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Antibody tests suggest UK Covid-19 infection rate 10 times the official count

samedi 15 août 2020 à 02:00

Antibody tests suggest that 6% of the UK population has had Covid-19. That is 3.4 million people, 10 times the official count.

It is puzzling that only 32% of those 3.4 million reportedly had no Covid-19 symptoms. That implies 2.4 million did have symptoms; how did the system overlook them?

Has it been demonstrated that antibodies to other diseases don't test positive on this test? It would be useful to do that experiment in New Zealand, where hardly anyone has had Covid-19 — but there do seem to be asymptomatic cases spreading the disease occasionally.

TSA planning to use nonfree phone app for ID

samedi 15 août 2020 à 02:00

The TSA allows passengers to fly without officially valid ID, and has a procedure to verify who they are. It is planning to replace that procedure with a nonfree phone app.

Global brands employ Uighur Muslims as ‘forced labour’

samedi 15 août 2020 à 02:00

*Global brands employ Uighur Muslims as ‘forced labour’.*

UK grouse-shooting businesses kill threatened and protected birds of prey

samedi 15 août 2020 à 02:00

Every year, grouse-shooting businesses in the UK kill threatened and protected birds of prey so they can have more grouse for their customers to shoot. This year they took advantage of Covid-19 to do it even more.

Belarusians accuse Lukashenko regime of beatings and torture

samedi 15 août 2020 à 02:00

*Belarusians accuse Lukashenko regime of beatings and torture.*

Protesters have filled the streets of Minsk and are keeping ostentatiously peaceful.