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- Academics rank western world’s MISERY INDEX post-Covid response – UK & Spain end up floundering at the bottom
Disease, death, and lockdowns have taken their toll on the world, and a group of Canadian researchers set out to quantify the suffering. They found that their own country suffered severely, along with the UK, Spain, and France.Mar 8, 2021 22:38World News - Flu-like illness an expected side-effect of Covid vaccines, says WHO, with symptoms including fever and headacheAn influenza-like illness is a likely side effect of being inoculated against Covid-19, the World Health Organization's global advisory committee on vaccine safety said in a statement on Monday.Mar 8, 2021 20:31World News
- CDC granting vaccinated Americans ‘LIMITED FREEDOMS’ – as MSM puts it – met with claims of government overreachThe CDC has issued new guidelines that grant – in the words of US mainstream media – "limited freedoms" to Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, leading some to wonder when the Bill of Rights was abolished.Mar 8, 2021 20:26USA News
- Sputnik V deal signed: Italy to become first EU country to produce Russian Covid-19 vaccineItaly has signed an agreement with Russia to launch the production of the Sputnik V vaccine, with first batches expected to come out of an Italian plant as early as June. This would make it the first EU nation to produce the jab.Mar 8, 2021 20:20Russia & Former Soviet Union
- Italy hits 100,000 Covid-19 deaths as new PM Draghi urges public to follow health measures amid ‘worsening’ emergencyMore than 100,000 people have now died from Covid-19 in Italy, the health ministry said on Monday, as the country’s new prime minister, Mario Draghi, called on Italians to stick to the health measures to avoid an infection surge.Mar 8, 2021 18:45World News
- Dozens arrested at Dutch anti-lockdown protest as demonstrators carried mock coffin mourning demise of ‘democracy’ (VIDEOS)At least 28 people have been arrested at anti-lockdown protests in Amsterdam, after around 700 gathered in the city on Sunday to vent their fury at the Dutch government’s handling of the pandemic.Mar 8, 2021 17:43World News
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