Author: Pete's Library
Police watch: Australia
Covid: Immune therapy from llamas shows promise
— Read on www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58628689.amp
U.K. police watch: kick to the head
COVID-1984: NHS Admits Vax Pass App is Sharing User Facial Recognition Data With Police
— Read on www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/09/16/covid-1984-nhs-admits-app-is-sharing-user-facial-recognition-data-with-police/

PI claim to proceed despite tribunal settlement
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/pi-claim-to-proceed-despite-tribunal-settlement/5109638.article
Coronavirus: Sputnik v vaccine
Coronavirus: delta sublineage AY.33
Philip Godfrey considers the Court of Appeal case of Ministry of Defence v Sivaji [2021] EWCA Civ 1163 which addresses the procedural rules for “show cause” hearings under CPR PD3D.
— Read on www.ropewalk.co.uk/knowledge-sharing/blog/disease/1845/surprise-now-show-cause
Masks: 1918 football match
Camera pointed at fire engine used as stage for speakers throughout The Liverpool Against the Arms Fair (LAAF) protest on Saturday calling for the cancellation of the ‘AOC’s ‘electromagnetic dominance’ weapons event to be held at the city’s ACC convention centre was attended by thousands, who marched through the city perfectly peacefully and heard rousing…
— Read on skwawkbox.org/2021/09/12/baseball-capped-police-detailed-to-film-speakers-at-liverpool-anti-weapons-fair-protest/
Against all odds: how New Zealand is bending the Delta curve
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/11/against-all-odds-how-new-zealand-is-bending-the-delta-curve
Extending Fixed Recoverable Costs in Civil Cases
Statement made on 6 September 2021
— Read on questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-09-06/hcws253
Judgment has been handed down in the case of Warren v DSG Retail Ltd, striking out the claimant’s claim for breach of confidence, misuse of private information and negligence.
— Read on kennedyslaw.com/thought-leadership/case-review/high-court-judgment-considers-breach-of-confidence-and-misuse-of-private-information-in-data-breach-claim/
seven stages of severe COVID-19
— Read on www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-08-26/pandemic-covid-19-stages-vaccination-intensive-care-respiratory-therapist
USA war crimes
Ahed Tamimi interviewed by Lowkey
PSC Statement on Labour Party Conference – Palestine Solidarity Campaign
— Read on www.palestinecampaign.org/psc-statement-on-labour-party-conference/
Coronavirus: long covid in children
Afghanistan
Revealed: Foreign Office ignored frantic pleas to help Afghans
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/28/revealed-foreign-office-ignored-pleas-help-afghans-mps-evacuation
Police watch: India
Understanding long COVID: a modern medical challenge
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01900-0/fulltext
As an epidemiologist, I’m shocked by the lack of cooperation in bringing safer vaccines to the EU and the US
— Read on www.rt.com/op-ed/521846-covid-vaccine-eu-us-cooperation/amp/
Coronavirus: New Zealand’s lockdown
Blood Clot in Leg: Signs and Symptoms You Shouldn’t Ignore (Pictures Included)
— Read on www.healthyandnaturalworld.com/blood-clot-in-leg-signs-and-symptoms/
results suggested that lockdown at the epicenter and social distancing effectively reduced the spread of COVID-19 in the early stage, but identification and isolation of patients, suspected cases and people with close contact at a community level is essential in further reduction of the daily increase rate of COVID-19.
— Read on bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06560-3
Mortality rates of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) continue to rise across the world. The impact of several risk factors on coronavirus mortality has been previously reported in several meta‐analyses limited by small sample sizes. In this systematic review, we aimed to summarize available findings on the association between comorbidities, complications, smoking status, obesity, gender, age and D-dimer, and risk of mortality from COVID-19 using a large dataset from a number of studies.
Electronic databases including Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, Web of Sciences (WOS), EMBASE, Medline/PubMed, COVID-19 Research Database, and Scopus, were systematically searched till 31 August 2020. We included all human studies regardless of language, publication date or region. Forty-two studies with a total of 423,117 patients met the inclusion criteria. To pool the estimate, a mixed-effect model was used. Moreover, publication bias and sensitivity analysis were evaluated. The findings of the included studies were consistent in stating the contribution of comorbidities, gender, age, smoking status, obesity, acute kidney injury, and D-dimer as a risk factor to increase the requirement for advanced medical care. The analysis results showed that the pooled prevalence of mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 was 17.62% (95% CI 14.26–21.57%, 42 studies and 423,117 patients). Older age has shown increased risk of mortality due to coronavirus and the pooled odds ratio (pOR) and hazard ratio (pHR) were 2.61 (95% CI 1.75–3.47) and 1.31 (95% CI 1.11–1.51), respectively. A significant association were found between COVID-19 mortality and male (pOR = 1.45; 95% CI 1.41–1.51; pHR = 1.24; 95% CI 1.07–1.41), and current smoker (pOR = 1.42; 95% CI 1.01–1.83). Furthermore, risk of mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients is highly influenced by patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), diabetes, hypertension, obese, cancer, acute kidney injury and increase D-dimer. Chronic comorbidities, complications, and demographic variables including acute kidney injury, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, CVD, cancer, increased D-dimer, male gender, older age, current smoker, and obesity are clinical risk factors for a fatal outcome associated with coronavirus. The findings could be used for disease’s future research, control and prevention.
— Read on bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-021-06536-3
Labour Party spying
Letter shared by Bar Council reveals fears that judges in Afghanistan will be killed.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/we-live-hidden-frightened-afghan-judge-pleads-for-help/5109564.article
Coronavirus: upgrade your mask
Palestine 🇵🇸 hunger strikers
Afghanistan 🇦🇫: Lowkey
New SARS-CoV-2 variants have changed the pandemic. What will the virus do next?
— Read on www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/new-sars-cov-2-variants-have-changed-pandemic-what-will-virus-do-next
Coronavirus
9,000 Covid cases linked to Euro 2020 games in mass events scheme
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/20/9000-covid-cases-linked-to-euro-2020-games-in-mass-events-scheme
Coronavirus: indie sage timeline
A Normal Electrocardiogram Does Not Exclude Infra-Hisian Conduction Disease in Patients With Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 | JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
— Read on www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.01.017
Coronavirus: Ronapreve
Key insiders speak candidly about U.S. failures in the Afghanistan war and the government’s lack of strategy and shifting goals
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/
DfE advises measures should be taken only once a threshold of infections has been reached
— Read on amp.theguardian.com/education/2021/aug/19/english-schools-told-to-delay-seeking-help-with-small-covid-outbreaks
Israel’s grim warning: Delta can overwhelm shots
— Read on science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6557/838
Post-viral effects of COVID-19 in the olfactory system and their implications
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(21)00182-4/fulltext
The mechanisms of smell loss after SARS-CoV-2 infection
— Read on www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(21)00202-7/fulltext
Afghanistan Does Not Need More War
Afghanistan Does Not Need More War
— Read on tribunemag.co.uk/2021/08/afghanistan-does-not-need-more-war
David Oliver: Were Nightingale units and fever hospitals ever workable responses to covid-19?
— Read on www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2013
Coronavirus: AY3 variant
Individuals who work with vibrating hand tools frequently and for prolonged periods are at risk of developing hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS), a syndrome previously reviewed in this journal.[1]
— Read on bcmj.org/worksafebc/hand-arm-vibration-syndrome-experience-bc
Court of Appeal says there is no obvious reason why the dormant practice is funding any defence.
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/defunct-law-firm-denied-costs-security-in-mysterious-litigation/5109540.article
Human Rights Act (Leigh Day)
Blood clotting markers found to be elevated in patients with Long COVID syndrome
— Read on www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20210816/Blood-clotting-markers-found-to-be-elevated-in-patients-with-Long-COVID-syndrome.aspx
Fears for female judges in Afghanistan
— Read on www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/fears-for-female-judges-in-afghanistan/5109533.article
Coronavirus: masks
General hazards of Carbon Dioxide
— Read on www.hse.gov.uk/carboncapture/carbondioxide.htm
What are safe levels of CO and CO2 in rooms?
— Read on www.kane.co.uk/knowledge-centre/what-are-safe-levels-of-co-and-co2-in-rooms
Typical Levels of Carbon Dioxide Gas CO2 Normal Levels in Air Indoors & Outside
— Read on inspectapedia.com/hazmat/CO2_Typical_Levels.php.
These are the UK coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
— Read on www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956120