The Coronavirus Thread

[Sean Hayden]

Daily Kos CALL ALERT: U.S. Senate to take the weekend off amid pandemic crisis. CALL 1-888-966-9224 NOW to demand they stay & work through the weekend.

Why?

[pErvinalia]

well, if I come down with flu like symptoms, odds are it's not the flu since I've been vaccinated for several months.

You are only cutting off 2/3 of infection chances:
A 2012 meta-analysis found that flu vaccination was effective 67 percent of the time; the populations that benefited the most were HIV-positive adults aged 18 to 55 (76 percent), healthy adults aged 18 to 46 (approximately 70 percent), and healthy children aged six to 24 months (66 percent).
Wiki

It's served me rather well since the NHS started giving it to me. before that I used to suffer from 1 to 3 bouts of flu every year . Now its usually none, except last year.

Exactly the same for me, haven't had the flu since I started getting vaccinated. We got it free at work (which was sensible for a school), and now, being over 65, I get it free from the government!

(I'll save you the bother, rEv: Socialist!)

I got it free because I was a dole bludger!

[pErvinalia]

Aussie rules will be played in empty stadiums...

It's going to be freaky watching sports events with absolutely no crowd noise.

[Sean Hayden]

I pay 25$ for my shot -bunch of socialist scum, taking from honest folk like me!

[JimC]

Aussie rules will be played in empty stadiums...

It's going to be freaky watching sports events with absolutely no crowd noise.

The TV rights money is a pretty big part of their revenue, so the AFL and NRL will still have enough cash to pay their bloated bureaucracy...

[NineBerry]

All churches and mosques will be closed for several weeks.

[JimC]

I pay 25$ for my shot -bunch of socialist scum, taking from honest folk like me!

Your fault for not living in the Marxist paradise that is Australia...

(there's still time for you to declare the People's Repbublic of Houston...)

[JimC]

All churches and mosques will be closed for several weeks.

[pErvinalia]

I pay 25$ for my shot -bunch of socialist scum, taking from honest folk like me!

Your fault for not living in the Marxist paradise that is Australia...

(there's still time for you to declare the People's Repbublic of Houston...)

[Sean Hayden]

My neighbors would shoot me in self-defense.

[Seabass]

The party that accepts science vs the party that accepts creationism and prosperity gospel.


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[Seabass]

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[JimC]

Rationality is not a strong point for religions...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-14/ ... m/12055476

Religious congregations across Australia have responded to recent coronavirus containment measures in a variety of ways, including one church that has chosen to ignore medical advice.

Greek Orthodox churches across the country will allow congregations of hundreds of people to sip wine from the same spoon during mass because "the holy cup cannot carry disease," the Archdiocese said.

Greek Orthodox priests dip a spoon into a chalice of wine and place it into the mouths of parishioners, as part of communion during mass. The spoon and chalice remain the same throughout the ceremony.

A spokesperson for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, Steven Scoutas, said anyone showing signs of illness should stay away from church gatherings.

"But once we decide to go to church, we believe there is absolutely no possibility of contracting disease from the holy cup," he said.

"We believe that no disease or illness can exist in holy communion, which we believe is the body and blood of Christ," Reverend Scoutas said.

[Scot Dutchy]

Makes you really laugh. Bloody mosques and churches closed... I mean FFS who is saving who.

[Svartalf]

Even lourdes has closed its miraculous baths