Thank you. Steve, for raising the alarm on this catastrophe! One minor comment. It should be QC'ed, not QA'ed. Quality control is done first. Quality Assurance (QA) comes after QC. QA is basically checking the calculations and the test results in the batch records. I worked in QC and QA for big pharma for decades. I tried to warn people in early 2021 that there's no way the quality control testing could be done at warp speed. Nobody listened to me despite my decades of experience in big pharma!

"warp speed" sounds fancy, plus "its an emergency, we have no time"...

it really was just an intelligence test, a global-scale exploit of trust in authorities. (and lets be honest, stupid people deserve to die.)

problem is, they (elites, military, industry) seem to go for actual forced vaccinations, which would be an escalation from psychological warfare to actual warfare against the 95% "useless eaters".

personally, i would prefer if they would globally legalize serial murder and assault rifles, then "we the people" would solve the overpopulation. (because: serial murder is the only alternative to mass murder.) but they are scared that we would also kill the wrong people (their servants because they are evil or stupid). (anyone crying about depopulation should suggest better solutions. denying overpopulation is just another failed intelligence test.)

Chrisafis, A. (2021, July 12). France mandates Covid health pass for restaurants and cafés. The Guardian. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/12/france-mandates-covid-health-pass-for-restaurants-and-cafes

Pritchard, E., Matthews, P. C., Stoesser, N., Eyre, D. W., Gethings, O., Vihta, K.-D., Jones, J., House, T., VanSteenHouse, H., Bell, I., Bell, J. I., Newton, J. N., Farrar, J., Diamond, I., Rourke, E., Studley, R., Crook, D., Peto, T. E. A., Walker, A. S., & Pouwels, K. B. (2021). Impact of vaccination on new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the United Kingdom. Nature Medicine, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01410-w

Lenhardt, S. (2021, November 30). Labore am Limit: Bei PCR-Tests kommt es zu Engpässen. tagesschau.de. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/labore-corona-pcr-test-101.html

Barnes, O., & Payne, S. (2021, October 15). Covid testing suspended at private UK lab over potentially inaccurate results. Financial Times. https://www.ft.com/content/bee7bdde-e37b-4411-afd5-1e8ceacfa5f8

Dixon, B. C., Fischer, R. S. B., Zhao, H., O’Neal, C. S., Clugston, J. R., & Gibbs, S. G. (2021). Contact and SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among College Football Athletes in the Southeastern Conference During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open, 4(10), e2135566. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.35566

Beecher, J. (2021, October 30). I raised an early alarm on PCR test scandal but authorities ignored me. OpenDemocracy. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/i-raised-an-early-alarm-on-pcr-test-scandal-but-authorities-ignored-me/

Silk, J. (2021, December 3). Hippos with runny noses test positive for COVID-19 at Belgian zoo | DW | 03.12.2021. DW.COM. https://www.dw.com/en/hippos-with-runny-noses-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-belgian-zoo/a-60015051

Henry, J., & Tapper, J. (2022, January 29). Schools in England reinstate mask wearing rules as Covid cases soar. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/29/schools-in-england-reinstate-mask-wearing-rules-as-covid-and-absenteeism-soar

Chao-Fong, L. (2021, July 20). Lateral flow Covid tests run out on day lockdown is fully lifted | The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lateral-flow-test-run-out-b1886589.html

Anderson, J., Lueders, A., Sankaran, S., Green, E., & Politi, E. (2021). The COVID-19 Multifaceted Threat Scale. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jfgvr

Kissane, E. (2021, December 23). We’re About to Lose Track of the Pandemic. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/were-about-to-lose-track-of-the-pandemic/621097/

Thomas, T., & Duncan, P. (2021, December 23). If Omicron is the dominant variant in UK, why is the number of confirmed cases so low? The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/23/if-omicron-is-the-dominant-variant-in-uk-why-is-the-number-of-confirmed-cases-so-low

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 11). RT @DrEricDing: DOUBLING % in one day: The spike of probable #Omicron variant in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has critically surged—Now at 13.3%, up fro… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1469596523222781954

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, December 22). RT @chrischirp: Positivity rising steeply too—There are definitely many more people we aren’t catching https://t.co/4xDPwYQtrx [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1473695678610214927

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, November 26). Parts of Germany seem to have potentially introduced requirements that cannot practically be met as testing capacity is proving insufficient—A dangerous moment for rule compliance Nadelöhr Corona-Tests: “Es ist Wahnsinn” via @sz https://t.co/meLS79RTCw [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1464287412289511432

Charting the COVID-19 spread: How Australia is faring. (2020, March 16). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-17/coronavirus-cases-data-reveals-how-covid-19-spreads-in-australia/12060704

The Guardian. ‘We Can Prevail over Omicron. We Just Need to Use the Tools We Have’, 1 December 2021, sec. Opinion. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/01/we-can-prevail-over-omicron-use-tools-we-have.

Newsnodes USA COVID-19 Monitor. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://newsnodes.com/us

Nick Brown [@sTeamTraen]. (2022, January 7). RT with a better screenshot. Https://t.co/kYVXpmAC3t [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/sTeamTraen/status/1479417464157093888

ReconfigBehSci. (2020, November 5). A prediction to keep an eye on.. [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1324347728172847107

Singh, I., Joseph, P., Heerdt, P. M., Cullinan, M., Lutchmansingh, D. D., Gulati, M., Possick, J. D., Systrom, D. M., & Waxman, A. B. (2022). Persistent Exertional Intolerance After COVID-19: Insights From Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing. CHEST, 161(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.08.010

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘this really is now a disinformation account. I retweeted posts earlier in the pandemic as part of a balanced spread of opinion. But this will be the last one...’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 29 March 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478485258395951108

ReconfigBehSci. (2022, January 5). RT @thehowie: "...Rapid antigen tests may not be as fit-for-purpose in routine workplace screening to prevent asymptomatic spread of Omicro… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1478796550004486151

Prof. Christina Pagel 🇺🇦. (2021, December 6). This is very high for a Monday https://t.co/q1zTsJcYiM [Tweet]. @chrischirp. https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1467894035666939911

Dr Ellie Murray, ScD. (2022, January 6). School & university administrators, as you grapple with this week’s decisions, spare some time to think about how to delay next January’s start date to Jan 16 2022. Do you need to extend into summer? Change course lengths? Figure it out because this is going to happen again! [Tweet]. @epiellie. https://twitter.com/epiellie/status/1478921243961274370

Leo Poon. (2022, January 15). @MackayIM @Clin_Chem_AACC HK has another lay of swiss cheese. Testing waste water to identify COVID positive buildings, following by mandatory testing on occupants. It can find some silent spreaders. Https://t.co/2wu6QG6Db1 [Tweet]. @world_epidemic. https://twitter.com/world_epidemic/status/1482189879010217986

Mahase, E. (2022). Covid-19: Is the UK heading for another omicron wave? BMJ, 376, o738. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o738

Unit, Corona Behavioural. ‘The Effect of Proximity of COVID-19 Test Facilities on Test Uptake: Two Quasi-Experimental Trials’. PsyArXiv, 17 February 2022. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rhvmc.

Mahase, E. (2022). Covid-19: Sanofi and GSK to seek regulatory authorisation for protein based vaccine. BMJ, 376, o526. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o526

Carl T. Bergstrom. (2022, January 8). 1. A thread on the CDC’s recommendation to de-isolate five days after the onset of symptoms or positive test. First, a disclosure: I was paid as a consultant for this work, done in collaboration with @Color Health, which provides COVID testing services and vaccination logistics. [Tweet]. @CT_Bergstrom. https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1479938654579544065

wparmet. (2022, January 5). Major Questions about Vaccine Mandates, the Supreme Court, and the Major Questions Doctrine. Bill of Health. http://blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/01/05/major-questions-vaccine-mandates-supreme-court/

Berger, Eric. ‘As Omicron Peaks, the US Healthcare System Is Left “Broken beyond Repair”’. The Guardian, 4 February 2022, sec. Society. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/03/us-coronavirus-healthcare-system-providers.

This article is for those who want to keep traveling despite restrictions due to covid. Basically giving tips on how to navigate the multiple governmental restrictions and policies including links to airline or country websites for choosing destinations. Because of this trend in travel advice in covid times, we may see attitudes towards travel shift to travel knowing the risks involved (quarantine, masks requirements, etc.) and hence see tourism rise again. Last minute covid holiday packages. What if the trend for remaining home also stayed the same for next five years and the adventure seekers become the avatars for the folks who want to stay at home.

The crisis is changing the way how people will enjoy their international holiday, with an extra concern on testing and quarantine expenses and risk taking. That may have an impact on the tourism market, asking the airline companies to provide flexible policies /products and may witness the booming of travel insurance market.

Camero, K. (n.d.). If You Think You Have COVID But Your Rapid Test Is Negative, Here’s Why. BuzzFeed News. Retrieved February 4, 2022, from https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiecamero/negative-covid-test

Dr. Thrasher wrote a book! (2022, January 8). My cousin wanted to get tested. She waited in an auto testing line for 6.5 hours, and stayed in it bc she was traveling to bury her Daddy. How many people give up in such long lines? How many cases upwards of a million are we losing bc Biden et all failed on home tests? Https://t.co/Q7WVy5qD4v [Tweet]. @thrasherxy. https://twitter.com/thrasherxy/status/1479826389142491146

Howard, J. (2022, January 21). Covid-19 vaccinations do not impair fertility in men or women, new study finds—CNN. CNN Health. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/20/health/covid-vaccine-fertility-study/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2022-01-21T00%3A08%3A17

Mrigank Shail, MD. (2022, January 11). Update on Omicron by Dr @mvankerkhove from @WHO’s Q&A https://t.co/NqCOvs59Tl [Tweet]. @mrigankshail. https://twitter.com/mrigankshail/status/1481006646826577925

Scientists try to pinpoint why rapid Covid tests are missing some cases. (2022, January 6). STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/06/scientists-try-to-pinpoint-why-rapid-covid-tests-are-missing-cases/

NSW records 22 deaths, 91,928 COVID-19 cases as rapid tests added to daily infection tallies. (2022, January 12). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-13/nsw-records-22-deaths-and-91928-covid-cases/100753504

Mask mandate expanded as Queensland records 2,266 new cases of COVID-19. (2022, January 1). ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-01/qld-coronavirus-covid-omicron-latest-new-cases/100732908

Just An Ordinary Bloke. (2022, January 6). But But But Sweden......... @afneil maybe Tegnall was wrong eh mate https://t.co/1S4SMWaqlU [Tweet]. @Unusual_Times. https://twitter.com/Unusual_Times/status/1479033464678723585

ReconfigBehSci on Twitter: ‘RT @VictimOfMaths: But looking at the wider UK context, Derry is currently looking at 4.5% of everyone in the entire county testing posit…’ / Twitter. (n.d.). Retrieved 7 January 2022, from https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1479140302493466627

NSW Health. (2021, November 28). OMICRON VARIANT CONFIRMED IN NSW CASES https://t.co/s0Z4hWYsSH [Tweet]. @NSWHealth. https://twitter.com/NSWHealth/status/1464837049291186180

Kristian G. Andersen on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 3 December 2021, from https://twitter.com/K_G_Andersen/status/1465822536629821442

Why Is It So Hard to Get a Rapid Covid Test in the U.S.? (2021, November 23). Bloomberg.Com. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-23/why-is-it-so-hard-to-get-a-rapid-covid-test-in-the-u-s

Misleading claims about Serco’s role in Test and Trace resurface. (17:43:01.123330+00:00). Full Fact. https://fullfact.org/health/test-trace-march-2021/

NHS Covid-19 app is not the third most expensive project ever. (15:49:06.328284+00:00). Full Fact. https://fullfact.org/online/track-and-trace-project-cost/

NHS Test and Trace has not spent £37bn so far. (16:10:35.640943+00:00). Full Fact. https://fullfact.org/online/37bn-test-trace-spending/

Prasad, V. (2021, September 30). Why Are Highly Vaxxed Colleges Implementing Strict COVID Policies? https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94785

Covid: Lateral flow tests more accurate than first thought, study finds—BBC News. (n.d.). Retrieved October 15, 2021, from https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58899612

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, July 6). RT @mvankerkhove: I’m struggling with how best to stress how fragile the global situation is, so I’ll be blunt: Each week >2.6 million cas… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1412416348676820992

Deepta Bhattacharya on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 4 October 2021, from https://twitter.com/deeptabhattacha/status/1441099377150332928

CohenMay. 6, J., 2021, & Pm, 2:45. (2021, May 6). Further evidence supports controversial claim that SARS-CoV-2 genes can integrate with human DNA. Science | AAAS. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/further-evidence-offered-claim-genes-pandemic-coronavirus-can-integrate-human-dna

Coronavirus Pandemic Data Explorer. (n.d.). Our World in Data. Retrieved March 3, 2021, from https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer

Staff, T. (n.d.). 23 people caught trying to fly from Israel to New York with forged COVID tests. Retrieved August 13, 2021, from https://www.timesofisrael.com/23-people-caught-trying-to-fly-from-israel-to-new-york-with-forged-covid-tests/

Understanding COVID-19 Registration Form. (n.d.). Google Docs. Retrieved March 31, 2021, from https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrC4krKVHcSm_Wi2VcXcGHa4F8l3cilL2xhbB62etcK4sy4w/viewform?usp=embed_facebook

ReconfigBehSci. (2021, September 22). RT @CBSNews: ‘We’ve been creative’: Puerto Rico fares better at COVID shots than many U.S. states, with 62% of its population fully vaccina… [Tweet]. @SciBeh. https://twitter.com/SciBeh/status/1440715397649481741

Wilson, C. (2021, September 9). Blood test could reveal who is most likely to get severe covid-19. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2289718-blood-test-could-reveal-who-is-most-likely-to-get-severe-covid-19/

America Needs an Operation Warp Speed for Rapid COVID Testing. (n.d.). Time. Retrieved 13 September 2021, from https://time.com/6096528/operation-warp-speed-covid-19-testing/

Skinner, A., & Raifman, J. (n.d.). Biden’s pandemic plan overlooks mask mandates and vulnerable populations. The Conversation. Retrieved 13 September 2021, from http://theconversation.com/bidens-pandemic-plan-overlooks-mask-mandates-and-vulnerable-populations-167667

Gould, A., Lewis, L., Evans, L., Greening, L., Howe-Davies, H., Naughton, M., West, J., Roberts, C., & Parkinson, J. (2021). COVID-19 personal protective behaviors during mass events: Lessons from observational measures in Wales, UK. [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/8jsr3

COVID-19 Patients Not Allowed to Know Which Variant Infected Them. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2021, from https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-patients-cant-know-which-variant-infected-them-delta-2021-8?r=US&IR=T

Beauté, J., Adlhoch, C., Bundle, N., Melidou, A., & Spiteri, G. (2021). Testing indicators to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00461-8

Infectious Diseases on Twitter. (n.d.). Twitter. Retrieved 27 August 2021, from https://twitter.com/InfectiousDz/status/1430643623876517888

Marc Lipsitch. (2021, August 5). @nataliexdean @CT_Bergstrom N serology at end of follow up could solve problem of bias from unobserved infections https://t.co/Dwwxh77zP2 [Tweet]. @mlipsitch. https://twitter.com/mlipsitch/status/1423107107558084608

Eric Topol. (2021, August 6). @thehowie With test positivity > 22% you can imagine what the real case N is https://t.co/WzFXQtJdcL [Tweet]. @EricTopol. https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1423720474484174853