The Daily Sceptic reported recently on the plight of Kiribati, a remote island nation in the Pacific Ocean with a population of around 122,000, which until two weeks ago had avoided having any cases of COVID-19 at all, but following an outbreak has now imposed its first lockdown. What we didn’t know then is the detail of the extremely strict protocols the virus circumvented.
Not only were all 54 passengers on the flight fully vaccinated, masked, and tested negative for Covid three times in nearby Fiji before arrival, they had also been in pre-departure quarantine for two weeks before the flight, and were put in quarantine with additional testing when they arrived.
Despite this, two-thirds of the passengers (36 of 54) tested positive for Covid after arriving from Fiji on January 15th. This has led to the island’s first outbreak, which as of January 31st consists of 460 reported infections (and no deaths) and, despite the lockdown, is growing fast.
Kiribati declared a state of disaster and imposed the lockdown on January 22nd. A third of Kiribati citizens are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Paul Sacca on the Blaze notes there was a similar situation last month in Antarctica, when “nearly two-thirds of the research staff based at the Princess Elisabeth Polar Station became infected with COVID-19 despite strict health protocols in place. The workers at the Princess Elisabeth Polar Station were also fully vaccinated, took multiple PCR tests, and quarantined before arriving at the research facility”.
While the episode illustrates once more how hard it is to keep out a highly contagious respiratory virus, it also raises questions about how it got through. It’s hard to discern what exactly happened. How, after weeks of quarantine and multiple tests did a plane rock up at the airport and two thirds of passengers go on to test positive? Did one passenger have a strangely long incubation period and infect the others on the flight? Or was there some laxness in the application of the rules?
Either way, it underlines the pointlessness of restrictions on travel, including testing, privileges for the vaccinated and the requirement to mask, which are just costly inconveniences that deter travel and achieve nothing.
Stop Press: Ryanair has said it expects masks on flights to remain for years to come as “a small price to pay” to avoid other restrictions. Depressing stuff.
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“Kiribati declared a state of disaster…”
Why?
They test for the flu since they’ve never isolated Covid-19. Which makes me wonder how they can tell there is a delta variant. They never isolated the virus but they use a test to show the damage of a solution does on monkey kidney cells then show the cellular debris as proof of the virus. So, they can use this method to claim an UNENDING! amount of variants. A lot of cancers and “viruses” are probably just different forms of parasites. Since the tests can’t differentiate between cold and flu and covid then doesn’t that mean ivermectin cures both the cold and the flu? Welcome to “they’ve been lying to us our entire lives about everything”. Get your Ivermectin while you still can! https://ivmpharmacy.com
People seem to forget that the only way you can be shown to have Covid is if you test positive with very unreliable tests. Without proper individual diagnosis the whole sham falls apart.
SarsCov-2 is the genome that was modeled on a computer. It is a fake, a fraud, nothing but an illusion. It has been created in order to change society. Those deaths attributed to this “disease” are considered merely as collateral damage. It ranks as one of the greatest crimes against humanity.
Viruses have never been isolated (in the correct scientific way) let alone proved to cause any disease.
https://www.unite4truth.com/post/covid-19-virus-isolation-where-is-the-evidence-sars-cov2-the-trojan-horse-in-the-room
Another example of the ‘vaccinated’ bringing their problems with them.
Send them into outer space and you’d still get an outbreak.
This perfectly demonstrates why the correct response to the “pandemic” is, and was always, to do nothing. Virus gonna do what a virus gonna do.
It’s quite well known that viruses can survive in the atmosphere and be carried long distances by prevailing winds (eg https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180206090650.htm and https://theconversation.com/bacteria-and-viruses-are-travelling-the-world-on-highways-in-the-sky-142854). There are even examples of outbreaks of virus borne diseases occurring virtually simultaneously in different parts of the world. So maybe this is not too surprising?
Virus will virus, do what you will.
There is a one rule for them and us operating on flights… cattle class have to wear masks all the time. Travel in business or above and a constant stream of refreshments etc allow masks to be discarded and not worn for the flight.This is not addressed by cabin crew whereas one gets a stern talking to in cattle..
Let us then recap what we know with a very high degree of certainty:
What is unclear in the article is whether those that tested “positive” presented any symptoms. Given the fraudulent nature of the PCR test, it does not necessarily follow that any of the passengers actually had any infection.
But for arguments sake, let me assume that at least some did. That to me, suggests the whole theory (and it is still a theory) that infections are caused by random, but very intelligent, viruses floating in the air, does not align with real world observations. Consensus is utterly irrelevant to science.
“No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.” Albert Einstein.
The time is right to question the consensus of virology and germ theory.
P.S. No virus has ever, ever, been isolated, never mind that controlled, double blind placebo tests have been conducted that PROVE viruses are disease causing agent.
Wee always knew that the Rona was smart and clever ( Kiribati outbreak), an enemy you cannot defeat, you will have to live with it, as you do with other viruses and illnesses. Treatment will mitigate, but will not cure.
The CCP reported back in March 2020, and confirmed in September, that the Chinese Virus was viable in air for up to 8 hours, which is another thing that makes muzzle theatre so farcical.
It’s peak irony to consider one plague rat cleaner – who doubtless only gets paid if they show up, what with having a real job – coofing out enough virus to infect the next flight, or bus, or tube train.
They test for the flu since they’ve never isolated Covid-19. Which makes me wonder how they can tell there is a delta variant. They never isolated the virus but they use a test to show the damage of a solution does on monkey kidney cells then show the cellular debris as proof of the virus. So, they can use this method to claim an UNENDING! amount of variants. A lot of cancers and “viruses” are probably just different forms of parasites. Since the tests can’t differentiate between cold and flu and covid then doesn’t that mean ivermectin cures both the cold and the flu? Welcome to “they’ve been lying to us our entire lives about everything”. Get your Ivermectin while you still can! https://ivmcures.com
After seeing that its own restrictions have failed, and that draconian measures in other countries have failed, this silly little country decides to emulate the big boys. International Groupthink at its ludicrous best.
Same story at mines in Western Australia.
The strict protocols and screening regimes have allowed the sector to operate uninterrupted through the pandemic.
In other words, everyone’s vaxxed to the max.
Is it me, or does no one in the media question why the very safe and effective masking and vaccination s are not doing their job? Very curious that, almost as if there were a huge elephant in the room or something. Hey ho, oh and what about Malta eh?
Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
This is interesting especially considering the Antarctic as well. Makes you think we really have no clue how viruses really behave or maybe even how they arise. Certainly shows NPI’s are pointless.
We really don’t have a clue about viruses. It feels analogous to when we thought the sun revolved around the earth.
I have not changed my view since the last time this appeared on DS – dodgy testing.
And the dodgy testing has been employed in order to force a lockdown on the island. The Davos Deviants are either having a bit of fun or carrying out some warped experiment.
Not that I have any interest in going on Ryanair. But what “science” are they employing to justify their mask mandate ? And what does their risk assessment say ?
Their usual, scientific method is probably Thou shalt not anger the crew unions lest thine flight will remain grounded.
If anything this piddly island amplifies our concerns about climate preservation (for that is my new name ) if we preserve the climate in something like its current state, we can afford to bale out piddly islands like kiribati, else we will be too busy baling out our own towns and cities. So let’s hear it for climate preservation! I got nothing against it.A reasonable goal is to control climate close to it’s present state, who can complain over that? We do not need to reverse change, we merely need to constrain where it stray, perhaps….
If this is satire I love it!
piddly island huge population, it was not viable. they’d have starved if covid19 had not solved their problems, guess why Anglesey is not independent?
It is a very small island. What do you mean though?
And what the heck has it to do with Anglesey?
We always knew that the Rona was smart and clever ( Kiribati outbreak), an enemy you cannot defeat, you will have to live with it, as you do with other viruses and illnesses. Treatment will mitigate, but will not cure.
I’m not getting out of my Perspex box until the rona is defeated!
Perspex box, be blowed. It’s the Pandora’s Boxes that vex me.
Even 4 months wouldn’t have been enough quarantine time
An outbreak of common colds at an Antarctic base after seventeen weeks of complete isolation (nih.gov)
“ Last week a lawyer for military personnel spoke about the extraordinary rise in medical conditions that occurred after vaccination against Covid.”
Game-changer: US Military Data shows shockingly high vaccination injuries « JoNova (joannenova.com.au)
Thanks for posting, I had forgotten about this. So the OP added to this one, for me just confirms what was unthinkable only 6 months ago. That viruses as in GERM THEORY (n.b. THEORY), cannot be the causative agent.
Cases or tests…. Anyone made the light bulb moment that it might be the ‘effin tests?
And on a lighter note. That’s Ryanair off my list of carriers.
They could use part of a defunct airline name and rebrand as: TWA Tours.
As an ex research scientist in the field of electron microscopy I understand small and numerous (doing maths whilst doing a science degree).
To give you some idea how small a virus is take a hair off your head and try and imagine something a thousand times smaller, thats the size of a virus. There are about 70 billion trillion stars in the universe, if you divided the number of viruses on earth by the number of stars in the universe each star would have about 100 million viruses.
Viruses are found all around you, in the bottom of the oceans, in the atmosphere, in the earth everywhere. They travel from continent to continent in the upper atmosphere.
And that dear readers is why I believe you cannot fight a virus but you can only live with them. After all they mutate and quickly burn themselves out and a new variant/s will arise.
Something which helped me grasp the truly tiny size of airborne respiratory viruses was this: in a room in your house, even with all its doors and windows closed, the virus may never reach the floor.
Look up Brownian motion, it’s why molecules and small particles move randomly, because everything vibrates and they interact with each other. (Like how a table tennis ball would interact with millions of tuning forks).
How does opening doors and windows help a virus to reach the floor?
If I pull a woollen scarf over the lower half of my face, do you think that will keep them out though?
Of course. It’s only logical. Like my back yard gate keeps ants out of my back yard.
Oh, and yes, I forgot, during exercise we humans exhale out about 80 millilitres of virus-laden fluid every hour. But don’t worry, it ALL gets caught and safely disposed of down the nearest drain by those wonderful masks. It certainly does NOT find its way into the air. No way, Jose.
In the summer, I always put a sign up in the garden saying NO MIDGES. It’s 95% effective, surprised no one else has tried this.
Brilliant. Now all we need is for the signs to be mandated and their production nationalised.
I still get bitten. But I blame people who are too selfish to put up signs like I do.
Maybe the sign should read BLACK FLIES MATTER?
Or BLACK FLIES DON’T MATTER.
Gettin a bit confused now
Anything as long as it’s not ‘all flies matter’. They don’t.
Wahay! 🙂
Deleted (messed up my attempt at being funny).
Yeah sure thing, but with all due respect you’re not really adding to the debate, we all know viruses are quite smallish, that’s why it’s vitally important to wear a proper mask made in China, and not just any old scarf etc.
We need the late Douglas Adams to describe how small they are.
Small. Like really, really small.
Shit, that means they can get through small gaps beneath doors, or through largish keyholes then 🙁
Yes I’m afraid so. They’re the teeniest tiniest infinitesimal little specks of barely anything in the universe. You could fit fifteen trillion trillion of them on the point of the pointiest pin in the world and still have room left over. (Brian Cox)
The extremely simple explanation for this is They are not quarantining air. From a biological warfare point of view, all of these COVID protocols are nothing but jokes. Sars-CoV2 came on the same plane as the travellers. While these were duly incarcerated, following president Xi’s innovative How to shoot yourself in the foot while making an extremely clever-looking face-protocol, the virus itself just entered on its own over their heads.
They are not quarantining air.
Oh God don’t give them any ideas.
They aren’t having any. Once upon a time in the past, I was a conscript serving on a German frigate designed for cold war requirements. That included being capable of operating in areas contaminated due to use of ABC-weapons (atomic, biological, chemical — these terms have presumably meanwhile fallen a little out of fashion). This meant airtight doors, air decontamination and overpressure inside of the ship.
In contrast to this, I bet these islanders just allowed the plane doors to be openend and then walked the passengers to their quarantine facilities.
Go figure.
I won’t be flying anywhere whilst masks remain on flights. I accept the very real possibility that I may never fly again.
Me neither. Or rather, I’m perfectly happy to wear face mask for the safety of the cabin crew if these are all in underpants and wearing oversized wellingons.
I’m with you. Can’t bring demean myself to put one on, ever.
Justin Trudeau has come down with a new strain of COVID-19, which is known as the Shitty-underpants variant. And is isolating deep underground.
The Shitty-underpants variant is being spread across Canada by truck drivers. To date, it’s the most embarrassing variant of COVID-19, and mostly infects politicians.
Those infected quickly develop steaming symptoms that manifest in the upper leg and buttocks areas. These symptoms are usually accompanied by a foul smell, along with a watery brown effluent flowing from the ill person’s trouser legs onto their shoes.
Tried many times to post, no success, just as well, new nonsense but within new rules.
Good effort; have a star.