This sets a legal precedent
SWEDEN STOPS PCR TESTS AS COVID19 DIAGNOSIS!
"Guidance on criteria for assessment of freedom from infection in covid-19
The Swedish Public Health Agency has developed national criteria for assessing freedom from infection in covid-19.
The PCR technology used in tests to detect viruses cannot distinguish between viruses capable of infecting cells and viruses that have been neutralized by the immune system and therefore these tests cannot be used to determine whether someone is contagious or not. RNA from viruses can often be detected for weeks (sometimes months) after the illness but does not mean that you are still contagious. There are also several scientific studies that suggest that the infectivity of covid-19 is greatest at the beginning of the disease period.
The recommended criteria for assessing freedom from infection are therefore based on stable clinical improvement with freedom from fever for at least two days and that at least seven days have passed since the onset of symptoms. For those who have had more pronounced symptoms, at least 14 days after the illness and for the very sickest, individual assessment by the treating doctor.
The criteria have been developed in collaboration with representatives of the specialty associations in infectious disease medicine, clinical microbiology, hygiene and infection control. These have most recently been discussed in the group at a meeting on 19 April 2021 due to the new virus variants. The assessment was then that no update was needed. The recommendations will be updated as new knowledge about covid-19 infectivity is added.
Vägledning om kriterier för bedömning av smittfrihet vid covid-19 — Folkhälsomyndigheten
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/v/vagledning-om-kriterier-for-bedomning-av-smittfrihet-vid-covid-19/
SWEDEN STOPS PCR TESTS AS COVID19 DIAGNOSIS!
"Guidance on criteria for assessment of freedom from infection in covid-19
The Swedish Public Health Agency has developed national criteria for assessing freedom from infection in covid-19.
The PCR technology used in tests to detect viruses cannot distinguish between viruses capable of infecting cells and viruses that have been neutralized by the immune system and therefore these tests cannot be used to determine whether someone is contagious or not. RNA from viruses can often be detected for weeks (sometimes months) after the illness but does not mean that you are still contagious. There are also several scientific studies that suggest that the infectivity of covid-19 is greatest at the beginning of the disease period.
The recommended criteria for assessing freedom from infection are therefore based on stable clinical improvement with freedom from fever for at least two days and that at least seven days have passed since the onset of symptoms. For those who have had more pronounced symptoms, at least 14 days after the illness and for the very sickest, individual assessment by the treating doctor.
The criteria have been developed in collaboration with representatives of the specialty associations in infectious disease medicine, clinical microbiology, hygiene and infection control. These have most recently been discussed in the group at a meeting on 19 April 2021 due to the new virus variants. The assessment was then that no update was needed. The recommendations will be updated as new knowledge about covid-19 infectivity is added.
Vägledning om kriterier för bedömning av smittfrihet vid covid-19 — Folkhälsomyndigheten
https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/publicerat-material/publikationsarkiv/v/vagledning-om-kriterier-for-bedomning-av-smittfrihet-vid-covid-19/
#INDIA: "Top mental health experts ask media not to create panic around Covid-19, criticise negative reporting from crematoriums"
https://www.opindia.com/2021/04/top-psychiatrists-ask-media-not-to-create-panic-around-covid-19/
https://www.opindia.com/2021/04/top-psychiatrists-ask-media-not-to-create-panic-around-covid-19/
OpIndia
Top mental health experts ask media not to create panic around Covid-19, criticise negative reporting from crematoriums
NIMHANS Director, other mental health professionals release open letter asking media to avoid “panic-inducing coverage” on Covid-19
#INDIA: An open letter released by Dr. BN Gangadhar and other mental health professionals to the media asking them to stop furthering mass Covid19 hysteria because this is what makes diseases worse: mental health.
INDIA: Remdesivir, Plasma Therapy Are Not The Best Treatments for Covid19. Why Are They in Demand? | The Swaddle
“There is a perception that something that’s very expensive is expensive for a reason. And therefore, it’s more likely to be beneficial than something that’s really inexpensive,” Dr. Pinto adds.
These misconceptions are heightened as the Indian population’s mental health frays during the second wave.
“In any kind of crisis, whether it is a pandemic or a disaster, this kind of stocking up and panic buying comes down to an individual’s perception of the crisis, a fear of the unknown, uncertainty, and coping behavior. The last one is important here, as coping behavior is a means to relieve anxiety and regain control over the crisis,” Dr. Kar says. Just as the first wave of the Indian Covid19 crisis saw mass panic-influenced stocking of soap and sanitizers, the second wave is seeing attempts to hoard Remdesivir.
Panic is also not exclusive to laypeople; doctors can fall victim to it, too. “My own friend from the medical fraternity had a family member who contracted Covid19. The case was mild — not severe at all. But since she knew there was a lack of Remdesivir, she too began wildly searching for it,” Dr. Chaudhari says."
https://theswaddle.com/remdesivir-plasma-therapy-are-not-the-best-treatments-for-covid19-so-why-are-indians-desperate-to-procure-them/
“There is a perception that something that’s very expensive is expensive for a reason. And therefore, it’s more likely to be beneficial than something that’s really inexpensive,” Dr. Pinto adds.
These misconceptions are heightened as the Indian population’s mental health frays during the second wave.
“In any kind of crisis, whether it is a pandemic or a disaster, this kind of stocking up and panic buying comes down to an individual’s perception of the crisis, a fear of the unknown, uncertainty, and coping behavior. The last one is important here, as coping behavior is a means to relieve anxiety and regain control over the crisis,” Dr. Kar says. Just as the first wave of the Indian Covid19 crisis saw mass panic-influenced stocking of soap and sanitizers, the second wave is seeing attempts to hoard Remdesivir.
Panic is also not exclusive to laypeople; doctors can fall victim to it, too. “My own friend from the medical fraternity had a family member who contracted Covid19. The case was mild — not severe at all. But since she knew there was a lack of Remdesivir, she too began wildly searching for it,” Dr. Chaudhari says."
https://theswaddle.com/remdesivir-plasma-therapy-are-not-the-best-treatments-for-covid19-so-why-are-indians-desperate-to-procure-them/
The Swaddle
Remdesivir, Plasma Therapy Are Not The Best Treatments for Covid19. So Why Are Indians Desperate To Procure Them?
A mixture of panic, preconceived notions about India's healthcare system, and a lack of guidance from public health officials has led to a surprising demand for non-essential drugs.
#INDIA: It's mass Covid hysteria: "COVID-19 is a mild disease, no need to panic: AIIMS Director: If we talk about the current situation of COVID-19, there is panic in public"
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/covid-19-is-a-mild-disease-no-need-to-panic-aiims-director-dr-randeep-guleria/articleshow/82243496.cms
https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/coronavirus/news/covid-19-is-a-mild-disease-no-need-to-panic-aiims-director-dr-randeep-guleria/articleshow/82243496.cms
Mumbai Mirror
COVID-19 is a mild disease, no need to panic: AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria
Covid-19 is a mild disease and there is no need to panic, said AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday while addressing issues related to coronavirus with Chairman of Medanta Dr Naresh Trehan, Professor and Head of Department of Medicine AIIMS Dr Naveet…
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Governments, international organisations and mainstream media continue to drum up fear and panic in India, even as the facts entirely contradict their claims.
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For instance, there are serious problems with the use of PCR tests as a stand-alone diagnostic tool, as well as many problems with its accuracy. Then there are issues with covid death counts. Suffice it to say that posterity will note that both covid cases and covid death counts across the world have been grossly exaggerated in 2020 and 2021.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/seeing-the-invisible/yes-850-died-of-covid-recently-in-a-day-but-27000-die-every-day-in-india/
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For instance, there are serious problems with the use of PCR tests as a stand-alone diagnostic tool, as well as many problems with its accuracy. Then there are issues with covid death counts. Suffice it to say that posterity will note that both covid cases and covid death counts across the world have been grossly exaggerated in 2020 and 2021.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/seeing-the-invisible/yes-850-died-of-covid-recently-in-a-day-but-27000-die-every-day-in-india/
Times of India Blog
Yes, 850 died of covid recently in a day, but 27,000 die every day in India
Governments, international organisations and mainstream media continue to drum up fear and panic in India, even as the facts entirely contradict their claims. At this time last year, in April 2020, much less information was...
INDIA: IT'S A SECOND WAVE OF MEDIA CREATED COVID19 HYSTERIA WHICH ENHANCES ANY DISEASE VIA COVID19 ANXIETY SYNDROME, TOGETHER WITH WIDESPREAD VACCINE SHEDDING. ALL CASE AND DEATH NUMBERS ARE ENTIRELY UNRELIABLE, PLUCKED OUT OF THIN AIR.
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#INDIA: FARMERS union in #Amritsar protests against the WHO & #Covid19 testing: "There is no Covid19 in our village!"
#FarmersProtest
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#INDIA: 32 staff members of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) draw their salaries from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. There is a clear conflict of interest.
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/conflict-of-interest-nhm-panel-raises-questions-on-bill-gates-foundation/
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/conflict-of-interest-nhm-panel-raises-questions-on-bill-gates-foundation/
The Indian Express
‘Conflict of interest’: NHM panel raises questions on Bill Gates Foundation
The BMGF is one of the partners of international vaccine alliance GAVI that has given material and financial grants for India’s vaccine programme and also lists the pharmaceutical industry among its partners.
#INDIA: What are the economic costs of the lockdown?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-are-the-economic-costs-of-the-lockdown/articleshow/80317696.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-are-the-economic-costs-of-the-lockdown/articleshow/80317696.cms
#INDIA: "Year of pandemic? Gujarat records 11% less deaths than in 2019"
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/year-of-pandemic-gujarat-records-11-less-deaths-than-in-2019/articleshow/79704719.cms
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/year-of-pandemic-gujarat-records-11-less-deaths-than-in-2019/articleshow/79704719.cms
The Times of India
Year of pandemic? Gujarat records 11% less deaths than in 2019 | Ahmedabad News - Times of India
The Covid-19 pandemic gloom continues to haunt Gujarat as it officially lost 4,160 people to the viral infection in nine months till Saturday. When on
Forwarded from Imagined Realities
“Colonialism and medicine always shared an inextricable link. Maintenance of health at distant and unknown lands was one of the major concerns of the early colonisers. That is why early naval fleets from Europe had a surgeon on them who was responsible not just for looking after the health of those on the ships during exploratory tours, but also the first one to report about the flora, fauna and resources of these distant lands.
However, with the gradual expansion of colonial rule medicine, medical practitioners assumed a new role in the consolidation of the empire, so much so that according to some scholars, western medicine in India became synonymous with ‘colonial medicine.’ In other words, medicine and related issues in the nineteenth and twentieth century India cannot be studied by neglecting the colonial context.
Incidentally, medicine became handy in satisfying both the short-term as well as the long-term needs of colonial rule. The short-term needs included proper maintenance of the health of European officials in the relatively ‘hostile’ tropical climate of India. Nonetheless, medicine was significant for the colonial government not just medically but also culturally in satisfying its long-term needs.
It is this cultural dimension of medicine and its complexity in creating colonial hegemony which has attracted the attention of recent historians working on the social history of health and medicine. It has been suggested that medicine was ‘acting both as a cultural agency in itself, and as an agency of western expansion.’ In such works, western medicine has been characterised as ‘the scientific step child of colonial domination and control’.
Actually, the colonial health policy tended to colonise the ‘Indian body’ thoroughly. This became particularly evident in the case of anti-plague measures adopted by the colonial regime towards the end of the nineteenth century. As one scholar remarks, the anti-plague campaign ‘was directed more against the natives than the plague bacillus.’ The Epidemic Diseases Act, which was passed in February 1897 in the wake of the outbreak of the bubonic plague in India (particularly in the Bombay presidency), gave draconian powers to the colonial government.”
https://thewire.in/history/colonialism-epidemic-diseases-act
However, with the gradual expansion of colonial rule medicine, medical practitioners assumed a new role in the consolidation of the empire, so much so that according to some scholars, western medicine in India became synonymous with ‘colonial medicine.’ In other words, medicine and related issues in the nineteenth and twentieth century India cannot be studied by neglecting the colonial context.
Incidentally, medicine became handy in satisfying both the short-term as well as the long-term needs of colonial rule. The short-term needs included proper maintenance of the health of European officials in the relatively ‘hostile’ tropical climate of India. Nonetheless, medicine was significant for the colonial government not just medically but also culturally in satisfying its long-term needs.
It is this cultural dimension of medicine and its complexity in creating colonial hegemony which has attracted the attention of recent historians working on the social history of health and medicine. It has been suggested that medicine was ‘acting both as a cultural agency in itself, and as an agency of western expansion.’ In such works, western medicine has been characterised as ‘the scientific step child of colonial domination and control’.
Actually, the colonial health policy tended to colonise the ‘Indian body’ thoroughly. This became particularly evident in the case of anti-plague measures adopted by the colonial regime towards the end of the nineteenth century. As one scholar remarks, the anti-plague campaign ‘was directed more against the natives than the plague bacillus.’ The Epidemic Diseases Act, which was passed in February 1897 in the wake of the outbreak of the bubonic plague in India (particularly in the Bombay presidency), gave draconian powers to the colonial government.”
https://thewire.in/history/colonialism-epidemic-diseases-act
The Wire
How the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897 Came to Be
This Act empowered authorities to detain plague suspects, destroy or demolish infected property, prohibit fairs and pilgrimages and examine passengers at will.
#INDIA: "Be transparent on COVID-19 vaccine deaths: Experts to Centre
The deaths occurred in Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gurugram, Odisha and Rajasthan between January 16 and 30."
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/feb/02/be-transparent-on-covid-19-vaccine-deathsexperts-tocentre-2258290.html
The deaths occurred in Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gurugram, Odisha and Rajasthan between January 16 and 30."
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/feb/02/be-transparent-on-covid-19-vaccine-deathsexperts-tocentre-2258290.html
The New Indian Express
Be transparent on COVID-19 vaccine deaths: Experts to Centre
The deaths occurred in Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gurugram, Odisha and Rajasthan between January 16 and 30.
#INDIA: "The Union Health Ministry has refused to furnish the data based on which the vaccines–Serum Institute of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin–received the formal clearance for its emergency use authorisation."
https://thelogicalindian.com/health/health-ministry-refuses-to-furnish-data-used-for-approval-of-covid-vaccines-covaxin-covishield-under-rti-26322
https://thelogicalindian.com/health/health-ministry-refuses-to-furnish-data-used-for-approval-of-covid-vaccines-covaxin-covishield-under-rti-26322
Thelogicalindian
Health Ministry Refuses To Furnish Data Used For Approval Of COVID Vaccines Under RTI
The response received stated that the clarification is not covered under RTI. It further read that the 'sought information is exempted under section 8 (1) (d) and (e) of the RTI Act, 2005.
#INDIA: "Don’t want to be guinea pigs’: Most govt hospital health workers in Delhi refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine"
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/dont-want-to-be-guinea-pigs-most-health-workers-in-delhi-govt-hospitals-refuse-to-take-covid-19-vaccine
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/dont-want-to-be-guinea-pigs-most-health-workers-in-delhi-govt-hospitals-refuse-to-take-covid-19-vaccine
National Herald
‘Don’t want to be guinea pigs’: Most govt hospital health workers in Delhi refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine
‘A majority of us do not want to be guinea pigs. Most of us have decided to wait, though we all gave our names,” said a health worker at AIIMS
Forwarded from Awaken India Movement (Tiger)
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Mansoor Ali Khan, famous Tamil actor, questioning Covid and the need for vaccines after the sudden demise of Actor Vivek, a day after getting vaccinated.
Inhalation or skin contact with a vaccinated person can transmit disease through spike protein pathogen to the non vaccinated.
"Can the unvaccinated get sick from the vaccinated?
The vaccine produces many trillions of particles of spike proteins. The vaccinated can shed some of these particles to close contacts. The particles have the ability to create inflammation& disease"
https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org/action-alerts/identifying-post-vaccination-complications-their-causes-an-analysis-of-covid-19-patient-data
"Can the unvaccinated get sick from the vaccinated?
The vaccine produces many trillions of particles of spike proteins. The vaccinated can shed some of these particles to close contacts. The particles have the ability to create inflammation& disease"
https://www.americasfrontlinedoctors.org/action-alerts/identifying-post-vaccination-complications-their-causes-an-analysis-of-covid-19-patient-data