Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

Surprisingly, the party of "taking back control" is unlikely to want to "take responsibility" (again)

COVID inquiry: the UK government's pandemic response was often not 'guided by the science' – yet now scientists are under fire

An ongoing narrative seeks to shift the blame away from the government for mismanagement of the pandemic, by depicting it as beholden to all-powerful scientists.

theconversation.com

 

[Prevenger17]

Tell that to my mate Chris who lost his partner Elle who was only 41 and fit and healthy ?‍

I worked in a hospital for 9 years and I'm sure all the nurses and doctors I remain in touch with will be surprised to find out that the disease that filled up their wards and made their jobs a living nightmare was just a simple flu that affected only old people. I'm sure we'll all have a good laugh about it a few years from now

 

[verreauxi]

TBH, I don’t give a crap anymore. My wife and I have suffered through this period and she is suffering in a way that I didn’t expect and am struggling to cope with. If Covid now takes us both then so be it, at least it’s done and we go together, we had a good life…..,

Hope things get better for your and your wife. Tough times for sure, but steady on Pete.

 

[peteblue]

Hope things get better for your and your wife. Tough times for sure, but steady on Pete.

Thanks mate. We’ll get through it, one way or the other……

 

[verreauxi]

Absolutely tragic on a national level. We had a president during this time who's only consistent message was inconsistency: at times he was on-message with the science, other times suggesting COVID wasn't a threat, other times suggesting quackery cures, other times falsely claiming that the COVID vaccine was delayed until after the election. Trump, rightly now, talks about being vaccinated and boosted but his own supporters tend to boo him...absolutely crazy!

The consequences of this bad messaging coupled with an anti-vaxx message that has grown stronger among Republicans than Democrats (though anti-vaxxers also consist of quack/new age/liberal types). But these excess deaths might have been prevented with better and consistent messaging, and more anti-disinformation campaigns regarding vaccine effectiveness. Political affiliation shouldn't be a risk-factor during a pandemic.

 

[verreauxi]

Good thread on the technical aspects of virus evolution.

 

[Moomin]

@Oddball have you been vaccinated?

 

[Amw79]

Good thread on the technical aspects of virus evolution.

Interesting thread, which shows the level of detail at which new variants are being sequenced, mapped and tracked.

Any chance you could put it in a 2 minute YouTube video, with a title like “such and such DESTROYS Covid science myths”.

 

[verreauxi]

Interesting thread, which shows the level of detail at which new variants are being sequenced, mapped and tracked.

Any chance you could put it in a 2 minute YouTube video, with a title like “such and such DESTROYS Covid science myths”.

Genuinely made me laugh, that.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Interesting thread, which shows the level of detail at which new variants are being sequenced, mapped and tracked.

Any chance you could put it in a 2 minute YouTube video, with a title like “such and such DESTROYS Covid science myths”.

Presented by the esteemed professor K West

 

[Marius57]

Haven`t had a it, never wore a mask etc etc, went round my mum and dads regular and they`ve never had a problem with it either
A friend had it bad, she`s a nurse. My step-daughter got it but other than that the whole family have been ok.
I think keeping yourself fit and healthy is the main thing, if you eat McD`s etc all the time you`re asking for trouble.

If only that was true.

 

[Goat]

@Oddball have you been vaccinated?

You cant vaccinate stupid.

 

[Oddball]

@Oddball have you been vaccinated?

sister@Mooniecultist, have you been quadruple booster vaccinated this week?
Don`t forget now.

 

[Moomin]

sister@Mooniecultist, have you been quadruple booster vaccinated this week?
Don`t forget now.

It will be a few more months until i get my booster.

I'm way down the line.

 

[RAFUH]

Vaccine number 5 for me today!