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Covid -19: Does delta cause more severe COVID-19? Here's what we know — and don't

small-but-growing body of research suggests the highly contagious delta variant raises your risk of serious illness, but it's tough to know for sure if it's the root cause of more severe COVID-19, both researchers and outside experts say.

The latest findings out of Singapore, published this week in the peer-reviewed medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, involve a comparison between 829 hospitalized patients infected with one of three variants of concern — including delta — and 846 patients admitted to hospitals with the original coronavirus strain in early 2020.

Read more at: Does delta cause more severe COVID-19? Here's what we know — and don't | CBC News

France: Coronavirus - Advice for Foreign Nationals in France - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

This FAQ contains information for foreign nationals wishing to enter France or already in France, who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

General information on restrictions and recommendations in France and action taken has been centralized on a platform at the following address: https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-19.

During your stay in France, download and activate the #TousAntiCovid application.

Read more at: Coronavirus - Advice for Foreign Nationals in France - Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

The Netherlands: Dutch government criticized for late start to vaccinations - by Mike Corder

The Dutch government came under heavy criticism from lawmakers Tuesday over a COVID-19 vaccination plan that has the first shots set to be administered on Wednesday, making the Netherlands the last European Union nation to begin vaccinations.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte conceded that his government had focused in its preparations on the easy-to-handle AstraZeneca vaccine, which has not yet been cleared for use in the EU, and not the vaccine produced by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, which is the only shot so far given the green light by the EU’s medicines agency.

“This is outrageous,” Geert Wilders, leader of the largest Dutch opposition party, said during a debate that was arranged during Parliament’s winter recess. “It is not a strategy, but chaos — total chaos — and the preparations were poor and too late.”

Read more at: Dutch government criticized for late start to vaccinations

EU versus US Data Giants: Europe vows to tame US data giants

EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton and the bloc's executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager have outlined plans on how Europe's individuals, businesses and governing bodies could better handle data.

The aim, Breton told a Brussels press briefing Wednesday, was a series of directives to help make Europe the world's "No 1 data continent" alongside the supremacy of the US and China.

Read more at: href="https://www.dw.com/en/europe-vows-to-tame-us-data-giants/a-55730324">Europe vows to tame US data giants | News | DW | 25.11.2020

USA: The Gang of Four: House Report Cites Monopoly Power Of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google - by Bobby Allyn, Alina Selyukh, Shannon Bond

n a sweeping report spanning 449 pages, House Democrats lay out a detailed case for stripping Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google of the power than has made each of them dominant in their fields.

The four companies began as "scrappy underdog startups" but are now monopolies that must be restricted and regulated, the report from Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel says.

"These four corporations increasingly serve as gatekeepers of commerce and communications in the digital age, and this gatekeeper power gives them enormous capacity to abuse that power," a lawyer for the subcommittee's Democratic majority said in a briefing with reporters.

Read more at: 
House Report Cites Monopoly Power Of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google : NPR

USA: Coronavirus: Information, Misinformation, Disinformation and Outright Lies - by Richard Phillips

We urgently need to equip ourselves better for the basic requirements of contemporary truth management. Here is your guide for survival in a very contested field.

Read more at:
https://www.theglobalist.com/united-states-coronavirus-pandemic-covid19-donad-trump-misinformation/

Social Media: Facebook tricked you once again on security matters

Facebook Tricked You Into Thinking 2-Factor Authentication With A Phone Number Was For Security Reasons Only

For the complete report go to :
http://flip.it/jI16bM

The Netherlands: Dutch officials wanted information about 301 Facebook accounts last year

Dutch officials asked Facebook for information about 190 different Facebook accounts in the Netherlands in the second half of last year, and 80% of the requests were honoured, the social network says in a new report.

In the first half of the year, officials asked about 111 different accounts and in the second half of 2014, just 76.

n 2014, just 40% of requests for information were honoured.

In most cases, the request was made in connection with a criminal investigation, website nu.nl said.

Read more: Dutch officials wanted information about 301 Facebook accounts last year - DutchNews.nl

Your Europe - Information for Citizens And Potential Immigrants

An important site for you, the European citizen and for your family, to know your rights and to find practical tips to help you move around the EU.

If you are a non-EU national and want to move to the EU, you can find information on the conditions to migrate to an EU country.

For general questions about the EU, you can contact Europe Direct

Read more: Your Europe - Citizens - EUROPA