UK Experts Downplay Fears That New COVID-19 Tracking App May Wrongly Tell a Third of People to Self-Isolate

🇬🇧 Experts today downplayed fears that up to a third of people using the new COVID-19 tracking app could be wrongly told to self-isolate.

But separate concerns emerged that many people, including less affluent Londoners, will be excluded from the tracking system if they have older phones, including some that may only be a couple of years old.

The Times reported that one in three people told to isolate by the app will have been given a “false positive” reading of having been in close contact with a person who subsequently tests positive.

That's because the app relies on Bluetooth signals to determine whether someone has been within two metres of an infectious person for 15 minutes. But the signal can be interfered with by other devices that use Bluetooth—such as wireless headphones—and can miscalculate the distance between the two people. @COVID19Up SOURCE

Fauci Scolds Rand Paul During Tense Exchange at Hearing

A seemingly irritated Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, scolded Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) at a congressional hearing on Wednesday after the senator claimed that COVID-19 cases might not be rising in New York because of herd immunity.

Fauci, the country's top infectious diseases doctor, told Paul he was wrong to make the suggestion, and he said Paul had also been wrong in other public comments about the concept of herd immunity.

"No, you've misconstrued that, senator, and you've done that repeatedly in the past," Fauci said.

"If you believe 22% is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that," Fauci told Paul during the hearing, referring to the number of New Yorkers thought to have had COVID-19.

The exchange took place during a Senate Health Committee hearing where Fauci and others are testifying about the pandemic.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/517801-fauci-rand-paul-is-not-listening-to-the-cdc-director-about-covid-19-data

WHO Calls for Countries to Act Against Misinformation During the COVID-19 Pandemic

🌎 During a United Nations General Assembly event, the World Health Organization and partner organizations called on all countries to put national action plans in place to promote science-based health information and to combat misinformation.

“We call on the media, technology companies, civil society, researchers, and people everywhere to keep the infodemic from spreading,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO. “Because now more than ever, the truth matters.” “Just as COVID-19 has spread around the world, so too have rumors, untruths and disinformation. And they can be just as dangerous,” Tedros said.

Even the most effective vaccine will fail if the public don’t have confidence in it, Tedros warned as he explained why it is so important that the public and policy makers are provided with accurate information. @COVID19Up SOURCE

The scamdemic continues! https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-reverses-guidance-second-time-week-removes-covid-airborne-warning-1533349

Apple has got contact tracing all wrapped up between their newer phones & Apple Watches. The U1 chip will even be able to measure whether you’re complying with Social Distancing Guidelines. People are just clueless 😢


https://www.idropnews.com/rumors/airpods-studio-could-be-the-first-earphones-to-get-apples-u1-chip/143627/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=092320&utm_term=Newsletter

Do Germs Actually Make You Sick? SHOCKING Hypothesis From Dr. Thomas Cowan MD https://youtu.be/0V5QJVuHaC4 😀

Protesters in France's Marseille Rebel Against COVID Shutdown

🇫🇷 Protesters in Marseille on Friday demanded President Emmanuel Macron’s government reverse an order to shut down bars and restaurants in France’s second-biggest city, the epicentre of a second wave of coronavirus infections.

Local politicians said the move was disproportionate to the risk and would devastate the local economy.

Some proprietors said they would defy the order, amid signs of mounting public frustration across France at the reimposition of restrictions on public life as daily COVID infections hit record highs.

“We should stay open, they won’t be able to close everyone,” Jean-Pierre Cotens, owner of the 13 Coins bar, said during the protest. “And if there’s a fine, well, we’ll take it, but we’ll be better off working than shutting.”

The demonstration took place outside the commercial courthouse, "because this is where we'll probably come to declare bankruptcy," said Bernard Marty, president of the regional hospitality association. @COVID19Up SOURCE

Justin TrueDope: low IQ, weak, likely pedophiled as a child, cannot stop breaking the law, deep state b-movie actor, covidiot. 🇨🇦

Billionaire George Soros has been pumping money into buying prosecutors into office across the USA who are soft on crime. https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/19/why-arent-we-allowed-to-talk-about-george-soross-plan-to-remake-america/

5G under assault in France! By the French Green Party! Go France! https://www.instagram.com/p/CFkCY5WHhdV/?igshid=19nproalhk98m

Florida Lifts All COVID-19 Restrictions on Restaurants and Bars Effective Immediately

Florida is lifting all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and bars effective immediately, and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he is also prohibiting local governments from closing businesses or imposing any restrictions without justification.

During a press conference Friday, DeSantis said restaurants can operate at a minimum of 50 percent capacity regardless of local rules.

If a local government wants to put restrictions between 50 and 100 percent, officials will need to show the economic and health justifications for doing so.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/518237-florida-to-completely-lift-covid-restrictions-on-restaurants-bars

Maryland Man Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison for Throwing Parties Against COVID-19 Orders

A Maryland man has been sentenced to a year behind bars after being found guilty of multiple counts of failure to comply with an emergency order.

The Charles County Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old Shawn Marshall Myers hosted a gathering of between 50 and 60 people on March 22 at his Hughesville home, in violation of Gov. Larry Hogan's prohibition on large gatherings of people that was in effect at the time.

"Myers was argumentative with officers but eventually agreed to disband his party," according to the county State's Attorney.

Less than a week later, though, on March 27, officers responded to his home again for another report of a party exceeding 50 people.

"Officers told Myers to disband the party, but again he was argumentative claiming he and his guests had the right to congregate," the State's Attorney says. "Beyond being argumentative, Myers directed his guests to stay in defiance of Governor Hogan’s Orders and the officers’ lawful orders to disband the party."

This time, he was arrested.

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https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/maryland-man-gets-1-year-in-prison-for-hosting-large-parties-during-covid-emergency-orders

"It's Very Damaging": Dr. Scott Atlas Accuses Media of Spreading 'Partial Truths' About COVID-19

White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas accused the mainstream media of putting out "conflicting information" about the ongoing pandemic.

"The media has a done a poor job of explaining [and] allowing the data to be brought forward," Atlas told "The Ingraham Angle" one day after a heated exchange with NBC News reporter Peter Alexander about how much of the U.S. population remains vulnerable to COVID-19.

"The American people are very afraid. No one wants to be afraid and the way to calm fear is to actually know the data and explain it very clearly and logically," Atlas added.

Atlas, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, explained that the claim that 90% of the population is susceptible to the virus is untrue because many people have T-cell immunity as well as antibodies.

"It explains a lot about perhaps why children have very, very low risk from this, and explains perhaps why people in Asia didn’t have as much of a problem because they had prior coronavirus exposure," Atlas told Ingraham.

"It really is a story that is evolving here. But we need to understand it, because we are not all susceptible to the infection, and we know now, it looks very likely that at least three times that number of people [who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies] have immunity and perhaps even more. It depends when you do the antibody tests, because it’s transient."

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coronavirus-scott-atlas-mainstream-media