Day: November 22, 2021

Head of the German Ministry of Health: Germans are either vaccinated or face the consequences countries will either receive the COVID-19 vaccine or face the consequences of the infection. His statement is reported by RT. “Probably by the end of winter, as they sometimes cynically say, almost everyone in Germany will be vaccinated, healed or dead,” Spahn said. He's yet another once called on everyone to get vaccinated against coronavirus, but stressed that he still does not support the idea of ​​compulsory vaccination, which, according to him, will not be able to accelerate the emergence of herd immunity. Spahn's statement was made against the background of statements by a number of German politicians about the possible introduction of compulsory vaccination in the country. In particular, the Prime Minister of Bavaria Markus Seder said that the increase in the number of cases among the unvaccinated “broke through the ceiling” and expressed

Uber Eats to launch drug delivery in Ontario to combat illegal trade Canada, writes Reuters. The company said the new option will help tackle illegal trade in the country and allow Canadians to buy safe and legal cannabis. Uber said it will list Tokyo Smoke on its Uber Eats marketplace. Users will be able to place orders for the purchase of drugs in the application, and then pick up the package at the nearest retailer. Cannabis is on the list of prohibited substances in Russia. In Canada, marijuana was legalized for recreational purposes in October 2018. However, the country still has to contend with clandestine producers, who still control most of the market – they account for more than 40 percent of all sales. Uber, which has already launched liquor delivery in the country, has long intended to enter the growing marijuana trade market. According to the head of the

Spain will hold a “Green Friday” to popularize reasonable consumption Along with the massive sales, the country will hold a Green Friday campaign, which is designed to reduce environmental damage from mass consumption and make smart shopping popular. The newspaper El Mundo writes about this. The authors of the initiative believe that the tradition borrowed from the United States to arrange discounts at the end of November leads to excessive spending of funds and the accumulation of a large number of unnecessary items, which only the low cost tempted to buy. In addition, the sale of clothing runs counter to the desire of Western countries to withstand the climate crisis – often the quality of the clothes is so poor that they cannot be recycled or reused. According to the UN, the fashion industry has the second largest impact on the planet, accounting for ten percent of carbon dioxide emissions

Scientists at Harvard University have found that the delta strain can cause a severe pandemic -2, similar to the delta variant, are characterized by increased transmission and the ability to infect people who have had previous infections or have been vaccinated. According to the researchers, who published a scientific paper in the journal Cell, the delta variant could cause a more severe wave of pandemic with more breakthrough infections occurring in vaccinated. Experts have created a mathematical model that describes how pandemics are caused by hypothetical options will affect populations using different combinations of prevention measures: wearing masks, social distancing and vaccination. The model reveals the course of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused by various hypothetical coronavirus variants, including combinations of several symptoms: increased transmissibility (similar to alpha), partial escape from the immune system (similar to beta), and improved transmissibility with partial escape as in delta. For each of the scenarios,