Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Martin Alvito]

Just on your last paragraph, I hear what you are saying, but, are they just gonna forbid travel forever? Covid is going nowhere, it seems crazy to have such draconian measures in place.

I have no idea. There's no telling whether or not the political will to keep unvaccinated people out of the country will still be there a year from now. We'll know more once they call the upcoming election, and see how the campaign develops. We'll know even more after the election resolves.

 

[Wat Tyler]

So. He confirms the date, confirms he had a PCR, then went out and about and mingled.
The guy really is a tool.
I would say he is thick. But it is more likely he just doesn't give a damn.
Right or wrongs of the Aussie way of dealing with him, I hope he gets booted from the country. As he clearly !earned nothing from his tournament he had. The guy clearly doesn't care about other people's well being.

“The tennis star has a track record when it comes to questionable scientific claims.
In his book Serve to Win, Djokovic described how in 2010 he met with a nutritionist who asked him to hold a piece of bread in his left hand while he pressed down on his right arm. Djokovic claims he was much weaker while holding the bread, and cited this as evidence of gluten intolerance.
And during an Instagram live, he claimed that positive thought could "cleanse" polluted water, adding that "scientists have proven that molecules in water react to our emotions."

 

[navidson]

Hope you get bummed by a qualifier you little rat

 

[nikom court]

Djokovic was 'tortured' and had 'human rights taken away' - parents
lollollol

Can we expect a rush of unvaccinated Brits attempting to get into Australia for holidays? Good luck with that.

i wouldnt set foot in the place now,i had a great 3 months there watching the cricket in the 90s,
but its a fascist police state,its easier to leave north korea than perth!
if the tennis authorities had any balls they would remove their grand slam status!

 

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[Amw79]

i wouldnt set foot in the place now,i had a great 3 months there watching the cricket in the 90s,
but its a fascist police state,its easier to leave north korea than perth!
if the tennis authorities had any balls they would remove their grand slam status!

Hope they’ve got some like, or could be a short tournament.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Some great new angles today

 

[navidson]

Haven't had a new variant for a while

 

[verreauxi]

None of them, because it’s a virus that mutates like every single other virus in the world ever? Why is it newsworthy that a virus has mutated is more my point? Why doesn’t every new variant of the flu get named by “them”(the media)?

Please inform me as to which viruses do not mutate?

New variants are not named by the media as you imply. Variants are named following a convention discussed here and here by the WHO. Mutations are only part of the story as "variants of concern" are defined based on phenotypic effects such as increased changes to their tranmissibility and virulence, and decrease effectiveness of vaccines to combat them; they are not named solely due to novel mutations in residues; this is because not all mutations result in changes in transmissibility, virulence, and vaccine efficacy. That viruses mutate is trivially true and recognized by all. It depends on where the mutations occur in the 29 proteins that comprise the virus with respect to their epidemiological consequences.

(new flu strains do get named by the CDC)

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[MikeH72]

New variants are not named by the media as you imply. Variants are named following a convention discussed here and here by the WHO. Mutations are only part of the story as "variants of concern" are defined based on phenotypic effects such as increased changes to their tranmissibility and virulence, and decrease effectiveness of vaccines to combat them; they are not named solely due to novel mutations in residues; this is because not all mutations result in changes in transmissibility, virulence, and vaccine efficacy. That viruses mutate is trivially true and recognized by all. It depends on where the mutations occur in the 29 proteins that comprise the virus with respect to their epidemiological consequences.

(new flu strains do get named by the CDC)

So in short, there’s going to be new variants forever as there is with every other virus and it really isn’t a big deal? Good, that’s what I was saying.

 

[verreauxi]

So in short, there’s going to be new variants forever as there is with every other virus and it really isn’t a big deal? Good, that’s what I was saying.

That's not what you were saying; nor what I was saying. You're being deliberately daft here.

 

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[COYBL25]

Haven't had a new variant for a while

FLURONA seems to be gathering raction with certain sections of the press lol

They obviously realised that no one took any notice of " Twindemic " so needing something a bit more punchy.

 

[LinekersLegs]