Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[PaulPowersTash]

It was definitely the UK - the UK variant is easily identified by its anti EU properties and it's accompaniment of a tiny Union Jack.

The SA variant came from UK travellers going to SA on safari and asking why zebras and giraffes aren't red, white and blue as 'we once owned all this'.

End of!

Breathe.....

 

[Blueclouds]

So Israel stats are looking good but they spoke about Chile stats which are not looking good? What the score with chile

 

[tsubaki]

Which I suppose is where Whitty's remarks about "managing it like the flu" come in? But my impression with the flu jabs is that they generally stop you getting the flu, not that you still get it but it doesn't kill you.

TBF I think “managing it like the flu” is their default setting, almost like a comfort blanket to be reached for whenever they don’t know the answer.

 

[BlueToff]

it is - the disease was at a very low level over the summer.

It could, with a properly resourced and led effort, been kept at that level for as long as required.

Oh not denying that track and trace at that stage was a sham.

But... cases started rising towards the end of September, 2-3 weeks after schools went back, at the same time that the unis went back, and as the weather started to turn.

So I don't think we'd have kept it at the same levels as the summer (when we were doing a lot less testing too). Could have kept it down, but no chance it was never not going to rise.

 

[tsubaki]

Spotted this gem in the Mail Online:

Professor Ferguson - who scared ministers into imposing Britain's first lockdown in March with his prediction of thousands of deaths - said that should a link be identified then the jab should be suspended for under-30s.

They never forget, never forgive.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Breathe.....

Terrible advice in this, of all, threads..

 

[BlueToff]

Which I suppose is where Whitty's remarks about "managing it like the flu" come in? But my impression with the flu jabs is that they generally stop you getting the flu, not that you still get it but it doesn't kill you.

They don't, not definitely...

My mum has had hers last few years yet had a really bad hit of flu (well, unless it was COVID) late 2019.

Flu vaccine

Find out about the flu vaccine for adults, including who should have it, how to get it and side effects.

www.nhs.uk

How effective is the flu vaccine?​

The flu vaccine gives the best protection against flu.

Flu vaccines help protect against the main types of flu viruses, although there's still a chance you might get flu.

If you do get flu after vaccination, it's likely to be milder and not last as long.

Having the flu vaccine will also stop you spreading flu to other people who may be more at risk of serious problems from flu.

It can take 10 to 14 days for the flu vaccine to work.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Spotted this gem in the Mail Online:



They never forget, never forgive.

Unreal.

 

[tsubaki]

Unreal.

how dare he be right! quick, go through his bins

 

[spectateur]

Most of Europe throwing away the AZ vaccine and locking down their countries cos its running rampant and The Uk is having beach parties while only 10 poor souls lose their life.

Sniff it you eurotrash ferrets.

I just wonder where you get your idiotic views from. Who's feeding you this rubbish.

 

[Jebus_lives]

how dare he be right! quick, go through his bins

He deserves criticism for his actions in lockdown, given how it would undermine him and ultimately the public confidence, but the agenda against his work and Imperial is bizarre - given how accurate it's largely been.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Which I suppose is where Whitty's remarks about "managing it like the flu" come in? But my impression with the flu jabs is that they generally stop you getting the flu, not that you still get it but it doesn't kill you.

Not my area but my understanding is that it reduces your risk of catching the flu by around 50%. But, if you have a flu jab and catch the flu, the vaccine lowers the risk of severe symptoms and complications.

 

[tsubaki]

He deserves criticism for his actions in lockdown, given how it would undermine him and ultimately the public confidence, but the agenda against his work and Imperial is bizarre - given how accurate it's largely been.

a more naive time that, when we all thought sneaking a bit on the side into your own house was terrible

 

[Jebus_lives]

a more naive time that, when we all thought sneaking a bit on the side into your own house was terrible

Had he been a different public figure I doubt the backlash would've been as strong.

We may have even laughed about it

 

[tsubaki]

Had he been a different public figure I doubt the backlash would've been as strong.

We may have even laughed about it

indeed, in fact some of us would have been celebrating the manliness of the leader (if it was him)