Today's Must-Reads - 11 March 2022

A selection of studies, reports and articles

I spend a lot of time each day gathering together new information and interesting articles. I then pick one or two of the most interesting topics and write about them. However, that leaves a lot of missed out information that I’m not sharing.

Below is a summary of all the latest articles and information that I’ve found today. Usually, this is for paid subscribers only but today it is a slimmed down version for everyone. Please consider taking out a paid subscription because it enables me to spend longer reporting on the news that isn’t, but should be reported.

Covid

- Research Square - Host genomes for the unique SARS-CoV-2 variant leaked into Antarctic soil metagenomic sequencing data

Dilyana Gaytandzhieva @dgaytandzhieva

How a journalist gets expelled from the #EuropeanParliament when asking the Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Health questions about the Pentagon bio laboratories around #Russia, #China and #Iran.

• bioRxiv - SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is more stable than the ancestral strain on various surfaces.

• Cell - Broad neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants by an inhalable bispecific single-domain antibody.

• CBC - Moderate physical activity can protect against severe COVID-19 illness, says study.

Covid Mandates

• Washington Examiner - Tired of wearing masks on planes? Rand Paul wants to force a vote to stop it.

• New York Times - We Will Forget Much of the Pandemic. That’s a Good Thing.

• FranceSoir - The day I understood the 'good German'.

  Wittgenstein @backtolife_2022

  Mario Draghi: "All Ukrainian refugees who arrive in Italy either agree to get a swab every 48 hours or agree to get vaccinated."

Finance

• WhiteHouse - Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.

Politics

• Unherd - Meanwhile, the UK grabs new anti-protest powers. Today's Police Bill debate looks set to allow the Government to forcibly evacuate protestors.

Disclose.tv @disclosetv

NOW - Pakistan accuses India of firing a projectile at its territory.

Ukraine

• Reuters - EXCLUSIVE Facebook allows Ukraine war posts urging violence against invading Russians, Putin.

  Jason Corcoran @jason_corcoran

  Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow's metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash

  

• Reuters - Putin hails $117.5 bln of China deals as Russia squares off with West.

Vaccines

• NIH - Toxicity of spike fragments SARS-CoV-2 S protein for zebrafish: A tool to study its hazardous for human health?

• The Courier Mail - Revealed: Covid booster caused Olympian’s breathing issues.

Viruses

• Daily Mail - Risk of another pandemic is HIGH, Chris Whitty warns as world leaders pledge £30MILLION to UK-made universal vaccine that can thwart new Covid variants AND other coronavirus strains.

• IQT - Mission Possible: Quenching Epidemics (Keyword search: EcoHealth).