U.K. Suffers High Death Toll Despite Massive Spending to Combat Covid

The Daily Sceptic | October 4, 2021
There follows a guest post by a subeditor and long-time Daily Sceptic reader who is keeping his identity anonymous. He has spotted that spectacular healthcare spending and impressive vaccination rates have not brought the U.K. obvious rewards against Covid. (Sweden is highlighted in the graph above because, by imposing the fewest restrictions, it is the closest Europe has to a control.)
Recent figures for European countries from the World Mortality Dataset, depicted in the graph above, reveal that island nations have fared particularly well during the pandemic: Iceland, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta have all recorded low levels of excess deaths. However, there is one noteworthy exception – the U.K.
In fact, even the third poorest country in Europe, Kosovo, riven by war in the late 1990s, and only an independent state since 2008, has performed better. This is despite the Balkan country having, per capita, a fraction of our health service facilities, staff and expertise.
The double-vaccination rate in Kosovo, currently 30% of the population, is a long way behind the U.K. on 66%.
Excess mortality is widely regarded as the best measure of a country’s success in coping with a prolonged health crisis, such as a bad flu season, as it allows for differing evaluations of the causes of death, notably whether they have been ‘with’ or ‘of’ Covid, and disregards arbitrary time limits, such as within 28 days of a positive PCR test. All other deaths, such as those brought on by lockdown measures, are also, of course, included in these statistics.
This evidence shows that spending billions of pounds above normal on health services and staff, and enticing a large proportion of a population to get vaccinated, do not necessarily correlate with a lower number of deaths.
This week’s elections could pave way for Prague to Czech out of EU
By Paul A. Nuttall | RT | October 4, 2021
The elections in the Czech Republic later this week have largely been ignored, but the political situation in the country is not only compelling, it could have ramifications for the rest of Europe, and in particular for the EU.
Czechs go to the polls on Friday and Saturday in legislative elections that will determine who will lead the country for the next four years. These elections have been getting little attention in the international press, mainly because the focus has been on the elections taking place in Germany.
The Czech Republic has been led by a coalition government since 2017. The senior partner in the coalition is the ANO 2011 party, and its leader is the current Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
Babis’ party is described as ‘populist’. An ally of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, he recently attended the Demographic Summit in Budapest, where Babis and his counterparts from Poland, Serbia and Slovenia announced their intention to oppose further mass immigration in Europe.
Babis is also opposed to further EU integration and determined not to see the euro replacing the country’s current official currency, the koruna. He claims his party “will not hand over the sovereignty of the Czech Republic to the European Parliament or the European Commission.”
Recent polls put the ANO 2011 party in the lead with 27%. The main opposition parties, SPOLU (an alliance of liberals and conservatives) and the bizarrely named Pirates and Mayors party are polling around 21%. Both are committed to combining their votes in an alliance to force Babis from power.
Indeed, some commentators, who it must be said are firmly opposed to Babis’ politics, are predicting that the Czech Republic could be heading towards a constitutional crisis. However, it is expected that President Milos Zeman will use his constitutional powers to appoint the leader of the largest party as prime minister.
In all likelihood, this will be Babis, and it will give him the first opportunity to form a coalition. However, even if this is the case, he will be facing a big problem, as his current coalition partners have seen their support fall off a cliff recently.
The Social Democrats, who share power with Babis, are only polling between 4% and 6% and may not even make the 5% threshold to have candidates elected to parliament. And this puts Babis in a difficult position because, devoid of his main coalition partner, he will be forced to look elsewhere.
The ‘elsewhere’ in this case is most likely to be the Freedom and Direct Democracy Party (SPD), which is the most Eurosceptic political party in the country and is polling around 11%. The SPD is committed to a direct democracy law that will allow citizens to force referendums, and the one the party wants most is a referendum on Czech membership of the European Union.
SPD leader Tomio Okamura has made it clear that any negotiations for his party to join a future coalition will be conditional on holding such a referendum: “One of the fundamental conditions is for the government manifesto… to include a referendum law including the possibility of a referendum on leaving the EU or potentially NATO.”
Now this places Babis in a difficult position because, although he is a Eurosceptic, he does not envisage the Czech Republic leaving the EU anytime soon. Moreover, he is opposed to the idea of citizen-led referendums, or at least he would like prohibitive barriers implemented, such as a requirement for a huge number of signatories to force a referendum.
Another problem is that a direct democracy law would require the support of a three-fifths majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. However, the upper house, which is elected for a six-year term, is dominated by a pro-EU majority.
Nevertheless, the fact that an EU referendum is on the agenda could be seen as an outlier to where the Czech Republic is eventually headed. And let us not forget, the Czechs are not alone here. Recently, there have been noises in Budapest about the need for a referendum on EU membership in Hungary.
Although largely ignored, the elections in the Czech Republic this weekend will be fascinating, but even more enthralling could be the political “horse trading” that follows – the outcome of which could have ramifications for the rest of the EU.
Paul A. Nuttall is a historian, author and a former politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament between 2009 and 2019 and was a prominent campaigner for Brexit.
With blackouts looming, German government’s disaster preparation day promotes ‘cooking without electricity’
RT | October 1, 2021
High demand and the transition to green power has left much of Europe at risk of blackouts. In Germany, state authorities are teaching the public to heat their homes with candles and get used to “cooking without electricity.”
State authorities in North-Rhine Westphalia will hold their first ‘Disaster Protection Day’ on Saturday, with instructors in the city of Bonn teaching citizens how to get by “in the event of a long power failure.” An advert by the federal Civil Protection Office gives a hint of what’s in store, and features an elderly woman wearing several layers of clothing, heating her apartment with candles burning under an upturned flower pot and sealing her windows with reflective foil.
The Civil Protection Office on Friday unveiled an ad campaign focusing on all aspects of crisis preparation, and will soon release a targeted strategy addressing “stockpiling, extreme weather, power failure and emergency baggage.” Meanwhile, officials will present a new book entitled ‘Cooking Without Electricity’ at the event in Bonn on Saturday.
Based on these official communications, blackouts are coming to Germany soon. While the idea of the world’s sixth-most developed country being unable to power itself may seem ludicrous, the problem is Europe-wide, and is the result of a number of factors.
Germany relies heavily on natural gas for heat and power, and supplies were depleted following an unusually cold winter and spring. Globally, gas markets are tight, with increased demand in Asia and an upsurge in air-conditioner use during a hot summer in Europe driving prices to record highs.
Compounding the problem, wind-power generation fell this year, literally due to a lack of wind in Germany. Coal burning has increased to make up this shortfall, yet the cost of European Union ‘carbon credits’ on this fuel is passed on to consumers, with the end result being a spike in energy costs for ordinary Germans, who already pay the highest price per kilowatt hour in the world.
Both the EU and the German government want to rely more heavily on wind and other renewables for power in the future. The EU’s 2030 plan calls for 32% of all energy to be generated from renewable sources, and while Germany already exceeds this target with 44%, the German government plans on eliminating nuclear power by next year and coal by 2038.
Combined, nuclear and coal account for 39% of all electricity generated in Germany. Unless the country can dramatically expand its renewable sector, and count on the wind to power it, their elimination will likely result in even higher prices, and more ‘Disaster Protection Days’ in the coming years.
The same mismatch of supply and demand, coupled with a costly and unreliable transition to green power, has also been seen in other European countries in recent months.
Italians’ electricity bills to rise by 30%, gas up 14%
By Max Civili | Press TV | September 30, 2021
Rome – On Friday, the Italian Energy Authority ARERA announced that electricity bills will rise by almost 30% while gas bills will increase by over 14%, effective from Friday.
Italians are not pleased at all. Some consumer associations have estimated that the sharp rise may cost Italian families up to 2,000 euros a year due to a ripple effect on the entire productive system.
On one side, ARERA has pointed out that without government intervention to stem the rises, spikes in electricity and gas bills would have been 45% and 30% respectively, on the other, people are saying that the executive should have been able to predict the increase and handle the situation more effectively.
In its bid to tackle climate change, the European Union has adopted an Emission Trading Scheme which covers more than 12,000 polluting (sic) companies across the old continent, today.
It consists in the establishment of a market where firms trade emission allowances to cover their annual CO2 emissions, increasing, this way, their expenditures.
Analysts are warning the world is heading into an energy crunch that will likely affect global economies. The prices of fossil fuels such as coal, carbon and gas have all hit record highs lately. This is while crude oil has pushed above 80 dollars a barrel.
Energy price could go much higher if the weather is as cool this winter as some meteorologists predict. It’s not only the people that are worried. Several European energy-intensive industries have claimed that the adoption of the Emission Trading Scheme may entail a significant loss of international competitiveness due to increases in production costs.
26,041 Deaths 2,448,362 Injuries Following COVID Shots in European Union’s Database

By Brian Shilhavy | Health Impact News | September 29, 2021
The European Union database of suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, and they are now reporting 26,041 fatalities, and 2,448,362 injuries, following COVID-19 injections.
A Health Impact News subscriber from Europe reminded us that this database maintained at EudraVigilance is only for countries in Europe who are part of the European Union (EU), which comprises 27 countries.
The total number of countries in Europe is much higher, almost twice as many, numbering around 50. (There are some differences of opinion as to which countries are technically part of Europe.)
So as high as these numbers are, they do NOT reflect all of Europe. The actual number in Europe who are reported dead or injured following COVID-19 shots would be much higher than what we are reporting here.
The EudraVigilance database reports that through September 25, 2021 there are 26,041 deaths and 2,448,362 injuries reported following injections of four experimental COVID-19 shots:
- COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE MODERNA (CX-024414)
- COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE PFIZER-BIONTECH
- COVID-19 VACCINE ASTRAZENECA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19)
- COVID-19 VACCINE JANSSEN (AD26.COV2.S)
From the total of injuries recorded, almost half of them (1,176,130) are serious injuries.
“Seriousness provides information on the suspected undesirable effect; it can be classified as ‘serious’ if it corresponds to a medical occurrence that results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalisation, results in another medically important condition, or prolongation of existing hospitalisation, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly/birth defect.”
A Health Impact News subscriber in Europe ran the reports for each of the four COVID-19 shots we are including here. It is a lot of work to tabulate each reaction with injuries and fatalities, since there is no place on the EudraVigilance system we have found that tabulates all the results.
Since we have started publishing this, others from Europe have also calculated the numbers and confirmed the totals.*
Here is the summary data through September 25, 2021.
Total reactions for the mRNA vaccine Tozinameran (code BNT162b2,Comirnaty) from BioNTech/ Pfizer – 12,362 deaths and 1,054,741 injuries to 25/09/2021
- 28,662 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 172 deaths
- 29,569 Cardiac disorders incl. 1,834 deaths
- 277 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders incl. 23 deaths
- 14,027 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 9 deaths
- 822 Endocrine disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 16,330 Eye disorders incl. 30 deaths
- 92,590 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 514 deaths
- 274,633 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 3,517 deaths
- 1,186 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 59 deaths
- 10,876 Immune system disorders incl. 65 deaths
- 36,113 Infections and infestations incl. 1,214 deaths
- 13,804 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 191 deaths
- 26,554 Investigations incl. 387 deaths
- 7,555 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 225 deaths
- 138,223 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 155 deaths
- 837 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 78 deaths
- 185,082 Nervous system disorders incl. 1,341 deaths
- 1,347 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 39 deaths
- 172 Product issues incl. 1 death
- 19,436 Psychiatric disorders incl. 159 deaths
- 3,605 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 205 deaths
- 24,848 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 4 deaths
- 46,177 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 1,443 deaths
- 50,420 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 111 deaths
- 2,007 Social circumstances incl. 15 deaths
- 1,034 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 34 deaths
- 28,555 Vascular disorders incl. 532 deaths
Total reactions for the mRNA vaccine mRNA-1273 (CX-024414) from Moderna – 6,907 deaths and 306,490 injuries to 25/09/2021
- 6,051 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 67 deaths
- 9,283 Cardiac disorders incl. 744 deaths
- 122 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders incl. 3 deaths
- 3,769 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 1 death
- 248 Endocrine disorders incl. 2 deaths
- 4,627 Eye disorders incl. 20 deaths
- 26,405 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 269 deaths
- 82,564 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 2,617 deaths
- 500 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 29 deaths
- 2,659 Immune system disorders incl. 11 deaths
- 9,570 Infections and infestations incl. 487 deaths
- 6,759 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 127 deaths
- 5,811 Investigations incl. 128 deaths
- 2,944 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 158 deaths
- 38,397 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 139 deaths
- 369 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 42 deaths
- 53,562 Nervous system disorders incl. 706 deaths
- 583 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 8 deaths
- 62 Product issues incl. 2 deaths
- 5,772 Psychiatric disorders incl. 118 deaths
- 1,772 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 114 deaths
- 4,576 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 13,315 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 682 deaths
- 16,453 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 62 deaths
- 1,366 Social circumstances incl. 28 deaths
- 1,032 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 71 deaths
- 7,919 Vascular disorders incl. 267 deaths
Total reactions for the vaccine AZD1222/VAXZEVRIA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19) from Oxford/ AstraZeneca – 5,468 deaths and 1,008,357 injuries to 25/09/2021
- 12,160 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 226 deaths
- 17,334 Cardiac disorders incl. 623 deaths
- 163 Congenital familial and genetic disorders incl. 6 deaths
- 11,826 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 1 death
- 522 Endocrine disorders incl. 4 deaths
- 17,753 Eye disorders incl. 26 deaths
- 97,985 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 280 deaths
- 265,482 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 1,320 deaths
- 866 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 53 deaths
- 4,104 Immune system disorders incl. 25 deaths
- 26,800 Infections and infestations incl. 347 deaths
- 11,472 Injury poisoning and procedural complications incl. 153 deaths
- 22,152 Investigations incl. 129 deaths
- 11,805 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 77 deaths
- 151,690 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 76 deaths
- 536 Neoplasms benign malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 17 deaths
- 209,576 Nervous system disorders incl. 872 deaths
- 456 Pregnancy puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 11 deaths
- 164 Product issues incl. 1 death
- 18,858 Psychiatric disorders incl. 50 deaths
- 3,752 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 49 deaths
- 13,707 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 2 deaths
- 35,537 Respiratory thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 654 deaths
- 46,297 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 40 deaths
- 1,328 Social circumstances incl. 7 deaths
- 1,199 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 24 deaths
- 24,833 Vascular disorders incl. 395 deaths
Total reactions for the COVID-19 vaccine JANSSEN (AD26.COV2.S) from Johnson & Johnson – 1,304 deaths and 78,774 injuries to 25/09/2021
- 737 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 32 deaths
- 1,315 Cardiac disorders incl. 129 deaths
- 26 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders
- 687 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 1 death
- 47 Endocrine disorders incl. 1 death
- 1,067 Eye disorders incl. 6 deaths
- 7,102 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 59 deaths
- 20,536 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 333 deaths
- 98 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 9 deaths
- 321 Immune system disorders incl. 7 deaths
- 1,943 Infections and infestations incl. 79 deaths
- 743 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 17 deaths
- 3,998 Investigations incl. 79 deaths
- 465 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 29 deaths
- 12,263 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 33 deaths
- 37 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 2 deaths
- 16,253 Nervous system disorders incl. 148 deaths
- 26 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 1 death
- 21 Product issues
- 1,059 Psychiatric disorders incl. 11 deaths
- 311 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 15 deaths
- 1,139 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 4 deaths
- 2,786 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 148 deaths
- 2,426 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 235 Social circumstances incl. 4 deaths
- 572 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 43 deaths
- 2,561 Vascular disorders incl. 109 deaths

Pending International Treaty Empowering The WHO
By Dr Urmie Ray B.A., M.A., Mmath, Ph.d. | Principia Scientific | September 23, 2021
Between 29 November and 1 December 2021, member states are meeting in a special session with the World Health Organisation to discuss, possibly sign, a new treaty on pandemic preparedness and response.
This decision was taken in March 2021 and backed by 26 nations, among which Australia, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Member States of the European Union.1
To be noted is the absence of Russia, China, and India among these 26.
The International Health Regulations (2005)[i] signed by 196 countries already provide States the legal right to:
“– review travel history in affected areas;
– review proof of medical examination and any laboratory analysis;
– require medical examinations;
– review proof of vaccination or other prophylaxis;
– require vaccination or other prophylaxis;
– place suspect persons under public health observation;
– implement quarantine or other health measures for suspect persons;
– implement isolation and treatment where necessary of affected persons;
– implement tracing of contacts of suspect or affected persons;
– refuse entry of suspect and affected persons;
– refuse entry of unaffected persons to affected areas; and
– implement exit screening and/or restrictions on persons from affected areas.”
In other words, all the measures applied round the world since 2020, including mandatory vaccination, are in effect legal under this former treaty.
In particular, it critically changes the definition of “quarantine” from that in the 1969 IHR. There, it is used only in the expression “in quarantine” defined to be a “state or condition during which measures are applied by a health authority to a … means of transport or container, to prevent the spread of disease, reservoirs of disease or vectors of disease from the object of quarantine”.[i]
The 2005 revised IHR use the term by itself, and define it as “the restriction of activities and/or separation from others of suspect persons who are not ill or of suspect baggage, containers, conveyances or goods in such a manner as to prevent the possible spread of infection or contamination”.
This represents a subtle but critical shift from protection of the community to restriction of individual liberties.
The implementation of quarantine and other coercive measures on all, including surveillance and vaccination, is legalized: the expression “suspect persons” criminalizes every individual, both healthy and unhealthy.
Indeed, it covers anyone “considered by a State Party as having been exposed, or possibly exposed, to a public health risk and that could be a possible source of spread of disease”. Of significance is the use of “possibly” and “possible”, hence not just anyone definitely known to be a risk factor.
So Why The Need For A New Treaty?
The answer was given by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It’s the one major change, Tedros said, that would do the most to boost global health security and also empower the World Health Organization.”[i]
The 2005 revised IHR still leave some authority to States and require certain conditions for a health event in a particular State to be considered sufficiently serious globally for the State to be forced to communicate it to WHO. Once communicated, it becomes the prerogative of the director general of WHO to determine whether it “constitutes a public health emergency”, but in collaboration with that particular State.
Although it should be added that in case of disagreement, the director general decides after consultation with the emergency committee of WHO, and passed a certain period no State can reject or emit reservations about the IHR or any later amendments. Still, to some extent, measures implemented remain the result of a dialogue between “IHR focal points” in each country and “WHO IHR contact points”.
What is particularly important is that the above listed measures, although rendered legal by the IHR, can under this treaty, only be recommended by the WHO, not imposed, and that it is up to the States to proceed towards their imposition, and to verify they are followed by means already existing in their respective countries.[ii]
The new treaty would address the above “weaknesses” of the IHR as they are considered to be, by ensuring “independent verification, monitoring, and compliance”. Given the clearly expressed end of empowering the WHO, should one conclude that “independent” means under the authority of WHO rather than the States themselves?[i]
Further the IHR cover “public health hazards and public health emergencies of international concern”, whereas the treaty will concern “all hazards”, not just pandemics. In the latter case, it would take over from the IHR once a pandemic is officially declared by the WHO.[ii]
This said, the treaty would presumably also make clear the idea expressed in the 2007 CDC “Interim Pre-pandemic planning guidance”,[i] namely overruling the need of a pandemic to implement restrictive measures. All that would be needed would be for an event to be declared a “public health emergency of pandemic potential”.
Given that any future event is always hypothetical, does this enable the maintenance of the measures for an indeterminate period? For it can always be claimed that a pandemic will occur especially were the measures lifted. This raises many questions, all the more so as the event would no long need to be of “international concern as in the current IHR”. “Measures”, as advised, should also go beyond the current scope of IHR”, in particular to cover the production and supply of vaccines, diagnostics, and treatments”.[ii]
The treaty would unlike the IHR also go beyond sanitary issues and allow the implementation of measures against “social and economic disruptions” as well as “broader disaster risk”.[i]
Would this in effect not only make it legal to put an end to criticisms, and thus to the freedom of expression, and make it possible to control any public antagonism against restrictive measures through “urgent international assistance”,[ii] namely not just by national police or military forces, but international ones?
In short, would the treaty not provide the international legal framework for derogation from the civil and political rights guaranteed “even in time of emergency threatening the life of the nation” by The Syracuse Principles on the Limitation and Derogation Provisions in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights drafted in 1984,[iii] namely:
“the right to life; freedom from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and from medical or scientific experimentation without free consent; freedom from slavery or involuntary servitude; the right not be be imprisoned for contractual debt; the right not to be convicted or sentenced to a heavier penalty by virtue of retroactive criminal legislation; the right to recognition as a person before the law; and freedom of thought, conscience and religion. These rights are not derogable under any conditions even for the asserted purpose of preserving the life of the nation”?
For the Syracuse Principles only ensure that “No state party shall” in any circumstance “derogate from the Covenant’s” above guarantees”. However, according to the new treaty, would the WHO, possibly together with the help of other international bodies, not become an occupying planetary power, with each State a collaborating subservient unit, like France in 1940, and hence without any power to ensure that non-derogable rights are protected?
Last but not least, “[t]rying to revise the IHR would be a long process and take several years. … In addition, any amendment made to the IHR will enter into force only two years after its adoption. A world in crisis cannot afford to wait this long.”[i] Why such a rush to get the treaty ratified?
It should not be forgotten that among the main contributors of WHO are the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and the vaccine alliance (GAVI). It established in 2000 and whose initial funding it essentially provided – a “unique public-private partnership … bring[ing] together key UN agencies, governments, the vaccine industry, private sector and civil society”.[i]
References
[1] https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA74/A74_ACONF7-en.pdf
[1] https://www.who.int/health-topics/international-health-regulations#tab=tab_1
[1] https://www.who.int/csr/ihr/WHA58-en.pdf
[1] https://www.who.int/csr/ihr/WHA58-en.pdf
[1] Ibid.
[1] https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/cbn/2007/cbnreport_02072007.html
[1] Ibid.
[1] Ibid.
US demands Russia boost natural gas deliveries to Europe through Ukraine
RT | September 22, 2021
The US says Russia must increase supplies of natural gas to Europe through Ukraine to curb skyrocketing energy costs, sticking to its negative stance on the launch of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
“The reality is there are pipelines with enough capacity through Ukraine to supply Europe. Russia has consistently said it has enough gas supply to be able to do so, so if that is true, then they should, and they should do it quickly through Ukraine,” Amos Hochstein, senior adviser for energy security at the US State Department, said in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
Hochstein said supplies of gas from Russia to Europe are “inexplicably low compared to both previous years and to what they have the capacity to do.” He also said that Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom’s refusal to book additional gas transit through Ukrainian territory for October “increases the concern.”
The US official also accused Moscow of trying to use Europe’s energy crisis to speed up the launch of the newly constructed Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea. Hochstein underlined that US President Joe Biden and his administration oppose the launch of the project.
Gas prices in Europe have been hitting records, with October futures on the Dutch TTF exchange reaching record $963.9 per 1,000 cubic meters this month, while on September 20 the estimated price was $911.2.
Russia’s Gazprom has repeatedly pointed to the connection between high gas prices and lower-than-needed reserves in European underground storage facilities ahead of the approaching winter. As of September 19, those reserves were only 72% full, TASS reported, which is nearly 14% lower than in the past five years.
However, Gazprom emphasized last week that its current volume of gas supplies to Europe is in full compliance with the existing contracts. The company has been uneager to book additional volumes in the pipelines running through Ukraine due to high fees.
Gazprom is also counting on the launch of Nord Stream 2, a pipeline capable of delivering 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas annually. The pipeline’s daily capacity of gas supply is comparable to the entire volume of liquefied gas that is now supplied to Europe.
However, Russia may have to wait up to four months for EU certification required to start deliveries. The project has been repeatedly delayed under pressure from Washington and some Eastern European countries, which view increasing energy imports from Russia as a threat to Europe’s energy security.
Inquiry launched as European Commission chief refuses to hand over text messages exchanged with Pfizer CEO
RT | September 17, 2021
The European Ombudsman has demanded that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen explain how she lost text messages that she exchanged with the CEO of Pfizer during talks about vaccine procurement.
European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly, the EU’s top accountability and governance officer, launched an inquiry into the European Commission’s refusal to hand over the contents of communications between von der Leyen and a CEO of an unnamed pharmaceutical company about a Covid-19 vaccine contract.
As a first step, O’Reilly asked the Commission to explain its policy on keeping records of von der Leyen’s text messages. “The Commission has an obligation to record instant messages relating to important policy or political matters, such as the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines,” O’Reilly’s office wrote in a statement about the case.
In April, the New York Times reported that von der Leyen had been exchanging texts and calls with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla for a month as part of negotiations about vaccine procurement for the bloc. The paper wrote at the time that personal diplomacy played a big role in securing the vaccine deal.
O’Reilly requested that the Commission hand over the text messages, but the Commission claimed that “no record had been kept of any such messages,” according to the ombudsman’s office.
The office has previously warned about the importance of record-keeping within EU institutions amid an increased amount of remote work in the Covid era. “EU administration is required by EU law to draw up and retain documentation pertaining to its activities, as far as possible and in a non-arbitrary and predictable manner,” the watchdog said in June.
24,526 Deaths 2,317,495 Injuries Following COVID Shots Reported in EU Database of Adverse Reactions

By Brian Shilhavy | Health Impact News | September 14, 2021
The European Union database of suspected drug reaction reports is EudraVigilance, and they are now reporting 24,526 fatalities, and 2,317,495 injuries, following COVID-19 injections.
A Health Impact News subscriber from Europe reminded us that this database maintained at EudraVigilance is only for countries in Europe who are part of the European Union (EU), which comprises 27 countries.
The total number of countries in Europe is much higher, almost twice as many, numbering around 50. (There are some differences of opinion as to which countries are technically part of Europe.)
So as high as these numbers are, they do NOT reflect all of Europe. The actual number in Europe who are reported dead or injured following COVID-19 shots would be much higher than what we are reporting here.
The EudraVigilance database reports that through September 11, 2021 there are 24,526 deaths and 2,317,495 injuries reported following injections of four experimental COVID-19 shots:
- COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE MODERNA (CX-024414)
- COVID-19 MRNA VACCINE PFIZER-BIONTECH
- COVID-19 VACCINE ASTRAZENECA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19)
- COVID-19 VACCINE JANSSEN (AD26.COV2.S)
From the total of injuries recorded, almost half of them (1,126,869) are serious injuries.
“Seriousness provides information on the suspected undesirable effect; it can be classified as ‘serious’ if it corresponds to a medical occurrence that results in death, is life-threatening, requires inpatient hospitalisation, results in another medically important condition, or prolongation of existing hospitalisation, results in persistent or significant disability or incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly/birth defect.”
A Health Impact News subscriber in Europe ran the reports for each of the four COVID-19 shots we are including here. It is a lot of work to tabulate each reaction with injuries and fatalities, since there is no place on the EudraVigilance system we have found that tabulates all the results.
Since we have started publishing this, others from Europe have also calculated the numbers and confirmed the totals.*
Here is the summary data through September 11, 2021.
Total reactions for the mRNA vaccine Tozinameran (code BNT162b2,Comirnaty) from BioNTech/ Pfizer – 11,711 deaths and 980,474 injuries to 11/09/2021
- 26,634 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 156 deaths
- 26,940 Cardiac disorders incl. 1,745 deaths
- 253 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders incl. 21 deaths
- 13,005 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 9 deaths
- 728 Endocrine disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 15,314 Eye disorders incl. 28 deaths
- 87,239 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 489 deaths
- 256,117 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 3,330 deaths
- 1,098 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 55 deaths
- 10,351 Immune system disorders incl. 64 deaths
- 32,834 Infections and infestations incl. 1,141 deaths
- 12,714 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 179 deaths
- 24,765 Investigations incl. 368 deaths
- 7,178 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 210 deaths
- 130,077 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 149 deaths
- 757 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 67 deaths
- 173,079 Nervous system disorders incl. 1,278 deaths
- 1,211 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 36 deaths
- 168 Product issues incl. 1 death
- 17,756 Psychiatric disorders incl. 156 deaths
- 3,348 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 198 deaths
- 19,084 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 3 deaths
- 43,232 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 1,376 deaths
- 47,012 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 105 deaths
- 1,805 Social circumstances incl. 14 deaths
- 887 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 31 deaths
- 26,888 Vascular disorders incl. 497 deaths
Total reactions for the mRNA vaccine mRNA-1273 (CX-024414) from Moderna – 6,358 deaths and 281,505 injuries to 11/09/2021
- 5,465 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 59 deaths
- 8,364 Cardiac disorders incl. 687 deaths
- 113 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders incl. 2 deaths
- 3,466 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 1 death
- 221 Endocrine disorders incl. 2 deaths
- 4,302 Eye disorders incl. 18 deaths
- 24,595 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 237 deaths
- 75,804 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 2,461 deaths
- 458 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 24 deaths
- 2,485 Immune system disorders incl. 11 deaths
- 8,436 Infections and infestations incl. 416 deaths
- 6,013 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 121 deaths
- 5,460 Investigations incl. 120 deaths
- 2,693 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 145 deaths
- 35,728 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 129 deaths
- 333 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 37 deaths
- 49,722 Nervous system disorders incl. 650 deaths
- 538 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 6 deaths
- 59 Product issues incl. 1 death
- 5,316 Psychiatric disorders incl. 110 deaths
- 1,632 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 107 deaths
- 3,558 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 3 deaths
- 12,150 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 614 deaths
- 15,102 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 57 deaths
- 1,188 Social circumstances incl. 25 deaths
- 905 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 69 deaths
- 7,399 Vascular disorders incl. 246 deaths
Total reactions for the vaccine AZD1222/VAXZEVRIA (CHADOX1 NCOV-19) from Oxford/ AstraZeneca: 5,254 deaths and 980,909 injuries to 11/09/2021
- 11,826 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 221 deaths
- 16,641 Cardiac disorders incl. 603 deaths
- 158 Congenital familial and genetic disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 11,541 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 1 death
- 504 Endocrine disorders incl. 4 deaths
- 17,332 Eye disorders incl. 22 deaths
- 96,191 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 270 deaths
- 257,766 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 1,278 deaths
- 831 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 51 deaths
- 3,987 Immune system disorders incl. 23 deaths
- 24,674 Infections and infestations incl. 330 deaths
- 11,183 Injury poisoning and procedural complications incl. 141 deaths
- 21,578 Investigations incl. 121 deaths
- 11,626 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 73 deaths
- 148,195 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 74 deaths
- 510 Neoplasms benign malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 16 deaths
- 204,423 Nervous system disorders incl. 840 deaths
- 439 Pregnancy puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 11 deaths
- 158 Product issues incl. 1 death
- 18,501 Psychiatric disorders incl. 47 deaths
- 3,639 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 48 deaths
- 12,993 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 2 deaths
- 34,557 Respiratory thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 629 deaths
- 45,140 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 36 deaths
- 1,291 Social circumstances incl. 6 deaths
- 1,142 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 22 deaths
- 24,083 Vascular disorders incl. 379 deaths
Total reactions for the COVID-19 vaccine JANSSEN (AD26.COV2.S) from Johnson & Johnson: 1,203 deaths and 74,607 injuries to 11/09/2021
- 690 Blood and lymphatic system disorders incl. 31 deaths
- 1,201 Cardiac disorders incl. 120 deaths
- 25 Congenital, familial and genetic disorders
- 560 Ear and labyrinth disorders incl. 1 death
- 42 Endocrine disorders incl. 1 death
- 1,006 Eye disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 6,822 Gastrointestinal disorders incl. 56 deaths
- 19,539 General disorders and administration site conditions incl. 303 deaths
- 96 Hepatobiliary disorders incl. 9 deaths
- 302 Immune system disorders incl. 7 deaths
- 1,679 Infections and infestations incl. 66 deaths
- 694 Injury, poisoning and procedural complications incl. 16 deaths
- 3,861 Investigations incl. 72 deaths
- 431 Metabolism and nutrition disorders incl. 26 deaths
- 11,861 Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders incl. 30 deaths
- 31 Neoplasms benign, malignant and unspecified (incl cysts and polyps) incl. 2 deaths
- 15,493 Nervous system disorders incl. 142 deaths
- 26 Pregnancy, puerperium and perinatal conditions incl. 1 death
- 20 Product issues
- 988 Psychiatric disorders incl. 11 deaths
- 280 Renal and urinary disorders incl. 11 deaths
- 863 Reproductive system and breast disorders incl. 4 deaths
- 2,629 Respiratory, thoracic and mediastinal disorders incl. 136 deaths
- 2,296 Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders incl. 5 deaths
- 212 Social circumstances incl. 4 deaths
- 546 Surgical and medical procedures incl. 38 deaths
- 2,414 Vascular disorders incl. 106 deaths

