Ipse by Tag - Covid-19

Ben Cowling

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think Asian countries do in general have an expectation of getting back to normal as well, but perhaps more cautiously than some other parts of the world. Restrictions are just part of that caution. During the next few months I expect to see case numbers increasing to a peak, and then post-peak cautious relaxations of public health measures.”

Aljazeera

Infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Hong Kong

28 Jan 2022 4 3

Sung-il Cho

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is a certain level of COVID-related mortality that the society is willing to accept. Individually, there is a certain level of COVID-related risk one is willing to accept, to balance against what one has to pay for it, in terms of social distancing plus vaccination. Asians may be valuing life over freedom, if culture matters at all. Maybe because we don't have the strong memory of civil revolutions risking life for freedom.”

Aljazeera

Professor of epidemiology at Seoul National University in South Korea

28 Jan 2022 7 3

Eric Gomez

Inserted 2 years ago

“North Korea went into a period of very intense economic self-isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent virus spread. This put the economy under significant strain, plus sanctions were in effect, yet North Korea did not come to the negotiating table, which damages the theory that sanctions will force North Korea to the negotiating table via economic pressure. At this point, the only real place sanctions could go next is secondary sanctions against entities outside of North Korea.”

Koreatimes

Director of defence policy studies at the Cato Institute

21 Jan 2022 5 3

Alex Hawke

Inserted 2 years ago

“I consider that Mr Djokovic's ongoing presence in Australia may lead to an increase in anti-vaccination sentiment generated in the Australian community, potentially leading to an increase in civil unrest of the kind previously experienced in Australia with rallies and protests which may themselves be a source of community transmission... Mr Djokovic's conduct after receiving a positive Covid-19 result, his publicly stated views, as well as his unvaccinated status, I consider that his ongoing presence in Australia may encourage other people to disregard or act inconsistently with public health advice and policies in Australia.”

Theguardian

Australian Minister for Immigration

15 Jan 2022 6 3

Peter English

Inserted 2 years ago

“There had been an argument about zero Covid and trying to eliminate the virus through restrictions. I think that we've lost that argument. I think that by allowing it to spread to the extent it has, it will be very, very difficult to put the genie back into the bottle. From that perspective we're going to have to live with it being endemic. But endemic doesn't mean not serious.”

Nytimes

Former chair of the British Medical Association's Public Health Medicine Committee

14 Jan 2022 3 3

Noubar Afeyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“2022 may be the year that the pandemic enters an endemic phase, but it really depends on what happens and the decisions that are made across the world.”

Aljazeera

Founder of Moderna

14 Jan 2022 3 2

Vasily Vlasov

Inserted 2 years ago

“If we see that omicron cases [in Western countries] are generally mild, we need to remember that those are countries where most older people are vaccinated. I certainly wouldn't assume that everything will pass as easily here.”

Rferl

Russian epidemiologist

13 Jan 2022 4 3

Hans Kluge

Inserted 2 years ago

“I am deeply concerned that, as the variant moves east, we have yet to see its full impact in countries where levels of vaccination uptake are lower, and where we will see more severe disease in the unvaccinated.”

Rferl

WHO’s regional director for Europe

11 Jan 2022 3 1

Mario Draghi

Inserted 2 years ago

“We must never lose sight of the fact that most of the problems we have today are because there are non-vaccinated people. For the umpteenth time, I invite all those Italians who are not yet vaccinated to do so, and to get the third shot.”

Reuters

Prime Minister of Italy

10 Jan 2022 4 2

Su Chang

Inserted 2 years ago

“The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to Central Asian countries, and the economy in Kazakhstan also suffered from the breaking-off of trade and flights. In recent years, protests by the younger generation incited by nationalism have increased, shedding light on domestic problems and also explaining why the protests spread quickly to many cities. Who would benefit most from the riots? Probably the US and the West. Kazakhstan shares borders with both China and Russia, and the Biden administration's strategic purpose is to contain China and Russia. When Kazakhstan falls into chaos, the stability of the whole region would be affected.”

Globaltimes

Research fellow at the Institute of Russian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

06 Jan 2022 6 2

Naftali Bennett

Inserted 2 years ago

“A week into the fourth dose we know to a higher degree of certainty that the fourth dose is safe. The second piece of news: We know that a week after administration of a fourth dose, we see a five-fold increase in the number of antibodies in the vaccinated person. This most likely means a significant increase against infection and …hospitalization and (severe) symptoms.”

Nationalpost

Israeli Prime Minister

04 Jan 2022 7 3

Peter Hoetz

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have to be really careful about being too dismissive of Omicron. Rising hospitalizations as healthcare workers are sidelined with their own COVID cases is also concerning, as are fewer effective therapeutics. We're in for a pretty serious time.”

Reuters

Infectious disease expert at Baylor College of Medicine

30 Dec 2021 4 5

Michael Osterholm

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are going to see the number of cases in this country rise so dramatically, we are going to have a hard time keeping everyday life operating. The next month is going to be a viral blizzard. All of society is going to be pressured by this.”

Reuters

American epidemiologist, Regents Professor, and Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota

30 Dec 2021 3 3

Mustafa Alrawi

Inserted 2 years ago

“Besides surging Covid-19 cases, another concern to mitigate any optimism has been rising prices for everything including fuel and food. Inflation could dampen growth if it doesn't abate as soon as many predict it will. These are known risks at least. If the sunnier assessments prove accurate, we should shrug them off by the middle of next year. Given what we have been through over the past two years it would be understandable if the natural response of decision makers would be to remain cautious or even pessimistic. Instead, we could in fact experience outsized economic expansion in 2022 and beyond - far better than what we had before the pandemic and representing a return to levels of growth we saw before the financial crisis.”

Thenationalnews

Assistant editor in chief at The National

29 Dec 2021 5 2

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Inserted 2 years ago

“I'm highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible (and) circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. That will put immense pressure on exhausted health workers and health systems of the brink of collapse. I still remain optimistic that this can be the year we can not only end the acute stage of the pandemic, but we also chart a path to stronger health security.”

Apnews

Director-General of the World Health Organization

29 Dec 2021 6 2

Christian Dubé

Inserted 2 years ago

“The province has little choice but to change its isolation protocols due to the meteoric spread of the Omicron variant, which has created staff shortages. The health system cannot maintain services while nearly 7,000 workers are home isolating because of a positive COVID-19 test or exposure to the virus. Omicron's contagion is so exponential that a huge number of personnel have to be withdrawn, and that poses a risk to the network capacity to treat Quebecers.”

Thestar

Quebec Health Minister

28 Dec 2021 4 2

Robert Wachter

Inserted 2 years ago

“The lower hospitalization rate is likely due to two things: greater immunity among the public from vaccines and prior coronavirus infection, and that omicron might be slightly less severe than delta. Vaccines don't stop infections with omicron, but they do reduce the risk of hospitalization by about 70% - with a booster shot, that figure is even higher. If you're a person who has no immunity at all, no vaccination and no prior infection or your prior infection was a year and a half ago and it was mild, you're not out of the woods. There is a reasonable chance that you will get very sick with omicron.”

Npr

Chair of the Department of Medicine at University of California, San Francisco

27 Dec 2021 9 3

Anthony Fauci

Inserted 2 years ago

“When you are talking about a New Year's Eve party, where you have 30, 40, 50 people celebrating, you do not know the status of the vaccination - I would recommend strongly, stay away from that this year. There will be other years to do that, but not this year.”

Thehill

Top US infectious disease expert

27 Dec 2021 3 2

Jawaid Afsar

Inserted 2 years ago

“Heading into 2022 we will still COVID uncertainties but the good news is that according to the WHO we may be see the end of the pandemic towards the end of year. Next year markets would also have to contend with other issues, ranging from inflationary pressures to policy tightening and geopolitical risks.”

Reuters

CFD Sales at Securequity

27 Dec 2021 6 2

Ministry of Health Singapore

Inserted 2 years ago

“Following the review and discussion with tripartite partners, we have decided to remove the PET [pre-event testing] concession for unvaccinated persons to return to the workplace from Jan 15, 2022. This change will help to protect unvaccinated individuals and to create safer workplaces for everyone.”

Channelnewsasia

Statement by the Ministry of Health Singapore

26 Dec 2021 2 3

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“2022 may be the year that the pandemic enters an endemic phase, but it really depends on what happens and the decisions that are made across the world.”

“If we see that omicron cases [in Western countries] are generally mild, we need to remember that those are countries where most older people are vaccinated. I certainly wouldn't assume that everything will pass as easily here.”

“I am deeply concerned that, as the variant moves east, we have yet to see its full impact in countries where levels of vaccination uptake are lower, and where we will see more severe disease in the unvaccinated.”

“We must never lose sight of the fact that most of the problems we have today are because there are non-vaccinated people. For the umpteenth time, I invite all those Italians who are not yet vaccinated to do so, and to get the third shot.”

“We have to be really careful about being too dismissive of Omicron. Rising hospitalizations as healthcare workers are sidelined with their own COVID cases is also concerning, as are fewer effective therapeutics. We're in for a pretty serious time.”

“We are going to see the number of cases in this country rise so dramatically, we are going to have a hard time keeping everyday life operating. The next month is going to be a viral blizzard. All of society is going to be pressured by this.”

“When you are talking about a New Year's Eve party, where you have 30, 40, 50 people celebrating, you do not know the status of the vaccination - I would recommend strongly, stay away from that this year. There will be other years to do that, but not this year.”

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