D if it's a MC, something McClanahan then you say Irish a de Joseph a D, with a little E. Large J what is that?De Joseph? I'm not really...Van seems somewhat Dutch. Kerkhove seems Scotch Romanian. Scotch Romanian Yeah, yeah. So, but it's funny because this this poor woman was at a press conference and was asked a question and she said something to the effect of basically oh, asymptomatic people probably can't transmit or it was just off the cuff. And literally, within minutes, reporters were tweeting the statement, which then became virally shared on social media, which then was immediately put on the news networks. And then we've got poor Dr. Fauci coming on going aye you know he probably call it i'm sure they're friends he's like, and I'm sure there is good enough friends as me and her are so Dr. Fauci called Maria Roseanne de Joseph Maria Rosanne de Joseph Van Kerkhove. I think and she just went I know Dr. Fauci, I'm that was at a press conference and I was just talking to a colleague. SoSo let's let's break down what she said she she basically interpreted and she has backtracked, but initially she made it sound as if acement....asymptomatic people or people who are not showing symptoms, even if infected, rarely transmit disease. Now this is this was big news because the reasons why we worked so hard to actively flatten the curve was because there was a threat of you may be spreading disease and having no idea. So in essence, what she initially said or the way it was interpreted was, well, what we thought was this massive threat. It's not that it doesn't exist. It's just not quite to the level that maybe we first were describing. And even I when I heard that I turned to you, I was like, did you hear what they just came out with?Oh, no, I mean, that's part of the problem. We're still socially distancing. But as soon as you heard her say that and you got the tweet, you drove the hour and 10 minutes to the studio and I was like, whoa, I'm like, what are you doing we're socially distancing? You're like, didn't you hear what the who said? It doesn't anymore! I'm symptomatic. We're fine. And, you know, unfortunately, you know, I was masked up wearing my body suit and stuff and I sprayed you with the hose, get out of here, go back, go back to Decatur. because we're still socially distancing. Hmm.Well, I think I just offended Eric, because he apparently dropped off this zoom call. So we've lost him for a moment. But it is true. What he's saying is that the who statement that Dr. van kerkhove mentioned off the cuff was essentially I apologize to our audience that I think I offended you when I said go back to Decatur because you you fell off, I apologize. I'm just saying will you please accept my apology and remain on this podcast with me? Yes, I will.Ok thank you. I was really, really hurt there. You're very, very forgiving man. So I was just, I was just reiterating that the doctor said an off the cuff statement that asymptomatic people. But what's really what the reason why Dr. fauci had to get involved. And the reason why it suddenly became spread through the news networks is because everything seems to become political. So that was why did we close the economy down? Oh, my gosh, let's get out there. And, you know, we were just talking on the last call that we just had with our partner, Mike logs in about how he was given the numbers in Texas. Some of the highest hospitalizations that we've had. I mean, I didn't see the article. Did you? Take a look at it? Actually,I did. And I'm going to butcher the last two digits. But essentially, the high watermark I think, was 1900 hospitalizations within one day. And the numbers that they came up with this morning, I believe, is they closed business yesterday was 2500. And change. Yeah, so significantly higher percentage wise, probably for a state of, you know, several million. Still a low percentage overall, but regardless, it's it's climbing and what's very, very important healthcare is trends, because trends are what guide us in what it is that we have to treat. So numbers, maybe not huge percentages. Certainly noticeable but the growth and the trend is is what you need to keep an eye on and currently, we are technically on an upward trend and I and by the way, I'll add that the last three weeks temperatures have been higher, which is something that was thought to be something that would help tamp some of the transmission and infection. That is, that is a great observation because, you know, a two months ago, that's that was a whole thing. China was putting publications out that showed in regions where it was warmer, the disease spread was less. And so we were all like, oh, all we have to do is make to spring and then summer's here, and it'll flatten the curve. And now we're seeing high numbers. And it's like 90 well, yeah, it's somewhere in the 90s. In Texas, at least where where we live, which is kind of northern Texas, in the Dallas area, or, and then so that I mean, I don't know, it we're all learning all of this, so.Yeah. And to be fair, I guess you could still go back to what we've also agreed with, which is the incubation time could be as long as around 14 days. So maybe the transmission happened back before it really began to warm up and maybe maybe with the sustained temperatures high temperatures over 90 in our area will, will help will help to tamp that down. But it's again something that we won't know for another two, possibly three weeks and and in addition to that, something else that's reasonable to expect we all kind of thought numbers would go up because we began to open the state up for business. So maybe this is more than an acceptable number of hospitalizations given that we've more or less begun to open up some regular commerce allowing people to get haircuts, although I haven't gotten one. And you know, different things like that Quarantine quarantine hair going on right now. Otherwise known as late 80s hair if you compare my I look like a super stressed out version of my senior photo right now. Yeah, just wow, that looks like brown. This guy looks like brown with wrinkles. He must have served a presidency term. You're seeing all those pictures where they show everything all the years later.I feel bad I look and I look like I'm just as disheveled as I was in eighth grade right around on 10 speed.Um, a couple quick things I did want to talk about before we jumped into some of the data about the who and why Dr. fauci was a little upset and everything. We did something really cool recently we did a webinar on the endocannabinoid system. And thanks to everyone that joined with that we had kind of a huge turnout on that one. It was super fun. But the endocannabinoid system we're gonna put a link in the I guess down below somewhere where people can look at that and and take a look at the webinar. No you're you're grimacing, we don't have to put a link there.I think we do. I just want to make certain that it happens and that it's functional soI like to throw you out there and just say Eric's gonna handle this and Eric will hand deliver your products.I can say that by next week we will have a page dedicated to all educational series webinars so that if you it will always be free to register and and view the content. We just simply want to be able to communicate with people who find benefit from using the information. So if you wish to share it with someone, all they have to do is become a part of the the KBMD health community and they can access and watch everything. I think that's awesome. And I just want to say that the new plan with Atrantil is that Eric will be hand delivering all orders both online Amazon and if you need it for retail, it's curbside pickup. If you see a very handsome man with a beard and large 80s hair.Much like we're trying to guess at what COVID numbers will be in two weeks. I'm going to guess that here shortly satisfaction scores for Atrantil are really gonna go down.Alright, so, that being said, super cool that we did this webinar. I'm glad we talked about something called the endocannabinoid system which can actually help boost your ability to handle stress. Watch the webinar if Eric ever figures out how to do it, if he finds time between delivering the hundreds of thousands of bottles of Atrantil so this, this poor doctor, dr. van kerkhove was at a press conference said something and Dr. Fauci. Now let's talk about let's look at the numbers. Evidence shows that 25 to 45% of infected people do not have symptoms. 45 almost half of the people getting COVID don't have symptoms. And then if you look at the epidemiologic studies, the study where disease happens in various regions, we know that you can transmit the disease without symptoms. Here's the really fine line. how thin do you want to make this slice? What is a pre symptomatic person and what is an asymptomatic person? That's the key to this thing because pre symptomatic, you're highly infective, asymptomatic, you have no symptoms. This is the really hard thing. And this is why the who statement was a little bit difficult because if you're pre symptomatic, you're very infective. If you're asymptomatic, you're half of the people and we know that epidemiologically you can still transmit this virus. So what's the difference? And now they've been going on this significant campaign to try and retract some of those statements. So we've got Eric back. Thank you, Eric, for joining us again. For anybody that's watching this on YouTube. Eric has horrible add and he'll just like space out log out and be like, oh, I was doing a podcast better come back. You got a little issue with the internet there brother?Man we've not had any issues. issues with our conference. In fact, you and I just had a meeting just before this, and we didn't have these interruptions. I'm, oh, well, you know what we knew what the topic is going to be. So I feel pretty confident in it. No, it's awesome. I just I have abandonment issues. And every time you leave I. All right. So we were I was just explaining that the Chinese study mentioned that four out of five infected people don't know that they had it. And they don't know where they got it. So it isn't like they're around somebody that was coughing and all this stuff. And you had mentioned just a few seconds ago about how the SARS COV2 the virus that causes COVID 19 has can have a lengthy incubation period, you start talking about pre symptomatic versus asymptomatic. It's a very blurred line because you can have up to two weeks of no symptoms, and then cough a little and all of a sudden you go and get checked and you've got COVID or the average duration is five days, which means for at least the majority of people, five days, they're walking around shaking hands, saying hi doing whatever, which is why the social distancing was such a big deal. And so the whole who thing, you know, kind of threw a little wrench into what was going on because there's been like three major studies that looked at viral load of asymptomatic patients are similar to those who develop symptoms. Say that, again, the viral load in the back of the throat of somebody with no symptoms, that was diagnosed with COVID. So they were PCR positive in the back of the throat, and then they ended up developing or I'm sorry, that group did not have any symptoms, versus the group that actually had symptoms went in and got it. The viral load was very similar to that, and so, to say that the who was referencing that possibly asymptomatic people are non infective. They've come back since then and have really the doctor Dr. Maria Roseanne, de Joseph Van Kerkhove, has recently over the last day come back significantly and said, look, I was referencing this is the key here. This is the key to this. She was referencing three preprints studies. And that's where I want to go with this. She was not doing anything wrong. She was saying, Oh, I saw some studies kind of like you and I do on this podcast. Oh, we read this study. That it implies this. Does this make sense? Does this follow the trend does whatever. So it's very interesting that she's come back and said, yes, they were preprints it was just said in passing in a press conference probably shouldn't have been treated. It's not who policy it's none of that. So I justActually she was even in a press conference to when she said it, I think that she was kind of more or less trying to satisfy a question that was kind of pulled off sides. In fact, Archie john from Harvard Medical, said that he feels that the scientific arm of the who is very, very, very smart, very intelligent in fact he says they put our own government's decision making kind of to shame However, he said, what they are bad at is conveying information. So he, he's basically saying that their PR department doesn't necessarily coach them well on how to make what they are examining in terms of science without, I mean, this was a firestorm, at least for those who are paying attention. Yeah, think about this. She's an epidemiologist. She's a PhD, she's an MD. I mean, this is probably like a wicked smart person. I...and you know, just got pulled off sides a little bit and just went nuts and then became a political thing. So it's a it's, it's one of those deals. So the bottom line is, basically, if you don't have symptoms, you're still infective. And it can be 14 days before and if you're pre symptomatic, and then I want to throw out a new term. Remember how we always talk about probiotics, prebiotics, post biotics. I'm gonna do the same thing with this topic. I'm gonna say that you are asymptomat...no, you're pre symptomatic, posy symptomatic and asymptomatic. So when you go back and look at this, it may be that a lot of these people said they were asymptomatic or posy symptomatic me, allergies are bad today. I would never think that if something were to happen, they'd be like, hey, you have you have antibodies to SARS Cov2. Have you ever been sick? And I'm like, yeah, because I would think of it as my normal allergy symptom. That's the posy symptomatic person.That's cool that you bring up that delineation, because even some of the fodder on some of the articles written where they were trying to differentiate between pre symptomatic and asymptomatic and it's such a I mean, that's a that's a that's a lost cause unless you have a crystal ball and knowing that you eventually will become sick, you would have no idea that you're pre symptomatic. I mean, it's, it's, it's a weird, it's a weird thing to try to predict.It's, it's super weird. And one of the terms that one of the doctors use, which I thought was really interesting, because I kept thinking about that how thin you slice the salami, never heard that term. Never thought about it before. Never thought about making a close call. How thin do you want to slice the salami, and clearly it was part of the vernacular of this person because they say it all the time. You know, that's a close call that's a thin slice salami right there. Where do they get that?No, but so, honestly, we still need to be cautious. You still need to be careful those who are highly susceptible, though, I think that we're reaching that point where we've talked about it multiple times on what type of body habitus, etc, is going to be most at risk that hasn't changed. The elderly, the obese, those with comorbidities, the risk factors for those people, especially if they become infected has not changed. If you're going to be responsible in public, you need to be conscious of doing your part. And trying to do all that you can to not infect someone: social distancing if that's that your thing wearing a mask if that's your thing. And you're also going to get to a point where people are going to become complacent with not doing some of those things because people are willing to accept certain elements of risk. That's just the truth.It totally is. And so let's I want to talk about two things. One, this hydroxychloroquine backlash that's been going on. So this is a great example of what is happening here. So there's been two hydroxychloroquine articles that have now been retracted from very prominent journals, the Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine. And they've been retracted and they've been used much like the who statement and like a political way, a bipartisan, let's let's just say it what it is. The bipartisan way is that there is a lot of people in the current administration that believe that hydroxychloroquine is very effective. And these two articles were retracted, which is now being used as a political motive to discuss that. Here's the deal is that when you dive deeper into it, both both authors of these articles in The Lancet, and in the New England Journal of Medicine, were using one repository of data and that company has not had a third party audit of this. So don't know how much you can actually trust the data. But the author's if I'm a, if I'm a gastroenterologist doing a study on something, and I say, I need I want to publish a study on the incidence of gastrointestinal symptoms on COVID. Well, there's companies that all they do is just gather data, so that I can go in there and say this. And when that happens, I trust them. Because I'm not the kind of person that would spend another two months vetting them hiring a third party company, nobody is. So you have these two articles that were retracted, and I feel bad for the doctors that's probably spent a ton of time writing this going over it graduate students, I mean, hundreds and hundreds of hours to get a study out and then it's just yoink and it becomes some sort of manipulative pawn in this whole process. So if you read about that, it's basically that this company called surgisphere, a healthcare firm behind all the data would not allow an independent review of its data set. And because of that, the articles were pulled. And they, I looked further into them, and they would not allow it because the people that allowed the data to be given, it's a confidentiality, HIPAA, blah, blah, blah, blah. So it's very, like, I could never let a third party come in and do a third party company outside of my organization that didn't sign all the appropriate stuff to come in and look at any of my patients' stuff. So it's, it's as gray I mean, it's so gray. On the surface, they say ha, those articles were retracted. hydroxychloroquine kills people. And then you start going further and you're like, wait a minute, we still don't know. Wait a minute. the chinese were saying, we're seeing benefit. France, was seeing benefit early on. That's why we went with it. And now, when data's being published, it's retrospective analysis on data that's collected by this company that now is being put into question because nobody has looked at their data. They may be completely fabricating everything, they may be behind some huge giant political thing. Or maybe they really can't share the data with anybody with a third party person. And this is all that we got somebody's doing the work to do this. It's just this is where it becomes COVID overload, dude, I'm just like,Well, you know, I mean, it's interesting, you bring it up, and you kind of describe it that like that, because and just for the record, I think I feel the same way. But let me see if I can summarize what you're just conveying to me. We're out here just a...you as a healthcare provider, you just want to know all that you can so that when presented with an issue, you can most effectively help a patient find a favorable resolution. Unfortunately, it's more than obvious that at certain intersections, politics will force either some information to be covered up, or the wrong elements of information to be pushed out. So that some other agenda or something else can either be satisfied or just temporarily delayed until something else occurs. And I'll only say that it sounds that way to me because I'm not necessarily a fan of any party view, if you will. But I, I just don't think that Trump has it in him to make up a drug name and just randomly assign it to a disease. He's lots of people already don't think he's fit the bill for certain things. I'm just going to tell you I don't think he's ever heard of plaquenil before someone told it to him.Yeah, exactly. So somebody somebody said do this. Now it's being thrown at him. This phenomenal I'm just gonna say phenomenal because I actually looked up her credentials and she is just a badass, like, where she went to school, she went to flew to England to study and all this other stuff, you know, she does an off the cuff off the cuff remark, and now it's being used against her. And, you know, we've got these poor authors and I say, poor in the sense that you know, time money, you know, all this stuff everybody's trying. And as a scientist myself and as a bunch of articles that I'm waiting to publish that I'm trying to, you know, keep moving. I just can't find the time to do it if I carved out this ginormous amount of time to do it. And then it just gets drug over the coals because of something that was completely out of my control. I just feel for I just feel for them. And, you know, I got that being said, I want to talk about one other thing. A cool study that I created. Just came out. It's a preprint It's awesome. But I got it. I'm trying to hold on one second. Let me this is a got a little CBD going on here I'm going to do something It's weird that you have some on you. I know, it is weird, hold on. Everybody's gonna start doing this after I tell you about this article by the way. I just gargled my CBD.He did. Did that pique your interest at all about the article? It's not the way that you normally have told or instructed patients to take CBD.No, we have talked other ways of doing CBD and we're gonna do some serious studies on that once I can gain a little ground on how else CBD can be applied. We're gonna have some fun with that and we'll be talking big time for people but so, um, it's, I mean, it doesn't matter to you, because you got vaccinated for COVID but with me oh, weren't in the White House meeting room when Yes okay for the record I did not so please don't email me that is not something that occurred this is not a hot mic I'm quite I'm well aware that this thing is on.You're the one that showed this to me. Tell tell everybody about a bit. It's a little over a month old but there was I think it was gah I don't remember what news agency it was. It was either CNN or Fox they picked up some guys getting ready getting ready for a press briefing in the White House press room. And one of them was overheard saying something I'm paraphrasing but we can remove these masks, etc, etc. Everyone here has already been vaccinated anyway. And of course, when I played it for you we both just stared at each other and said even if in jest that is really really weird, that's a strange joke.I know, I what I think is funny is that the hot mic got it, and then they put it out there. But there was I well, I mean, I rely on you to show me a lot of this kind of topical stuff that's outIt was very Wizard of Oz the way they explained it, they're like, oh, no, no, that's just how we always joke. And I'm like, I know, you know no one jokes like that...It was a joke. That's funny. We'll just call it a joke. All right. So this. So this preprint that I found, and what preprint means is that right now, more than ever, if you're a scientist, you can get some sort of traction on a journal article, before you have been peer reviewed. Once you're peer reviewed, then you get accepted into a journal. Usually they send it back to you to say, make these changes because we believe that that is hyperbole we believe that that is not you know, in reference one of our editors, one of our experts, and so that's what these that's why we say a peer reviewed journal. So this has not been peer reviewed yet. Hopefully it makes it because it's pretty awesome. The basically what they're looking at is does a full spectrum they they actually are using true a little bit of THC and they use varying ratios of THC but does a full spectrum cannabis plant and they also used below point 3% meaning so I interpreted that the title as does a full spectrum CBD product help with COVID-19 gateway tissues that was the title of the article or and does it modulate the actual title was does a full spectrum CBD modulate ace2 expression in COVID-19 gateway tissues and very, very interesting because there is a group in Canada and what they're able to do is they're able to acquire tissue human grown tissue from a company in Massachusetts that sends that uses this for studies. They took airway tissue, oral tissue and intestinal tissue, hence the gateway tissue. And basically the ways that you can become infected oral back of the mouth, which is why we swab it airway, the lungs and then intestinal, the gut. We've been talking about this and this is how this is where the majority of ace2 receptors are located. So then what they did is that they took those tissues and they caused an inflammatory response in them using TNF alpha and other inflammatory mediators and this induced inflammation. They checked the ACE two levels and they were up regulated meaning during an inflammatory process, or if you are fighting an infection, your ace2  levels pop up, which is exactly what you don't want with COVID 19 because the SARS COV2 virus looks for those, there must be some sort of beneficial effect to upregulate, ace2 and other environments. But during this pandemic, it's considered, you know, a detriment. So then they irritated these tissues, the gateway tissues, how you get infected. And then they exposed the tissues to like 22 different strains of CBD, or cannabis with CBD with varying ratios of CBD to THC. And because in Canada, remember the whole country is legal so they can they can play with THC and do stuff like that. What they found is that there was a consistent trend that the higher the CBD content, the more effective this was at both decreasing inflammation and down regulating Ace two receptors. So my whole tongue in cheek gargling CBD according to this study, in vitro, not in vivo preprint. And if you're gonna go, well, how did they figure out the ace2 levels? Pretty scientific. They did RNA polymerase for the dress. Yeah, they can actually see the ace2 receptors. And they showed this. And so they had me up to this point. This is awesome. So they speculated. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a dismount. Yeah. Well, it was because it's, it was super scientific. And then you realize that there's always a motive, or not always a motive, but there's a motive and, and as a entrepreneur, and as a doctor, I would have left this last statement out because it's basically showing the cards or whoever there whoever, because this was not done at an institution. It was done at a yeah, it's basically a cannabis company renting space at a lab. They said, therefore, further research has to be done. But speculating, looking at the ACE2 down regulation, developing a CBD mouthwash to gargle on a regular basis may be of benefit. Like, I wouldn't have said that. Yeah, you just said your business plan.No joke.So that's why I gargled but there's a really good example of a preprint I mean one week from now, if this if this gains traction and people start talking about gargling CBD mouthwash, remember it's a preprint. And it has not been peer reviewed, and there's probably a lot more that we need to learn about it and blah, blah, blah, blah. But it's at least I mean, you got to encourage the science you got to encourage everyone to get out there and try some stuff and say it.I think it's a great heads up and true and truly back when we were even talking about lung infection as it is related to inflammatory markers, and COVID I guess it was four or five weeks ago, knowing all of that and and the circulating cytokines and TNF alpha, and in the presentation of Ace2 receptors being associated with that. What we're saying is is not really that big of a deviation to that controlling inflammation with a healthy ECS is still paramount.100% which is, which is why the article made total sense to me because during that webinar, we talked about how your endocannabinoid system regulates your immune response. It makes sense that if you now what the what they did get into they just had a tremendous amount of great science in there in this article and they were talking about the full spectrum the terpenes, the polyphenols, the flavonoids that all have a inflammatory cytokine balancing proportion. And so this is another great example. They said, This is why we believe that a CBD isolate will not exact the same response, and I I like seeing companies say stuff like that, because I believe that Mother Nature grows it better, than we can actually produce in a lab soAnd that's not even just a shot across the bow. That's just the truth. I mean, in my opinion, the the natural, the natural compounds that we typically consume, they're probably assembled that way, by nature for a reason.Yeah, exactly. So kind of an interesting thing. We always want to talk about the science on the show. Um, I think that next time we get on here, we're going to be talking something different besides COVID.We shouldn't shut down COVID all the way. But I do think we need to tell the audience that we I feel that we have given the most pertinent information without a new revelation possible without just drowning everyone in the same the same news over and over again.Yeah, exactly. And it's it just becomes COVID fatigue. Yeah. And we've got we still have to help people I'm still doctor we still got to do a lot of things we got a lot of things that we're working on we got a lot of things that we're looking up we've got I mean, I want to talk to you talk about subjects in the future here I want to talk gi motility valle nerve activity, how to sleep in the best way to get your glymphatic drainage the best glymphatic I did not miss pronounce. I'm looking up articles where you can prevent dementia by sleeping in a certain position. And there's we got all kinds of stuff. So what I what I would really like is ideas. And we're to the point now where we start calling experts to help us out like we did with the post biotic lecture like we have with a few other people have been reaching out to us. We've had a handful of very nationally recognized people going I like what you're doing. Can I talk about my thing? Yeah, absolutely. Your thing is cool. That's that's where we want to go. So if you've got an idea of something, let us know we've got a repository of journal articles that is massive, unlike any other time in history that you can keep that many journal articles and it'll be fun to look back five years from now when we've got thousands and thousands and thousands of COVID articles and then you can arrange them by topic and then show the it'll be fascinating to write an article on the evolution of scientific data on COVID everything is a bell curve where it's just like the it's hot now it's not.I agree. I agree. Well, man, we actually did it. We stayed well under an hour for a whole episode, so I'll let you know what else, yeah kind of amazing.I've been writing some poetry Can I go get it and fill up the rest of the hour?Tune in next time on the Gut Check Project when we have poetry and prose with your doctor Brown.Just not now gonna hang up. Hey, thanks for thanks for staying on the longest you did on this podcast without like leaving so.Yeah at the end yeah I wanted I wanted to stop ducking out for certain be certain everyone to like and share like and share the podcast we are ready to get back into the mode of gut check project. We definitely appreciate everyone telling us your stories how you stayed safe and so many of y'all written back saying that you are finding new safe ways to get back out and about and I couldn't be happier for all of you to resume your normal living and lives and continue to stay safe no doubt.Absolutely. And as always, I'm a doctor Eric is a crna but we are not giving medical advice on this show. We are strictly doing this to try and entertain try and educate do not take any this information that we give as true medical advice, or, as it's always fun, always speak with your doctor.Oh, and just to add, we are having today's episode and it is in the midst of the seriousness that has fallen out from George Floyd. We do not take any of that lightly whatsoever. And our thoughts are certainly with all of those who are struggling to handle this unfortunate situation, top to bottom and I'm hoping for some meaningful change that benefits everyone. No doubt.Absolutely. It becomes very hard to every time that George Floyd is brought up, it becomes extremely hard to really think about anything else. And then the events that followed and we are no mine, or no way undermining any of that. There's no way that we're belittling the situation. And honestly, I'm encouraged. We're a few weeks out now. It seems that there is a movement that's going on. And one of the things that you and I both really like is we like music. And when you when you look throughout history that voter reform, women's voting rights workers unions, or workplace things, everything had a protest that sparked the interest of people that then resulted in a change. And I'm really hoping that I have a 15 year old boy and a 13 year old girl that we can look back at this in a very short period of time I was gonna say this large number of I hope it's next year that we can look back and go remember when things like this happened. Now they don't we've made changes things are better.Without question, you and I, I think have very diverse histories while we grew up, and so I think Sometimes, even though I definitely wouldn't characterize either one of us as having race relation issues, even sometimes those of us who don't, we have to be aware of the complacency that that may occur, and then strive for better change. And that's what you really should be doing that with everything in your life. That's what part what this program is about, we don't want to become complacent in healthcare. We don't want to become complacent with social issues either. So,Yeah, absolutely. Which is we've talked, you know, we work together and so we talk and it's it's just one of those things that it's disbelief. It's just disbelief. It really is. And if it and, you know, if I'm sitting around with somebody that went through World War II, like yeah, this is I thought about that. If I'm sitting with somebody went through the civil rights movement, they're like it was we were in disbelief then also. Like every time that a major change is gonna happen, disbelief happens. So I don't...If the topic is a little uncomfortable, but the truth is, if it's making me uncomfortable, it's gonna motivate change. And that's okay.Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally.So well, again, everyone thank you so much for your support, like and share. Please support our sponsors, unrefined bakery Atrantil and of course, you can always check in with us at KBMDhealth.com. We have the new webinar educational series page that'll be popping up. And there's KBMD CBD, that Dr. Brown's holding up.Look at that webinar series. And then of course, order your Atrantil and have it hand delivered by Eric.That is not gonna happen. Thank you, everyone. Y'all have a great day.

No episódio de hoje vamos falar sobre um assunto que foi bastante comentado na semana passada, depois que a chefe do Programa de Emergência em Saúde da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), Maria Van Kerkhove, disse que a transmissão do novo coronavírus por pessoas que não apresentam sintomas da Covid-19 seria “muito rara”. Será??? Ouça, curta e compartilhe! Fica em casa, vai passar.

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