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US AVIATION SECURITY officials have stepped back from imposing a ban on carry-on computers on flights coming from Europe, which had been proposed to guard against possible bomb-laden electronics from the Islamic State group.
But the Department of Homeland Security said a ban, already in place for US-bound flights from the Middle East, could still be implemented for Europe if the threat level worsens.
In a phone discussion with European Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc Tuesday, DHS Secretary John Kelly “made it clear” a ban on passengers carrying tablet and computer-sized electronics on board flights to the United States “is still on the table,” DHS said in a statement.
Secretary Kelly affirmed he will implement any and all measures necessary to secure commercial aircraft flying to the United States – including prohibiting large electronic devices from the passenger cabin – if the intelligence and threat level warrant it.
On 21 March Washington announced a ban on carry-on laptops and other electronics larger than cellphone on direct flights to the United States from 10 airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
The move came after intelligence officials learned of efforts by the Islamic State group to fashion a bomb into consumer electronics.
From any of those airports, US-bound passengers were forced to keep their electronics in checked baggage.
One day later Britain announced a similar ban for flights originating from six countries, and by early May DHS was threatening to impose a similar restriction for flights from Europe to the United States.
That would have a huge effect on the coming high travel season, with more than 3,250 flights a week scheduled to leave EU airports for the US this summer.
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You know many people believed the moon landing was faked, great achievements will always be doubted
@Vinegar Feet: From your link:
• Primary efficacy analysis demonstrates BNT162b2 to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose;170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were evaluated, with 162 observed in the placebo group versus 8 in the vaccine group
• Efficacy was consistent across age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics; observed efficacy in adults over 65 years of age was over 94%
• Safety data milestone required by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) has been achieved
• Data demonstrate vaccine was well tolerated across all populations with over 43,000 participants enrolled; no serious safety concerns observed; the only Grade 3 adverse event greater than 2% in frequency • Companies plan to submit within days to the FDA for EUA and share data with other regulatory agencies around the globe
• The companies expect to produce globally up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses by the end of 2021
• Pfizer is confident in its vast experience, expertise and existing cold-chain infrastructure to distribute the vaccine around the world
@Vinegar Feet: What is that quote supposed to ‘prove’? Completely lost as to where you’re going with that
@Winston Smith: what moon landing??
What’s the option take a vaccine or live like this for years .
Personally I’d rather take my chances with a vaccine and return to some sort of normality .
@Michael Mcloughlin: agreed
@donny12345: I second that
Yeah let the Brits get the first doses and we’ll see how they get on
Delete comment, delete comment, delete comment…. ohh your comments ok it agrees with us, delete… busy morning at the Journal
@Opinionated: comments closed works quicker when they don’t approve of majority of comments
@Opinionated: I got banned from here account was restricted for 2 months why I don’t know
@Opinionated: Vaccine good, government funded main stream media good, any other opinion bad.
@SB79: probably because you dont support their narrative of constant fear fear fear and daily dose of Covid articles
@Opinionated: The removal of disinformation is important. It’s got nothing to do with opinions.
They have been working on it for years,preparing for the release of the virus…..
@Gerry Campbell: yep all planned by the lizard people
Snake oil salesman.
@Peter Coen: The article is a bit disingenuous. How can they tell the long term effects of a vaccine in 10 months? Regulators have decided to accept this small risk as the upside to a vaccine is huge
@Mickety Dee: 10 months?
The Phase 3 clinical trial of BNT162b2 began on July 27 and has enrolled 43,538 participants to date, 38,955 of whom have received a second dose of the vaccine candidate as of November 8, 2020.
No thanks
@James: I will gladly take your place, bring it on
@James: Natural selection will surely thin out global anti-vaxx numbers over the next year
@Steve: I hope so
@James: bye Felicia !
I assume governments will have to indemnify this release ? Also can’t find any material safety data on severe/mild side effects encountered in trials if anyone has a link ?
@Mark: no such thing as side effects..its just wording…direct effects they didn’t want or expect
@Mark: “To date, the Data Monitoring Committee for the study has not reported any serious safety concerns related to the vaccine. A review of unblinded reactogenicity data from the final analysis which consisted of a randomized subset of at least 8,000 participants 18 years and older in the phase 2/3 study demonstrates that the vaccine was well tolerated, with most solicited adverse events resolving shortly after vaccination. The only Grade 3 (severe) solicited adverse events greater than or equal to 2% in frequency after the first or second dose was fatigue at 3.8% and headache at 2.0% following dose 2. Consistent with earlier shared results, older adults tended to report fewer and milder solicited adverse events following vaccination.”
@Christopher Conlan: Perfect ! Thanks for this.
@Mark: if you are sufficiently qualified in a relevant area of expertise to understand the data you’re looking for then I assume you know where to get it.
@Sara Davis: Trust me Sara, I’m infinitely more qualified than yourself.
Why isn’t the headline “Why hasn’t EU been able to evaluate the data as quickly as the U.K.?”
Money talks
Boeing 737 Max comes to mind. Let’s just hope that all is in order and that the rush for huge profits, to secure population immunity and economic recovery has not blinded the regulators to adverse side-effects small print. Time will tell and good luck to those receiving the first batches.
Well to coin a Clichy..
” your dammed if you do & dammed if you don’t “
It’s approved so quickly because of Brexit. Suppose that’s one good thing about it
Here is another good explainer for you – anyone with half an active brain cell on duty will refuse to take a covid vaccine. The Irish government announced yesterday they will grant indemnity to the vaccine companies – meaning – any adverse effects – of which there will be thousands upon thousands will be paid off to the victims by the state, and the companies putting their names to this monstrosity will carry on regardless
@Martin Mason: I suppose Holohan would be delighted to be the one signing off on it. “This won’t be my first vaccine scandal…”
@Martin Mason: your Twitter is nothing short of hilarious
@Pseud O’Nym: Why is that. Do I detect a brain washed=sheep
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