Quarantine Blog

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"Covid-19 pushes Japan's monks to innovate with streaming and apps" https://twitter.com/i/events/13687521...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: ""Covid-19 pushes Japan's monks to innovate with streaming and apps" https://twitter.com/i/events/13687521..."

The Japanese are an innovative people, and the monks of course have divine guidance.

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With 5 million vaccinated, Israel is starting to give jabs to Palestinian laborers who work in its territories.

The country is leading the world with 97.2 doses per 100 people https://t.co/ptI1YepZbc https://t.co/T44lTJOYe2

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(THREAD) I want to introduce you all to Joseph al-Hajj, the 80-year-old clarinet player & master musician suing the Lebanese state for his right to a #COVID vaccine after lawmakers jumped the queue

Read: https://t.co/xwWECLsiNS

Here he is at a family gathering pre-Corona: https://t.co/gS4fkyTVcn

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"AstraZeneca says its COVID-19 vaccine was extensively tested for safety as Denmark's health authority says there is no evidence of a connection between the vaccine and blood clots" https://twitter.com/i/events/13701719...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: ""AstraZeneca says its COVID-19 vaccine was extensively tested for safety as Denmark's health authority says there is no evidence of a connection between the vaccine and blood clots" https://twitter..."


I am glad to hear it. I had that one!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Congratulations! No side effects at all?

[Bernard]

Apparently not. I had a reaction, but that it seems is a good sign.

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Did you break into spots? Did you see spots?

[Bernard]

Ha ha! Neither actually. My arm hurt where I was injected, and I had a headache. So quite mild really.

At first I was worried because I had NOT had a reaction after 12 hours. I thought: was I injected with a placebo by mistake? But when I awoke in the night, I thought: Hooray, the reaction has arrived!

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

A placebo would be scarier indeed!
Heard the second dose is worse though. Perhaps the spots come in then ;)

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"The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been suspended in the Republic of Ireland" https://twitter.com/i/events/13711008...

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"Australia to restrict flights and send vaccines to Papua New Guinea as the pacific nation’s COVID-19 outbreak worsens" https://twitter.com/i/events/13719955...

[Bernard]

A new threat from the EU

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/45877605

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

Those random hand sanitizers you picked up when you couldn't find Purell might contain a carcinogen, according to a testing firm’s analysis.

@annaedney has the details https://t.co/16f5v0wqcG https://t.co/BIMWyeU7dm

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5,000 people in a stadium. No social distancing.

Barcelona has tested a concert format they hope could be a first step towards mass entertainment in the pandemic era. @LauraMillanL explains https://t.co/TgQTvepmHe https://t.co/XPumny6qo9

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Breaking News: France will enter a third national lockdown for a month after President Emmanuel Macron announced a new set of restrictions in a move to halt a new deadly virus wave. https://t.co/0NJ4yLaHqW

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"Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised days after COVID-19 diagnosis" https://twitter.com/i/events/13779435...

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"So many things seem like so much more work than my brain can possibly manage."

The monotony and constant stress of the pandemic have left many people feeling like burned-out husks. https://t.co/bz39aGNSFQ

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How a sacred flame spreads across the world despite the pandemic

https://api.nationalgeographic.com/di...

~Happy Easter everyone~

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"Travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand set to begin on April 19" https://twitter.com/i/events/13793181...

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Vaccine passports are being unveiled across the world.

Here's how they could work in the US. https://t.co/Cu2XjYsrsF

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"US denies India's request to lift an export ban on raw materials needed to make COVID-19 vaccines" https://twitter.com/i/events/13856534...

[Bernard]

A covid joke

Why did the citizen cross the road?
To get to the vaccination centre.

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The increasing number of mucormycosis cases- a fungal infection, colloquially "black fungus"- among patients recovering from #COVID19 is being detected in some states. Read what the #BlackFungus infection is here.

https://t.co/7oS5VQEt4m

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: ""Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised days after COVID-19 diagnosis" https://twitter.com/i/events/13779435..."

Poor Sachin. But it is good that he survived.

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Biden will announce Monday that he’ll export 20 million doses of vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson, on top of 60 million AstraZeneca doses he'd already planned to give to other countries, according to a senior administration official https://t.co/O0ZH18n3tS

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The global population of billionaires has risen more than fivefold in the past 20 years, with the largest fortunes rocketing past $100bn.

And economic stimulus driven by the pandemic has made the wealthiest even wealthier. What’s the story? https://t.co/AtQHleiDlh https://t.co/3ohYIzhHb1

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Taiwan revokes Kinmen island mandate requiring COVID-19 tests https://t.co/S65yTrPN1T https://t.co/NE7P6u8LIY

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"Victoria could impose tighter restrictions as Melbourne’s COVID-19 cluster grows" https://twitter.com/i/events/13969899...

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Russia claimed to be the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for animals, intended for creatures on fur farms and domestic cats and dogs. https://t.co/C2KGbCk3sr

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: ""Victoria could impose tighter restrictions as Melbourne’s COVID-19 cluster grows" https://twitter.com/i/events/13969899..."

I hope Victorian humans are okay.

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"Victoria enters seven-day lockdown as COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne grows" https://twitter.com/i/events/13969899...

[Bernard]

Grasshopper wrote: ""Victoria enters seven-day lockdown as COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne grows" https://twitter.com/i/events/13969899..."

Oh dear.

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Japan's government has extended the coronavirus state of emergency for 9 prefectures, including Tokyo and Osaka, until June 20. The declaration was due to expire on Monday.
https://t.co/YWhllIWRDZ https://t.co/sMsyjtsOt7

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Welp—“Vietnam has uncovered a new Covid-19 variant combining characteristics of the two existing variants first found in India(#B16172) & UK(#B117)” Health Minister said. “The new variant is very dangerous” and “spreads quickly by air”. #COVID19
https://t.co/46iOLGinSb https://t.co/PSwRUqATE6

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"G7 countries pledge to donate one billion vaccine doses globally by the end of 2022" https://twitter.com/i/events/14031105...

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A top virologist told The New York Times there was no evidence the coronavirus leaked from her Wuhan lab. China's secrecy makes this hard to prove. https://t.co/9qmT2Vd4Ym

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EU officials signed into law digital Covid passports allowing the 27-nation bloc to open their borders for summer travel https://t.co/z9CqhkDvBp

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"AstraZeneca vaccine now only recommended for people aged 60 and over, health minister announces" https://twitter.com/i/events/14053805...

NSW recorded two locally acquired cases of #COVID19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, bringing the total number of cases in NSW since the beginning of the pandemic to 5,442. These cases were announced yesterday.

No new overseas-acquired case was recorded in the same period. https://t.co/GVbG2sFpto

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"Lockdown continues in NSW as Bondi cluster grows to 124" https://twitter.com/i/events/14053669...

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A variant first detected in Peru is now present in at least 30 countries.

Infectious diseases expert Dr. Rontgene Solante on Lambda variant: It may cause higher cause of transmissibility... It may cause surges and hospitalization. https://t.co/3Df1GH1gpi

[Grasshopper, Administrator]

The Nuremberg Code from WWII has nothing to do with coronavirus despite bogus Facebook claims. #coronacheck https://t.co/K0iUAjgJ8H

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"Protests take place across Cuba as the country faces shortages of COVID-19 vaccines and basic necessities" https://twitter.com/i/events/14143370...

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The FDA is planning to warn that the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine can increase the risk of a rare nerve condition known as Guillain-Barré syndrome. https://t.co/HP3GFKFzsG

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Students will not be allowed to enter school campuses if their family members do not receive #vaccines against #COVID19 in Southern China’s Guangxi. One of the harshest measures to persuade the public to get vaccinated to date. https://t.co/ra1TUH4KTG

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China reports 64 new COVID-19 cases as Delta resurgence continues in Nanjing https://t.co/ZGp9w2nLjC https://t.co/vL1pWvhZu4

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You know you've made it when you're made into a #Barbie doll!
https://t.co/u8sHpCtpPD

[Bernard]

A deserved honour for Dame Sarah.

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CNN fired three employees who violated its Covid safety protocols by going to the office unvaccinated, the company said Thursday. It's one of the first known examples of a major U.S. corporation terminating workers for ignoring a workplace vaccine mandate. https://t.co/wgkh1Pwy9i