Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Tramps_mate]

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:

Were screwed...

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

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.



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.

That’s the thing - mass homogenization. We’ll never experience the wonder of someone like Marco Polo, that’s for sure!

 

[LinekersLegs]

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

Think it is going to be tangled up in the courts for a while tbh.

 

[LinekersLegs]

The numbers haven’t been very accurate but still this is hopefully an indication that the outbreak is easing.

 

[PaulPowersTash]

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.

This is interesting:

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/features/how-likely-is-it-to-get-covid-19-flying-on-a-plane.html

 

[LinekersLegs]

Interesting thread

 

[dholliday]

That’s the thing - mass homogenization. We’ll never experience the wonder of someone like Marco Polo, that’s for sure!

unless the aliens come and take us on fantastic trips around the galaxy.

 

[BlueStevie35]

No hospital figures reported for today, last Sunday’s late reported figure was 3

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 4 deaths were announced today, down 9 on yesterday and down 2 on last Sunday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 8.43

For the 60 day cut off, 4 deaths were announced today, down 19 on yesterday and down 3 on last Sunday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 14.71

 

[Tramps_mate]

I was reading before according to ONS there were 107 'covid' deaths in the week until may 21st. However only 66 of them actually had anything to do with covid! How is this reportable as 107? It's ridiculous. We all need to know what is real! Are a third of all supposed covid deaths not even covid related?

 

[bigjonny]

This is interesting:

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/features/how-likely-is-it-to-get-covid-19-flying-on-a-plane.html

That was the reasoning I applied to flying to Spain and back last July.

 

[Ducans elbow]

Second jab yesterday happy camper

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[LinekersLegs]

Very encouraging

Seropositivity Following mRNA Vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Cancer

This cohort study evaluates rates of antispike antibody response to a messenger RNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in Israeli patients with cancer who are undergoing systemic treatment vs healthy controls.

jamanetwork.com

The findings of this study suggest that patients with cancer who are receiving active treatment and are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 disease respond well to messenger RNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and that vaccination of these patients should be seriously considered.

 

[LinekersLegs]