Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[scottsdad]

One of my parent's friends had a stroke 2 months ago. He is still very, very unwell. 

Even now his wife is allowed to visit for only 45 minutes per say, and must book in advance when she goes. All because of Covid.

[Captain Saintsible]

Edinburgh professor Richard Ennos says official data for 2021 and 2022 ‘provide very strong evidence for a causal relationship’ between the vaccinations and a huge number of excess deaths in the country.

Professor Ennos has written to Siobhian Brown MSP, convener of the Scottish government’s covid-19 recovery committee, calling on her to re-open a public inquiry into the deaths which can only be partially explained by the virus.

Earlier this year, the committee investigated the cause of an unprecedented level of excess death recorded in Scotland from week 21 to week 52 of 2021.

Numbering 4,819, it was 12% above the average – the worst ever recorded.

Recorded deaths so far in 2022 are heading in the same direction, and Professor Ennos suggests they are now a consequence of the booster jab.

In a recent letter to Ms Brown, on July 12, he also expresses his concern that the public inquiry earlier this year into the 2021 excess death figures failed to make any mention of the injections as a potential cause.

He states that of 103 public submissions to the inquiry, more than a third pointed to the jabs as a possible reason for the inflated loss of lives.

He tells Ms Brown: ‘However, in your report to Humza Yousaf, cabinet secretary for health and social care, there was not a single mention of adverse reactions to covid-19 vaccines as a possible cause of the excess death seen Scotland in 2021.

‘This was despite the fact that a number of respondents provided detailed information from peer reviewed scientific papers showing that death is a known adverse reaction to the covid-19 vaccines, and that a variety of mechanisms of action have been established (induction of blood clots, myocarditis etc.).

‘Post mortems have also confirmed that covid-19 vaccination can cause death of recipients, and this is acknowledged by the UK government who have already paid compensation to multiple families of those who have died as a consequence of covid-19 vaccination.

‘Your lack of any reference to covid-19 vaccine adverse reactions as a contributor to excess death in Scotland in 2021 is even more concerning because recent detailed analysis of National Records of Scotland data now suggests a causal relationship between excess death in Scotland and covid-19 vaccinations.’

Professor Ennos states that the argument leading to this conclusion begins with the observation that in the last 32 weeks of 2021, excess death began in different age classes of the Scottish population in a staggered manner, approximately 12 weeks after peak vaccination of that age class.

Beginning with the oldest, this pattern was repeated as the jabs rollout continued down through ever younger age groups.

He suggests there can only be two reasons put forward for the extra deaths: it was the injections or it was a lack of medical care caused either by withdrawal of NHS services, or to patients’ failure to access these services, ‘both consequences of the Scottish government response to covid-19’.

However, he says, there was no consistent rise in excess deaths to point to delayed medical care as a result of long waiting lists.

Instead, what National Records of Scotland data reveal, says Professor Ennos, is a second staggering of excess deaths following the booster (third dose) jab – with 2022 mirroring the pattern of 2021 whereby age group deaths occurred approximately 12 weeks after peak administration of the vaccine.

He states that the sequential manner ‘predicted by the adverse reaction hypothesis … provides very strong evidence for a causal relationship between covid-19 vaccination and excess death’.

At the time of writing his letter, the cumulative excess deaths in Scotland in 2022 were 1,669, ‘and this number continues to increase each week’.

Professor Ennos letter concludes: ‘The National Records of Scotland data do not support the statement you made to Humza Yousaf on April 28, 2022 that “the excess deaths have decreased and, at the date of this letter, are below average for the time of year”.

‘On the contrary the excess death situation in Scotland in 2022 is turning out to be as serious as it was in 2021.

‘Given this body of evidence, I would like you to explain to me why, in your report to Humza Yousaf, you made absolutely no mention of the possibility that adverse reactions to the covid-19 vaccine were responsible for at least a portion of the excess deaths seen in Scotland in 2021.

‘I also call upon you to reopen the inquiry into excess deaths in Scotland, given the resurgence of excess deaths in 2022 (552 in the past four weeks alone), but this time taking into consideration that adverse reactions to the covid-19 vaccine may be a significant contributor to these excess deaths.’

In response to the questions raised by Professor Ennos’ letter, a Scottish parliament spokesman stated: ‘The committee’s inquiry into excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic has now concluded. All the evidence it considered, including the Scottish Government’s response to the committee’s findings is available on the parliament’s website.’

Professor Ennos said: ‘I dismay at this totally inadequate and evasive response from the Scottish government. It is not good enough. Lives are at stake, yet pertinent questions arising from official data are simply being dismissed. Where is the much-vaunted concern for public health we have had hammered at us for the past two and a half years?’

[scottsdad]

49 minutes ago, Captain Saintsible said:

Edinburgh professor Richard Ennos says official data for 2021 and 2022 ‘provide very strong evidence for a causal relationship’ between the vaccinations and a huge number of excess deaths in the country.

Professor Ennos has written to Siobhian Brown MSP, convener of the Scottish government’s covid-19 recovery committee, calling on her to re-open a public inquiry into the deaths which can only be partially explained by the virus.

Earlier this year, the committee investigated the cause of an unprecedented level of excess death recorded in Scotland from week 21 to week 52 of 2021.

Numbering 4,819, it was 12% above the average – the worst ever recorded.

Recorded deaths so far in 2022 are heading in the same direction, and Professor Ennos suggests they are now a consequence of the booster jab.

In a recent letter to Ms Brown, on July 12, he also expresses his concern that the public inquiry earlier this year into the 2021 excess death figures failed to make any mention of the injections as a potential cause.

He states that of 103 public submissions to the inquiry, more than a third pointed to the jabs as a possible reason for the inflated loss of lives.

He tells Ms Brown: ‘However, in your report to Humza Yousaf, cabinet secretary for health and social care, there was not a single mention of adverse reactions to covid-19 vaccines as a possible cause of the excess death seen Scotland in 2021.

‘This was despite the fact that a number of respondents provided detailed information from peer reviewed scientific papers showing that death is a known adverse reaction to the covid-19 vaccines, and that a variety of mechanisms of action have been established (induction of blood clots, myocarditis etc.).

‘Post mortems have also confirmed that covid-19 vaccination can cause death of recipients, and this is acknowledged by the UK government who have already paid compensation to multiple families of those who have died as a consequence of covid-19 vaccination.

‘Your lack of any reference to covid-19 vaccine adverse reactions as a contributor to excess death in Scotland in 2021 is even more concerning because recent detailed analysis of National Records of Scotland data now suggests a causal relationship between excess death in Scotland and covid-19 vaccinations.’

Professor Ennos states that the argument leading to this conclusion begins with the observation that in the last 32 weeks of 2021, excess death began in different age classes of the Scottish population in a staggered manner, approximately 12 weeks after peak vaccination of that age class.

Beginning with the oldest, this pattern was repeated as the jabs rollout continued down through ever younger age groups.

He suggests there can only be two reasons put forward for the extra deaths: it was the injections or it was a lack of medical care caused either by withdrawal of NHS services, or to patients’ failure to access these services, ‘both consequences of the Scottish government response to covid-19’.

However, he says, there was no consistent rise in excess deaths to point to delayed medical care as a result of long waiting lists.

Instead, what National Records of Scotland data reveal, says Professor Ennos, is a second staggering of excess deaths following the booster (third dose) jab – with 2022 mirroring the pattern of 2021 whereby age group deaths occurred approximately 12 weeks after peak administration of the vaccine.

He states that the sequential manner ‘predicted by the adverse reaction hypothesis … provides very strong evidence for a causal relationship between covid-19 vaccination and excess death’.

At the time of writing his letter, the cumulative excess deaths in Scotland in 2022 were 1,669, ‘and this number continues to increase each week’.

Professor Ennos letter concludes: ‘The National Records of Scotland data do not support the statement you made to Humza Yousaf on April 28, 2022 that “the excess deaths have decreased and, at the date of this letter, are below average for the time of year”.

‘On the contrary the excess death situation in Scotland in 2022 is turning out to be as serious as it was in 2021.

‘Given this body of evidence, I would like you to explain to me why, in your report to Humza Yousaf, you made absolutely no mention of the possibility that adverse reactions to the covid-19 vaccine were responsible for at least a portion of the excess deaths seen in Scotland in 2021.

‘I also call upon you to reopen the inquiry into excess deaths in Scotland, given the resurgence of excess deaths in 2022 (552 in the past four weeks alone), but this time taking into consideration that adverse reactions to the covid-19 vaccine may be a significant contributor to these excess deaths.’

In response to the questions raised by Professor Ennos’ letter, a Scottish parliament spokesman stated: ‘The committee’s inquiry into excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic has now concluded. All the evidence it considered, including the Scottish Government’s response to the committee’s findings is available on the parliament’s website.’

Professor Ennos said: ‘I dismay at this totally inadequate and evasive response from the Scottish government. It is not good enough. Lives are at stake, yet pertinent questions arising from official data are simply being dismissed. Where is the much-vaunted concern for public health we have had hammered at us for the past two and a half years?’

Here he is getting arrested in 2020 for holding an anti-lockdown ceilidh. 

[Elixir]

18 hours ago, oaksoft said:

It's fascinating really. The Chinese simply will not learn.

That's a million back into lockdown in Wuhan.

Covid in China: Million in lockdown in Wuhan after four cases - BBC News

Still taking it seriously!

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but, at some point, China will have to find a way to move forward.

If it doesn't, the economy will sink.

Most importantly, there is the Communist Party Congress to get through in autumn, and the country's low vaccination rates have to be improved, especially among older people.

It is the only way out.

In a nutshell.

[Todd_is_God]

China in authoritarian shocker...

The only real surprise in all of this is how easily the rest of the world followed suit.

Those early videos of people hitting the deck like Neymar in the penalty box look absolutely comical in retrospect.

[vikingTON]

If schools and nurseries should have stayed open then so should everything else. The premise of closure was after all to put a lid on community transmission - not to limit direct risk - and if they hadn't let 'but the weans!!!' drive a coach and horses through all other restrictions on a regular basis, then we would have had fewer excess deaths in 2020 and early 2021. Not least among older adults who worked in childcare settings who were the victims of the snippy parent brigade.

[Szamo's_Ammo]

I've not been on this thread in yonks but was wondering who the people would vote as the most right about Covid on Pie and Bovril, after two years of disagreements and strong arguments on all sides. 

I don't want this to turn into a Main Players v Needy Boomers thing. I'm genuinely interested.

[Venti]

1 hour ago, virginton said:

snippy

[Todd_is_God]

16 hours ago, Szamo's_Ammo said:

was wondering who the people would vote as the most right about Covid on Pie and Bovril

Anyone who doesn't say the good guys of P&B is, to be quite blunt, lying.

Covid was absolutely devastating to the credibilty of our "experts"

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Anyone who doesn't say the good guys of P&B is, to be quite blunt, lying.
Covid was absolutely devastating to the credibilty of our "experts"

How did your over by August 2020 prediction go?

[emoji12]

[Todd_is_God]

2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

How did your over by August 2020 prediction go?

Much better than plenty of predictions by our experts tbh.

[Elixir]

The doomers actually tried to convince people that finally, the shan BA.4/5 would be the one that brings a day of reckoning for us all.

 

[Todd_is_God]

1 hour ago, Elixir said:

The doomers actually tried to convince people that finally, the shan BA.4/5 would be the one that brings a day of reckoning for us all.

 

It's as good as over here too.

I'm not sure what it is that makes our experts continue to make the exact same wrong prediction each and every time.

Not sure what is more shan tbh - the virus or our experts.

[Elixir]

2 hours ago, oaksoft said:

Oh that's an easy one.

They know nobody cares about case rates, deaths or hospitalisations anymore and so they've seamlessly moved on to making it all about long covid.

mAsS dIsAbLiNg EvEnT

Or that every reinfection rots away your organs and insides more and more.

Even if we have a wave in winter/in future that bounced back up to original Omicron mortality, it will still be well below that of a severe influenza season. Of course, the screeching will be truly back with a vengeance in such a scenario.

The bad faith actors on Twitter even have the audacity to claim that this latest 'wave' is the worst one yet because of hospital admission figures, i.e. being far worse than in 2020 or 2021. Naturally, the fact we've been up at about 80% for incidental admissions doesn't matter!

Covid isn't over!!111

[scottsdad]

On 30/07/2022 at 17:11, Elixir said:

mAsS dIsAbLiNg EvEnT

Or that every reinfection rots away your organs and insides more and more.

Even if we have a wave in winter/in future that bounced back up to original Omicron mortality, it will still be well below that of a severe influenza season. Of course, the screeching will be truly back with a vengeance in such a scenario.

The bad faith actors on Twitter even have the audacity to claim that this latest 'wave' is the worst one yet because of hospital admission figures, i.e. being far worse than in 2020 or 2021. Naturally, the fact we've been up at about 80% for incidental admissions doesn't matter!

Covid isn't over!!111

I miss uk_centrist on Twitter. 

[Elixir]

This is every bit as mental as Roe v. Wade being overturned. What is wrong with that country? Yet these Democrat clowns will wonder why they have taken a pasting in the midterms.

 

[ICTChris]

Nightclubs closing post Covid.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62219602
 

 

[peasy23]

As of Monday, France binned all Covid related entry requirements.

[Bairnardo]

As of Monday, France binned all Covid related entry requirements.

Tbh mainly through my lack of homework, I was a bit caught off guard by the Spanish airport I went through demanding my vaccine status.

Then I wondered why they are bothering, and surely they are going to have to bin this soon, as there's just no way folk are going to continue with boosters

[Elixir]

Took them long enough...

Is that only Spain, the Netherlands, and Germany left in Europe requiring a shan test if you're not boosted, then? Or are Portugal also still being a bit weird?

I wonder if Germany will actually go through with requiring FFP2-type masks indoors between Oktoberfest and Easter. I'm sure that will go down well and be what really matters while folk are limited to two hours of leccy and gas use every day. 

A country whose reputation has taken a serious blow over both Covid and Ukraine. Well done, guys!