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To: arun gera who wrote (176510)	8/16/2021 4:00:02 PM
From: alanrs	1 Recommendation Recommended By ggersh Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217651

While it's probably a standard and not a law, and I don't know for a fact that the number is correct, but I've heard that the threshold for pulling a vaccine is 25 deaths so there is that to think about. Whatever one thinks about where it came from or who the good/bad guy is in any of the posturing going on it's hard not to notice that modern medicine reacted completely differently than they ever have before. Start to finish, top to bottom. This isn't the first new pathogen, some vaccines fail (even after lengthy clinical tests) and are pulled from the market. Or so I've heard.

To: arun gera who wrote (176510)	8/16/2021 5:35:50 PM
From: sense	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217651

What is the risk of death for Delta? Less than the risk of believing liars seeking to conduct medical experiments on you.

To: arun gera who wrote (176510)	8/17/2021 5:40:14 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217651

FYI, and noting for cafe, the virus seems agile scmp.com Coronavirus: Hong Kong helper who sparked quarantine debate likely infected in Wan Chai hotel by couple from same US flight - After inspecting the Dorsett Wanchai, Dr Albert Au says virus likely migrated across corridor when doors, windows left open during Covid-19 testing - While on the same Cathay flight, the couple – who tested positive over a week earlier – and domestic worker sat far apart Hong Kong’s Dorsett Wanchai Hotel has been serving as a quarantine facility during the pandemic. Photo: Sam Tsang A Hong Kong domestic helper whose infection sparked a debate over lowered quarantine times for the fully vaccinated is believed to have caught Covid-19 from virus transmission between rooms during her seven-day isolation at a Wan Chai hotel. Genome sequencing of the woman’s coronavirus sample was found to be 100 per cent identical to that of a couple who lived opposite her at the Dorsett Wanchai hotel, according to Dr Albert Au Ka-wing of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch. All three flew to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific flight 883 from the United States on August 1, and were found to be carrying the AY.3 sublineage of the Delta coronavirus variant. After testing negative at the airport and being sent to their quarantine hotel, the couple was confirmed with the virus on August 5 and 6. The domestic worker’s positive test followed on August 14. The couple authorities believe transmitted the coronavirus to a domestic helper at a hotel travelled to Hong Kong on the same Cathay Pacific flight from the US. Photo: Winson Wong “As the genome sequencing of these three cases are identical, we have reason to believe the [helper] was infected by people staying opposite her room,” Au said following an inspection of the hotel on Tuesday morning. The helper’s case led health experts to publicly question the government decision to offer lowered quarantine times for fully vaccinated people with positive antibodies, as her infection was only identified after the isolation period. The debate around quarantine policy, along with a recent surge in Delta variant cases globally, led to 15 countries on Monday being moved to the city’s “high-risk” coronavirus category and seeing their mandatory quarantine periods raised to 21 days. A day later, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor followed up by revealing that a plan to shorten quarantine times for visitors from “medium-risk” destinations via airport antibody tests was being scrapped. Isolation periods were also set to be extended – to 14 days – for fully vaccinated returnees with positive antibody tests from medium-risk countries. In the case of the 38-year-old helper, authorities said they believed that transmission on the Cathay flight was unlikely, as the couple had been seated in business class while the helper was in economy. Government pandemic adviser Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, who took part in Tuesday’s hotel inspection, said the transmission could have taken place on August 3, when respiratory specimens were collected from the couple and found to be positive for the coronavirus. Plug pulled on airport antibody testing scheme for non-residents day before it starts 17 Aug 2021 “During the specimen collection for the couple, the door of their room was open for about 1 ½ minutes. The room’s windows were also opened at that time. They didn’t follow the instructions to close the windows before opening the door,” Yuen said. He noted that tests done by the city’s Electrical and Mechanical Services Department showed air could have left the room and travelled across the hall to the helper’s room when her sample was being collected, creating a “big problem”. “We believe the situation this time involves airborne transmission, as people under quarantine did not close their windows while opening the door of their room,” Yuen said. Unsatisfactory air flow in the two hotel rooms was also likely to blame, he explained, noting that the air changed just 2.1 to 2.8 times per hour, lower than required four to six. Yuen suggested the hotel improve the frequency of its air changes, and shorten the time of specimen collection to reduce risk of transmission.