https://guardiamedical.com/blogs/news/u-s-has-major-nitrile-glove-shortage-ahead-of-national-covid-19-vaccinations

U.S. Has Major Nitrile Glove Shortage Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccinations

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/coronavirus-a-timeline-of-how-the-deadly-outbreak-evolved/#update-120380

International update: Global Covid cases pass 91.6 million – concerns raised over vaccine efficacy

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/coronavirus-a-timeline-of-how-the-deadly-outbreak-evolved/#update-120380

International update: Global Covid cases pass 91.6 million – concerns raised over vaccine efficacy

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-global-trust/public-trust-crumbles-amid-covid-fake-news-survey-idUSL8N2JM2V9

Public trust crumbles amid COVID, fake news - survey


widespread feeling among ordinary citizens that they are being misled, a global survey has found.
an average of only 33% of respondents in 27 countries covered by the survey said they would take the vaccine

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-global-trust/public-trust-crumbles-amid-covid-fake-news-survey-idUSL8N2JM2V9

Public trust crumbles amid COVID, fake news - survey


widespread feeling among ordinary citizens that they are being misled, a global survey has found.
an average of only 33% of respondents in 27 countries covered by the survey said they would take the vaccine

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/moderna-ceo-says-the-world-will-have-to-live-with-the-coronavirus-forever.html

Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid ‘forever’

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/13/moderna-ceo-says-the-world-will-have-to-live-with-the-coronavirus-forever.html

Moderna CEO says the world will have to live with Covid ‘forever’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-live-uk-covid-cases-b1786448.html

UK death tolls hits new daily record

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-news-live-uk-covid-cases-b1786448.html

UK death tolls hits new daily record

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-california-coronavirus-pandemic-bccec2ede56da5211fdc274846174a58

VIRUS TODAY: Coronavirus deaths hit another daily high in US

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-us-news-california-coronavirus-pandemic-bccec2ede56da5211fdc274846174a58

VIRUS TODAY: Coronavirus deaths hit another daily high in US

Herd Immunity Out the Question in 2021, Even with Vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that social distancing measures will need to remain in place “for the rest of the year,” even with vaccination rollouts underway

Herd Immunity Out the Question in 2021, Even with Vaccines

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that social distancing measures will need to remain in place “for the rest of the year,” even with vaccination rollouts underway

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-vaccine-may-creating-213401319.html

COVID-19 vaccine may be creating false sense of security

https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-vaccine-may-creating-213401319.html

COVID-19 vaccine may be creating false sense of security

https://nypost.com/2021/01/13/pfizer-cdc-probing-death-of-florida-doctor-who-took-covid-19-vaccine/

Pfizer, CDC probing death of Florida doctor who took COVID-19 vaccine


her husband died of a stroke after spending two weeks in a Miami Beach hospital. She attributed his death to a “strong reaction to the COVID vaccine,”

https://nypost.com/2021/01/13/pfizer-cdc-probing-death-of-florida-doctor-who-took-covid-19-vaccine/

Pfizer, CDC probing death of Florida doctor who took COVID-19 vaccine


her husband died of a stroke after spending two weeks in a Miami Beach hospital. She attributed his death to a “strong reaction to the COVID vaccine,”

The unscrupulous will lays rotten eggs in sg buloh due to consistent lie

https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/32418-watch-obtaining-adequate-supplies-of-ppe-in-the-pandemic

Watch: Obtaining Adequate Supplies of PPE in the Pandemic


critical shortage of nitrile gloves that has plagued hospitals and healthcare workers since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/32418-watch-obtaining-adequate-supplies-of-ppe-in-the-pandemic

Watch: Obtaining Adequate Supplies of PPE in the Pandemic


critical shortage of nitrile gloves that has plagued hospitals and healthcare workers since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/380091

NZ paying soaring glove prices for frontline workers - expert


The world is facing a severe shortage of covid protective gloves and New Zealand is paying rising glove prices to help its front healthcare workers

http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/380091

NZ paying soaring glove prices for frontline workers - expert


The world is facing a severe shortage of covid protective gloves and New Zealand is paying rising glove prices to help its front healthcare workers

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0113/1189463-vaccine-ireland/

Expert warns of risk of infection from Covid-19 even after receiving vaccine

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0113/1189463-vaccine-ireland/

Expert warns of risk of infection from Covid-19 even after receiving vaccine

the recent mutation may mean that battle to defeat coronavirus pandemic is far from over.

https://www.wionews.com/world/escape-mutant-of-coronavirus-may-decrease-efficacy-of-vaccines-experts-356409

'Escape mutant' of coronavirus may decrease efficacy of vaccines: Experts


An 'escape mutant's found in coronavirus has alarmed the scientific community as there are chances that the mutation may decrease the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines.
The mutation has been named E484K.

The mutant has been termed as an 'escape mutant because it may be able to escape antibodies produced against coronavirus vaccines.

https://www.wionews.com/world/escape-mutant-of-coronavirus-may-decrease-efficacy-of-vaccines-experts-356409

'Escape mutant' of coronavirus may decrease efficacy of vaccines: Experts


An 'escape mutant's found in coronavirus has alarmed the scientific community as there are chances that the mutation may decrease the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines.
The mutation has been named E484K.

The mutant has been termed as an 'escape mutant because it may be able to escape antibodies produced against coronavirus vaccines.

https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-surprising-number-of-us-healthcare-workers-refuse-vaccines-2021-1

Despite having intimate knowledge of the pain and death caused by the coronavirus, a surprising number of US healthcare workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine

https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-surprising-number-of-us-healthcare-workers-refuse-vaccines-2021-1

Despite having intimate knowledge of the pain and death caused by the coronavirus, a surprising number of US healthcare workers are refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/hospitals-race-to-find-masks-gloves-and-protective-equipment

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/hospitals-race-to-find-masks-gloves-and-protective-equipment

Hospitals race to find masks, gloves and protective equipment


In a sense, the seasonal flu helped WellStar Health System gear up for the pandemic and began stockpiling medical supplies in September of 2019, anticipating what could be a rough flu season.
Michael McCullough, WellStar's Vice President of Supply Chain, says they loaded up on personal protective equipment, or PPE.

Five months later, the pandemic hit. By July of 2020, as Georgia was being hit with a second wave of infections. "We were going through a half a million exam gloves a day," McCullough says. "Yeah, it's a lot of exam gloves."

WellStar's "burn-rate," the pace at which the hospital is using up PPE, has been intense. Each day, McCollough estimates, they use 2,000 N95 respirators, about 25,000 isolation masks, and around 400,000 exam gloves.

"This pandemic has created backorders like we've never seen before. Medical GLOVES typically purchased from companies in MALAYSIA have been in short supply, as have raw ingredients used to making isolation and surgical gowns and drapes used in the operating room.

"We're clearly on an upward slope right now, which requires more labor, requires more supply," McCullough says.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/hospitals-race-to-find-masks-gloves-and-protective-equipment

Hospitals race to find masks, gloves and protective equipment


In a sense, the seasonal flu helped WellStar Health System gear up for the pandemic and began stockpiling medical supplies in September of 2019, anticipating what could be a rough flu season.
Michael McCullough, WellStar's Vice President of Supply Chain, says they loaded up on personal protective equipment, or PPE.

Five months later, the pandemic hit. By July of 2020, as Georgia was being hit with a second wave of infections. "We were going through a half a million exam gloves a day," McCullough says. "Yeah, it's a lot of exam gloves."

WellStar's "burn-rate," the pace at which the hospital is using up PPE, has been intense. Each day, McCollough estimates, they use 2,000 N95 respirators, about 25,000 isolation masks, and around 400,000 exam gloves.

"This pandemic has created backorders like we've never seen before. Medical GLOVES typically purchased from companies in MALAYSIA have been in short supply, as have raw ingredients used to making isolation and surgical gowns and drapes used in the operating room.

"We're clearly on an upward slope right now, which requires more labor, requires more supply," McCullough says.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-will-23261184

UK coronavirus death toll 'will exceed 100,000', predicts SAGE professor

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-will-23261184

UK coronavirus death toll 'will exceed 100,000', predicts SAGE professor

https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/01/california-hospitals-covid-cases/

COVID dangers intensify: California now in ‘deep dark part of the tunnel,’ top health official says

https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/01/california-hospitals-covid-cases/

COVID dangers intensify: California now in ‘deep dark part of the tunnel,’ top health official says

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1379629/germany-to-prolong-shutdown-as-coronavirus-deaths-surge

Germany to prolong shutdown as coronavirus deaths surge

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1379629/germany-to-prolong-shutdown-as-coronavirus-deaths-surge

Germany to prolong shutdown as coronavirus deaths surge

https://focusmalaysia.my/markets/rm10-mil-fine-awaits-half-baked-stock-market-gurus-warns-sc/

RM10 mil fine awaits half-baked stock market gurus, warns SC


In its latest Guidance Note on Provision of Investment Advice, the Securities Commission (SC) said to consider discussions on specific stocks on blogs, forums or other social media as an investment advice if they involve the provision of recommendation or opinion which may induce readers to take an action regarding the specific stock.

Members of the public who have any information on any person providing investment advice without a licence may contact the SC’s Consumers and Investors Department at +603 6204 8999 or email aduan@seccom.com.my.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/04/pharmacist-destroyed-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-out-of-belief-they-were-unsafe-prosecutor-says/?sh=4be26435e720

Pharmacist Destroyed Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Out Of Belief They Were Unsafe


This incident, which is also under investigation by the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration, is an alarming sign of public distrust in the vaccine. Forbes reported last week, some—including health care and frontline workers—are refusing to take the vaccine.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/04/pharmacist-destroyed-coronavirus-vaccine-doses-out-of-belief-they-were-unsafe-prosecutor-says/?sh=4be26435e720

Pharmacist Destroyed Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Out Of Belief They Were Unsafe


This incident, which is also under investigation by the FBI and the Food and Drug Administration, is an alarming sign of public distrust in the vaccine. Forbes reported last week, some—including health care and frontline workers—are refusing to take the vaccine.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/

The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb


A new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the globe.

There are still many unknowns, but much concern has focused on whether this new variant would throw off vaccine efficacy or cause more severe disease

A more transmissible variant of COVID-19 is a potential catastrophe in and of itself. If anything, given the stage in the pandemic we are at, a more transmissible variant is in some ways much more dangerous than a more severe variant. That’s because higher transmissibility subjects us to a more contagious virus spreading with EXPONENTIAL growth, whereas the risk from increased severity would have increased in a LINEAR manner, affecting only those infected.

Increased transmissibility can wreak havoc in a very, very short time.

To understand the difference between EXPONENTIAL and LINEAR risks, consider an example put forth by Adam Kucharski, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who focuses on mathematical analyses of infectious-disease outbreaks.

Kucharski compares a 50 percent increase in virus lethality to a 50 percent increase in virus transmissibility. Take a virus reproduction rate of about 1.1 and an infection fatality risk of 0.8 percent and imagine 10,000 active infections—a plausible scenario for many European cities.

Assuming, in both scenarios, a six-day infection-generation time.

As things stand, with those numbers, we’d expect 129 deaths in a month. If the fatality rate increased by 50 percent, that would lead to 193 deaths. (LINEAR)

In contrast, a 50 percent increase in transmissibility would lead to a whopping 978 deaths in just one month— (EXPONENTIAL)

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/12/virus-mutation-catastrophe/617531/

The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb


A new variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the globe.

There are still many unknowns, but much concern has focused on whether this new variant would throw off vaccine efficacy or cause more severe disease

A more transmissible variant of COVID-19 is a potential catastrophe in and of itself. If anything, given the stage in the pandemic we are at, a more transmissible variant is in some ways much more dangerous than a more severe variant. That’s because higher transmissibility subjects us to a more contagious virus spreading with EXPONENTIAL growth, whereas the risk from increased severity would have increased in a LINEAR manner, affecting only those infected.

Increased transmissibility can wreak havoc in a very, very short time.

To understand the difference between EXPONENTIAL and LINEAR risks, consider an example put forth by Adam Kucharski, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine who focuses on mathematical analyses of infectious-disease outbreaks.

Kucharski compares a 50 percent increase in virus lethality to a 50 percent increase in virus transmissibility. Take a virus reproduction rate of about 1.1 and an infection fatality risk of 0.8 percent and imagine 10,000 active infections—a plausible scenario for many European cities.

Assuming, in both scenarios, a six-day infection-generation time.

As things stand, with those numbers, we’d expect 129 deaths in a month. If the fatality rate increased by 50 percent, that would lead to 193 deaths. (LINEAR)

In contrast, a 50 percent increase in transmissibility would lead to a whopping 978 deaths in just one month— (EXPONENTIAL)

https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/covid-19-virus-will-stay-with-us-for-next-10-years-biontech-ceo-787942/

Covid-19 virus will stay with us for next 10 years: BioNTech CEO


As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic amid the origin of newer and potentially lethal strains, BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin has said that the deadly virus is going to stay with us for the next decade at least.

https://www.thehealthsite.com/diseases-conditions/covid-19-virus-will-stay-with-us-for-next-10-years-biontech-ceo-787942/

Covid-19 virus will stay with us for next 10 years: BioNTech CEO


As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic amid the origin of newer and potentially lethal strains, BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin has said that the deadly virus is going to stay with us for the next decade at least.

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/28748/20201221/still-lack-ppes-hospitals.htm

There is Still a Lack of PPEs in the Hospitals in the US


As the first COVID-19 vaccines have started rolling out in the US, many doctors and nurses that will first receive the vaccine said that declaring victory against the pandemic is still premature, especially with the alarming shortage of personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the hospitals in the US.

The New York Times reported that the lack or shortage of the PPEs have led frontline medical health workers to ration their use of disposable gowns, GLOVES, masks that protect them from catching the virus.

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/28748/20201221/still-lack-ppes-hospitals.htm

There is Still a Lack of PPEs in the Hospitals in the Us


As the first COVID-19 vaccines have started rolling out in the US, many doctors and nurses that will first receive the vaccine said that declaring victory against the pandemic is still premature, especially with the alarming shortage of personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the hospitals in the US.

The New York Times reported that the lack or shortage of the PPEs have led frontline medical health workers to ration their use of disposable gowns, GLOVES, masks that protect them from catching the virus.

https://focusmalaysia.my/markets/rm10-mil-fine-awaits-half-baked-stock-market-gurus-warns-sc/

RM10 mil fine awaits half-baked stock market gurus, warns SC


In its latest Guidance Note on Provision of Investment Advice, the Securities Commission (SC) said to consider discussions on specific stocks on blogs, forums or other social media as an investment advice if they involve the provision of recommendation or opinion which may induce readers to take an action regarding the specific stock.

Members of the public who have any information on any person providing investment advice without a licence may contact the SC’s Consumers and Investors Department at +603 6204 8999 or email aduan@seccom.com.my.

https://focusmalaysia.my/markets/rm10-mil-fine-awaits-half-baked-stock-market-gurus-warns-sc/

RM10 mil fine awaits half-baked stock market gurus, warns SC


In its latest Guidance Note on Provision of Investment Advice, the Securities Commission (SC) said to consider discussions on specific stocks on blogs, forums or other social media as an investment advice if they involve the provision of recommendation or opinion which may induce readers to take an action regarding the specific stock.

Members of the public who have any information on any person providing investment advice without a licence may contact the SC’s Consumers and Investors Department at +603 6204 8999 or email aduan@seccom.com.my.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-01-04

Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Hit Record


The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases hospitalized set a record, exceeding 125,000 for the fourth time in five days.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-01-04

Coronavirus Live Updates: U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Hit Record


The number of newly reported Covid-19 cases hospitalized set a record, exceeding 125,000 for the fourth time in five days.