# Massive new Moderna manufacturing sites and China R about 20

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-07-11T07:30:00+00:00
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Moderna builds massive factories in UK, Australia and Canada Sun Yang, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-estimates-250-million-people-caught-covid-19-since-end-of-zero-covid-policy-report/ar-AA15D8xp https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/china-s-covid-surge-sees-37-million-new-cases-in-single-day-as-hospitals-struggle/ar-AA15BPtg Closed-door meeting Infections, Tuesday, 37 million 205 million so far (18% of the population) Beijing, Shanghai, Sichuan, 50% infected so far Thursday, cases, + 4,000 Saturday, cases + 4,103 Deaths, + 8 (no attempt to collate cases) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (University of Washington, Seattle) https://covid19.healthdata.org/china?view=cumulative-deaths&tab=trend Deaths by April 1st = 293,127 Population 1,412,600,000 Infection fatality rate = 0.000207 From China Lots of people have colds Chengdu Monday the 5th of December 2022, local government loosened all covid restrictions By the 12th, almost everyone I know has covid Severe stigma associated with the virus About 80% have symptoms 20% asymptomatic Symptoms Headache (with brain fog) Lack of energy/fatigue Muscle pain Body pains (Seem universal) Also Dry throat Slight cough Runny nose (usually light) Nausea Insomnia Diarrhoea Increased appetite in some Very little testing going on Few government testing centres Many determined to know, long queues People still think the virus is very dangerous Getting negative results (despite being symptomatic) Avoid panic Avoid shutdowns Promote natural immunity Moderna Chief Executive Stephane Bancel https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/22/moderna-to-build-new-vaccine-facility-in-britain.html That capacity that we’re building in the UK, that they are committed to buying the prod…

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