[Link] China's COVID death rate is curiously low. An anonymous Beijing doctor told us how they’re doing it

Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

If accurate, the official figures highlight the benefits of the world's strictest zero-tolerance policy, which involved keeping borders closed and moving quickly to suppress small outbreaks.

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[Link] Coronavirus report warned of impact on UK four years before pandemic

Read: 9/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Senior health officials who war-gamed the impact of a coronavirus hitting the UK, warned four years before the onset of Covid-19 of the need for stockpiles of PPE, a computerised contact tracing system and screening for foreign travellers, the Guardian can reveal.

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[Link] Australian government pays PR firm to copy existing Covid data into daily email to media

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

The health department is refusing to say how much it is paying a public relations firm to email a copy of the Covid-19 vaccination data displayed on its website to media outlets each day.

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