Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[JimmyJeffers]

So I was just reading some of the posts in this thread from March 23rd 2020, the day that the first lockdown was announced and this one in particular caught my eye.....the irony being that it was only a few weeks later that Dominic Cummings was allowed to get away with his drive to lock himself away in Barnard Castle, no doubt in exchange for him agreeing to remain silent about the fact that the Prime Minster himself had also been breaking the rules, by hosting gatherings in the garden of Number 10. Of course, the public weren’t to know then just how many cases of rule breaking would emerge from those in power over the next two years. Even now looking back, I believe that the Cummings incident single handedly broke the sense of community spirt that existed for those first seven weeks of lockdown. To the above poster, I’m sorry you missed out on your holiday, I hope you’ve found time to enjoy another holiday since.

Was a watershed moment the whole Cummings affair. He sat in front of everyone and lied and all the little weasels backed him up. I believe the press went easy on the tories then as well. Should have ended things.

 

[navidson]

So I was just reading some of the posts in this thread from March 23rd 2020, the day that the first lockdown was announced and this one in particular caught my eye.....the irony being that it was only a few weeks later that Dominic Cummings was allowed to get away with his drive to lock himself away in Barnard Castle, no doubt in exchange for him agreeing to remain silent about the fact that the Prime Minster himself had also been breaking the rules, by hosting gatherings in the garden of Number 10. Of course, the public weren’t to know then just how many cases of rule breaking would emerge from those in power over the next two years. Even now looking back, I believe that the Cummings incident single handedly broke the sense of community spirt that existed for those first seven weeks of lockdown. To the above poster, I’m sorry you missed out on your holiday, I hope you’ve found time to enjoy another holiday since.

Cheers mate - we've more than made up for it since!

Life's too short - get away whilst you can

 

[summerisle]

I have the utmost confidence that it'll all turn out fine and dandy.

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Did any of you who had the vaccine develop a super power or something more mundane like a 3rd nipple?

 

[Moomin]

Did any of you who had the vaccine develop a super power or something more mundane like a 3rd nipple?

Had a mild case of covid after my 3rd vaccination.

Other than that , as right as rain.

 

[Billy Dean]

Worrying news coming out of Argentina right now. Some eery similarities with the beginning of the covid pandemic

 

[verreauxi]

Someone here (yet again, despite being told this about 100x already) was trying to argue that the COVID deaths of vaccinated people in May 2022 was indicative of increased mortality and more likelihood of dying, which completely misrepresents the effectiveness of the vaccine. Putting it bluntly, if 100% of the population were vaccinated than all Covid deaths would be among the vaccinated, but this doesn't mean that the vaccine is ineffective.

Deaf ears, no doubt...

Fact Check-Graph showing England’s COVID-19 death statistics misrepresents impact of vaccines

Social media users are sharing a graph which shows the number of COVID-19 deaths by vaccination status in England between April 1 and May 31. It reveals that 94% of deaths in that period were among those who are vaccinated. However, this statistic on its own is misleading...

www.reuters.com

 

[verreauxi]

 

[Amw79]

Don’t be too dismissive, the 3rd isn’t over yet. Plenty of time yet.

 

[bullybeef]

Worrying news coming out of Argentina right now. Some eery similarities with the beginning of the covid pandemic

What’s this lad?

 

[Runub]

What’s this lad?

Possibly this ?

What we know about the mysterious pneumonia in Argentina

Three people have died this week due to a pneumonia outbreak of unknown origin in the Tucumán province of northwestern Argentina

www.newscientist.com

 

[Haydn]

Possibly this ?

What we know about the mysterious pneumonia in Argentina

Three people have died this week due to a pneumonia outbreak of unknown origin in the Tucumán province of northwestern Argentina

www.newscientist.com

I’d put a fiver on it being Legionnaire’s disease. It usually affects the elderly, immuno suppressed and smokers worse.

Seems a bit of hype that they present it as a “mystery” disease, when the article mentions that they haven’t tested yet.

The medical centre’s air conditioning units and water supplies are being tested for possible contamination.

 

[Runub]

I’d put a fiver on it being Legionnaire’s disease. It usually affects the elderly, immuno suppressed and smokers worse.

Seems a bit of hype that they present it as a “mystery” disease, when the article mentions that they haven’t tested yet.

The medical centre’s air conditioning units and water supplies are being tested for possible contamination.

Legionnaire's suspected cause of Argentina pneumonia deaths

Health officials believe the infectious pneumonia which killed four was caused by the rare lung disease.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Goat]

 

[Bruce Wayne]

More than 10 million children were affected by COVID-19-associated parental and caregiver deaths | University of Oxford

According to a new modelling study, published in JAMA Pediatrics, the number of children estimated to have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has climbed to more than 10.5 million globally as of May 1, 2022.

www.ox.ac.uk