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“Extremely Serious”: Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima Reactor
“Extremely Serious”: Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima ReactorPosted: 30 Dec 2020 11:07 AM PSTIn what Japanese regulators on Wednesday called an “extremely serious” development, lethal levels of radiation have been recorded inside the damaged reactor building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, threatening the shutdown and decommissioning of the site of the second-worst peacetime nuclear disaster in history.According to The Asahi Shimbun, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) reported that massive amounts of radioactive materials have been found around shield plugs of the containment vessels in the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors.NRA officials estimated radiation levels at 10 sieverts per hour—enough to kill a worker who spends just one hour there.Decommission of the reactor requires workers to remove the shield plugs, which block radiation from the reactor core during normal plant operation. This discovery has forced officials to reconsider their shutdown plans.NRA chair Toyoshi Fuketa said that removing the highly irradiated shield plugs made safe retrieval of nuclear fuel debris—an already dangerously daunting task—all the more difficult.“It appears that nuclear debris lies at an elevated place,” Fuketa said at a news conference earlier this month. “This will have a huge impact on the whole process of decommissioning work.”The latest alarming find is the result of an investigation that resumed in September after a five-year pause in which the NRA took new measurements of radiation levels around the shield plugs at the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors.Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant, announced December 24 that nuclear fuel debris removal would be postponed until 2022 or later due to the coronavirus pandemic.As Common Dreams reported in October, Greenpeace and other environmental and anti-nuclear advocates expressed shock and outrage after the Japanese government announced a plan to release stored water from the ill-fated plant into the Pacific Ocean. Greenpeace subsequently released a report claiming that radioactive carbon-14 released into the ocean “has the potential to damage human DNA.”The Fukushima Daiichi disaster—the result of a 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 15,000 people in northeastern Japan—was the worst nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown in the former Soviet Union, and the worst in Japan since the United States waged a nuclear war against the country in 1945 that killed hundreds of thousands of people.Republished from CommonDreams.org under Creative CommonsThe post “Extremely Serious”: Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima Reactor appeared first on We Are Change.
ER Nurse Tests Positive for SARS-CoV-2 a Week After Being VaccinatedPosted: 30 Dec 2020 07:51 AM PSTIn the latest reminder that COVID vaccines might not be as protective as the highly publicized Phase 3 trial data suggests, a local ABC News affiliate station in San Diego just reported that a nurse who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine came down with the virus 8 days later.This isn’t unprecedented. Data from the Phase 3 trials indicated that it could take up to two weeks to develop protections from the virus after receiving the shot.Still, with so much about the process unknown, the incident deserves more scrutiny. And according to the report, local health experts are weighing in.In a Facebook message posted on December 18, Matthew W., an ER nurse at two different local hospitals, talked about receiving the Pfizer vaccine that day.He told ABC 10News his arm was sore for a day but he suffered no other side effects.Six days later on Christmas Eve — after working a shift in the COVID-19 unit — Matthew, 45, became sick. He got the chills and later came down with muscle aches and fatigue.The day after Christmas, he went to a drive-up hospital testing site and tested positive for COVID-19.The report makes a point of emphasizing the fact that this development is “not unexpected at all” and that it’s likely at least some nurses will be infected with the virus either just before, or just after, receiving their first dose of the vaccine, during the post-jab “incubation period”.“It’s not unexpected at all. If you work through the numbers, this is exactly what we’d expect to happen if someone was exposed,” said Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist with Family Health Centers of San Diego. He serves on the clinical advisory panel for the county’s vaccine rollout.He points out, it is possible Matthew was infected before receiving the vaccine, as the incubation period may be as much as two weeks. Dr. Ramers says if Matthew did contract it after the vaccine, it’s still in line with what we know.“We know from the vaccine clinical trials that it’s going to take about 10 to 14 days for you to start to develop protection from the vaccine,” said Dr. Ramers.The doctor then estimated that the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine could deliver protection that’s somewhere around 50%.Dr. Ramers says he knows of several other local cases where health care workers became infected around the time they received the vaccine. He says all the cases illustrate the fact that results aren’t immediate. Even after you start receiving some protection, it won’t be full protection.“That first dose we think gives you somewhere around 50%, and you need that second dose to get up to 95%,” said Dr. Ramers. Dr. Ramers says Matthew’s story also shows that even with vaccines, the pandemic isn’t going to turn around instantly.“You hear heath practitioners being very optimistic about it being the beginning of the end, but it’s going to be a slow roll, weeks to months as we roll out the vaccine,” said Dr. Ramers. He adds this case is a good reminder of why masks, handwashing, and other COVID protocols are important, even after receiving the vaccine. Matthew says he’s feeling better since his symptoms peaked on Christmas Day but still feels fatigued.Of course, a top WHO scientist recently warned that people shouldn’t stop social distancing and wearing masks after receiving the vaccine. After all, as she added, the trial data tells us nothing about the vaccines’ impact on viral transmission.Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post ER Nurse Tests Positive for SARS-CoV-2 a Week After Being Vaccinated appeared first on We Are Change.
Swiss Patient Dies Shortly After Receiving Pfizer ShotPosted: 30 Dec 2020 07:43 AM PSTAfter an Israeli man reportedly died just 2 hours after receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, authorities in the Swiss Canton of Lucerne said on Wednesday that one of the first people in the country to receive the vaccine has died, though whether his death had anything to do with the inoculation hasn’t yet been determined.The canton has yet to release any additional details about the exact amount of time that passed between the inoculation and the man’s death.Lucerne was the site of the first vaccinations in Switzerland beginning last week, with a shot from Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech given primarily to elderly people. Switzerland has received 107K vaccine doses, so far, and expects to get 250K per month starting next year.“We are aware of the case,” a spokesperson said, before adding that the death had been referred to Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic. Swissmedic didn’t comment further.Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine is the only vaccine approved, so far, in Switzerland. The EU has just started approving the jabs on an emergency-use basis, with the first injections starting earlier this week.Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post Swiss Patient Dies Shortly After Receiving Pfizer Shot appeared first on We Are Change.
Epstein’s Last Cellmate Found Dead in His Mother’s ApartmentPosted: 29 Dec 2020 02:38 PM PST51-year-old Efrain Reyes was one of the unlucky < 0.4% in his age group to succumb to the virus, and was found “unresponsive lying on a bed” on November 27 in his mother’s Bronx apartment, according to the Daily Caller, who was told by NYPD spokesman Sgt. Edward Riley that “EMS responded and performed CPR on the individual but the aided was later pronounced deceased.”Reyes, who pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy involving both crack and heroin, was reportedly at higher risk from the virus due to a combination of heart problems and diabetes.Though the city Medical Examiner has not determined a cause of death, the former Epstein cellmate reportedly caught the coronavirus while he was in a jail for cooperating witnesses, the New York Daily News reported Monday. He had suffered from both heart problems and diabetes, which are both conditions that are associated with more serious coronavirus cases, the News noted.Reyes shared a cell with Epstein in August 2019 before he was transferred to Queens Detention Facility, according to the News. The day after Reyes was transferred, Bureau of Prison (BOP) records show, Epstein died of an apparent suicide in a federal jail in New York City in August 2019. –Daily CallerCell mate Reyes saw firsthand that Epstein was trapped between inmates and cruel officers, the niece of the late Reyes told us.“They knew how much money he had … extort him.”“(Staff) were treating him like crap … making him sleep on the floor.“https://t.co/kBDZMo9Chy— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 29, 2020Reyes’s 27-year-old niece said her uncle was chosen as Epstein’s cellmate due to a disability, a “broken leg,” and because he “kept to himself.”Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post Epstein’s Last Cellmate Found Dead in His Mother’s Apartment appeared first on We Are Change.
“Don’t Be A Sheep”: Washington Sheriff Voices Support For Restaurant Facing Shutdown, $100K FinePosted: 29 Dec 2020 02:28 PM PSTOne Lewis County, Washington, Sheriff has had enough.Sheriff Rob Snaza posted an interview to Facebook on December 23, where he questioned the science behind closing dining in Lewis County and voiced his support for a local restaurant that is in the midst of a standoff with the Governor.Spiffy’s Restaurant in Lewis County, Washington, is now facing over $100,000 in fines as a result of allowing indoor dining, which is currently prohibited in the state. The restaurant has been in business for nearly 50 years and faces the threat of shutdown if it can’t continue its business, according to The Chronicle.Snaza talked about the owner, Rod Samuelson, and said he had been a customer for 30 years: “During that time they’ve been open, they’ve been open to the community. They’ve opened their hearts whether it’s donations, whether it’s supporting families. And so knowing Rod’s story was huge in making the decision that I support Spiffy’s. And I know we have laws out there, we have all these things going on, but at the same time, what is right and what is wrong?”He continued: “We need to stand up for our constitutional rights. So when we talk about these people, we’re talking about single moms, single parents, or dual-parent income, that both work at a restaurant. And all their livelihood is based on their business. And they’re losing that, simply because someone decided to change the rulebook.”The statement comes days before Spiffy’s faces a hearing in Lewis County Superior Court, after the State Department of Labor and Industries sought a restraining order against the business.L&I Spokesperson Tim Church told The Chronicle: ““It brings it into a whole other realm. If they continue to be open, we can make a motion for contempt of court.”As The Chronicle notes:Continuing to offer indoor dining in violation of the court order is considered a gross misdemeanor, punishable by $10,000 and up to six months in jail. It could also result in a contempt of court charge, which is a criminal charge. The order notes that L&I “has a clear legal right to enforce the requirements of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act and the rules promulgated thereunder.”Protesters and supporters are expected to rally outside the courthouse the day of the hearing.“The ban on indoor service and dining has been hurtful to our community,” Snaza said. “Our economy is being shut down because our governor has elected to determine who is essential and who is not. And really, who has that? It seems that the people that have the paycheck are the ones that are determining who’s a non-essential.”He concluded: “We need to stand up as conservatives, as Republicans. We need to stand up for our constitutional rights, and we need to say enough is enough, allow our people to go back to work. The data does not make sense. When I say don’t be a sheep, I mean don’t be a sheep. I mean listen to yourself. Check the facts out for yourself and make your own decision.”Republished from ZeroHedge.com with permissionThe post “Don’t Be A Sheep”: Washington Sheriff Voices Support For Restaurant Facing Shutdown, $100K Fine appeared first on We Are Change.
UH OH! They’re Going For The Jab Passport Now!Posted: 29 Dec 2020 01:19 PM PSTIn today’s video, we cover the jab passport rollout and the rise of Big Tech-run authoritarianism in the US.Follow us on Telegram: t.me/s/News4AChangeSign up for our newsletter: bit.ly/3ijjAopSubscribe on LBRY: https://lbry.tv/@wearechange:1Improve your gut health: bit.ly/34GHbdYFilter your water: bit.ly/37QriDtStorable food for emergencies: SafePreparedAndReady.com#1 best source of Collagen: bit.ly/3mw5uRK#1 best VPN to use: bit.ly/3iT4Ew3Exclusive members-only content:
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