Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[larrygobfiend]

I suppose snooker will be fine, if it comes to it they could just film it like they do with the darts and have them both compete on separate tables.

It’s literally impossible to play snooker that way

 

[Aqui1a]

Why is it so taboo to consider that the virus might have originated in a lab? I'm picking up a weird vibe, tbh. lol

 

[Toast]

Why is it so taboo to consider that the virus might have originated in a lab? I'm picking up a weird vibe, tbh. lol

Has anyone asked Tyias Browning ?

 

[summerisle]

But just in case - - -

 

[Tubey]

Why is it so taboo to consider that the virus might have originated in a lab? I'm picking up a weird vibe, tbh. lol

Because the genetic development of it is basically impossible to artificially create. I'll look for the link when next at PC but basically it has evolutionary traits that lend only to the possibility of it evolving naturally.

 

[Aqui1a]

Because the genetic development of it is basically impossible to artificially create. I'll look for the link when next at PC but basically it has evolutionary traits that lend only to the possibility of it evolving naturally.

That's not true.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Boris snuck him in through the back door, Bruce

Matron

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Why is it so taboo to consider that the virus might have originated in a lab? I'm picking up a weird vibe, tbh. lol

Well, if it has come from a lab looking like the white supremacist mindset kind...

Coronavirus cases to be tracked by ethnicity

Public Health England is investigating why ethnic minority groups seem to be disproportionately affected.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bruce Wayne]

He was appointed to his current role by the Tories and Vallance was head hunted from Glaxo by them.

I know, I saw their advert in the trade press. To be fair, "Dr Evil Wanted" is fairly unambiguous.

 

[BlueToff]

If I understand Prof Homes statement correctly he explicitly rules that out because of the evolutionary change.

"The closest known relative of SARS-CoV-2 is a bat virus named RaTG13, which was kept at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. There is some unfounded speculation that this virus was the origin of SARS-CoV-2. However:

(i) RaTG13 was sampled from a different province of China (Yunnan) to where COVID-19 first appeared; and

(ii) the level of genome sequence divergence between SARS-CoV-2 and RaTG13 is equivalent to an average of 50 years (and at least 20 years) of evolutionary change.

"Hence, SARS-CoV-2 was not derived from RaTG13.”

Obviously I’m open to the idea it escaped from a lab rather than a wet market if there is data to back it up but that doesn’t seem to be what the scientists with expertise in the field are saying. Perhaps things will change as the more investigation that the prof suggests is done “However, a greater sampling of animal species in nature, including bats from Hubei province, is needed to resolve the exact origins of SARS-CoV-2."

Cheers Legs.

I'm not really obsessed with where it came from. Have read a few things but right now what matters is that it's here and we need to find a way to beat it, I suppose.

Just, you know, it seems like there's a lot of variables what with the labs and everything.

 

[Toast]

Cheers Legs.

I'm not really obsessed with where it came from. Have read a few things but right now what matters is that it's here and we need to find a way to beat it, I suppose.

Just, you know, it seems like there's a lot of variables what with the labs and everything.

I remember being on a ship in the gulf when it was kicking off and out of the blue they offered us a vaccine for Anthrax.
I swerved it, but loads took it up.

Id love to know where that suddenly came from.

 

[COYBL25]

I know, I saw their advert in the trade press. To be fair, "Dr Evil Wanted" is fairly unambiguous.

lol

 

[LinekersLegs]

Why is it so taboo to consider that the virus might have originated in a lab? I'm picking up a weird vibe, tbh. lol

For me it isn’t so much taboo as I haven’t seen any data to support it and quite a bit to disprove it. If that evidence changes I’m open to changing my mind.

Plus (and this isn’t directed at you) those that seem keen on the idea in general seem to have other motives than pure scientific curiosity behind their zeal.

 

[Goat]

Can we not just kill every bat in the world to stop Covid- 22?

 

[john jako]

Care home where me sister works said it’s riddled with it in there. Two passed away in last few days with it. Breeding grounds. Really sad and must be horrible if anyone has any family members or friends in them at this time.