Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[dholliday]

After our Brexit box turned into our Covid box, all we have left is a pot of Pot Noodles (best before 1997), and a half eaten bag of polenta. I'm sure Johnson would say we should take solace in being so well prepared for the next crisis.

i trust Boris on this, he makes a good mug of tea.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

i trust Boris on this, he makes a good mug of tea.

He's made a good mug of all of us to be fair to him.

 

[dholliday]

He's made a good mug of all of us to be fair to him.

lots of folk are still on-board. i still have contact with northerners, they like him. even Hancock.

as an outsider since 2005 the only thing i'm certain of is Keir Starmer taking a knee isn't gonna win him an election.

 

[spectateur]

At least 59 facilities, like Wuhan Institute, are planned or in operation across world

When serious sites like FT are writing things like the below then this superthread won't be the last:

Armageddon round the corner.

 

[jonnyboy316]

So this Delta variant is about 40% more transmissible. I suspect this is going to be the same cycle when in a month or two it also becomes dominant in the Europe and US

 

[Barnfred 55]

So this Delta variant is about 40% more transmissible. I suspect this is going to be the same cycle when in a month or two it also becomes dominant in the Europe and US

The vaccine will prevent that happening provided the take up is high enough

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The vaccine will prevent that happening provided the take up is high enough

Already 75% of people have had one dose, so even assuming that all of those have 2nd doses and no more, that's surely enough for decent immunity?

 

[Barnfred 55]

Already 75% of people have had one dose, so even assuming that all of those have 2nd doses and no more, that's surely enough for decent immunity?

Yeah I think so. But I was talking about Europe. I know they are about a month or so behind us in vaccination terms, but I have no idea how big the antivax issues are

 

[Sagat]

lots of folk are still on-board. i still have contact with northerners, they like him. even Hancock.

as an outsider since 2005 the only thing i'm certain of is Keir Starmer taking a knee isn't gonna win him an election.

Just wait till the working class finally realise that there are NO political parties that have their interests at heart.

A mate of mine is a closeted tory boy. He is a bit afraid to admit it because everyone around him are Labour voters suffering from Brexit Derangement Syndrome.

 

[peteblue]

Armageddon round the corner.

I heard it described as looking for a gas leak with a lighted match......

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

All civilisations collapse. All of them do. And they don't realise its happening until the very end. Look at Rome, they were aggressively expanding right to the bitter end. A key sign to look for in any civilisation is when the majority of the population no longer live in the countryside but in cities.

It's not the end of the world, it's not something we should all panic about. Well, if you live in a massive city you're screwed. But it is a normal occurance in history.

To be fair to Rome, it never really collapsed. It just broke apart into groups of smaller, more manageable kingdoms. The Eastern Roman Empire continued to stand for another 1000 years.

What I think it does show is that globalism doesn't work, but there seems to be this desire among elites to run things long global lines. Being "global citizens" means they have not responsibility to the hoi polloi, I guess.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Yeah I think so. But I was talking about Europe. I know they are about a month or so behind us in vaccination terms, but I have no idea how big the antivax issues are

Well whatever the situation is, it seems to be largely working. Obviously I follow the Czech situation quite closely, and after a chaotic winter/spring, they recorded 0 deaths this week and I think people in their 20s and 30s are getting the first dose now.

I should add that they're also opening up international travel a lot quicker than we are. They've struck bilateral agreements with most neighbouring countries, including Germany and Poland.

 

[Tramps_mate]

I don't see how Florida state can enforce that. A private company can set their own rules surely?

 

[dholliday]

Just wait till the working class finally realise that there are NO political parties that have their interests at heart.

A mate of mine is a closeted tory boy. He is a bit afraid to admit it because everyone around him are Labour voters suffering from Brexit Derangement Syndrome.

aye, much like in US where Trump-voters feel uneasy outing themselves amongst 'liberal' folk. Or in Germany where there is an open-campaign to banish AFD-voters out of society (seen this with my own eyes...i'm an FDP-man myself but this didn't sit right with me).

Something is profoundly wrong with the Left...something beginning with F.

I'll white-text it, but see if yous can guess what it is: fascist tendencies.

To be fair to Rome, it never really collapsed. It just broke apart into groups of smaller, more manageable kingdoms. The Eastern Roman Empire continued to stand for another 1000 years.

What I think it does show is that globalism doesn't work, but there seems to be this desire among elites to run things long global lines. Being "global citizens" means they have not responsibility to the hoi polloi, I guess.

I love the idea of the world's citizens feeling free to visit each other, to mix and make babies together, to be influenced by each others' culture while retaining & refining their own.

I don't like the homogenisation of culture: where every city-centre has the same shops, where everyone knows the same songs, the same films, the same corporations....the same government.

Perhaps homogenisation is inevitable when cultures mix? I hope not, as that's just dull.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

I don't see how Florida state can enforce that. A private company can set their own rules surely?

A lot of ports in Florida, and old people. Two key things to a cruise company.