Australia update

An intriguing article, from ABC News.

Dogs deployed in South Australia to sniff out coronavirus cases at Adelaide Airport

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Key points:

- Six dogs are taking part in the latest phase of a trial
- A health expert says the dogs detect the scent produced by positive cases
- Health authorities say detector dogs could significantly boost frontline efforts

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Sniffer dogs could join frontline efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus across Australia, if a trial involving passengers at Adelaide Airport proves successful.

A team of six labradors is taking part in the latest stage of a global research effort to see whether positive COVID-19 cases among incoming travellers can be detected by odour.

"These trials are still in early stages, but if they are successful, detector dogs could provide an important screening method to safeguard Australia against COVID-19," Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said.

Ms Andrews said dogs could end up being deployed "across a range of environments such as at airports, stadiums and crowded locations to screen large amounts of people quickly, reducing the chance of the virus spreading at big events".

Phase three of the COVID-19 detector dog feasibility study follows a trial at Sydney International Terminal in March, and is "part of an international research alliance led out of France," SA Health Minister Stephen Wade said.

Results are expected later this year, and the trial is being run by Australian Border Force (ABF) in collaboration with organisations including the University of Adelaide's veterinary school.

"At the moment it's a voluntary process and the dogs don't interact with passengers," ABF Chief Superintendent Brett Liebich said.

Health lecturer Anne-Lise Chaber said dogs had proven "extremely accurate" at identifying the virus in controlled settings.

"The dog is not detecting the virus itself," Dr Chaber said.

"When you're infected by SARS-CoV-2 your body is producing a certain smell, and that's what the dog is detecting. It's detecting the scent.

"When they find a positive one they will do the conditioned response which is a sit and stare, as to indicate 'we found it'.

"The dogs are able to detect that someone is positive before they start shedding the virus.

"Accuracy was ranging from 96 to 98 per cent."

Dr Chaber said the method was intended to complement, rather than replace, other detection tools.

"For now we are working on samples so we take a sweat sample from both [armpits]," she said.

"It's only two minutes under your armpits and then we give that to the dog."

SA Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said detection dogs could add a significant layer of protection to Australia's frontline coronavirus control efforts.

"What this will mean if things go the way we hope and are planning, is that we will be able to detect very early on if people are infected," she said.

"We would be able to direct them into that quarantine facility and it's very important in terms of our infection control and protecting the whole of the South Australian community."



^^^^^^^^^^

Well, an intriguing article.
Note: as stated, this is a voluntary process for any passenger, no interaction, not enforcable.

Who's a good dog?



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^^^ Can't help but notice the lack of masks

Also noticed that two out of the three Covid dogs are indicating that the photographer is infected.

Peter Daszak is removed from COVID commission following bombshell conflict-of-interest report that exposed his ties to Wuhan Institute of Virology after he organized letter published in The Lancet medical journal denouncing lab leak claim

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...ommand-message-field

British scientist Peter Daszak has been removed from the COVID commission looking at the origins of the pandemic after significant questions were raised about his scientific impartiality.

Daszak, president of the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, was one of 28 experts from around the world asked to analyze how best to respond to the pandemic.

The panel comprised leading global figures in public health, economics, philanthropy, diplomacy and politics.

On Monday, his profile was updated to include the note: 'recused from Commission work on the origins of the pandemic'.

Daszak's presence on a number of bodies investigating the origins of COVID has proved controversial because he has links to the Wuhan Institute and its chief researcher Dr Shi Zhengli - dubbed 'Batwoman'.

The conservation charity of which Daszak is the director, EcoHealth Alliance, has funneled money into the lab and research being done by Dr Zhengli.

The Ukrainian-born British zoologist was also an early voice denouncing 'lab leak' theories as 'conspiracies' in an open letter published in The Lancet last February - a reaction that has been likened to a cover-up.

They wrote at the time: 'We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.

'Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumors, and prejudice that jeopardize our global collaboration in the fight against this virus.'

Earlier this month one of the original authors of the controversial Lancet letter said he had changed his stance on whether the lab leak was possible.

Dr Peter Palese, a microbiologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, signed the letter in the Lancet in February last year claiming the virus could only have been natural in origin and to suggest otherwise would create 'fear, rumors, and prejudice'.

The 'bullying' letter, orchestrated by Daszak was criticized by experts for ostracizing anyone offering different opinions on the virus' origins, dismissing them as conspiracy theorists.

It is only now, nearly 16 months after that letter was published in the world-renowned medical journal, that the theory COVID was accidentally leaked from a lab in Wuhan is being looked at seriously.

President Joe Biden ordered intelligence agencies to launch a probe into whether COVID was man-made after all. But China immediately hit back and called the suggestion a 'conspiracy'.

Professor Palese, 77, made a significant U-turn, admitting all theories on how COVID came about now need proper investigating.

He told MailOnline: 'I believe a thorough investigation about the origin of the Covid-19 virus is needed.

'A lot of disturbing information has surfaced since the Lancet letter I signed, so I want to see answers covering all questions.'

Asked how he was originally approached to sign the letter and what new information had come to light specifically, Professor Palese declined to comment.

Professor Palese spoke out as America's leading pandemic expert Anthony Fauci continued to face fevered calls to resign after emails revealed that leading virus experts warned COVID could be man-made - even as he downplayed the possibility.

The emails also showed he communicated with Daszak.

Biden threw his support behind the embattled expert, saying: 'Yes I'm very confident in Dr Fauci.'

Another scientist who signed the letter, Dr Jeremy Farrar - director of the Wellcome Trust in London - declined to comment on the Fauci allegations but said it remains 'most likely' the virus came from an animal but 'there are other possibilities which cannot be completely ruled out and retaining an open mind is critical'.

Nevertheless, Daszak has remained staunch in his opinion that COVID originated in animals - most likely a bat - and then passed through an intermediary into people.

Daszak was part of a group of scientists who in late January traveled to the Wuhan lab on behalf of the World Health Organization (WHO) to explore how the virus originated. The visit was documented by 60 Minutes.

The WHO report that he helped to author described animals as the 'most likely' source of the pandemic, and called for further investigation into it.

Suggestions that the virus leaked from any of the labs in Wuhan - including the Institute of Virology - were dismissed as 'extremely unlikely'.

Yet it later emerged that the WHO team was only given three hours in the lab and were not given access to all the documentation they needed - further darkening the cloud of suspicion about a 'whitewash'.

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
Peter Daszak is removed from COVID commission following bombshell conflict-of-interest report that exposed his ties to Wuhan Institute of Virology after he organized letter published in The Lancet medical journal denouncing lab leak claim.

The most important issue unaddressed in this story....who will replace him? My bet, someone every bit as compromised and tied to this issue. One cockroach was squashed, but there a dozens more ready to take his place in covering this whole thing up.

chellim1

Did you see this story on the KMOV website today?

https://www.kmov.com/news/miss...html?block_id=990844

How did we go from one of states with some of the lowest rates of infection a week or so ago (from your post then), to the highest? Is someone playing with numbers?

Even the NYT FINALLY, grudgingly admits something I’ve been saying all along:

Kids are rarely affected in any way by Covid, even these new “deadlier” “variants” and there was NO REASON EVER TO MASK THEM UP. For the record, I’ve never masked my two boys ages 4 and 6. It’s child abuse and I’ll have no part of that.

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“…This evidence suggests that serious versions of Covid will continue to be extremely rare in children…”

Kids, Covid and Delta

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chellim1
Did you see this story on the KMOV website today?

Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
I don't know.
This place used to have up-to-date data, but now it says "no access to County level data".
https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en

The "new case" numbers still seem pretty low in St. Louis County.
https://stlcorona.com/resources/covid-19-statistics/

mRNA vaccines appear to be damaging red blood cells
By John M. Contino

Citing experts at the Meedan Digital Health Lab , Reuters Fact Check vigorously asserts that the spike proteins induced by the COVID vaccines do not kill or damage cells.

Perhaps so, but something from the vaccines is causing deformations and apparent inflammation in red blood cells, as evidenced by images from microscopy photos. Images of blood cells taken before and after the vaccines can be seen starting about two minutes into the five-minute video. Postvaccine red blood cells exhibit rough instead of smooth edges, irregular shapes, and grouping together over time which is described as the “beginning form of thrombosis,” or blood clots. More research is needed to determine exactly what is causing these cell deformations.

There are also numerous tiny white particles in the photographs which are presumed to be lipid nanoparticles (LNP). The delicate mRNA fragments from Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are encased in LNP, which serves to protect the mRNA from disintegrating before it can do its job in our bodies. Pfizer conducted a biodistribution study where they injected rats with bioluminescent RNA-encapsulated LNP, and found that the LNP had travelled not only beyond the injection site, but throughout the circulatory and immune systems, and had accumulated in virtually every organ in the body.

Meanwhile, Spain and Russia are reportedly advising citizens to avoid air travel if they have been vaccinated for COVID-19. It’s common knowledge that flying frequently, especially on long distance international flights, can cause blood clots, but talk about mixed signals! What’s next, nonvaccination passports? The takeaway here ought to be that whether or not someone gets vaccinated should be a personal decision, and that the practice of forcing people, especially students and younger adults, to get vaccinated, should be abandoned.

https://www.americanthinker.co...red_blood_cells.html

A caption writer is laughing that this one got through.

Dong is the defector we apparently have in the Hands of Our TOP MEN. He may, or may not, know the truth behind COVID-19 origins.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:


A caption writer is laughing that this one got through.

Dong is the defector we apparently have in the Hands of Our TOP MEN. He may, or may not, know the truth behind COVID-19 origins.

With Dong in their hands, let's hope they can come to some sort of conclusions soon. I have a feeling this situation will reach a climax sooner than later.

Dong certainly had balls.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

mRNA vaccines appear to be damaging red blood cells

Yep. I had a brief moment a few weeks ago when a friend tried to frighten me into getting the jab and for about a day I was considering just getting it over with, but my gut feeling was so strong that I ended up saying “NOPE” not gonna do it!

I sure hope all you guys that rushed out to get this so-called “vaccine” are still with us in a year or two.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Dong certainly had balls.

Certainly does.
You know the Chinese will beat Dong once they get their hands on him.

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Originally posted by PASig:I sure hope all you guys that rushed out to get this so-called “vaccine” are still with us in a year or two.

Every red blood cell that was in my body in February when I got #2 has been replaced by now, so if I'm dead in two years, it won't be from what's shown in those photos.

Muerde mi culo, whackadoo perra.

This idiotic "crisis" is tailor-made for nutcases like you, because it lets you go out and say and do all the crazy shit you'd be saying and doing anyway and look normal in the process. Freakin' loon.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Muerde mi culo, whackadoo perra.

This idiotic "crisis" is tailor-made for nutcases like you, because it lets you go out and say and do all the crazy shit you'd be saying and doing anyway and look normal in the process. Freakin' loon.

These 3rd world countries can be especially brutal. No telling what has already happened there on his orders.

Bill Gates is smiling now. Not as much as he will be in 18-24 months - but he is smiling nonetheless.

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Originally posted by amals:
chellim1

Did you see this story on the KMOV website today?

https://www.kmov.com/news/miss...html?block_id=990844

How did we go from one of states with some of the lowest rates of infection a week or so ago (from your post then), to the highest? Is someone playing with numbers?

If you read the story, the alleged rate of infection that the media is trying to panic about is 0.07%. Not 7%, but 0.07%, so a tiny fraction much less than 1%. Yeah, that rounds to basically zero.