However, he said, violence "is not an acceptable form of 1st Amendment expression". On Monday night hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets, with riot police pushing them back with shields and batons. Wallace Sr. told the Inquirer that the looters were not helping his family, but rather "showing disrespect". I can't even sleep at night. All Rite Aid pharmacies in Philadelphia also will... [Full Article...]
In the United Kingdom, where the study was undertaken, the number of COVID-related deaths have increased by 60 per cent in the week of 16 October, as per figures from the county's Office for National Statistics. So it isn't unusual to see the prevalence of antibodies drop in the community. While every single individual may not be immune, the group as a whole has protection. [Full Article...]
The study, conducted at Imperial College London, has yet to be peer-reviewed. Among the findings, which Reuters pointed out in its report have not yet been reviewed by outside experts, were that people who had been hospitalized due to COVID-19 showed substantial cognitive deficits. [Full Article...]
In their findings, the researchers' analysis of the home finger-prick tests found that the number of people testing positive for antibodies dropped by 26.5% during the study period, from nearly 6% to 4.4%. "This very large study has shown that the proportion of people with detectable antibodies is falling over time", explains Helen Ward, one of the authors on the new study. [Full Article...]
As of Monday, 2,352 cases were active in B.C. with 77 people in hospital including 26 people in intensive care. Albany County has the most cases of any county in the state with 1,239 confirmed cases and 4 deaths, according to the WDH. Alerts are posted on the BC Centre for Disease Control's (BCCDC) website, as well as on health authorities' websites, providing details on where the potential expo... [Full Article...]
The country is also seeing a new wave of cases, with a daily record of more than 85,000 last Friday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) on Monday reported 8,617,022 cases of the new coronavirus , an increase of 63,195 from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 380 to 224,601. [Full Article...]
If all age groups are affected by this decline in immunity, the elderly are more affected: between June and September, the proportion of people over 75 years of age with antibodies decreased by 39%, when it was not 'decreased by only 14.9% for 18-24 year olds. [Full Article...]
The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, which represents the workers, said it would notify its members of their obligation to obey the labour board's directive. Two weeks ago, the province also announced they will be laying off thousands of workers and outsourcing some jobs such as laundry. AHS estimated 157 non-emergency surgeries, majority in Edmonton, had to be postponed as a result of t... [Full Article...]