Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[BlueToff]

Omicron is literally a cold.

Well the very few people who are ending up in hospital from this so far are largely (not all) unvaccinated.

So no, it's not 'just a cold'. But for people who are generally healthy (whether vaccinated or not), vaccinated or have natural immunity (or both), it is much more like a cold, yes. Which was my whole point, there's lots of factors in why it is weaker. But the evidence suggests it isn't just that it's become milder because COVID decided to be nice, it's that there's a combination of things that have made it milder.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Nobody in this thread has.

Should we just lock it up?

I am allowed to express an opinion on here and agree/disagree with somebody else though? I have no experience of playing professional football but I can still call Alex Iwobi crap.

I'm not going to go and tell anyone else not to get a vaccine. I just don't know if I'm comfortable with the thought of healthy (as in, no underlying conditions) adults below 'elderly' age being instructed they would have to get a booster vaccine every 3 months. It seems very strange and I think it's a fair concern to have. I also have the right - as everybody does - to decide what goes into my body. I'm getting my booster on Wednesday. I'll have had 3 jabs in 6 months, which is already a big cut down on what was initially recommended, and COVID in that time too. If - and we don't know yet which is what I've said in my other posts - they suddenly kept pushing another jab in another 3 months... well I'm not sure I'd be jumping at the bit.

But of course my opinion is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things but that's the case for everyone in this forum.

Of course you can say whatever you like, but when you're here saying we shouldn't get regular boosters, and saying so with apparent earnestness, I have to ask what on earth gives you any credibility when making such a claim. Chew the fat all you like but when you're making recommendations that you have no real place making I feel we have to use some personal responsibility.

 

[CharliePotato]

You've missed my point. Your opinion on this is irrelevant as, unless I'm mistaken, you have no training, education, or experience in this field. Why on earth would we give your opinion any credibility?

Tory shout that.

 

[MikeH72]

I am allowed to express an opinion on here and agree/disagree with somebody else though? I have no experience of playing professional football but I can still call Alex Iwobi crap.

I'm not going to go and tell anyone else not to get a vaccine. I just don't know if I'm comfortable with the thought of healthy (as in, no underlying conditions) adults below 'elderly' age being instructed they would have to get a booster vaccine every 3 months. It seems very strange and I think it's a fair concern to have. I also have the right - as everybody does - to decide what goes into my body. I'm getting my booster on Wednesday. I'll have had 3 jabs in 6 months, which is already a big cut down on what was initially recommended, and COVID in that time too. If - and we don't know yet which is what I've said in my other posts - they suddenly kept pushing another jab in another 3 months... well I'm not sure I'd be jumping at the bit.

But of course my opinion is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things but that's the case for everyone in this forum.

No you’re not mate. You have no experience or education in the field of football so you need to just shut up and listen to the experts like Farhad Moshiri.

 

[tsubaki]

Coronavirus Death Toll and Trends - Worldometer

Updated total and statistics, graphs and charts tracking the total number of deaths, deaths per day, and death by country from the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) originating from Wuhan, China

www.worldometers.info

1.9 million Covid deaths in 2020 worldwide when there was no vaccines

5.4 million today 2021 that’s an increase of 3.5million in 12 months with a vaccine

Vaccines boss innit

well done on coming up with an even worse take than usual

 

[Bruce Wayne]

As an example, this is just one study showing the role social influence plays in our own decisions during the pandemic, so what we say on here does matter.

Social influence matters: We follow pandemic guidelines most when our close circle does

Why do we adopt new rules, such as social distancing? Although human sciences research stresses the key role of social influence in behaviour change, most COVID-19 campaigns emphasize the disease’s m...

bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

This is completely different from shooting the breeze on football as what we say on here has absolutely no impact on how Everton perform.

 

[JLW]

well done on coming up with an even worse take than usual

Are them stats wrong?

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Tory shout that.

Have you been asleep for the last 5 years? If anything, the Tories have been espousing the "we don't need experts, trust Bob down the pub" angle.

 

[tsubaki]

Are them stats wrong?

no

was everyone given a vaccine on 1st January 2021?

 

[Armaghtoffee]

The normal people pushing the covid agenda are just as desperate and as bad as the muppets in government.

Doctor Potato, would you be up for skippering a GOT Ark if this pandemic gets all biblical?

 

[CharliePotato]

Have you been asleep for the last 5 years? If anything, the Tories have been espousing the "we don't need experts, trust Bob down the pub" angle.

Whatever lad.

 

[CharliePotato]

Doctor Potato, would you be up for skippering a GOT Ark if this pandemic gets all biblical?

Depends on the GT and pay/leave rotation.

 

[JLW]

no

was everyone given a vaccine on 1st January 2021?

Was a lot of people double jabbed by the summer?
Did not one shot of it do anything?
Why have the deaths increased over a no vaccine calendar year to a vaccinated calendar year?

 

[tsubaki]

Was a lot of people double jabbed by the summer?
Did not one shot of it do anything?
Why have the deaths increased over a no vaccine calendar year to a vaccinated calendar year?

i) here there were, but not so much elsewhere across the world
ii) no, most of the jabs then were two doses
iii) because a lot of people are still unvaccinated, thanks to believing cretins on the internet

 

[MikeH72]

Well I enjoyed the afternoon of level headed discussion anyway lads, shame that the “stop talking and get jabbed evil idiot moron” crew had to show up and spoil it again. Wish we could keep that stuff to Twitter and Facebook like but it is what it is.