The Coronavirus Thread

[pErvinalia]

Fairy rebuttal.

[NineBerry]

Fairy fairy stupid discussion

[Scot Dutchy]

The dictators are having their say and Rutte is listening to them.

[Sean Hayden]

I'm hopeful we'll improve our vaccination rates before school starts. That only gives us a few weeks. Being in a large city may be helpful here, even the Republicans I know have been vaccinated already.

[Tero]

I'm hopeful we'll improve our vaccination rates before school starts. That only gives us a few weeks. Being in a large city may be helpful here, even the Republicans I know have been vaccinated already.

Have you been in a situation yet where it involved you sending a child for testing? Or iscthere some standard procedure to send a kid to the school nurse?

When I was a teaching assistant in college labs I once had to walk a kid to student health after he stabbed a glass rod-which broke-through his palm.

[Sean Hayden]

Eww, walk yourself to the nurse!

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No, this will be my first year as a teacher of record. The policy is to send any sick kids to the nurse. But right now everyone is worried whether they can still talk about slavery...

[Brian Peacock]

New UK health minister, Sajid 'Back To Work' Javid, tests positive after only two weeks in the job.

[JimC]

I gather that there are many new cases in the UK, often those who have been vaccinated, but generally the symptoms are mild in those cases...

[Brian Peacock]

The UK govt says it's going to amend the Covid app for England to make it less sensitive.

Confirmed positive tests are up c.40% on last week. Hospital admissions up c.30% in last seven days.

[Brian Peacock]

Pretty sure channel Seven were hoping for a bit of controversy, but this?

British far-right figure Katie Hopkins has been dumped as a cast member of Seven’s Big Brother VIP and will leave the country after breaching her contract, Guardian Australia can reveal.

Hopkins, 46, broadcast a live video from what she claimed was a Sydney hotel room on Saturday morning, describing Covid-19 lockdowns as “the greatest hoax in human history” while joking about elaborate plans to breach quarantine rules.

On Saturday home affairs minister, Karen Andrews, ordered an urgent review of whether Hopkins has breached her visa conditions by publicly flouting quarantine rules.

But the review has been superseded by a decision to terminate her contract, Guardian Australia understands...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... ine-claims

Biting the hand that feeds you, eh Katie?

[Hermit]

The dictators are having their say and Rutte is listening to them.

Nah. Rutte has been listening to the numbers published by the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, the Dutch research institute that is an independent agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, and realised that the decision to abolish most crowd control measures on the 26th of June was a mistake. Friday week ago he announced via a press release that the abolition is rescinded, effective the coming Monday.

No choice but to take summertime measures in face of rapid increase in infections

News item | 09-07-2021 | 19:15

The coronavirus infection rate in the Netherlands has increased much faster than expected since society reopened almost completely on 26 June. Most infections have occurred in nightlife settings and parties with high numbers of people. The increased infection rate does not currently pose a threat to vulnerable groups or the capacity of the healthcare system. However, such a high number of infectious people can be a risk for people who have not, or not yet, been fully vaccinated. The Delta variant is causing more cases of illness among people who are not fully vaccinated, and there have even been cases of this variant infecting people who are fully vaccinated or who have already had a coronavirus infection. The possibility of new virus mutations arising also raises uncertainty. And the lingering symptoms of ‘long COVID’ can also have a big impact on people’s lives.

All this gives the government cause for concern. We cannot discount the possibility that hospital admissions will again increase in the weeks ahead. We have therefore decided that extra measures are necessary this summer.

Measures as of 10 July 2021

The following measures will take effect from 06.00 on the morning of Saturday 10 July and remain in place until 13 August 2021:

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[Scot Dutchy]

Keep drinking the kool-aid Hermit.

[Hermit]

Keep drinking the kool-aid Hermit.

No Kool-Aid for me. I'm content with just reporting what happened, like figures published by RIVM (which you rely on when infection rates drop, but describe as 'fairy data' when they rise) and Rutte's press release from a few days ago.

[pErvinalia]

I thought the Dutch government was the best government. How come they've turned into dictators?

[Hermit]

I thought the Dutch government was the best government. How come they've turned into dictators?

The Dutch government has not become a dicktater



According to Scotty it is listening to them, which is probably just a rare slip.