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The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies.
Up until now, most data on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has come under controlled conditions in clinical trials, leaving an element of uncertainty over how results would translate into the real world with its unpredictable variables.
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Read more: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works 'as well in the real world' as it did in trials - study
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/02/coronavirus-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-works-as-well-in-the-real-world-as-it-did-in-trials-study.html
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U.S. Air Force leaders in early 2021 all but admitted what critics have been saying for many years—the $100-million F-35 stealth fighter that Lockheed Martin LMT -0.4% is building for the service is too expensive and unreliable for hard, day-to-day use.
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Read more: After 20 Years, The F-35 Stealth Fighter Is Still Stuck In Testing
- Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/25/after-20-years-the-f-35-stealth-fighter-is-still-stuck-in-testing/?sh=13dc49809b2c
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The U.S. Air Force’s top officer wants the service to develop an affordable, lightweight fighter to replace hundreds of Cold War-vintage F-16s and complement a small fleet of sophisticated—but costly and unreliable—stealth fighters.
The result would be a high-low mix of expensive “fifth-generation” F-22s and F-35s and inexpensive “fifth-generation-minus” jets, explained Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown Jr.
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Read more: The U.S. Air Force Just Admitted The F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Failed
- Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2021/02/23/the-us-air-force-just-admitted-the-f-35-stealth-fighter-has-failed/
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A woman was left with a brain injury, which she claims has affected her temperament, after she was hit by an e-scooter as she got off a bus.
Debra Christensen suffered a concussion, had severe bruising to her hip, and injuries to her cheek, chin and left hand, after she was struck hit by a Lime scooter ridden by Mitchell McIntyre in central Auckland, on June 25, 2019.
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Read more: Woman left with brain injury after being hit by e-scooter in Auckland, court hears
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300237176/woman-left-with-brain-injury-after-being-hit-by-escooter-in-auckland-court-hears
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A new variant of COVID-19 spreading rapidly in New York City carries a mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to researchers.
The new strain, B.1.526, was first detected in samples collected in New York City in November. The variant now accounts for roughly one in four viral sequences stored in a scientific database, according to a report by the New York Times.
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Read more: New COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in New York contains vaccine-dodging mutation
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/02/coronavirus-new-covid-19-variant-spreading-rapidly-in-new-york-contains-vaccine-dodging-mutation.html
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China's unrelenting air assault on Taiwan has claimed its first victims – that nation's defence and home affairs ministers.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force shows no sign of releasing the pressure on Taiwan.
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Read more: Taiwan scrambles fighter jets in response to China's ongoing air incursions
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/taiwan-scrambles-fighter-jets-in-response-to-chinas-ongoing-air-incursions/AHLQ4RUTW43DZIVN5KGT54A63Y/
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Chris Seed says evidence around alleged mistreatment of Uighurs is of "great concern" and discussions with China are "ongoing" about a visit by New Zealand diplomats.
It's estimated more than a million Uighurs - a mostly Muslim Turkic minority group that number about 11 million in China's Xinjiang region - have been detained in camps, which have been widely condemned as akin to prisons.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/new-zealand-foreign-secretary-s-great-concern-for-uighurs-ongoing-discussion-with-china-about-diplomat-visit.html
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Airplanes have been a lot less common in the skies above New Zealand lately and even less common is seeing three of them flying at the same time.
On Wednesday Newshub was contacted by numerous people in Auckland wondering why three mysterious 'military looking' aircraft were circling the city.
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Read more: Mysterious military flights above Auckland explained
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