The Coronavirus Thread

[Brian Peacock]

Nowhere to run; nowhere to hide...

[Hermit]

Nowhere to run; nowhere to hide...

Until our lamentably low vaccinations exceed 80% of the population we just have restrictions on movements and assembly to minimise the spread of infections, but in this regard we are doing reasonably well.

[aufbahrung]

https://newsthump.com/2021/07/05/coloni ... l-officer/

Colonists must learn to live with Xenomorph infestation, insists Medical Officer

The head of Medical Operations at the Hadley’s Hope compound on planet LV-426 has said that fellow colonists will have to “learn to live with” constant attacks and attempted egg-implantations from the nearby Xenomorph hive if they are to resume terraforming operations by the third quarter.

(continued, nice to think there is a cunning plan but no evidence of that so far...lockdown for autumn? keep those Brexit shortages hidden with perma-lockdown?)

[pErvinalia]

Is that you, G@laxian?

[Hermit]

Is that you, G@laxian?

No way. Galaxian Galaxian Galaxian would never use satirical articles in his attempts to make a point, and you can usually work out what point he is failing to make.

[pErvinalia]

Galaxian Galaxian Galaxian

[JimC]

Speak of the Devil...

[Brian Peacock]

UK Delta variant infection rates up 64% in the last seven days. Hospitalisations up 24%.

[NineBerry]

https://newsthump.com/2021/07/05/coloni ... l-officer/

Colonists must learn to live with Xenomorph infestation, insists Medical Officer

The head of Medical Operations at the Hadley’s Hope compound on planet LV-426 has said that fellow colonists will have to “learn to live with” constant attacks and attempted egg-implantations from the nearby Xenomorph hive if they are to resume terraforming operations by the third quarter.

(continued, nice to think there is a cunning plan but no evidence of that so far...lockdown for autumn? keep those Brexit shortages hidden with perma-lockdown?)

Well done

[Brian Peacock]

UK fairy data predicts 2m UK summer Covid cases with 10m isolating.

[Tero]

Motley Fool* exposes fake science!

Also, the researchers didn't actually prove that any COVID-19 vaccine provided immunity for years. Instead, they extrapolated based on an observation that immune-system cells were being trained to fight SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, for at least 15 weeks after the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

*fuck them!
https://www.fool.com/amp/investing/2021 ... econd-wor/

[Sean Hayden]

The worst-case scenario for Pfizer and Moderna was that their COVID-19 vaccines wouldn't work. The second-worst scenario might be that their vaccines work too well.

--christ, really?

[Sean Hayden]

I missed when masks stopped being a thing. I just realized that nobody around me is wearing one now.

[Tero]

I wore one briefly twice today. Indoors.

[JimC]

In Melbourne now, masks are only needed on public transport and shops. They were previously compulsory for office workers as well, but it became apparent that many office workers did not want to come back to the office if it meant a full working day wearing a mask, so they gave up on that one. I can quite understand that; I can cope with wearing one when I pop into a shop, knowing I can take the bloody thing off when I emerge...